WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.080 --> 00:00:06.120 Time for a postgame. Look, it's your LA Clippers. This is Clippers 2 00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:09.839 Locker Road, brought to you by Cedars Sinai, the official health partner of 3 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:14.960 the LA Clippers, and by Patchonga, official travel casino of the LA Clippers. 4 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:19.160 Breaking down today's action with the pre and post game voice. If you're 5 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:23.519 LA Clippers, They're locking in every game, every night. Adam Osland, 6 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:29.320 your LA Clippers got a decisive victory up north against the Blazers one sixteen to 7 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:32.679 one OHO three was your final Welcome into your postgame show. I'm then, 8 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:36.119 I'm Oslin coming up. We will have Clippers Talk on the M five to 9 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:39.200 seven E LA Sports if you want to get on early eight sixty six nine 10 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:42.520 eight seven two five seventy. But first back out to Moda Center with your 11 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:46.119 radio voice of the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez. Well, it wasn't a fast 12 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:49.159 start. The Clippers trailed after the first quarter, but it just felt like 13 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:52.840 things really started to change in that second with James Harden starting to get it 14 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:57.000 going, finding his offense Carlow and also finding Aviatza Zoo bos down low. 15 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:00.119 Yeah, big big bounce back game for that pick roll at him the bread 16 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:07.640 and butter the main motors of this offense. Zubot's finished with nine rebounds, 17 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:11.799 fourteen points hardened, fourteen as cists, and nineteen points in this one. 18 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:15.000 They really got it going in the second quarter. And you see why this 19 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:19.680 team is so dangerous at him, because when you have three Hall of famers, 20 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:23.879 one guy gets hot in the second quarter, then it's Kawhi Leonard getting 21 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:26.359 hot in the third, then it's Paul George getting hot in the fourth. 22 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:30.719 It was a relay race of superstars for this Clippers team, and they ran 23 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:33.599 away with it after that first quarter. Yeah, exactly. I like the 24 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:37.159 way they were able to move the baton around. There was Kawhi Leonard opening 25 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:41.840 things up also in that third quarter, Paul George putting the Portland trail Blazers 26 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:46.200 away laid I thought you talked with them postgame. Brandon Boston fit in very 27 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:49.439 nicely, got more meaningful significant minutes out there, ended up with twenty three 28 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:53.239 minutes, had nine points, and just kind of blended in with the offense. 29 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:57.280 Wasn't doing too much, but also you know, was playing to his 30 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:00.799 strengths out there. You could say, I think that last part is exactly 31 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:06.120 where the key is for Brandon Boston because we saw him get Snimican minutes earlier 32 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:07.400 this season at him. But you're right, at times it would feel like 33 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:12.520 he was forcing the issue a little bit. I love to hear that he 34 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:16.159 talks about his defense because I feel like Brandon Boston size at six seven, 35 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:20.360 Adam, if you can bring another guy like that off the bench just for 36 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:24.199 Spurts to play defensively, He's not gonna be a liability on that end because 37 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:28.520 of that length. Two steals, two blocks today. He said it to 38 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:30.400 us postgame. If he wants to get on the floor, he has to 39 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:34.400 be good at that end. He was great at that end for the Clippers 40 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:38.520 and a big piece of this one to sixteen to one oh three win Clippers 41 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:39.719 defense as a whole. I mean, I don't know what was said, 42 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:46.159 but sixteen steals, seven blocks, they turn over the Blazers eighteen times and 43 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:52.439 turn it into twenty six points. It was a nightmare on offense for Portland 44 00:02:52.439 --> 00:02:54.919 because the Clippers, should we say, wing stop is back a little bit, 45 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:58.800 and that's what it felt like in this one. No one was getting 46 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:02.039 a bucket for Portland. Yeah, especially in that third quarter they tried to 47 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:07.280 go at Kawhi and Aviatza Zubots or the Clippers defense would funnel him that way, 48 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:12.280 and they just destroyed the Portland Trailblazers. Was steal after steal, Kawhi 49 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:15.879 getting bucket after bucket in transition the and one he got with a little right 50 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:20.599 handed flip shot as he was going underneath the stanchion. That was an incredible 51 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:23.520 play. That was something else. I mean, Adam, they showed the 52 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:27.879 replay here at the end of the ball game, and I don't think quiet 53 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:30.560 time to look at the rim. I mean, he simply just flipped it 54 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:35.120 up. But his feel for the game is again what makes him so so 55 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:38.520 dynamic, and his ability to look over his right shoulder just flipping up and 56 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:44.439 in using the square on the window. Kawhi Leonard Sometimes, Adam, he 57 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:49.400 hits the most ridiculous shots in the world, and that corner three fading to 58 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:53.400 his left early late in that first half was a ridiculous shot sometimes though, 59 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:59.039 He's just got an amazing feel for the ball game, and that lamp right 60 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:00.960 there, it was something that I don't think a lot of players in the 61 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:04.479 NBA could do with that ease. But he continues to show why he is 62 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:09.800 one of the greatest players this game. Has seen twenty four points, four 63 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:15.039 rebounds, two assists, four steals in this game on an efficient nine for 64 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:18.480 sixteen. Leonard was legal tonight for the clips. Now we're just hoping that 65 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:21.680 left wrist is okay, as he got a little bit twisted up. You 66 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:25.680 made note of it, but it was Coach Lou talking with his buddy and 67 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:30.800 Chauncey Billups post game describing the play Kawhi Leonard was seen with some ice on 68 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:34.560 the sidelines. Hopefully he's okay. We'll keep the audience abreast of that situation 69 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:39.519 here in your postgame show. But your player to watch Carlo a mere coffee 70 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:43.399 speaking to guys who can just kind of blend in when his number is called. 71 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:46.680 When he's been in the starting lineup this season out of necessity, he 72 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:50.160 has performed each and every ball game one hundred percent at him and he's averaging 73 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:55.399 over ten points in his previous ten starts. He comes in and once again 74 00:04:55.480 --> 00:05:00.360 has eleven consistent as always, A mere coffee, a great job to just 75 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:04.040 be out there once again not really disrupt the flow of this offense. Understand 76 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:08.680 that they've got four Hall of famers, but still be a piece when they 77 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:11.480 need him. I thought, Adam he was great at starting fast breaks. 78 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:14.199 Me how many times did we call a mere coffee's name? And he was 79 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:16.800 out leading the pack in transition, felt like he really took advantage of those 80 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:20.240 Clippers steals and got in rhythm. And for the Clippers, this is a 81 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:24.959 great win, and I think for it's a blueprint going forward. Can you 82 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:27.959 stack it? Can you continue to do it like that? Tyler was asked 83 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:30.959 about you know, what does this team need to do and he said, 84 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:33.920 look, or he was asked pre game, how do you rEFInd your identity 85 00:05:34.279 --> 00:05:38.360 and he told the media, we don't need to rEFInd our identity. We 86 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:41.120 know who we are when we're at our best. When we went twenty six 87 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:44.839 and five, we were a defensive minded team and that what sticks out to 88 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:46.959 me in this one, Adhaim, they were defensive minded in this one and 89 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:50.959 that I felt like, just help the rest of everything go smoother. Clippers, 90 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:55.439 we get the victory. Won sixteen to one three in Portland where they 91 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:58.519 will run it back on Friday night, same tip, time at seven, 92 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:01.360 same pregame, showed time at six. Carlo him and as great call as 93 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:04.240 always. We'll talk to you on Friday, my friend, doctor you Friday. 