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The game is over. Paul George
money in the pain, but the postgame

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reaction has just be got. Kawhi
Leonard is so smooth in the mid range.

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This is Clippers locker Row, a
recap of today's game and a look

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ahead on your home for LA Clippers
playoff basketball. Now your host, You,

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sir, are a bad man,
Adam Osley Without Paul George, without

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Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers did all
they could but come up short. They

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lose Game three one twenty nine to
one twenty four. Here at Crypto dot

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Com arena to the Phoenix Suns,
Welcome into your post game show. I'm

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Adam Oslin. Coming up. We'll
have Clippers talk on the Patriot Am eleven

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fifty if you want to get on
early eight seven seven five two zero eleven

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fifty. We'll have second half highlights
also, and you'll hear from the head

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coach and the players. But first, back to your voice of the Clippers

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in Noah Eagle. No. I
usually end with this, but I'm gonna

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start with it here. Hell of
a call by you, and the one

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had me up out of my seat. I haven't been this excited for a

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ball game in a while let's first
playoff game here in a bit. But

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the Clippers fought, they showed their
heart, They stayed in a ball game

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were they were going up against a
Phoenix Suns team that is the favorites to

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come out of the West, and
they don't have the two one three connection,

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and the Sunset's had forty six free
throws in this one. And it

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was a nail biter down to the
last few seconds. I mean it was

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almost a rabbit out of a hat
for the Clippers in this one. If

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Tory Craig doesn't make that three in
the corner, which was heavily contested,

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late clock, perfect defense by the
Clippers, they have a chance to potentially

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go up and bring it to within
one or even tie of the game.

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They had all the momentum at that
time. And then Booker comes down with

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a three point play, and even
after that, Norman Palas a four point

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play, and then Bones Thailand has
a chance to cut it to two with

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a three ball that looked like it
was going down. I mean, I

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would have bet my house it was
going down. It was halfway through,

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and then it popped off. Obviously, it's disappointing to not win this game

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and in many ways not win Game
two. It felt like the Clippers had

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their chances in Game two, easily
could have won this that one, and

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you'd go and do this every postseason
series realistically, any of the close games.

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Most certainly, you know two years
ago in the Conference finals, you

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could easily have argued the Clippers should
have been up three one as opposed to

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down three one in that series.
The value in game two, Game four

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being that rock fight here at Crypto
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In this one, this should have
been a Clippers win. I think

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it's playing a simple I don't think
there's any arguing that the Clippers were the

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better team today. Overall, I
don't think there's any arguing that the Clippers

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played harder as a team today.
And a ton of credit for Norman Powe,

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Russell Westbrook, Bones Highland as Terrence
Mann. Those four guys, to

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me, kept the Clippers in this
game with their heart, their hustle,

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their scoring ability, their IQ down
the stretch. I loved what those guys

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did Toronto going super super small and
it made a dent. Now, rebounding

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was a little bit of a struggle, and even without their rebounding. Even

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with DeAndre Ayton going up and grabbing
a couple offensive boards, you get five

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of them to the Clippers still gave
themselves chances in the final minutes of this

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game. You cannot ask anything more
from this team in terms of effort.

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You can't ask anything more from this
team, in terms of belief, in

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terms of showmanship, in terms of
what they've given to their fans. The

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only thing you could ask for is
that this game was a win, and

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in many ways it felt like it
should have been. Norman Powell had thirteen

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of his forty two, a playoff
career high for him. He could clips

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his old number was a twenty eight
or twenty nine, twenty so just by

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a little bit, just by thirteen
points, he out does his previous best.

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He played his heart out Russell Westbrook. You could see it from the

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first play of the ball game where
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I didn't know if Russ could play
any harder than he normally does, but

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it looked like he had a little
bit extra tonight even still, and he

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played almost forty four minutes thirty nine
minutes from forty nine secreds in this game

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to put up thirty points, eleven
assists, eight rebounds, three steals and

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a block. And I know he
had a number of turnovers. I get

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it, but you got to take
the good with the bat and he had

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way more good than bad today.
And one of those turnovers was a clear

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takefoul on Devin Booker that didn't get
called. Think about that for a second.

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It was a take voul. It
was a two handed shove to Russell

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Westbrook that caused a turnover that would
have been free throws and ball for the

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Clippers. They were in the bonus
that would have kept the ball. Instead

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they turn it back over and then
Russ fouls Byambo on the other side.

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That's that's a big issue right there. And I know that officiating. You

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know me. You know how I
feel about NBA officials. They have the

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hardest job in the world. I
think, for the most part, they

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do outstanding work. They are fantastic. They're some of the best officials in

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all of sports, no doubt.
It was a tough night tonight, just

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playing and simple. It was a
tough night. Forty six free throws for

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the Phoenix sus twenty one of them
in the third quarter alone, forty six

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free throw attempts, Adam, it's
an unreal number to look at me not

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to mention a miss goal ten in
the first half, clearly off the backboard,

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that would have been two points.
And then for the Clippers, you

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give up two points at the end
of the second quarter to Chris Paul and

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the lap two points at end of
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That's four points there, plus two
points taken away from the Clippers in

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the game they lost by five.
They also missed six free throws in the

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game they lost by five. There's
a lot of things you can point to

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in this one, but man,
there's just it's frustrating because it feels like,

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at minimum the Clippers should be up
to one in this series. Yeah,

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and it's just so much to have
to overcome for this team right now,

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that's already down there, two superstars. They play their hearts out.

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And there's twenty one more free throws
attempted by the Phoenix Suns, and twenty

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one happened in that third quarter alone. And look, we haven't talked about

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the officiating pretty much all season long. How often postgame have we had a

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conversation about the officials. Well,
a lot of people are talking about it

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tonight. It's part of the storyline. When guys are going to the free

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throw line at will over and over
again, it's going to be so it's

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going to be brought up here.
Clippers, yes, still had their chances,

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but it is tough when the talent
disparity is that wide in favor of

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the Phoenix Suns and there's other issues
going on in a ballgame like this tonight.

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Yeah, no doubt about it.
It's it's just impossible to overcome forty

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six to twenty five free throw discrepancy
twenty one more free throw attempts in a

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game that the Clippers lose by five
five Like normally, if there's a twenty

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one plus or twenty plus free throw
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Yeah, and the Clippers lost this
game by two possessions in a game they

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missed six free throws in a game
they turned it over eighteen times that led

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to twenty five points. A couple
of those errors or a couple of bounces

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go their way, that bones Highland
shot goes down. You just never know

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what happens. And that's why I
always say all you gotta do is keep

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it close in the postseason, and
you never know how it could crumble the

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other way. But man, this
is gonna be a tough one for the

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Clippers get over. But they've got
to do it quickly because the turnaround is

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brief. Heading to Game four,
Clippers lose Game three one twenty nine till

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one twenty four. Here at Crypto
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Clippers are running a back Game four
about thirty six hours away, twelve thirty

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start on Saturday. We'll have your
pregame show starting right back here at eleven

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thirty. Pro Gramming update. We
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of Clippers Talk eight seven seven five
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Noah will join me here on Clippers topping

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up next. Second half highlights and
one of the best efforts I've seen from

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this Clippers team all season long,
all heart, all guts out there.

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They gave it everything they had.
They lost by five to the Suns in

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Game three. You're listening to the
Los Angeles Clippers Red you Network, Clippers

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lose a heartbreaker in a game where
they battled and fought and gave everything they

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had. Without Kawhi Leonard and Paul
George, they would lose late one twenty

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nine to one twenty four to the
Phoenix Suns, who were in downtown Los

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Angeles. Live from Crypto dot Com
Arena. I'm Adam Oslin. Welcome back

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into your post game show. Coming
up, we'll have Clippers stock with Noah

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Eagle eight seven seven five two zero
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eleven. Fifty is the phone number. But right now, second half highlights

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clip Wars were down by just three
at the half. It was fifty four

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to fifty one Sons in that third
quarter, just like how we started things

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off in the first quarter. Russell
Westbrook picking the team up down the right

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alley, Westbrook to the rim,
fakes it in and the foul up ahead.

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Westbrook full head of steam, driving
right, and he realized he didn't

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have any numbers. Slows it down, now, drives bats line, spins

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left, spades over Booker, fakes
it in. Russell Westbrook with fourteen.

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Westbrook into the point quarter score.
The last five for La looking a drive

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middle, Entrey gets inside fads and
fakes at home. Russell Westbrook seven in

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a row for us clumbly behind the
back outside Westbrook a right wing three.

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He's got it. Russell Westbrook on
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He's off to the Racist down the
left alley, attacks the rim,

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missed it for a foul and Westbrook
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it. A chance for three for
Russell Westbrook is the rent got it after

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to hit the backboard and Westbrook humps
big drive. Middle gets in the lanes.