94 00:06:04.279 --> 00:06:08.680 Adam, enjoy Thursday because we're gonna do it all again. Let's go 95 00:06:09.399 --> 00:06:14.360 try. Clippers looking to turn things around. Fourteen games left in the regular 96 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:17.759 season, some nice process and a nice w tonight from the squad. They 97 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:21.639 win by thirteen over the Blazers. Coming up next. Second half highlights right 98 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:29.560 here on the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network loading Clippers fully loaded with Clippers fans. 99 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:33.399 This is LA Clippers Basketball. You're listening to the LA Clippers on the 100 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:39.480 LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers get back to their winning ways. They take 101 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:43.720 down Portland as they win one sixteen to one oh three up north over the 102 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:47.600 Portland Trail Blazers. Welcome back in This is your Clippers postgame locker room show. 103 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:50.160 I'm Adam Monslin. Still to come on a m. Five to seventy 104 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:54.079 LA Sports. We'll have Clippers talk for you. Eight six six nine eight 105 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:58.560 seven two five seventy eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy right now 106 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:02.199 though. Second half highlights. Clippers led sixty to fifty at the half, 107 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:05.399 and then Kawhi Leonard, who had just seven points to the first twenty four 108 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:11.160 minutes. Really started cooking that third quarter. Leonard left elbow attacks the masline, 109 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:14.360 fades, gets found and hits right wing. Leonard sets his feet, 110 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:16.480 squares his shoulders right so the ram lays it up. The foul to finish 111 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:20.879 and a chance for one more. Here comes Leonard in company. Kawhi cuts 112 00:07:20.920 --> 00:07:27.360 the defense lefty left trickles through asking for a foul. Time out. Billups 113 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:30.920 Simons to the back court. Leonard another steal, throws it off the window, 114 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:34.360 finishes in the foul back to Murray, shovels Simons blinds by. Zubot 115 00:07:34.439 --> 00:07:38.839 swings it up like to buy Leonard another steal. Here comes the claw with 116 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:43.839 two blazers tail gating. He'll pack it with the right hand. Kawhi Leonard 117 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:47.879 had seventeen points in the third quarter alone. The Clippers would extend their lead 118 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:51.839 as they won the quarter by fourteen to ninety four to seventy heading into the 119 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:56.800 fourth quarter. Only issue and we'll keep you abreast of the situation. But 120 00:07:57.279 --> 00:08:03.839 Kawhi Leonard got twisted up. It looked like his left wrist got a little 121 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:07.959 bit torqued the wrong way. Kawhi Leonard was trying to work through it. 122 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:11.720 He was palming the basketball with it. Eventually headed to the bench. Paul 123 00:08:11.720 --> 00:08:16.680 George came in for him. Kawhi was seen gripping some ice. So looking 124 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:18.560 for an update on that post game, but again the Clippers up by twenty 125 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:22.040 four heading into the fourth quarter, and then PG thirteen, who used to 126 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:26.120 wear number twenty four, would put the Blazers away. Tucker spins finds George 127 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:31.799 left wing three cutex Paul George from Downtown. George on the base side, 128 00:08:31.840 --> 00:08:37.399 tight ropes, gets by Walker and jams with two hands, Paul George turning 129 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:39.879 it on late back to George left the logo with side to shoot, steps 130 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:46.279 back a three down the hatch, Paul George with eleven in the fourth. 131 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:50.519 PG thirteen would end up with twelve points in the fourth quarter and the Clippers 132 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:54.279 would go on to win one sixteen to one h three over the Portland Trail 133 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:58.480 Blazers in a game where they led by as many as twenty seven. They'll 134 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:01.320 see him again in Portland on Friday. More on that, and I'll update 135 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:05.039 you on Kawhi Leonard and that left wrist coming up next. You're in your 136 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:11.960 Clippers locker room show on the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. LA Clippers basketball 137 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:16.639 is on the two one three era continues. You're listening to the LA Clippers 138 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:22.200 on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers win in Portland won sixteen, so 139 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:26.080 one oh three over the Portland Trail Blazers. Welcome back in. I'm Adam 140 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:31.279 Oslin. This is your Clippers locker room show. Paul George would finish with 141 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:33.799 twenty seven, twelve of those coming in the fourth quarter on ten of eighteen, 142 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:37.960 shooting four seven from the outside. Can run the numbers, but last 143 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:43.200 eight games, Peg thirteen has been on one. Great to see. Kawhi 144 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:46.360 Leonard had twenty four points in just twenty eight minutes, nine of sixteen, 145 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:48.919 shooting one of three from the outside, plus four steals. Speaking of four 146 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:54.799 steals, Big Zoo had four steals by the end of the third quarter. 147 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:58.159 It's a career high for him. He had fourteen and nine on seven of 148 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:03.720 nine shooting. A lot of those buckets coming off of passes from James Harden, 149 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:07.879 who was a plus twenty two. Had nineteen and fourteen assists at just 150 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:13.240 three turnovers five to three pointers. Four of them came in that second quarter. 151 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:16.559 Off the bench. Danielle Tice with ten Ben Boston Junior with nine points. 152 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:20.440 Clippers would only get twenty one points off the bench, but it would 153 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:24.320 be enough. They led by as many as twenty seven. They would go 154 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:26.519 on to win one sixteen to one oh three over the Portland Trail Blazers, 155 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:33.639 who were led by Scoot Henderson six of fifteen shooting but eighteen points for Scoot. 156 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:39.919 Portland's on well, a little bit of a rebuild with their franchise right 157 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:43.559 now. They're now nineteen and fifteen on the season. Clippers improved of forty 158 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:48.240 three and twenty five. They remain in Portland. They run it back Friday 159 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:52.000 night tiptime at seven pregame shows starting at six outside of Los Angeles. 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Subscribe to Clippers Talk on iHeartRadio or wherever you podcast 168 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:33.879 dition on Henry right now your host on your home for the Clippers, they 169 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:39.600 were in attack mode. Adam Osley Clippers handling business in Portland with a one 170 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:43.840 sixteen to one to zero three victory over the Blazers. Welcome into Clippers Talk. 171 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:48.919 I'm in a Mosland eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight 172 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:52.120 sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy or get to me a f follow 173 00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:56.080 Adam a on X coming up here on the show. We got postgame audio 174 00:11:56.399 --> 00:12:01.240 from James Harden and coach Lou and I bring a good news right off the 175 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:07.679 top. Coach who already said in this postgame presser that Kawhi Leonard is good, 176 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:13.279 Christ is subverted. Sounds like the left wrist injury whatever that was already 177 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:18.480 on the mend. Hopefully it's good to go by Friday. They're running it 178 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:22.000 right back against the Portland Trail Blazers, who I know. You could say, 179 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:26.320 well, they're Adam, their bottom five team in the league this season. 180 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:31.159 Yeah, you could say that. So like Atlanta. Was that dramatically 181 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:35.000 better than them? Okay, they are, but they were without Trey Young 182 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:39.519 in that game on Sunday. They had no business beating the Clippers, especially 183 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:45.840 being up by twenty nine at Krypto. This is the type of response I 184 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:50.519 was looking for. It wasn't perfect. They were down by one heading into 185 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:52.639 the second quarter. It was twenty eight to twenty seven. They started zero 186 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:58.600 five from three. They would eventually catch fire and go what thirteen? So 187 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:07.559 they're NeXT's that twenty six from the outside. But the Blazer shot it well 188 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:09.840 too. They answered a lot of those three pointers by the Clippers. They 189 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:16.360 went fifteen of thirty four. They actually shot a higher percentage from the outside 190 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:18.360 and made a couple more than the Clippers. But game was out of reach. 