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Let's penamona left hand Russo Westbrook with
twenty four. Russ had thirteen in

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that third quarter, but the Phoenix
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third alone. They led after three
ninety four to eighty five in the fourth,

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though the Clippers were not given up, and it wasn't just Russ out

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there. It was Bones Highland and
Norman Powell doing work force back down,

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spend, baseline, double combs,
bouncing around, swinging around, pow,

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ripped through drive, baseline, euro
step, floating up floaded in new playoff

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career high for Norman Powell. He's
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he has it against stripped. Here
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for Highland, get to the rim, lays it in with the rights.

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Here's Pile driving to his right.
Euro step On Booker floats it up and

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in with the right hand. Norman
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away. Highland on the steel.
We'll take a coast to coast and slam

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of the right bones. Highland with
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bench pal straight away against Tory Craig
straight away. Three is on the way

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and good for Norman Paul thirty six. His six three makes it one thirteen,

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one oh six. Quickly in with
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happen. Oh we got hit from
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left wing. Norman Powell with a
chance for four. They're not quite done

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yet. Norman Powell went for his
career playoff high of forty two points,

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Bones Highland his of twenty points,
but not enough. Couldn't get a few

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whistles, couldn't get a few bounces. Clippers lose one twenty nine to one

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twenty four. Late an underman team
given everything they had. Without Paul George

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and Kawhi Leonard, they fall by
five to the Big Bad Phoenix Suns here

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in Game three or Crypto dot Com
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more to this post game box score, plus coming up on Clippers Talk,

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we got Noah Eagle on taking your
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Network, A bitter pill to swallow
tonight, Clipper Nation without Kauai as they

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just found out earlier today, he's
out with the right spraying knee. Without

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Paul George, he's had the same
injury well, spraying knee. We don't

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know the extent of it. I'm
not gonna get into the details because we

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don't have them. But without your
two superstars, the Clippers fought. They

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gave everything and come up just five
points short. In Game three here at

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the Phoenix Suns. Welcome back into
your postgame show. I'm Adam Oslin programming

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And guess what we got your voice of

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the Clippers, Noah Eagle, he'll
be with us, or at least the

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first segment here, get on now, lines of life up. I already

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know they are. Clippers. End
up shooting fifty four percent from the field,

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forty three percent from the outside,
go nineteen to twenty five from the

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free throw line. Could have been
better there, but the Sun's attempt twenty

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one more. They were at forty
six free throws attempted. That's just one

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shy of the highest number all season
long in a non overtime game. It

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was forty seven by OKC versus Houston
on February fifteenth. It is a playoff

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high so far in these first rounds, tough to overcome. Clippers had their

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own self inflicted wounds, though also
eighteen turnovers leading to twenty five points.

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Suns finished with thirteen. But how
about Norman Powell forty two his playoff highs

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just three short of Kauai's playoff high
with the Clippers with forty five in that

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game, six against the Dallas Mavericks
in twenty twenty one. Bones Highland goes

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for his playoff high of twenty.
Russell Westbrook has thirty. I'm telling you

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there's a lot of reasons to be
proud of this team tonight, even in

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a loss. It was a tough
one. We'll talk about it all.

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The Clippers lose Game three one twenty
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Crypto dot com arena Clipper Nation,
and now you might have a sour,

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bitter taste in your mouth after this
one brutal loss for the Clippers for a

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few different reasons. We're gonna sweeten
things up though, because we got your

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eight seven seven five two zero eleven
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the player's post game will Updike will
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Pod. Let's start with no.
I guess the number forty six. Not

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too happy about this one, I
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tweets right now, just responding to
the lopsided affair when it came to the

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Battle of the Charity stripe where the
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I mean, it's hard to overcome
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at the line by twenty one free
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in the final minutes of this game. Most times you get outshot by twenty

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one free throws, you lose that
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that game by fifteen plus easy.
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just five points, one twenty nine
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the fight that we just saw from
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two points, from Russell Westbrook going
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assists and eight rebounds to go with
three steals. By the way from Bones

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Highland twenty points and twenty one minutes
and twenty three seconds, the fearlessness,

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everything that he brought. He was
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scoring ten points in over twenty five
minutes on four six shooting, going fifteen

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of thirty five from three, just
doing everything that they possibly can to make

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this as close the game as they
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to win it when it was all
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can ask for in the playoffs,
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George. But that was the surprising
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and the Clippers get outshot by that
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of the postseason at home against a
jump shooting team. Yes that I know.

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The Clippers outshot them at the Charity
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There's a reason for that. The
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series had only taken twenty shots in
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shots in the mid range. I
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I don't know if the Sports VU
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it was shocking to see that to
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Phoenix Suns. So the Sun's regular
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one. That was back on January
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when Kevin Durant was still part of
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had allowed was thirty six to the
Dallas Mavericks on January tenth, and the

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high in the NBA in a non
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and the regular season was forty seven, so one more than what the Phoenix

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Suns got. I was Oklahoma City
against Houston February fifteenth. I mean that,

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what else do you need me to
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lot of people referencing Monty Williams campaigning
for more free throws after they felt like

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they got the short end of the
stick against the Lakers here in this very

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building about a month ago. I
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We're just looking for anything right now. You're gonna drive yourself crazy if you

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continue to do that. You can't. You've got to put it behind you,

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which is easier said than done.
And I understand why everybody feels the

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way that they do right now.
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there's a couple things that you can
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that they could have controlled and if
they had gone differently, This game goes

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differently. One free throw shooting from
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the line in a game they lose
by five turnovers. I know that Toronto

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has already talked about that eighteen total
turnover for the Clippers leading to twenty five

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Phoenix points. That's a big no
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that just didn't fall, and listen, it's a make or misleague. But

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I know everyone's going to talk about
the Bones Highland three ball that didn't go

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down in the final minute or a
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Clippers were down by five, that
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it was right wide, opened straight
away and it was halfway down before popped

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off. But what about the Norman
pal jupper in the corner. Now was

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an eight point game with about six
minutes left, would have cut it to

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five. The Clippers had all the
momentum, they've built up a run,

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the crowd had gotten into it.
That completely changes it. And then I

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do look at the one. You
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one and a lot of people have
talked about it. But the Devin Booker

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foul that didn't get called on Russell
Westbrook. It's a turnover going the other

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way that resulted in Phoenix points.
So the swing. Then there's the goldten

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in that first half. But again
those are out of the Clippers control.

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We could talk about all the coals
that were either they are missed in this

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game. What we can't talk about, excuse me. What we can't talk

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about as well is what they can
control, and that's limiting the turnovers,

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making their free throws, and a
couple of those wide open jump shots that

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just didn't fall. And look,
in a seven game series, I've seen

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games like this happened before, and
maybe the Clippers we'll get a friendlier whistle

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coming up in game four. We'll
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seven game series. You never know, and referees can have a bad night

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too. As you mentioned earlier,
it is a very difficult job. But

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this has been part of the storylines
tonight, everybody's talking about it. But

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yes, the Clippers self inflicted wounds, eighteen turnovers, and almost half of

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those were turnovers where they were trying
to force the ball in to a vizza

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zoobots. We wanted to see them
get featured more They certainly were trying,

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but you know, there's a lack
of chemistry also when you don't have Kawhi

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and Paul George out there. Of
course, and there were some different lineups

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we saw. Maybe that led to
some of the turnover issues. I honestly,

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I just think that the spacing was
off. If you look at how

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they're forcing it in, it's because
they it didn't have the angle. The

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angles were wrong, and they weren't
trying to rotate the basketball around to get

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a clear angle to bounce it in
for a Viza Zoobots or to lob it

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over the top for Big Zoo.
It was just force feeding him. It

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was driving and then oh maybe I
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him in the head twice. You
know, That's all you need to know

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about how they were trying to get
it to their big man so didn't work

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out. I don't think they should
go away from it now. In Game

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four, go back to him,
see if you can get him going,

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because if he does, I'll play
DeAndre Ayton. I think that the Clippers

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have a much better chance of winning
not just the game, but overall in

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the series as well. But you
know, disappointing lost, no doubt,

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not the end of the world.
The Clippers have been down two OHO.

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Remember two years ago, down two
OHO twice in a row, down three

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two against the Dallas Mavericks. They
won both those series. They can do

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this down two one. They've got
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it doesn't go to a three one
series. Heading back to Phoenix, you

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go back to two you feel like
you've got yourself a chance in the best

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of three situation. And if you
can find a way to win Game five

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at a two two tie, you
come back here for Game six with a

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chance to close it out. What
more can you really ask for? And

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the way this team is competing right
now, the high level basketball they're playing

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out there, you know, some
of those turnovers a little bit reckless,

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some of them aggressive turnovers, as
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I just love the way and I'm
proud of the way this team fought

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tonight when they didn't get the news
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That's my understanding of it being out
tonight, and they rallied and they found

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a way to compete and had a
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understanding is correct. The team didn't
know until right before shoot around this morning

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that Kawhi was not going to play. There were discussions last night between him

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and to Ron Lewis to whether or
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They have ultimately decided it wouldn't be
the right move to secure and make sure

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that he feels best by the time
he gets back on the court, make

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sure he doesn't reaggravate it even further. So decision was made. Team has

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to to move forward. And that's
what I love about this team is they

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just roll with the punchers and go
from there. Eight seven, seven,

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five two zero eleven fifty. If
you'll want to get on and talk with

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your voice of the Clippers right now, Noah ego, we got them here.

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Clippers talk post game after they fall
once twenty nine till one twenty four.

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Here in game three or Crypto dot
com arena. Let's start things off

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with Javier in Lahabra Heights. Javier, what's good? You're on with your

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voice of the Clippers. No Eagle? What's up in? No Eagle?

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What's up at him? How are
you guys doing? What's up? Er?

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Well, you know it just it's
like you said, I'm frustrating.

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You know, they fought hard,
Like like Noah said, they were lostbo

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by five points. And again Kawhi
didn't play, and Paul George, we

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we've seen that movie before, so
you know, but the guys came to

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play, and you gotta give them
credit. You know, scheme three,

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you'll go. You know they'll come
back game four. But out a question

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for Noah because I know you called
trying to do with a chiropractor, right,

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Why? Yeah, why in the
third quarter you have Marcus Morris first

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eight off the bench. I've been
saying this for two years. What's the

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luft that's for Marcus Morris? Noah? All right, well let's start with

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this out here. Let's start with
this. He hasn't played in a month,

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so the chiropractor didn't make an adjustment
and took him out of the rotation

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for this last month. No Kawai
in this game, No Paul George.

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He needed some form of scoring and
Marcus still can't score from the mid range

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as we saw it today. He
also had that three banked in at the

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end of the first quarter, so
he has the five points. He only

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plays nineteen minutes in fifty one seconds. And I know people are gonna say,

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well, what about Robert Covington.
Well, Robert Covington played about four

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minutes in this game and then he
got taken out and it looked like was

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working on the stationary bike. We
still haven't gotten word as to what happened

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with him, but it looked like
there was something wrong with him. So

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now you don't have Robert Covington.
You have Nick Patoum, who is not

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shooting the three ball very well at
all this series. He has now combined

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one for seven is it at him? One for eight I believe now from

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three and so you need someone who's
gonna be physical, is gonna have a

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little bit of size. And before
they went to the small ball line up,

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like, to me, that's what
the chiropractor did. The adjustment he

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made was in the fourth quarter he
went uber uber small, and that almost

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won them the basketball game. But
you can't go uber small for the entire

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game because eventually you're gonna get crushed
on the offensive glass by DeAndre Ayton,

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who had what five six offensive rebounds
in this game. So that's where he

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went with Marcus Morris, but he's
made the adjustment. Morris has been out

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of the rotation for the last month. Yeah see, now I didn't know

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about Covington, So now you said
that, Now I know, like you

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said, I know he played for
minutes and las I was wondering how to

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be going to come back, Now
you said it. So yeah, there

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are shorts, so somebody's gotta play. And like you said, but Toomb's

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not I mean, I like the
tomb for the last couple of years,

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but honestly, the last you know, a couple of months, he seems

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like he lost like not one step, like two steps. He's just he

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looks old now. But you lock
up KD on a possession tonight. Yeah

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yeah, but like like Noah said, he hasn't been the same to the

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last couple a couple of months.
But well, we'll see what happens Game

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four on Saturday. They gotta,
you know, they gotta comebread to play.

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Thank you, guys, thank you, all right. I appreciate the

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phone called Mike in LA you're on
with your voice the Clippers and Noah Eagle

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Mike, what's up? Hey Adam, Hey Noah. You know, tonight

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was just a masterclass in heart.
I mean, it's so so proud of

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this team. I mean, just
fighting and fighting in a game they had

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no business being in. And you
know, I know people are making the

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big deal about the extremely you know
tight turnaround time now between now in game

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fours, well like thirty five hours
or something. Yeah, but I wonder

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if that mighty actually work to the
Clippers advantage in a weird way. I

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mean, you know, the sun, you know, Big three, let's

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call it all played forty plus minutes
or close to that tonight. You know,

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Kevin Durant and Chris Paul are not
young players by any means. They're

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you know, on the road.
They don't have their normal you know,

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00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:15.920
practice facilities or training facilities or whatever
else they would have at home. I

405
00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:18.799
wonder if that actually does turn into
an advantage for the Clippers. What do

406
00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:21.599
you think? I don't hate the
take, and it's something that we've been

407
00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:23.880
talking about it internally a little bit
as well. You know, Game two,

408
00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:27.319
let's look back at the minutes distribution
there. Chris Paul played thirty eight

409
00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:32.200
minutes, which was one of the
lower numbers for the Phoenix Big three,

410
00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:34.160
let's call them. It was the
lowest and among their big four second lowest.

411
00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:38.119
Devin Booker played forty five, Kevin
Durant played forty four and a half,

412
00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:41.559
and then you turn right around in
this game after traveling yesterday for Phoenix,

413
00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:45.480
Durant played almost forty two. Booker
played about forty five again, and

414
00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:49.240
Chris Paul played forty one. So
I don't hate that because Chris Paul is

415
00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:53.319
two weeks away from turning thirty eight
years old and he's starting to look more

416
00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:56.359
and more his age. He's still
not looking like a normal thirty eight year

417
00:26:56.400 --> 00:27:00.359
old necessarily, but he's starting to
look more and more his NBA age.

418
00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:04.279
And Kevin Durant only played forty seven
games this season because of a couple of

419
00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:08.920
injuries, didn't have that time to
really spend jelling with this team and playing

420
00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:11.960
big minutes with his team, so
now he's been thrust into that. Devin

421
00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:15.240
Booker, meanwhile, miss twenty straight
games during the regular season with a hamstring

422
00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:19.079
injury, and we know that those
can really be nagging over the course of

423
00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:22.279
a season. We've seen that with
Paul George and even Luke Kannar before he

424
00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:26.519
was traded, So I don't hate
the take. At the same time,

425
00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:29.680
this is a Phoenix team that understands
what's at stake. This is a Phoenix

426
00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:32.440
head coach and Monty Williams that knows
he's gonna have to play his guys anyway.

427
00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:34.480
And Devin Booker is playing at some
of the highest level basketball I've ever

428
00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:37.880
seen out of him, which is
saying something for an all NBA level guard

429
00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:41.799
who's made multiple All Star teams.
He's an Olympic Gold medalist, He's one

430
00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:44.960
of the best players in the NBA, one of the best shooting guards in

431
00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:47.519
the NBA. He's just playing at
such a high level right now, it

432
00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:49.839
just feels like nothing can stop him. But there's a chance, and certainly

433
00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:53.440
with a younger Clipper team like we
saw tonight that at twelve thirty start quick

434
00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:59.559
turnaround could play in their favor.
Yeah, I mean he Devin Booker made

435
00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:03.839
some amazing shots, had some unreal
shot. Nothing you can do about that.

436
00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:07.640
You know, it is what it
is. Anyways, thank you for

437
00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:11.480
taking the call. And yeah,
even though you know it sucks that we

438
00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:15.400
lost, you know they're still gotta
be inspredibly proud of this team. By

439
00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:18.480
the way they fought tonight. Oh
yeah, thank you, Mike. Shades

440
00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:22.519
of twenty eighteen, nineteen. Huh
Adam felt a little bit like that tonight

441
00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:26.640
where you're up against back then a
Golden State Warriors team with Kevin Durant and

442
00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:30.880
of course the Clipper's biggest comeback in
playoff history in that game too, thirty

443
00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:33.319
one point comeback. I don't hate
the take either. I don't like it

444
00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:37.680
as much as I did earlier today
when I didn't know the news about Kawhi

445
00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:40.279
Leonard. And obviously a lot of
people might be thinking, well, if

446
00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:42.200
they had more time off, maybe
Kawhi gets healthy in time. We don't

447
00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:45.720
know. The situation is status is
day to day currently. Yeah, so

448
00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:48.319
we're hoping for the best switch.
By the way, and again the team

449
00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:51.880
has said they don't think this is
a long term issue of any kind.

450
00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:55.640
Their hope is that it's very short
term. In perfect world, he would

451
00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:57.680
return for Game four and be ready
to go. Wuld be pretty well rested.