191 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:22.679 Clippers were up by twenty seven. They poured it on in the second 192 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:26.799 half, but it was really the second quarter where things turned. And wouldn't 193 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:31.639 you know, you know, I'm not trying to pat myself on the back. 194 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:33.440 What the hell do I know? I know, James Nasmith, but 195 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:37.679 I have been saying, get back to running the high pick and roll with 196 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:41.639 James Harden. Vitza Zubas for a couple of weeks now, I have been 197 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:50.840 pleading. I've been begging the Clippers to run their offense through James Harden in 198 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:52.679 the way that they were, in the manner they were when they went twenty 199 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:58.320 six and five over a thirty one game stretch. To me, that's a 200 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:03.399 big part of their identity. When you have James Harden, that's where it 201 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:07.200 has to be. That's when he is the system, a system, whatever 202 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:11.440 you want to say, and that's when it eats the Zoo bots is getting 203 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:13.879 more involved. And when the Clippers were going on that spectacular run where they 204 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:16.799 were the best team in the league for two months in December and January, 205 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:22.279 that is how they initiated their offense. Coach Lou said it early on. 206 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:24.679 We run pick and roll sixty times, we probably get fifty five good shots 207 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:30.440 because James Harden is that prolific. He's a pick and roll master, and 208 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:35.840 Big Zoo looks to be the best version of himself when he's getting involved. 209 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:41.000 Good to see that finally happen. After last game he took one shot. 210 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:46.759 The last three games total, he attempted eleven shots. I was losing my 211 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:54.200 mind over this. It made no sense because for a team that struggles offensively 212 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:56.759 sometimes and as a jump shooting team, will you have this other element to 213 00:14:56.799 --> 00:15:01.519 your offense if you choose to use him, he can get you easy buckets. 214 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:07.120 Big Zoo can James Harden can find him for easy once. And it 215 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:11.240 was happening over and over again in the second quarter. And James also hit 216 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:15.879 four to three pointers in that second quarter. He had seventeen of his nineteen 217 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:20.679 points in the second quarter. He finished with fourteen assists to just three turnovers. 218 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:26.840 You can say it was Portland fine, but that is what they can 219 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:30.799 do, and that is how they can execute their offense, regardless of the 220 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:33.080 opponent. That's how you bend the offense. You get the numbers back in 221 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:37.200 your favor where you're playing four on three out there, get two on the 222 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:41.240 basketball, find Big Zoo in the short roll. He can kick it out 223 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:46.840 for wide open three pointers. Two and oh yeah. He had four steals 224 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:50.320 and two blocks. The Clippers had sixteen steals as a team and seven blocks. 225 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:56.120 In that third quarter. There was a traffic jam whenever Portland tried to 226 00:15:56.159 --> 00:16:00.279 go towards the Vista Zubots and Kawhi Leonards. The Clippers had seven steals in 227 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:07.360 the third quarter alone. It was those two guys just bogging down Portland's offense, 228 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:11.159 just shutting them down, creating easy buckets in transition. Kawhi going the 229 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:17.960 other way, big dunk on a runout and and one layup, just a 230 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:22.279 little right handed flip shot, a no look shot off the backboard as he 231 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:27.000 was running under the stanchion as he was fouled. Circus shot from Kawhi converted 232 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:32.039 the and one a mere coffee. Played very well and had eleven points and 233 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:38.639 also got multiple transition buckets defense leading to offense. But when those two guys 234 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:44.840 are working together, that's what I noticed against the Denver Nuggets in that fourth 235 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:48.000 quarter in the last time out when they played, when the Clippers won, 236 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:55.679 they wrecked the pick and roll from Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic. When Kawhi, 237 00:16:55.840 --> 00:17:00.759 Leonard and Avisa zubats are that connected defensively, that's the Clippers can be 238 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:04.400 scary on that end. They've been scary in a different way recently last eighteen 239 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:10.519 games coming into this one twenty sixth. Defensively tonight they hold Portland one hundred 240 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:14.759 and three points and really Portland out scored him by eleven in that fourth quarter 241 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:18.039 during inconsequential time with the Clippers backups in. But I thought some of their 242 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:25.079 backups were prett damn good. Brandon Boston, he had a layup early, 243 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:33.200 had a big dunk, had a jumper in the third. He just looks 244 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:37.440 to be a little bit smoother out there. He's not forcing things as much. 245 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:40.680 He's not just looking for his own shot. Isoing. It did happen 246 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:44.680 once and he gout blocked. Happened another time. He got a jumper late 247 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:48.279 in the fourth quarter, and the Clippers were just basically running out the clock. 248 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:53.039 But Brandon Boston finished with nine points. Top with Carlo Jimenez postgames said, 249 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:56.960 you know what he can do defensively is what can keep him on the 250 00:17:56.960 --> 00:18:00.880 floor, what can get him minutes. He's got length, he put on 251 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:06.240 some size, some muscle. Spoke about that. He had two blocks and 252 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:11.160 a steel himself. But look good in twenty three minutes. I thought Daniels 253 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:15.559 heyes had ten, two three pointers, good to see, five boards as 254 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:19.680 well, a couple of assists. Those two guys were good off the bench. 255 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:23.680 And PJ. Tucker did have seven boards, zero points, didn't take 256 00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:27.759 a shot, but had a couple of steals was a plus one held his 257 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:33.000 own. They got to get back to be a grittier team, a tougher 258 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:41.400 team defensively, a team that takes pride in their defense. That's how they're 259 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:45.640 gonna get out of this funk they've been in. They had lost four or 260 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:49.519 five hanging into this game, and they gotta get back to worrying high pick 261 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:53.759 and roll. There's your identity, tough mind, defensive team, high pick 262 00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:57.119 and roll with James Harden. The offense flows out of that. That's what 263 00:18:57.279 --> 00:19:00.519 it is. That's how you get easier shots. That's why everybody eats. 264 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:08.079 But you can't go a game where Visa Zoobots gets one shot. That's a 265 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:11.880 recipe for disaster. Because I'm telling you, I think it's just human nature. 266 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:18.880 But big men, when they don't get involved offensively, they can sleepwalk 267 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:25.240 a little bit defensively. Big Zoo's pretty good staying focused regardless. But it's 268 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:29.839 just the way it works. If they don't feel like they're involved with the 269 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:32.960 offense, they're not gonna protect the house the same way. On the other 270 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:37.039 end, that's the old Shack line. You want the dog to protect the 271 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:42.000 house, you gotta feed them and I just think Viza Zoobots, with the 272 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:48.000 plethora of moves he's been showing off of this season, deserves touches, deserves 273 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:53.920 to see the basketball if he's doing his part, he's finishing around the rim. 274 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:59.880 Spam it. Keep going to it because they don't get enough easy shots. 