452
00:28:59.079 --> 00:29:02.319
But even if it's not that,
then maybe game five or maybe game

453
00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:04.359
six of this gets extended. The
hope is that at minimum he's back in

454
00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:07.920
this series, he's on the floor, and he's playing at the level that

455
00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:10.559
he did in the first two games
as well. Yeah, and regardless you

456
00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:14.279
get Game four, you're in business. You're in good shape, tied up

457
00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:18.319
at two two against this Phoenix Suns
team where all the pressure would be on

458
00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:21.240
them. They're the heavy favorites here, big time. And I think the

459
00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:26.039
Clippers have shown that they've got legitimate
cracks as well. John in La you're

460
00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:27.000
on Clippers, stop with your voice
of the Clippers. No a eagle,

461
00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:33.640
John, what's up? John?
You're gone? Morris Morris, I know

462
00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:38.279
you ain't hanging up. Morris,
what's up? No? You got it?

463
00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:41.519
You got a skill set? No, you really, you really got

464
00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:45.319
a skill set. It's almost better
to listen to you than watch the game.

465
00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:48.440
I know that's a statement, but
you really do have a skill set.

466
00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:52.680
And let me say something, the
Clippers, we got us a doge.

467
00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:55.799
This series is not over. See
when you're getting into the playoffs.

468
00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:59.359
This is about heart and spirit and
we got it. We got a real

469
00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:02.720
dog. Talk about Westbrook. Okay, so it's not over. I'm really

470
00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:04.440
proud of these guys, man.
I mean, and I wouldn't go nowhere

471
00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:07.960
when he was behind in the boy
ten thirty one minute go nowhere. These

472
00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:11.759
guys is coming back and they should
have got a break tonight. But you

473
00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:14.759
know, you know how to go, you know how to go. But

474
00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:18.480
we've got some spirit here. I'm
not worried about anything. If they had

475
00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:22.200
got blown out, nobody would have
said anything. But the almost stole one.

476
00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:26.079
I'm still getting ready to call the
police because they did, because for

477
00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:29.920
soon as they still this game tonight. But anyway, Man, keep your

478
00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:32.319
hands at man, because we got
some spirit, We got us a dog,

479
00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:34.440
and we in this. And though
you got a skill set, man,

480
00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:37.839
you really do. I'll talk la. I appreciate that more so we

481
00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:41.920
appreciate your positivity all the time.
Man Morris is one of the most positive

482
00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:45.480
callers. I listened every single time
he brings it. He brings it.

483
00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:49.839
He always finds that positive spin and
he's absolutely right Westbrook. Unbelievable stuff.

484
00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:53.279
Really all three games. I don't
think you know he shoots three of nineteen

485
00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:56.279
in game one, but he makes
all the plays to win it. At

486
00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:59.799
the end. He was as important
as anybody in that game. Game two

487
00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:03.599
plays great on the offensive, and
he was awesome again defensively running around.

488
00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:07.880
And then how about tonight thirty points, eleven assists, eight rebounds, three

489
00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:11.720
steals, played almost forty minutes.
I mean every single second he was on

490
00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:14.920
the court, he's giving not just
one hundred percent whatever, one hundred and

491
00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:18.920
fifty percent maximum effort is. He's
like Roffa Nadal. For anybody who watches

492
00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:22.359
tennis, Rafa Nadal takes zero points
off him and Russ really remind me of

493
00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:26.839
one another in that setting. But
man, Russ is awesome to watch,

494
00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:30.559
and it's even better in person to
see just how hard he plays every single

495
00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:34.279
play. And really he is the
perfect antidote in some ways for what the

496
00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:40.200
Clippers have needed without their two superstars. Having a guy like Russell Westbroff being

497
00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:44.000
in a foxhole with him, it
just helps rally guys and get him up

498
00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:47.039
even more for a game like this, when your BackStar against the wall sets

499
00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:49.920
the tone, completely sets the tone. And you know, I think a

500
00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:55.079
lot of people talk about Russ's previous
stop and why it didn't work. The

501
00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:56.400
main reason it didn't work is because
he didn't have the ball in his hands

502
00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:59.519
all the time. Now he's got
the ball in his hands, he can

503
00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:00.680
he can really the impact the game, and we've seen it. Plays with

504
00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:04.440
pace, gets downhill, gets to
the rim, gets to the free throw

505
00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:07.279
line. He's been making his three
point shots as well, which is a

506
00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:09.359
huge boost. That's just cherry on
top at that point. It's found money

507
00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:13.799
on the side of the road.
But everything else that he brings it helps

508
00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:16.559
raise the level of all his teammates
around him. Kyle in La, you're

509
00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:19.759
on Clippers. Stop with the voice
of the Clippers. No eagle, Kyle,

510
00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:24.839
what's up? What Kyle? Kyle
is also out. Adam Tagis in

511
00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:29.039
Walnut Tagis, you're a regular.
I know you got my back. Please

512
00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:32.400
you're embarrassing me in front of you
to know it. Come on, I'm

513
00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:37.680
not gonna embarrass you. Adam.
No One and I share the same birthday

514
00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:46.559
December eleven. Yeah, Sagittarius season. Oh man, that's when I talk

515
00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:50.039
about the game a little bit.
Obviously I'm on the set upset. It

516
00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:53.119
seemed like we're playing five on eight
today. He listened to Dally. I've

517
00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:59.000
never seen Mike Fatello and Brian Seaman
talk about the rest so much. And

518
00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:01.799
started in the second quarter for me, like with a lot of the bad

519
00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:08.680
calls. Terriss Man getting run over
by Durant Palmily had a clean block bones

520
00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:14.359
with call for offensive foul on the
CP flop. I think there was a

521
00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:16.079
goaltending on that. That was that
was just in the second quarter, and

522
00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:21.559
you guys already talked about the fourth
about the take fell on not being called

523
00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:24.160
and then getting in Lee losing the
ball out of bounce and they still called

524
00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:28.960
us on Highland. Okay, that's
enough of the rest, But I just

525
00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:35.759
made my point. But overall overall, I think, you know, I'm

526
00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:39.480
proud of that, guys. I
think with the turnovers in the first quarter

527
00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:45.519
and that kind of like got us
out of rhythm and maybe we had to

528
00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:49.839
play small ball a little bit more
because of all that turnovers in the first

529
00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:52.920
half, but especially with Westbrook.
But what I did see was when we

530
00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:58.599
went with the small ball, it
seemed like Westbrook they found something where Westbrook

531
00:33:58.720 --> 00:34:02.839
was he getting the ball in the
post and he kept backing in and either

532
00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:07.440
he would kind of going for the
layup take or he would find the open

533
00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:12.280
man for a shot, and seemed
like he was a lot more into control.

534
00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:15.119
His turnovers were a lot limited,
and I think that really kind of

535
00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:19.280
propelled them to kind of get back
in the game. And I don't know

536
00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:22.679
if they can continue that moving forward
in the next game, especially if kwais

537
00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:25.840
and not playing. But I did
like seeing him getting the ball in the

538
00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:30.800
post. I don't know what's your
thoughts on that. Uh, Noah,

539
00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:36.760
Noah, Russell Westbrook in the posts. I mean, listen, this is

540
00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:39.079
that is an area that he has
really developed over the course of his career.

541
00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:42.920
He's a bigger guard. You know, he's about six foot three,

542
00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:45.079
but two hundred two hundred five two
hundred ten pounds of just pure muscle.

543
00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:49.599
And if you've seen him walking in
with his shirt half open, you can

544
00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:52.159
see just how ripped this dude is. So he's willing to get physical and

545
00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:55.760
utilize that body. And he's He's
worked on that fade away a lot.

546
00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:59.840
That that fade away off the glass
has been kind of his patented move for

547
00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:02.000
long time in the NBA. He's
got good angles on it, he's got

548
00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:06.239
pretty good touch with it. I
just think that anytime he's attacking and getting

549
00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:08.199
feet into the paint, what does
Toronto Louis always say, get into the

550
00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:12.920
paint or die trying. However,
Russell Westbrook has to get himself into the

551
00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:15.199
paint. That's all that matters.
So if it's backing someone down, if

552
00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:19.000
it's going right at them, going
down hill, putting the head down.

553
00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:22.039
Whatever it is, good things generally
happened. So I've liked what I've seen

554
00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:24.039
out of him. I like how
he kind of operates and orchestrates with the

555
00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:28.760
offense, and as long as he's
getting two feet into the paint, almost

556
00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:31.480
always it results in something good for
the Clippers, either a quality look or

557
00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:36.920
him getting to the free throw line, which I like. Cortez and Georgia.

558
00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:43.000
Cortez here, you got Noah Eagle
with you? Cortez, Yeah,

559
00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:47.440
yeah, I'm here. Yeah,
what do you want to ask? Clipper

560
00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:57.239
did a good job and we just
need to look. I mean, the

561
00:35:57.599 --> 00:36:00.880
team certainly could have used Kauwhai.
I mean he was probably playing the best

562
00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:02.920
of anybody in the playoffs for the
first two games. Thirty nine or thirty

563
00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:07.320
eight and thirty one points to the
first two. So what is that average?

564
00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:10.639
Thirty four and a half through two
games and efficiently doing it getting to

565
00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:15.960
his spots defensively, menacing against Kevin
Durant. But you gotta give this seam

566
00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:17.400
credit even without him tonight, the
way that they fought, the way that

567
00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:21.440
they gave themselves a chance. They
didn't have him or Paul George, and

568
00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:23.760
to be in this game against the
likes of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker,

569
00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:29.000
Chris Paul, DeAndre Ayton. That's
impressive stuff. For guys like Bones Highland,

570
00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:31.079
who was out of the rotation for
well over a month. Guys like

571
00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:36.039
Norman Powell, who has never looked
at as a first option in his NBA

572
00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:38.599
career to put up forty two points. Guys like Russell Westbrook who was literally

573
00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:44.599
dropped from his team earlier this year. Guys like Marcus Morris who didn't play

574
00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:46.480
for a month and came in and
made a couple of big shots. Terrence

575
00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:52.000
Mann who's been cast aside over the
course of his basketball life. Nick Patoum

576
00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:57.559
doing what he could despite his shooting
struggles. Eric Gordon out there just scrapping

577
00:36:57.639 --> 00:37:00.480
for everything if eats his zoobots and
under a piece in the NBA over the

578
00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:02.760
course of his entire career. I
mean, you go down the line of

579
00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:07.679
everybody that played for the Clippers tonight, they've got a reason to really play

580
00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:10.119
that brand of basketball we saw,
and even without Kawhi Leonard, they still

581
00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:14.920
have a reason to believe that they
should have won and I think that's good

582
00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:20.840
instills confidence in some of them postseason
performances that they'll remember experience to have for

583
00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:23.880
the rest of their basketball lives.
This was a very positive loss. I

584
00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:27.840
know that it's hard to say that, but it's still a very positive loss

585
00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:30.840
for this team. And this Phoenix
Suns has some weaknesses. This Phoenix Suns

586
00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:35.679
team, they're not clicking on all
cylinders. Yet they are beatable. The

587
00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:37.679
Clippers could have won this game tonight, They could have won Game two as

588
00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:42.760
well. They're gonna have confidence going
into Game four no matter who is out

589
00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:45.159
there on the court with them.
These guys are ready. They're not afraid

590
00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:49.480
of this Phoenix Suns team. I
saw Kevin Durant clank two off the side

591
00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:52.679
of the backboard tonight. I saw
CP three miss two free throws, a

592
00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:57.320
great free throw shooter. The Suns
don't look like a juggernaut at the moment,

593
00:37:57.440 --> 00:38:00.400
at least not yet. And you
know, we know that it league

594
00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:02.920
could get to that point at some
point soon. But I would say that

595
00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:07.679
Phoenix they're not in that rhythm where
they're unbeatable. And I think a lot

596
00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:10.679
of people just expected because Kevin Durant
is one of the best plug in play

597
00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:14.320
players in the history of the NBA. That you put him in and he's

598
00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:15.519
gonna be Kevin Durant. But I'm
gonna be honest with you, he hasn't

599
00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:19.960
looked like Kevin Durant so far in
this series. He's looked great when he's

600
00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:22.320
had the ball in his hands.
But Phoenix Money Williams just said in his

601
00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:27.159
postgame press conference that he's one of
the most expensive decoys in the NBA right

602
00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:30.559
now. Money Williams, the head
coach of the Sun's just called Kevin Durant

603
00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:32.760
a decoy. That's their problem.
They gotta get rid of that guy.

604
00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:37.519
Now. I get it that Bookers
just put up thirty eight and forty five

605
00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:40.960
and back to back games, which
is more than capable of doing every single

606
00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:45.480
night of this series as well.
But Kevin Durant is Kevin Durant. You

607
00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:47.480
know who he is. You know
who he is, and for him to

608
00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:52.360
just be putting up twenty seven,
twenty five, twenty eight, he's better

609
00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:57.400
than that. He's the best player
on the floors, especially if Kawhi Leonard's

610
00:38:57.440 --> 00:39:00.360
not in. When Kauhai is in
there, I'd say it's pretty hard argue

611
00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:01.960
that Kawhi is not the best player
in this series, and quite honestly,

612
00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:06.480
maybe in the playoffs, but Kevin
Durant when Kawhai is out, is the

613
00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:08.920
best player on the floor. Use
him that way. He's scarce here.

614
00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:13.119
He can score at three levels and
there's absolutely not much you can do when

615
00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:15.440
a seven foot or with a jumper
like that, he's rising over the top

616
00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:19.519
of you. All Right, no
final thoughts from you here heading into Game

617
00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:22.000
four on Saturday with this Clippers group, still a lot of positives to take

618
00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:25.480
away. And I think that Toron
Lou showcased that he's still that same guy

619
00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:29.320
on the sideline. That's what I
saw in that fourth quarter. You know,

620
00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:31.960
Tron has talked about that he's one
of the only guys that's willing to

621
00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:36.159
literally try anything, and we saw
that. I don't think we've ever seen

622
00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:38.920
him use a five guard lineup.
We've seen small ball where Nick Batoum and

623
00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:43.480
Marcus Morris are in there to be
the size, or maybe you've got Robert

624
00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:47.239
Covington at the five. We've seen
that before. We've never seen five guards.

625
00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:50.920
And for him to utilize the five
guards and for it to work as

626
00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:52.679
well as it did, is spectacular. I think that's a great sign that

627
00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:57.119
Tlu is on his game right now. He's in his postseason mode. Aside

628
00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:59.880
from that, Norman Powell, who
did not play well in the first two

629
00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:01.840
games, he'd be the first two
minutes score to combine twenty six points in

630
00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:06.000
the first two puts up forty two
tonight. I'm not saying he's gonna put

631
00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:08.119
up forty two every single night.
He's capable. We saw it tonight.

632
00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:12.000
He can absolutely do that again.
And part of him was that he made

633
00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:14.760
shots. If he's gonna make shots, he's gonna play like that. But

634
00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:16.920
I think Norman Pale is critical to
this series that the Clippers are gonna want

635
00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:21.559
to steal another game here. And
then I thought Bones Thailand is another positive

636
00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:24.679
takeaway. Bones Hiland scoring twenty points
off the bench and his performance was most

637
00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:29.239
certainly repeatable. He didn't do anything
that was out of the ordinary from what

638
00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:32.360
he normally does. Similar to norm
he made shots and both of them could

639
00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:35.760
have had a three ball that fell
that would have changed the complexion of this

640
00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:37.719
game. But a lot of positive
and a lot of confidence to build heading

641
00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:40.480
in the game for a game it
feels like the Clippers need to have heading

642
00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:44.400
back to Phoenix, and certainly if
Kawhi Leonard's gonna be out for that one,

643
00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:47.079
same energy is required out of Russell
Westbrook in this team. I think

644
00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:50.239
they can bring it. I think
they can win game four. I think

645
00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:52.880
they can make it a best of
three, and then you're given more time

646
00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:55.039
for Kawhi Leonard and Paul George to
get as healthy as they possibly can and

647
00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:59.840
make a return because if that happens, look out No A great call,

648
00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:02.559
brother, Thanks for doing this tonight
on Clipper Stock, Adam. I appreciate

649
00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:06.760
you. You know, it's always
fun to talk to the fans and talk

650
00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:09.440
to you, and I just enjoy
being around here. Can't wait out him,

651
00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:15.599
can't wait Coming up next more of
a phone calls postgame audio from coach

652
00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:19.239
Lou Clippers falling game three one twenty
nine, so one twenty four Here at

653
00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:22.119
Crypto dot com, Marina, and
you're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers right

654
00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:25.639
your network. Clippers lose one twenty
nine and one twenty four Here at Crypto

655
00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:30.079
dot com arena. Welcome back in
This is Clippers Stock. I'm out of

656
00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:36.360
Moslin eight seven seven five two zero
eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero

657
00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:38.960
eleven fifty is the phone number.
You guys still want to talk with me.

658
00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:42.519
I know it's just a little me
here now. No eagerly your voice

659
00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:45.960
of the Clippers left, but that
was pretty cool to have him on once

660
00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:50.559
again. Hoping for a few more
of these sessions before the season is over.

661
00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:53.119
Let's hear from coach Lou postgame.
Clippers lose this one by five.

662
00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:57.719
A valiant effort. You know what, we don't have Coach Lou yet.

663
00:41:58.079 --> 00:42:02.159
There's audio, there's quotes coming out, but apparently we don't have it postgame.

664
00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:07.679
Maybe something's being edited Clippers. I
thought this was one of the most

665
00:42:07.719 --> 00:42:13.199
spirited efforts I've seen all season long, without a doubt, considering the guys

666
00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:15.559
they were missing. It reminded me
a little bit of the game in Memphis

667
00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:19.960
where Russell Westbrook led them to a
victory in that two game series in Memphis

668
00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:23.280
near the end of the season,
and Russ was so great, the offense

669
00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:28.280
centered around him. He was back
in his comfort zone, and tonight he

670
00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:31.880
start things off with the steal and
gets it to Norman Powell. Just indicative

671
00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:35.400
of how this game would go.
For the most part, for the Clippers.