275 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:03.119 They don't get enough points in the paint. That is how it can 276 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:07.720 change again. When they were at their best, when their offense was ranked 277 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:11.400 number one in the league, Afiza Zubox was getting something like thirteen and ten 278 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:17.920 at night for a month and a half. That's it. You don't have 279 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:25.519 to make things so difficult on yourself, which just Iso plays jumpers. You've 280 00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:27.519 got to have more balance to your offense. Clippers ended up with fifty points 281 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:33.640 in the paint, twelve second chance points, eighteen fast break points. It's 282 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:41.200 a great number and just twelve turnovers. Also important. They won the possession 283 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:45.000 battle by five. They got up five more shots than the Portland Trailblazers. 284 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:48.599 Kawhi finished with twenty four, Paul George with twenty seven. Every starter was 285 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:56.640 in double figures. No Terrence Man, no Norm Powell. Amer Coffee. 286 00:20:56.799 --> 00:21:00.680 Every time he gets an opportunity to start, he made the most of it. 287 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:03.680 He's averaging just over ten points per game as a starter this season. 288 00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:15.079 Hard hat guy just stays ready, gets his opportunity performs. Let's hear from 289 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:18.799 Mark and Huntington Beach to start things off tonight here on Clipper Stock after they 290 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:21.799 win one sixteen to one to oh three up in Portland against the Blazers. 291 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:25.920 Mark, what's up? Hey, Yeah, finally we look like the team 292 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:29.559 that we all know they can be. And uh, well, they can't 293 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:33.160 just do it against Portland, Mark, we know that. Oh yeah, 294 00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:34.799 yeah, But if we play that same talent, I'm with you, use 295 00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:38.559 Zubac more often. I mean, it's dumb that you know Harden has that 296 00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:42.119 skill to do it with him and Entice and everyone else, But you know 297 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:45.599 why they weren't using him to get him? Like you said, I'm with 298 00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:48.799 you there on the he gets his juices flow, and he gets more excited 299 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:52.519 when he makes a basket, and then that makes him more excited to block 300 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:56.720 a basket. So I'm all with you on that. The other thing I 301 00:21:56.759 --> 00:22:00.599 want to know, Norman Powell, have you heard anything? Does it look 302 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:03.400 like an I thought it was a sore ankle? Is it maybe gonna play 303 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:07.599 Friday or are they just gonna see if they can win without him again on 304 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:11.000 Friday. Don't have an update, but obviously they shouldn't need him. They 305 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:15.319 have the talent advantage over this Portland team. Even if they just had one 306 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:19.279 of their big three available, they still would have the talent advantage. Portland 307 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:22.759 young squad trying to figure it out, didn't even know if Anthony Simons was 308 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:27.440 going to play tonight, and he had one hot streak late, I think 309 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:30.000 in the second quarter, but outside of that they kept him in check. 310 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:34.359 Scoot Henderson had eighteen but on fifteen shots, so you know, regardless, 311 00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:37.400 there's just no excuse they have to be Portland on Friday if you don't want 312 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:40.799 to end up in the five spot, which means you don't have home court 313 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:45.000 advantage in the first round. These are games you have to win. Another 314 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:48.359 question that on the home spot thing. If you take fourth, you get 315 00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:52.039 home field advantage, But then whoever you play in the second round, if 316 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:56.599 they had if they finished higher than you, you lose the home field thing. 317 00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:59.720 Or if they or is it if they are below you that you play 318 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:02.880 them, then you still have home court, right, Yeah, if they're 319 00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:04.440 a higher seed, they're gonna have home court advantage over you. If you 320 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:07.680 ended up playing Denver in the second round, they would have home court over 321 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:11.240 the Clippers. If the Lakers or the Warriors or somebody upset that team, 322 00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:15.200 then home court would go back to you. Okay, all right, well 323 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:18.480 you have a good night. I'm glad to see us back on the winning 324 00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:21.440 streak, even if it is Portland, let's take it. You know, 325 00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:26.240 I can't remember who we play on Sunday, but isn't it Sunday? We 326 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:30.440 have a next game Sunday they have Philadelphia. Their next game, though, 327 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:33.440 is Friday is still in Portland, Mark, I appreciate the phone call. 328 00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:38.240 A little two game mini series in Portland, same tip time at seven on 329 00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:41.720 Friday, same pregame show starting at six. We'll take a quick time out, 330 00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:44.839 we'll come back. We'll hear from James Harden, We'll hear from coach 331 00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:47.200 Lou. We'll get back to your phone calls. Eight sixty six, ninety 332 00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:52.000 seven, seventy. I'm gonna follow out of May on X Clippers win one 333 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:56.039 sixteen to one oh three over the Portland trail Blazers. And you're listening to 334 00:23:56.160 --> 00:24:00.160 Clippers talk here on the M five to seventy Light Sports. May I promised 335 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:04.920 him my mom and then I blessed with some grandkids. LA Clippers basketball is 336 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:10.440 on the two one three era continues. You're listening to the LA Clippers on 337 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:17.119 the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers would outscore the Blazers by fourteen in the 338 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:22.039 third quarter and they will put this one away early. Led by as many 339 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:26.279 as twenty seven over the Blazers. They go on to win one sixteen to 340 00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:30.480 one oh three. They remain in Portland. The run it back on Friday. 341 00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:33.960 Welcome back in New Clippers talk. I'm out a Moslin coming up. 342 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:37.680 We got coach Lou Audio for you. But before that, I want you 343 00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:42.559 to hear from James Harden, who had nineteen and fourteen, went five of 344 00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:47.559 nine from three to five of his six makes were from distance. He was 345 00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:49.839 my player to watch. Uh. He looked good. He was in control 346 00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:53.519 of the offense. He was the playmaker. Fourteen assists and I'll tell you 347 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:57.920 that the Clippers had twenty nine assists on forty five mate shots, much better 348 00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:03.359 on both ENSINNI Here was James Harden post game on Ballet Sports speaking with Christina 349 00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:06.880 Pink James a commanding, much needed win for this group. But what did 350 00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:11.880 you like about the focus and the way you guys played, like detail things 351 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:15.440 that we've been stressing this last few weeks. We kind of put him in 352 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:17.240 a play to night. We still got some things to work on, but 353 00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:19.519 just want a swag game for us, like get our rhythm back, our 354 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:25.799 swag game, our our identity back, big time rhythm for you in that 355 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:30.240 second quarter? How are you able to take over being aggressive? Get into 356 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:33.359 the basket sooner shown is available against to the paint. I'm great to play 357 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:37.640 for somebody else. I think that's gonna be key for the last for fifteen 358 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:41.079 games and they've wanted to the post season, so it was nineteen but also 359 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:45.279 fourteen assists for you tonight this group is nineteen and three in games where you 360 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:48.400 have double DIGITUSS, How would you describe what you're facilitating does for this group? 361 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:52.599 Thanks? Everybody, joblot easier and I got to consistently do it be 362 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:56.079 more aggressive and aggressive not to obviously score, but let's get guys involved. 363 00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:59.720 So that's a balance before both of those. All right, great, when 364 00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:04.839 did I James harden there? The Clippers are a better ball club when he's 365 00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:11.559 more aggressive against seventeen points in that second quarter, let me double check on 366 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:15.960 that. You know I a stickler for accuracy. I'm gonna make sure I 367 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:22.119 got that right. James Harden in the first quarter five points. By the 368 00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:26.160 time he gets to half, he has seventeen, So twelve points in the 369 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:32.000 second quarter, seventeen points at the half, had just two more. Clippers 370 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:36.799 would put this one away early, as they should against a Portland Trailblazers team. 371 00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:40.720 That's why I call it a taking care of business type of victory. 372 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:44.759 But Kawhi Leonard did have seventeen points in the third quarter. He exploded, 373 00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:48.960 and then Paul George put the cherry on top. He had twelve points in 374 00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:53.920 the fourth PG thirteen I bring you good news here finish with twenty seven. 375 00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:59.240 That led all scores ten of eighteen from the field, four to seven from 376 00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:04.240 three. Again closed out the Blazers. But now over his last ten games, 377 00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:10.000 Paul George has been averaging twenty four points, about fifty two percent shooting 378 00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:15.720 and uh forty four percent shooting from three. It looks like he's out of 379 00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:19.400 this shooting funk that he was in. Maybe he's feeling better feeling healthier, 380 00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:22.720 the left knee, the left growing whatever it was. Maybe he was just 381 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:27.640 had a rhythm, but this is what they need. Paul George getting at 382 00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:33.240 least twenty four per ball game huge for this team as there's just fourteen regular 383 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:37.640 season games left till the playoffs. Morris and long beats, what's up you're 384 00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:40.960 on? Clippers? Stop with out of Maslin Hi Morse, Hey, it's 385 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:42.640 going on. Check this out. Looking at the game on Friday is not 386 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:45.119 gonna be as easy as the game we played tonight. I expect him to 387 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:48.039 win. Expect them to win all the game, and then the game on 388 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:51.440 Sunday, I expect him to take that game, you know, and beat 389 00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:53.519 us out right now, now you you always feel everybody's stundard. We don't 390 00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:56.240 have to send the police after you. You know, you're absolutely right. 391 00:27:56.559 --> 00:28:00.640 When they run that pick and roll, that is their number one play because 392 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:04.400 that opens up everything. Everybody gets to move it right, and that boy 393 00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:07.799 got a skill set. I'm talking about heart. He is like a quarterback 394 00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:10.160 in the NFL. Put it right on a dime, and they really have 395 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.279 got to take advantage of that. Now. The best shot of the night 396 00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:15.039 is a lot of good shots. The one shot that I liked, I 397 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:18.720 like when Tys hit that three, because that's that's something in the weaponsry. 398 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:21.000 You know, I've talked to you about this long time ago. When you 399 00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:22.480 got a five that can shoot a three like they got down to Denver. 400 00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:26.440 Hey, that's a play, that's the play. You can take advantage of 401 00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:29.480 that. So you know, tonight was an important game for everybody to get 402 00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:32.279 back on tsks. But none of these games, man, are easy in 403 00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:34.960 the NBA. But we lost early to the Grizzlies. The people were tripping. 404 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:37.839 Okay, we lost the Atlantic, but these the lot of the chop 405 00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:41.480 teams have the same kind of thing. We're not the only ones that go 406 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:44.960 through this stuff. And I'm telling you right now, I'm telling you right 407 00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:47.759 now, if we can stay in the fourth, we got it. We 408 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:49.759 can't drop down in the fifth. We can't drop down the fifth, and 409 00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:52.279 we'll never have the home court advantage. If we stand in the fourth. 410 00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:55.960 That's gonna give us some spirit, that's gonna give us some hope. And 411 00:28:56.039 --> 00:29:00.839 we're gonna ride Kawhi. We're gonna go as far as Kawhi Lennard, we'll 412 00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:03.920 take us. And that's just the way it go. Okay, I'll see 413 00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:07.200 behavior. So all right, Morris, I appreciate the phone call. I 414 00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:12.160 agree with you. They need that four seed. They also need OKAC to 415 00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:15.720 hold on to the number one seed in the West, because that would mean 416 00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:19.200 Denver and Minnesota would have to play each other in the second round. Should 417 00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:25.119 the Clippers get past the first round, faced off against SGA and the OKC 418 00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:30.599 Thunder, It's not a great matchup, but I think it's preferred over having 419 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:34.000 to take on the defending champs in the ten per Nuggets. So root for 420 00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:37.759 OKC right now. Obviously, root for the Clippers, root for the New 421 00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:40.680 Orleans Pelicans to lose ball games, rut for the Kings to win. I 422 00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:44.599 think that would be a better matchup for the Clippers in the first round. 423 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:48.400 Currently, they are a game up on the five seed held by the New 424 00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:52.799 Orleans Pelicans. They are three games up on Sacramento. New Orleans is two 425 00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:56.240 games up on the Kings, but the Pelicans do have a tougher schedule here. 426 00:29:57.240 --> 00:30:02.960 Clippers, though, get a victory tonight right that they needed. And 427 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:07.880 you heard something from James Harden postgames saying we got to get our swag back, 428 00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:11.680 and this kind of victory can do that get your identity back, Remember 429 00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:17.160 who you are, Remember how skilled, how talented you are, because they 430 00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:22.119 haven't always been taking care of business against lesser teams. So you can scoff 431 00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:26.920 at this victory. You can say it's Portland Clippers just lost to Atlanta in 432 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:30.680 a game. They were down by twenty nine at home on Sunday. They 433 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:33.240 needed this one tonight in this manner. Mike in La you're on Clipper south 434 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:38.119 of that, am Awson. Hey, I just want to, I guess, 435 00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:42.440 emphasize what you were just talking about. Now. These are must win 436 00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:48.799 games. I mean we the Clippers have not you know, even guaranteed themselves 437 00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:56.720 the top six feed yet and we have the tide breaker again nobody. You 438 00:30:56.759 --> 00:31:00.400 know, you look at the schedule in April, you have you know, 439 00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:04.240 Denver, Phoenix, you know a couple of times, I think Sacramento. 440 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:08.839 You know that's not you know, not easy. Uh. You know this 441 00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:14.759 stretch of games now really for the rest of March, are games that they 442 00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:18.440 really should win and they need to win, and we cannot have any more 443 00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:22.160 of the you know, Atlantic does. We'll put it that way. Yeah, 444 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:25.839 I agree with you. They can't afford any more bad losses, and 445 00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:30.319 a bad loss right now for a team contending for a championship that is trying 446 00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:33.279 to stay afloat and keep and hold on to that four spot in the West, 447 00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:37.079 is losing to any team under five hundred. It just can't happen. 