672
00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:38.960
Those two working together, Russ was
creating offense through his defense, got

673
00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:45.960
Norman Powell going, don't you know
understate just how important getting the first bucket

674
00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:50.639
to go is and he got to
lay up a dunk and transition because Russ

675
00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:55.000
ripped it from Kevin Durant and the
Phoenix Suns. I'm telling you this team

676
00:42:55.480 --> 00:43:00.800
is vulnerable right now because they haven't
built up that industry yet and they don't

677
00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:07.280
look that confident. Cliper Nation,
hats off to you. The way you

678
00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:12.119
guys were cheering on the squad tonight
had an effect on the ball game.

679
00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:17.840
Clippers don't keep making those runs playing
small ball without you. It wasn't just

680
00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:22.519
the heart on the floor, but
I thought in the audience tonight, Clipper

681
00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:27.280
Nation was loud. It was rowdy. When Terrence Man hit that three pointer

682
00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:31.480
late in the fourth quarter, it
was shades of Game six Terrence Man against

683
00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:36.719
the Utah Jazz. I felt it
for a second. Cliper Nation was believing

684
00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:40.800
in this team and the way the
guys performed out on the court. Why

685
00:43:40.840 --> 00:43:45.239
wouldn't you. They're gonna compete no
matter who is out there, no matter

686
00:43:45.280 --> 00:43:50.159
who's available. On Saturday as well, let's go to Nick and Arcadia.

687
00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:53.119
Nick, you're on Clippers stock without
Am Moslin. Nick, what's up,

688
00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:58.760
Adam, It's great to talk to
you. You know, you make a

689
00:43:58.920 --> 00:44:04.599
great point about Clipper Nation tonight.
I'm actually coming from the game, and

690
00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:10.719
Clippers Nation brought the Clippers back to
where they need to be tonight. Listen,

691
00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:14.920
our defense, though, wasn't there? How many points did we give

692
00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:19.719
up tonight? We got to play
better defense. But we are right there.

693
00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:24.119
You're absolutely right like this this Sun's
team. They've only had eight ten

694
00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:31.159
games together, and I think that
whether or not Kawai comes back or PG,

695
00:44:32.679 --> 00:44:38.760
the Clippers have what we need in
our toolbox right now to win this

696
00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:45.079
series. I firmly believe that we
got we got tehront Lou and then we

697
00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:49.840
got the Clippers bench and it's it's
good enough. And Adam, all I

698
00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:54.079
gotta say is that your favorite Mets
fan believes exactly what you're saying. Clipper

699
00:44:54.239 --> 00:45:00.239
Nation batch here on Saturday night and
then Game six also, what do you

700
00:45:00.280 --> 00:45:02.840
say, Adam, Well, Saturday
night afternoon. But I agree with it.

701
00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:06.320
For the most part, I'm with
you. I had clips and six

702
00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:09.159
coming into this series. Nick,
I believe in this squad. No matter

703
00:45:09.199 --> 00:45:16.079
who is out there, this team
was refusing to lose late. They gave

704
00:45:16.280 --> 00:45:22.159
everything they had out there. You
mentioned the defensive effort. It's tough when

705
00:45:22.199 --> 00:45:25.679
you're getting called for those fouls.
People were wondering about the defense at the

706
00:45:25.800 --> 00:45:29.480
end of the second quarter, end
of the third quarter of each the Subots

707
00:45:29.519 --> 00:45:32.360
gave up a layup to CP three
end of the first half, and they

708
00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:37.800
gave up another one to Devin Booker
end of the third quarter. Sometimes that

709
00:45:37.880 --> 00:45:42.719
stuff happens because you don't want to
get close to a guy when fouls are

710
00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:46.360
being called that often. It puts
you on your heels. It puts you

711
00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:52.000
in a tough position. The Clippers
weren't able to defend without fouling. They

712
00:45:52.039 --> 00:45:55.000
didn't get the benefit of the whistle
tonight. It could change moving forward.

713
00:45:57.000 --> 00:45:59.800
I'm interested to hear from coach lu
post game and what he thought, because

714
00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:02.159
obviously, you know, Marcus Moore's
had a technical in the first half.

715
00:46:02.239 --> 00:46:07.920
Guys weren't happy the take foul.
I mean, Devin Booker is trying to

716
00:46:07.039 --> 00:46:12.119
foul basically Russell Westbrooker and transition at
the end, and they didn't call it,

717
00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:16.400
and it leads to a turnover,
critical play. Clippers have their own

718
00:46:16.480 --> 00:46:21.199
stuff to clean up. They missed
six free throws, They had eighteen turnovers.

719
00:46:21.880 --> 00:46:25.519
You know, I won't go too
hard after them when you have eighteen

720
00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:30.480
turnovers. Some of that is just
a lack of familiarity. New starting lineup,

721
00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:35.199
new lineup to close the game.
It's guys who haven't played with each

722
00:46:35.199 --> 00:46:37.039
other, and you don't have your
two superstars, the guys with the highest

723
00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:42.320
usage rating on the team running the
show offensively, Turnovers were going to happen.

724
00:46:43.760 --> 00:46:46.800
But I just love the resilient nature
of this team. Some people thought

725
00:46:46.880 --> 00:46:51.400
that it was lacking at times this
season, and I agree with that.

726
00:46:52.800 --> 00:46:57.440
There weren't as many comebacks. You
kind of weren't sure what the identity of

727
00:46:57.519 --> 00:47:00.599
this team was. Were they still
that stay ready Clippers group? Do they

728
00:47:00.719 --> 00:47:06.280
still have as much heart? Something
was missing after losing Patrick Beverlely, I

729
00:47:06.360 --> 00:47:10.159
felt like over the last year.
But Russell Westbrook He's filled that void.

730
00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:16.039
His competitive spirit, the edge he
plays with gets guys up for ball games,

731
00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:21.360
and the way he started this game, the way he finished it,

732
00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:25.199
still playing hard at the end.
They gotta be confident going into Game four.

733
00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:29.320
Still with or without Kawhi Leonard.
All right, quick time out,

734
00:47:29.360 --> 00:47:32.199
We'll come back. We'll have Will
Updike on from Clips and Dip podcasts.

735
00:47:32.239 --> 00:47:37.440
Still looking for post game audio from
coach lou Clippers lose twenty nine twenty four

736
00:47:37.800 --> 00:47:39.719
here in Game three. They're down
two games to one in this best of

737
00:47:39.880 --> 00:47:45.039
seven first round series against the Phoenix
Suns. You're listening to the Los Angeles

738
00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:52.679
Clippers Radio Network and the Patriot AM
eleven fifty tough, one, no sweat.

739
00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:57.719
They lose tonight. The Spike giving
everything that has. They just were

740
00:47:57.719 --> 00:48:00.679
missing their two superstars, and they
lose by five to the Phoenix Suns,

741
00:48:00.320 --> 00:48:07.440
one twenty nine to one twenty four. You cannot halt the effort. Execution

742
00:48:07.679 --> 00:48:10.880
lacking at times, but it's also
understandable you're running different lineups out there.

743
00:48:10.960 --> 00:48:15.519
Marcus Morris played for the first time
in a month. Rocco played a little

744
00:48:15.519 --> 00:48:19.639
bit. They had a different starting
lineup with Norman Powell in it, who

745
00:48:19.679 --> 00:48:23.559
went for his playoff career high of
forty two. He eclipsed his previous high

746
00:48:23.599 --> 00:48:28.559
of twenty nine. Goes for forty
two answered the call. Russ had thirty

747
00:48:28.800 --> 00:48:35.719
bones. Highlight playoff career high of
twenty. These guys they just kept coming.

748
00:48:35.800 --> 00:48:39.320
They didn't give up. They didn't
give in, no matter how the

749
00:48:39.400 --> 00:48:43.639
odds were stacked against them without Kawhi
Leonard and they just found out about that

750
00:48:43.760 --> 00:48:47.320
earlier today. I shoot around and
they performed to this level. I'm proud

751
00:48:47.360 --> 00:48:52.360
of this group. I get it. Cliber Nation, you want the victory

752
00:48:52.599 --> 00:48:57.079
tough one tonight, but the Clippers
fought. They lose one twenty nine till

753
00:48:57.079 --> 00:49:02.679
one twenty four and underman shorthanded group
they scrapped and they lose by five to

754
00:49:02.800 --> 00:49:07.719
a Phoenix Suns team with an extreme
talent advantage tonight. In this one,

755
00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:10.480
you heard the music, you know
what it means. We got Will Updike

756
00:49:10.599 --> 00:49:15.679
on from Clips and Dip podcast does
the pod with myself and Charles Mockler.