448 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:41.359 It's inexcusable right now, Hopefully they got them out of their system. Hopefully 449 00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:45.960 Sunday was the wake up call Mike, and this Clippers team is now pointed 450 00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:49.480 back in the right direction where they're building better habits. Something happened in that 451 00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:55.640 fourth quarter that I thought was interesting because post game on Sunday, coach Lou 452 00:31:56.279 --> 00:32:01.920 was talking about this squad and basically took accountability and pointed the figer out himself 453 00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:06.000 and said, maybe I need to do something different, Maybe it's me. 454 00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:10.079 I need to change my approach, something to that effect. And the fourth 455 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:14.640 quarter, after they had a couple sloppy turnovers early, even though they were 456 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:17.680 up twenty five, he called time out right away. There have been other 457 00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:22.599 times where he'll just let them figure it out. Then again, when no 458 00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:27.559 one stopped the ball and Portland got an easy one, a guy going coast 459 00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:30.000 to coast, nobody picked him up. Another time out. They were up 460 00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:35.279 by twenty two. The game was over, but Coachlely wasn't having it. 461 00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:42.759 I wonder if that's that thing that's different right now from him and his philosophy, 462 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:45.519 because you know he comes from and we were talking about this with Carlo 463 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:50.720 Jimenez pregame. He comes from the Phil Jackson coaching tree. What what did 464 00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:53.759 Phil Jackson do? He would let guys play through a lot of that stuff. 465 00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:59.279 He thought, you know, we worked on this in practice. They 466 00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:01.119 need to figure it out out now on the floor in a game with live 467 00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:06.200 bullets. That's one way he would coach. And Coach Lou does that sometimes 468 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:14.440 too, But tonight when they were making careless mistakes, he said enough, 469 00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:20.279 even though the game was over, he looked like a guy who was chasing 470 00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:28.319 perfection and wasn't gonna settle for them, just getting lacks of daysical sleep lock 471 00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:31.079 sleep walking their way through the end of the ball game, and the Clippers 472 00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:34.960 eventually would win one sixteen to one oh three over the Blazers. We'll take 473 00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:37.400 a quick quick time out well here from coach Lou. Coming up. We'll 474 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:40.680 also hear from Will Updike of Clips and Dip we'll talk with him next. 475 00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:44.359 We'll get back to your phone calls. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two 476 00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:47.119 five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. I'm at a 477 00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:54.400 Maslin and this is Clippers Talk. He seventy LA Sports loading Clippers fully loaded 478 00:33:54.599 --> 00:34:00.640 with Clippers fans. This is LA Clippers basketball. You're listening to the LA 479 00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:08.000 Clippers on the LA Clippers audio network. I'm Vanilla. Clippers went up north 480 00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:14.079 against the Portland's Railblazers one sixteen to oneh three. Welcome back, int Clippers 481 00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:15.960 Talk. I'm out of Mosland. I'm not up. You're gonna hear from 482 00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:20.320 coach Lou. But first let's pause ten seconds for station identification. Here on 483 00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:25.719 MF seventy LS Sports, this is LA Clippers Basketball, AM five seventy KLAC 484 00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:31.880 Los Angeles ninety eight seven KYSR HD two Los Angeles and iHeartRadio station. So 485 00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:37.320 to preface this, there was an interesting play in the third quarter that people 486 00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:45.039 are hitting me up about and it is a head scratcher. It was James 487 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:50.440 Harden driving down the left side the lane, giving the ball up in the 488 00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:53.199 far side corn to Kawhi Leonard for three a wide open three except for one 489 00:34:53.239 --> 00:35:02.199 thing. James Harden closed out on him and put two hands up. This 490 00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:10.400 was strange. Uh, he's wearing a Clippers jersey. We've enjoyed him as 491 00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:15.199 a Clipper. I don't know why he's coming over to contest Kawhi Leonard's shot 492 00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:21.360 off a pass he just made. I think Coach Little is gonna touch on 493 00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:24.760 that. Plus give us an injury update on Kawhi Leonard. Here was coach 494 00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:34.800 of PUS game, Here was Jack Carlow. So you got guys contesting, 495 00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:38.599 Uh, three points. I didn't even see it during the game. Guys, 496 00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:45.960 Yeah, it is Kawhi good. He sold flex in his hands. 497 00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:52.840 He's good. You mentioned the defense and everything. I mean you guys also 498 00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:59.679 stayed out of transition defensive week, taking care of basketball goal. What went 499 00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:02.519 into you know, the extra tension on both ends, both taking care of 500 00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:06.559 it and when y'all had that stretch and knitting that in the buve and make 501 00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:09.599 sure that we didn't become a problem. Yeah, just understanding what we're playing 502 00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:13.320 for, what's at stake, and then you know, having a good practice 503 00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:15.639 yesterday, a great film session, just you know, talking to the guys 504 00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:20.039 and understand what we got to do if we want to be successful this year. 505 00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:22.719 And so I'm just locking in. We have fifteen games left, continue 506 00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:27.800 to build good habits and then go from there. And so tonight I thought 507 00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:30.119 it was a step in the right direction and just continue to keep building prem 508 00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:35.199 here. What helped you be so locked in? Was it just guy's garden 509 00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:38.480 and keeping the ball out in the pain or just something something besides that, 510 00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:42.880 to just compete with multiple efforts, Like what did you see? Yeah? 511 00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:45.760 I mean, just like I said, our blitch was really good. I 512 00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:49.519 thought. I attention to details far as rebounding the basketball. We did a 513 00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:52.800 good job of turning hitting bodies, and sometimes it came up with them anyway, 514 00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.599 but we did the right thing, you know, so you can live 515 00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:57.599 with those results when you're actually doing what you're supposed to do. And so 516 00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:00.119 I thought we had a I made a conscious ever, just making sure we 517 00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:05.119 paid attention to detail. Didn't have any you know, too many game play 518 00:37:05.239 --> 00:37:07.800 mistakes and I gotta go back and watch it, but overall, I thought 519 00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:10.480 we did a decent job. There was coach Loupos's game after the Clippers would 520 00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:14.920 win one sixteen to one oh three. If you heard him on Sunday. 521 00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:19.960 He stressed the fact that you guys speaking to the media are worried about the 522 00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:22.760 wins and the losses. I'm more worried about how we're playing and the process. 523 00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:27.519 You can live with some of the losses when you play the right way. 524 00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:30.320 I think he was getting at that a little bit tonight. Even when 525 00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:35.679 Portland was getting some boards on them, the Clippers were doing the right things 526 00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:40.800 and they did out rebound them forty two to thirty eight. So that's how 527 00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:44.480 you build and get pointed back in the right direction. Like he said, 528 00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:47.599 coming up next, we'll have if you want to pick up his phone. 529 00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:54.440 I don't know, maybe it's me Lebron to tweet. We'll have a lot 530 00:37:54.440 --> 00:38:00.199 of Murray on. I mean, we'll Lefdyke. That was Lotmurray asking the 531 00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:04.480 question. He's in Portland. We might have him on pregame though Friday likely 532 00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:07.960 we'll updak next from clips and day after the Clippers win one sixteen to one 533 00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:14.559 oh three in Portland. S LA Sports LA Clippers Basketball is on the two 534 00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:19.639 one three Era continues. You're listening to the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers 535 00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:24.000 Audio Network. Your LA Clippers are victorious in game one of a two game 536 00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:28.599 mini series up north against the Portland Trail Blazers. They win tonight, one 537 00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:32.079 sixteen to one oh three. I, Madame Moslin, this is Clippers talk. 538 00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:36.880 We got a little clips and double dip for you. Though. Here 539 00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:42.760 you hear the music, it's will Updyk joining because the Clippers won. And 540 00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:46.320 he eventually picked up his phone, Well, how are we doing. I'm 541 00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:50.599 doing good, doing good. Uh. You know a lot of a lot 542 00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:53.519 of people on the line when the Clippers are are pulling out these these crucial, 543 00:38:53.880 --> 00:39:00.000 crucial victories against the stout Portland Trailblazer Hey, I don't like the sarcas. 544 00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:02.199 You know they just lost to the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday. Was it 545 00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:08.440 not a decisive victory by this Slippers team tonight? It was definitely a decisive 546 00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:12.679 victory as well it should be. And I you know, I don't mean 547 00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:15.840 to get down on the team if this is just it's one of those unfortunate 548 00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:17.800 matchups where it's kind of darned if you do, darned if you don't. 549 00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:22.480 A win is expected against a shorthanded Portland Blazers team, and a loss would 550 00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:28.079 be merely unfathomable. But that being said, there was still some stuff to 551 00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:32.519 like in this one continued twenty point plus games from the two to three connection. 552 00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:37.719 I thought an inspired James Harden performance despite some of the turnovers. Still 553 00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:42.800 with fourteen assists, you know there was a lot to like this. When 554 00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:46.960 and Paul George continues his this five game streak of twenty plus points, He's 555 00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:52.960 shooting over fifty percent from three over this stretch, he is looking to be 556 00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:58.320 re entering his rhythm and hopefully hitting a late season peak. Last ten games, 557 00:39:58.320 --> 00:40:00.360 he's getting twenty four points on fifth, twenty two percent from the field 558 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:04.960 and forty four percent from three. Seems good. I like the word you 559 00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:09.320 said, though, they're inspired. Inspired play from James Harden when he started 560 00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:14.920 cooking that second quarter four to three pointers were made, but also the way 561 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:21.000 he was audishing and diamond and looking for big Zoo. Thank God, sorry, 562 00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:23.960 I needed to see him get up almost ten shots in this ball game 563 00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:28.639 after he got just one attempt against the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday. They forgot 564 00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:30.519 about Zoo nowadays ever been one to talk about. He got something to say, 565 00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:35.519 but nothing comes out with They forgot about Zoo sometimes I don't understand it, 566 00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:37.519 and I feel like that's when the game really turned that high pick and 567 00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:40.719 roll finally with James Harden and Visa Zubots. Am I wrong, Will, 568 00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:45.280 No, You're not wrong at all. And the thing is, it's like 569 00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:50.000 it really unlocks the both of them. Like we know how beneficial James Harden 570 00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:53.880 has been in a Viza Zoo for Viza Zoobots, especially offensively. But let's 571 00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:58.480 not deny the inverse of that. I mean, it helps Harden's game as 572 00:40:58.480 --> 00:41:01.159 a facilitator. It makes things easier for him. He gets more in the 573 00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:06.000 flow of the offense, and I think that that helped his personal scoring because 574 00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:09.000 he's got the juice he's going. So it's it's one of those mutually beneficial 575 00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:13.760 things that just have to get back to good to see it in this game. 576 00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:16.039 You know, like I said on the Cliffton Dip podcast last time we 577 00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:22.559 all chatted, was this is an easier stretch of the schedule. This is 578 00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:27.039 a time where it's you know, you can kind of get back to your 579 00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:30.360 good habits. You know, you can kind of flick some of the wounds 580 00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:34.519 that you know you've accumulated over this long season. When We're in kind of 581 00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:37.280 this hard part where every time there's a there's a bit of a hard foul, 582 00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:40.480 or every time someone's on the ground, you're worried that they might not 583 00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:45.079 be getting up. This is a great opportunity for this team to round back 584 00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:47.880 into form, and you know, if we see more of what we saw 585 00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:52.400 tonight, then I'm going to be very very happy with with with where this 586 00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:55.159 team is at. It was definitely a level of concern when Kawhi Leonard was 587 00:41:55.199 --> 00:42:00.000 shaking that left wrist and just trying to work through it there, but post 588 00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:04.119 game coach Lou said he's good, so hopefully he's good enough to go on 589 00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:07.880 Friday. Although they're still taking on Portland. I don't care who's available. 590 00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:12.199 You just have to win that game because the Clippers have the depth, and 591 00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:15.920 they showed it off tonight. A mere Coffee was out there. No Terrence 592 00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:19.880 Man, no Norman Powell, A mere Coffee in the starting lineup, and 593 00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:23.880 when he looks for his offense. I just love the way he just kind 594 00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:29.719 of facilitates his way, or Vanessa is his way into fitting in with this 595 00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:32.559 team. When he's in the starting lineup, he just performs. He steps 596 00:42:32.639 --> 00:42:36.320 up a mere Coffee. You know, he's starting to come out of the 597 00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:38.679 funk that he's been in over the last couple of weeks a couple of weeks 598 00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:45.280 too well. Oh, absolutely absolutely, And you know, when but Toom 599 00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:47.880 was on the team, we know that he was a big fan of nurturing 600 00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:52.760 Musa Diabat. But I would be very surprised if the mere Coffee wasn't taking 601 00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:55.679 some notes too, because he's he's sort of formed himself in the mold of 602 00:42:55.719 --> 00:43:00.159 a similar blue guy, albeit a couple of inches shorter. But he yeah, 603 00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:07.079 he absolutely he is the embodiment of sort of the stay ready Clippers, 604 00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:09.760 what this team has been. I mean really even preceding the two and three 605 00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:15.920 era, he is right there. The three point shot wasn't completely going for 606 00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:19.599 him tonight, but hey, he knocks down one more and that's a completely 607 00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:23.280 different conversation. He looked great tonight. Somebody who didn't look too good that 608 00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:30.360 I feel like we got to talk about who your man skeleton, key Bones 609 00:43:30.440 --> 00:43:35.519 Highland. He is not looking too hot after a great performance in Chicago. 610 00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:38.159 He got pulled early in that second quarter, I think for Brandon Boston when 611 00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:43.800 the Clippers started to go on a run with PG and Harden out there with 612 00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:46.320 Big Zoo. I don't know what it is. The last two games. 613 00:43:46.360 --> 00:43:52.679 It's strange, uninspiring play from Bones Highland after how good he was against the 614 00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:57.559 Chicago Bulls. I don't I don't know. He just doesn't seem to be 615 00:43:57.599 --> 00:44:00.440 fully there the last two games. The energy, the spark, he was 616 00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:06.639 over four, he had a turnover, you know, zero two ass But 617 00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:09.880 yeah, Bones Island, I don't know what it is right now, but 618 00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:14.599 he doesn't look right. The thing that was sort of disheartening to me, 619 00:44:14.679 --> 00:44:16.039 And again not to pile on him. He's a young guy. He's in 620 00:44:16.119 --> 00:44:21.960 face with a pretty difficult challenge there filling in while Harden was out, But 621 00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:27.480 even in those minutes at the end of the game, I know they're colloquially 622 00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:30.920 called garbage time. I just didn't like how disengaged he looked. Because I 623 00:44:31.360 --> 00:44:35.760 understand, if the game is in the bag, you don't have to play 624 00:44:35.840 --> 00:44:37.639 like it's the playoffs. But I would like to see a little effort out 625 00:44:37.679 --> 00:44:43.480 there and him just looking completely disengaged, especially on the defensive end. It's 626 00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:45.760 one of those things that he just has to tighten up. He just has 627 00:44:45.800 --> 00:44:50.599 to tighten up because you look at the team right now, especially you know 628 00:44:50.639 --> 00:44:53.039 with Norm being in the bench and then obviously Karen's out tonight, which is 629 00:44:53.079 --> 00:44:58.679 a bit of an anomaly. But you just you look at the depth of 630 00:44:58.719 --> 00:45:04.199 this team outside if you're starting five and things start to get a little carry 631 00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:07.320 and if he's one of the guys that you can't rely on, I mean, 632 00:45:07.360 --> 00:45:12.440 this rotation shortens to I mean, hopefully if Norm is there, you 633 00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:16.960 got I mean, optimistically, if Russ is back, eight guys total. 