757
00:49:15.760 --> 00:49:19.199
I think they were doing a live
later tonight, or maybe not because they

758
00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:21.320
were at the game. We took
a picture with Noah Eagle, who was

759
00:49:21.360 --> 00:49:23.159
on in the first segment and did
Clippers stock. If you missed that,

760
00:49:23.559 --> 00:49:28.679
it will be podcasted. Will where
do you want to start tonight? How

761
00:49:28.760 --> 00:49:30.320
did the Clippers lose this game?
Because I know a lot of people are

762
00:49:30.400 --> 00:49:36.960
pointing to this number forty six in
the box score. I mean, like

763
00:49:37.119 --> 00:49:39.480
that's a huge part of it.
I mean, you gotta hand it to

764
00:49:39.920 --> 00:49:45.280
Devin Booker, who was I mean
absolutely incredible in this one. Yeah,

765
00:49:45.360 --> 00:49:49.360
some some, there were some blunders. I mean the one that keeps haunting

766
00:49:49.440 --> 00:49:53.159
me, I guess is that the
kind of lazy but tumbe inbounds that resulted

767
00:49:53.199 --> 00:49:58.159
in the Devin Booker three. Look, this is one of those games where

768
00:49:59.760 --> 00:50:02.800
you we had to kind of throw
everything at the wall, and it's unfortunate

769
00:50:02.840 --> 00:50:06.480
that we didn't come away with the
win. I think like that would have

770
00:50:06.559 --> 00:50:10.519
been one of the sweetest Clippers postseason
wins we've seen in a minute, maybe

771
00:50:10.639 --> 00:50:16.719
since that Games six versus Utah.
But this, I mean, I gotta

772
00:50:16.760 --> 00:50:21.239
be honest. I know there's no
such thing as a moral victory in the

773
00:50:21.360 --> 00:50:24.360
playoffs, but this was something else. Man. There were so many times

774
00:50:24.400 --> 00:50:28.719
when it felt like this team could
have rolled over and he really could not

775
00:50:28.920 --> 00:50:32.039
have falted them at any point.
You know, we went with a five

776
00:50:32.159 --> 00:50:37.079
guard lineup in this one, Olive
Garden in full effect, and you know,

777
00:50:37.280 --> 00:50:39.840
the team, the team, you
know, they were able to keep

778
00:50:39.920 --> 00:50:45.280
it within about three possessions once you
know, Phoenix really pulled the head there

779
00:50:45.320 --> 00:50:47.440
in that third quarter. They could
not get over the hump. We have

780
00:50:47.599 --> 00:50:52.360
five guards. Everyone that everyone around
me in the press boxes scratching their heads

781
00:50:52.360 --> 00:50:54.480
saying, okay, well, how
the heck is this gonna work out?

782
00:50:54.559 --> 00:50:59.679
The Suns even end up bringing DeAndre
Aden back in. They cut this five

783
00:50:59.719 --> 00:51:02.960
guard, ends up taking the game
to three points. This was absolutely incredible

784
00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:07.440
stuff. And yes, the free
throw to like, the free throw disparity

785
00:51:07.599 --> 00:51:09.239
is insane, you know how I
feel about that stuff. It's one of

786
00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:13.400
those things that you just you can't
control that. You can't control that at

787
00:51:13.400 --> 00:51:15.440
all. Yes, there was a
terrible mistakes foul. Yes, I mean

788
00:51:15.480 --> 00:51:19.960
there were there were so many things. But I think I think this Clippers

789
00:51:20.039 --> 00:51:23.519
team four seen Phoenix is Big four
if you can even still call it that

790
00:51:23.639 --> 00:51:28.760
at that point, to all play
forty minutes, I guess with the accession

791
00:51:28.800 --> 00:51:35.039
of DeAndre Aden uh and to just
barely beat this Clippers team shorthanded underman,

792
00:51:35.360 --> 00:51:38.400
not a lot of time together on
the floor, and to the Clippers will

793
00:51:38.440 --> 00:51:44.639
only come up short by five points
two possessions. I mean, I think

794
00:51:44.679 --> 00:51:47.039
the Clippers did something really spectacular here, and I think if you're a Clippers

795
00:51:47.079 --> 00:51:52.840
fan while the lost things, especially
seeing how beatable this Seenic Suns team is,

796
00:51:52.119 --> 00:51:55.239
it does sting a little bit.
You've got to hold your head high

797
00:51:55.280 --> 00:51:59.079
after a performance like this. Man, this this was something else. This

798
00:51:59.239 --> 00:52:05.159
was special. Yeah, I think
it stings most because this was a game.

799
00:52:05.400 --> 00:52:08.880
Had they had won, you'd remember
forever. But we'll probably get buried

800
00:52:08.960 --> 00:52:13.360
in the history books just because they
didn't come up with the w even though

801
00:52:13.480 --> 00:52:17.199
the effort and the will and the
heart they showed tonight was spectacular. It

802
00:52:17.320 --> 00:52:22.000
was an all timer from a Clippers
group in the playoffs. If they had

803
00:52:22.039 --> 00:52:24.000
won this game. To your point, this is one of the best Clippers

804
00:52:24.079 --> 00:52:28.480
postseason wins. Ever, that's what
we'd be talking about tonight. Ever,

805
00:52:29.280 --> 00:52:32.639
I mean the way the odds swung
earlier today, once the news came out

806
00:52:32.719 --> 00:52:37.800
that Kawhi Leonard was going to be
out, everybody seemed to think that it

807
00:52:37.920 --> 00:52:42.199
was over, that the Phoenix Suns
were going to roll the Clippers tonight.

808
00:52:42.679 --> 00:52:45.719
That's not what happened at all.
They pushed them to the break, They

809
00:52:45.840 --> 00:52:50.599
made them earn it. Everything was
earned by the Phoenix Suns. Unless you

810
00:52:50.599 --> 00:52:53.400
want to point to some of the
free throws, but everything else was earned

811
00:52:53.440 --> 00:52:58.719
by them. I'm proud of this
team. I'm still proud of this team.

812
00:52:58.719 --> 00:53:00.920
And you know what, like all
in the greater conversation, Sure this

813
00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:05.800
game gets lost to the history books. I tell you three guys who who

814
00:53:06.239 --> 00:53:08.719
they will remember this playoff game for
a long time. And as Norman Powell,

815
00:53:08.800 --> 00:53:14.000
Russell Westbrook and Bones Highland and I
just I could not be happier.

816
00:53:14.039 --> 00:53:17.079
I could not have asked for anything
more from from any single one of those

817
00:53:17.159 --> 00:53:22.320
guys. Yes, there were some
some some uh some less than sellar decisions

818
00:53:22.360 --> 00:53:27.079
by Rust at times, but overall
an incredible game. Bones Highland most playoff

819
00:53:27.119 --> 00:53:31.679
minutes, most playoff points in his
career, and Norman Powell man unreal.

820
00:53:32.039 --> 00:53:35.679
We needed him to step it up. I talked about him having a big

821
00:53:35.760 --> 00:53:38.599
game in this one. When once
the series returned home. I had assumed

822
00:53:38.639 --> 00:53:42.559
that Kawhi Leonard would still be there, but man, he showed up in

823
00:53:42.719 --> 00:53:46.679
the hugest of ways, and he
was absolutely indispensable for the Clippers. I

824
00:53:47.039 --> 00:53:51.880
mean, like, yeah, it
is it does sing to lose this one,

825
00:53:51.960 --> 00:53:57.239
but like they just gay absolutely everything
and for them to be hanging tell

826
00:53:57.320 --> 00:54:02.159
to tell with this team that you
know has been penciled in as contenders by

827
00:54:02.159 --> 00:54:06.719
a lot of people. I mean
that to me is something that's really really

828
00:54:06.800 --> 00:54:08.719
special. And these are the kind
of moments that, like, yes,

829
00:54:08.840 --> 00:54:13.119
I do still realize that this was
a loss, but like, these are

830
00:54:13.159 --> 00:54:16.000
the moments that have galvanized Clipper Nation, right, These are the kind of

831
00:54:16.039 --> 00:54:22.199
things that have galvanized this family.
When absolutely every single thing that could possibly

832
00:54:22.360 --> 00:54:27.840
go wrong goes wrong and you're still
right there, You're still you still have

833
00:54:27.920 --> 00:54:30.400
a seat at the table, You're
still at the doorstep of the thing that

834
00:54:30.480 --> 00:54:34.960
you're chasing. It's I mean,
I gotta be honest, there's nothing like

835
00:54:35.079 --> 00:54:37.360
being a Clippers fan. And I
feel like this game was kind of,

836
00:54:37.639 --> 00:54:39.480
despite of being a loss, was
just kind of the encasolation of that.