634 00:45:17.960 --> 00:45:21.840 Yeah, I look, I don't want to speculate too much or be a 635 00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:24.800 body language expert, but it just seemed like since Harden was back the last 636 00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:29.360 two games and Bones was back to coming off the bench, he hasn't looked 637 00:45:29.400 --> 00:45:32.880 right, I don't know, the same focus hasn't been there. Disengaged also 638 00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:37.960 an appropriate word. But now let's talk about your guy, PJ. Tucker. 639 00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:40.960 What did you think of his performance to night? Here? Will he 640 00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:45.360 was certainly there, no, I mean, look, racking up seven boards, 641 00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:49.519 he bractice seven boards and that assist you know, didn't turn the ball 642 00:45:49.559 --> 00:45:52.639 over, didn't take a shot, which is something that like, look, 643 00:45:53.199 --> 00:45:57.800 I mean, you've talked Toboddie. I know that you are believe that that 644 00:45:57.880 --> 00:46:01.599 PJ. Tucker can have value in a playoff rotation. I'm not gonna say 645 00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:07.880 I'm completely off of it, but you know, offensively, it's it's not 646 00:46:07.960 --> 00:46:12.039 great. I mean, you're looking at You're essentially looking at a four on 647 00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:16.360 five and I he's gotta he's got to take the shots. And like luckily 648 00:46:16.559 --> 00:46:20.880 tonight against the opponent, it wasn't something that was really gonna hurt of I 649 00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:28.119 did like I did like his high effort feel to in the I believe it 650 00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:32.039 was in the third to kind of secure this Clippers lead. But yeah, 651 00:46:32.119 --> 00:46:37.360 I you gotta take shots. I just don't. I don't know what else 652 00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:39.360 to say. This is the this is the NBA in twenty twenty four. 653 00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:43.800 There's not a guy that can be out there on the floor for twenty plus 654 00:46:43.800 --> 00:46:46.360 minutes and not take a shot. I'm sorry, Like Dennis Rodman would have 655 00:46:46.440 --> 00:46:50.760 to take shots in today's game. You can't be out there doing nothing. 656 00:46:50.840 --> 00:46:52.960 You can't do what he and Ben Wallace used to do. You become a 657 00:46:53.000 --> 00:46:57.960 liability. Guys hunt you out too much or they just don't guard you at 658 00:46:58.000 --> 00:47:01.199 all. And it's fair to say they're playing four on five at times on 659 00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:06.199 offense when Pj's just hiding in the corner and not taking a shot. He's 660 00:47:06.239 --> 00:47:08.960 been better in that area recently, but twenty five minutes didn't get one up 661 00:47:08.960 --> 00:47:12.719 in this game. I did like his effort on the boards. I did 662 00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:15.159 like what I saw defensively. For the most part, I still believe he 663 00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:21.119 can be a situational defensive specialist in a playoff series against the right opponent. 664 00:47:21.840 --> 00:47:25.039 But we'll see what happens moving forward with the offense, because it is something 665 00:47:25.119 --> 00:47:29.679 to be desired, and we're not asking a ton just he has to take 666 00:47:29.760 --> 00:47:35.199 the shot that he's taken the last fifteen years that corner three. Not many 667 00:47:35.280 --> 00:47:37.480 have been better than him. You know who was happy to take the shot 668 00:47:37.519 --> 00:47:45.599 tonight, Daniel tight Man one from three tonight. If he is somehow finding 669 00:47:45.679 --> 00:47:50.199 his three point strug late in this season, that is going to be an 670 00:47:50.199 --> 00:47:53.880 interesting wrinkle to watch for especially given the, like I said, the shakiness 671 00:47:53.880 --> 00:48:00.159 of what this depth could look like in an actual playoff rotation, putting Chuck 672 00:48:00.360 --> 00:48:04.039 and those shooting splits he had for his career on Daniel Tyson a body bag 673 00:48:04.079 --> 00:48:07.119 tonight going two of two from the outside. Just how are you going to 674 00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:10.000 stop this guy? Last one for you here, though, Chuck, do 675 00:48:10.039 --> 00:48:14.800 you just want to see the exact same type of ballgame from the Clippers on 676 00:48:14.880 --> 00:48:17.440 Friday? What are you looking for as we move down the stretch here? 677 00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:21.920 What fourteen games left? I think now in the regular season? What is 678 00:48:22.079 --> 00:48:25.039 good process? In your mind? It's will? This is will get the 679 00:48:25.119 --> 00:48:29.440 name right. I was just thinking about Chuck. I'm sorry, I just 680 00:48:29.480 --> 00:48:32.960 bodied him and now I'm bodying myself Chuck on the brain. Yeah, I 681 00:48:34.400 --> 00:48:37.880 want to see more of the same in this one, A comfortable lead. 682 00:48:37.440 --> 00:48:40.840 I liked that, you know, say what you will about the opponent, 683 00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:44.000 you still have to beat the teams in front of you. And I like 684 00:48:44.079 --> 00:48:46.320 the energy. I like the way the team did get locked in. Still 685 00:48:46.360 --> 00:48:51.280 a bit of a slow start initially, but they overcame it. I just 686 00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:53.679 want to see more of that energy, more of that connectedness, and more 687 00:48:53.719 --> 00:48:57.480 of getting back to Like I know this team says that they don't have an 688 00:48:57.480 --> 00:49:00.840 identity, but it just it doesn't steel like that's true, given you know, 689 00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:05.000 the nine game stretch that we saw, given the sample size that we 690 00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:07.639 saw going into the All Star break. I just think they need to get 691 00:49:07.920 --> 00:49:12.400 get back to basics, and I think a big part of that is keeping 692 00:49:12.480 --> 00:49:16.920 hard and engaged, and I think along with that is keeping Zoo involved offensively. 693 00:49:17.239 --> 00:49:22.000 It just opens things up for everybody. It gets everybody easier shots. 694 00:49:22.239 --> 00:49:25.599 James Harden said that the biggest, the biggest thing that he can do is 695 00:49:25.679 --> 00:49:30.840 stay aggressive in keeping his teammates engaged, not necessarily always looking to score for 696 00:49:30.960 --> 00:49:35.639 himself, but getting into those double digit assist numbers. We know how good 697 00:49:35.639 --> 00:49:38.559 the Clippers can be when he's there, and he's there to make everything easier 698 00:49:38.559 --> 00:49:43.119 for everybody else. So let's do that. Let's let's generate good shots, 699 00:49:43.199 --> 00:49:46.400 Let's get some easy looks, and let's let's stack up a couple of wins 700 00:49:46.440 --> 00:49:50.400 while we have a little bit of breathing room right now in the schedule. 701 00:49:50.480 --> 00:49:53.920 Once again, not to bag on any of our illustrious opponents over this next 702 00:49:54.000 --> 00:50:00.199 couple game stretch, Well said, he is Chuck Updyke, I mean Bill 703 00:50:00.360 --> 00:50:05.800 Mockler, I mean Will Updyke of clips and dip pod. Well, we 704 00:50:05.840 --> 00:50:08.519 got a YouTube I think coming up maybe alive this weekend or something, who 705 00:50:08.559 --> 00:50:12.719 knows, but thanks for coming on tonight and doing a little clips and double 706 00:50:12.760 --> 00:50:16.360 dip here on Clippers Talk my friend. Absolutely always a pleasure and as our 707 00:50:16.400 --> 00:50:21.679 co host Charles Mockler always says, let's go clips, let's go clippers. 708 00:50:21.760 --> 00:50:25.719 Before we get out of here, we got our producer and Katie Newton and 709 00:50:25.760 --> 00:50:32.119 her segment, which is just a rating spike each and every time. It 710 00:50:32.239 --> 00:50:39.679 is Katie's casual NBA corner where she gets to ask me anything pretty uh pretty 711 00:50:39.760 --> 00:50:45.719 high level questions about the NBA and other stuff too, just not oh yeah, 712 00:50:45.840 --> 00:50:47.199 I love it, Katie. You know, if you're gonna be rude's 713 00:50:47.199 --> 00:50:50.360 just giving you a hard time. What what's up? What do you want 714 00:50:50.360 --> 00:50:53.039 to know? You don't have a question to do. You're stolen. I 715 00:50:53.159 --> 00:50:58.719 know what this is. No, come on, be tap dancing. What 716 00:50:58.760 --> 00:51:00.800 do you got? What's the question? First off, I want to say 717 00:51:00.840 --> 00:51:07.400 thanks for grabbing the pizza from Uh No one cares it was delicious, don't. 718 00:51:07.440 --> 00:51:09.320 I actually don't have a question. All my questions I wrote down I 719 00:51:09.400 --> 00:51:16.960 asked something about pizza. Then it makes sense she's looking through her clippers notebook. 720 00:51:17.079 --> 00:51:22.079 I mean, yeah, all my questions are like from old games. 721 00:51:22.159 --> 00:51:24.119 You know, all right, I got a question, okay me, were 722 00:51:24.119 --> 00:51:29.320 you impressed by this Clippers victory tonight or is it just ho home because they 723 00:51:29.320 --> 00:51:34.760 were taken on Portland. I mean, you've watched games for three years. 724 00:51:34.800 --> 00:51:38.000 Of the last couple of games, I'm impressed that they won. Now that 725 00:51:38.400 --> 00:51:45.679 is the way to end the show. A little backhanded compliment from Katie Newton 726 00:51:45.360 --> 00:51:49.800 saying that she's impressed that the Clippers won after they had lost four or five 727 00:51:49.840 --> 00:51:52.639 coming into this one. So maybe it's fine, it's appropriate, Katie, 728 00:51:52.679 --> 00:51:57.280 appreciate your help. Clippers win one sixteen to one oh three in Portland over 729 00:51:57.320 --> 00:52:01.000 the Trailblazers where they will stay and run it back on Friday night, tip 730 00:52:01.039 --> 00:52:05.679 off at seven, pregame at six. Before we get out of here. 731 00:52:05.719 --> 00:52:09.000 I also want to thank the Clippers organization, Ralph Lawler, Brian Seeman, 732 00:52:09.079 --> 00:52:13.199 Noah Ego, Carlo Jimenez on the call, Big Brother, Jake Warner, 733 00:52:13.599 --> 00:52:20.159 the callers, the listeners will Updyke for eventually picking up his phone till Friday 734 00:52:20.199 --> 00:52:22.559 at six with the pregame show Clippers still in Portland. I met a Maslin. 735 00:52:23.000 --> 00:52:27.639 Wean't talk to you then, ma, Why was doing his thing? 736 00:52:27.960 --> 00:52:30.920 All they want to do is win in La. I win. I thought 737 00:52:30.920 --> 00:52:36.440 they gave everything they had. This has been Clippers Talk, the official postgame 738 00:52:36.559 --> 00:52:40.440 reaction of the LA Clippers. God bless Paul George. Are you it changed? 739 00:52:40.480 --> 00:52:45.360 Don't miss an episode all season law. Go to wherever you podcast and 740 00:52:45.440 --> 00:52:47.400 subscribe today. Go up the show. I got you on the iHeart Radio. 741 00:52:47.440 --> 00:52:52.239 You guys are great. Thank you for joining us for another exciting broadcast 742 00:52:52.280 --> 00:52:53.159 of LA Clippers basketball.