837
00:54:40.320 --> 00:54:44.599
It's the friends we've made along the
way. Damn it. That was that

838
00:54:44.840 --> 00:54:49.599
type of game. And you know, to your point, if this Clippers

839
00:54:49.679 --> 00:54:54.599
team came out doa and lost by
twenty, I wouldn't have even blamed them

840
00:54:54.760 --> 00:54:59.800
with the news that came out today, there could have been that emotional letdown.

841
00:55:00.559 --> 00:55:04.400
It didn't happen. It tells you
the character of this team. And

842
00:55:04.480 --> 00:55:07.800
I think a lot of people question
whether or not they still had that in

843
00:55:07.960 --> 00:55:10.760
them at their core, whether or
not they could still fight like this after

844
00:55:10.880 --> 00:55:15.159
what we have seen the last couple
of seasons compared to this year. It's

845
00:55:15.239 --> 00:55:19.960
there. It's there. This Clippers
team is still that resilient bunch that will

846
00:55:20.000 --> 00:55:22.920
not give in no matter who was
out there. So there are a lot

847
00:55:22.960 --> 00:55:25.559
of good things to take away from
it. I mean, Norman Powell has

848
00:55:25.559 --> 00:55:30.199
an argument for best player on the
court tonight and tonight when Devin Booker has

849
00:55:30.280 --> 00:55:35.000
forty five points, that's how good
he was. Thorn Fowe seven or twelve

850
00:55:35.039 --> 00:55:38.440
from the outside all right, I
think he doubled his point total of the

851
00:55:38.559 --> 00:55:42.599
first two games of the series.
Where did he have twenty four? So

852
00:55:42.760 --> 00:55:47.639
not quite but still an incredible performance
from Norman Powell. And then Bones Highland.

853
00:55:47.679 --> 00:55:52.800
You mentioned coming of age, and
credit to tylu for continuing to go

854
00:55:53.000 --> 00:55:58.280
to him. He wasn't great the
first two games scoring wise, but he

855
00:55:58.440 --> 00:56:01.719
still was contributing, competing out there. His defense was good, he was

856
00:56:01.800 --> 00:56:05.559
a positive on the court. They
made some of the runs with him even

857
00:56:05.639 --> 00:56:08.719
without his scoring. And then it
finally came around. In that fourth Quarterbones

858
00:56:08.800 --> 00:56:13.679
Highland had nine points and that could
carry over. That's a guy who was

859
00:56:13.760 --> 00:56:16.239
looking for a confidence, looking for
a heater to finally catch it. I

860
00:56:16.320 --> 00:56:21.800
don't know. I'm excited to see
him on Saturday. And that three man,

861
00:56:22.199 --> 00:56:24.760
that three in the fourth quarter that
was in and out for Bone Thailand.

862
00:56:24.960 --> 00:56:30.360
Oh my gosh. We were watching
the replay in the physics of how

863
00:56:30.440 --> 00:56:34.320
that did not go in just they
It still eludes me. It reminded me

864
00:56:34.440 --> 00:56:37.840
off Robert Horry had a shot.
This was like the only Big three he

865
00:56:38.000 --> 00:56:45.480
ever missed. It was in two
thousand and three against the San Antonio Spurs

866
00:56:45.559 --> 00:56:47.679
with the Lakers, a series they
would eventually lose. I don't know which

867
00:56:47.760 --> 00:56:52.400
game it was, but it just
rattled in and out, spun around,

868
00:56:52.519 --> 00:56:55.280
did everything but drop And afterwards he
said, I did everything right, it

869
00:56:55.400 --> 00:56:59.199
just didn't go. Now, obviously
that's not the case. If you do

870
00:56:59.360 --> 00:57:02.840
everything, it will go. But
it was tantalizing and the top would have

871
00:57:02.920 --> 00:57:07.800
come off Crypto dot com arena if
that shot hit dropped from Bones Highland.

872
00:57:07.840 --> 00:57:13.920
There is something special and exciting about
this young player who's really just scratching the

873
00:57:14.000 --> 00:57:19.480
surface of his potential. But coach
lew going small late. I know there's

874
00:57:19.519 --> 00:57:23.159
a tradeoff there. You're losing and
you're giving up offensive rebounds, but damn

875
00:57:23.199 --> 00:57:28.480
it, it worked overall. You're
giving up defense a little bit for scoring

876
00:57:28.800 --> 00:57:30.719
in a game where they weren't defending
that well anyways, or weren't allowed to

877
00:57:30.840 --> 00:57:36.639
because they couldn't defend without fouling obviously. Well, and I think that that

878
00:57:36.840 --> 00:57:39.039
was I mean, I think that
that was exactly Tylo was calculation right.

879
00:57:39.159 --> 00:57:42.400
Like like I said, when the
Sun started to pull away there in that

880
00:57:42.519 --> 00:57:45.719
third quarter, we just could not
We could not get the game closer than

881
00:57:45.840 --> 00:57:50.199
like that than like three possessions like
the Sun's just we we couldn't do it.

882
00:57:50.920 --> 00:57:53.760
And I mean, just all the
credit in the world so that the

883
00:57:54.440 --> 00:57:59.039
Tyl call on that you know,
we've been I personally have been very critical

884
00:57:59.119 --> 00:58:01.559
of the guard having line up.
This was more than worth the price of

885
00:58:01.599 --> 00:58:06.920
admission. Like this was. This
was incredible to watch. It was.

886
00:58:07.440 --> 00:58:12.880
It was as well fought a basketball
game by an underbrand team as I've seen

887
00:58:13.079 --> 00:58:15.760
in a long time. Yeah,
you're right, hold your head high,

888
00:58:15.800 --> 00:58:20.239
Clipper Nation. After this one.
They lost, but the spirit was not

889
00:58:20.400 --> 00:58:23.639
broken and they have a belief that
I think they can win that they think

890
00:58:23.679 --> 00:58:28.039
they can win Game four, and
I think so too, no matter who

891
00:58:28.159 --> 00:58:31.079
was available for that ball game.
Like I said, just like the what

892
00:58:31.280 --> 00:58:37.159
they were up against, which just
insurmountable and tricked to be within five points

893
00:58:37.239 --> 00:58:45.320
is unreal. Everything was against them
out Man, not outguns Field Prodigy album.

894
00:58:45.320 --> 00:58:50.039
Will I appreciate you coming on tonight, my friend and doing a little

895
00:58:50.079 --> 00:58:53.559
Clips and double dip here on Clippers
Talk. Always a pleasure, and we

896
00:58:53.679 --> 00:58:58.880
will have a new episode of Clips
and dippriyall wherever you listen a podcast and

897
00:58:59.119 --> 00:59:04.519
over on YouTube. That's at Clippers
Podcast right on. Coming up next final

898
00:59:04.639 --> 00:59:09.119
thoughts. Still looking for postgame audio
from coach Lou Clippers lose by five one

899
00:59:09.239 --> 00:59:13.400
twenty nine twenty four was the final
and favor of the Suns here in game

900
00:59:13.480 --> 00:59:17.159
three. Clippers are back in about
thirty six hours twelve thirty tip on Saturday

901
00:59:17.239 --> 00:59:21.599
for Game four, and this is
Clippers Talk here on the Patriot damn Um

902
00:59:21.719 --> 00:59:25.239
fifty. Clippers lose tonight one twenty
nine two one twenty four here at Crypto

903
00:59:25.280 --> 00:59:30.119
dot com arena in game three.
I'm Adam Oslind welcome back in This is

904
00:59:30.280 --> 00:59:36.760
Clippers Talk. I do see this
postgame quote from coach Lou talked about Devin

905
00:59:36.840 --> 00:59:40.679
Booker hurting them and the free throw
disparity with Phoenix at twenty one more attempts

906
00:59:40.760 --> 00:59:45.119
they had twenty one in the third
quarter alone. He said, I loved

907
00:59:45.159 --> 00:59:50.440
our fight and our competitive nature tonight. Some calls just didn't go our way.

908
00:59:51.800 --> 00:59:55.360
Look, I think they will on
Saturday. I've seen it too many

909
00:59:55.480 --> 01:00:00.119
times in a series. One night
that calls don't go your way, the

910
01:00:00.199 --> 01:00:04.880
next night they do. There's no
reason to harp on it anymore than we

911
01:00:05.000 --> 01:00:07.519
already have. But I know Clipper
Nation was upset about it, and I

912
01:00:07.679 --> 01:00:14.960
was reading the tweets all throughout the
broadcast, so it was worth mentioning,

913
01:00:15.239 --> 01:00:17.760
of course. But the Clippers lose
this one with some self inflicted wounds as

914
01:00:17.760 --> 01:00:22.880
well. But I loved the way
this team battled. I gotta tell you

915
01:00:23.159 --> 01:00:28.000
this was reinvigorating. I'm sure for
Clipper Nation to see them. This was

916
01:00:28.079 --> 01:00:31.400
a classic Clippers never out of it, no matter how many guys are out

917
01:00:31.480 --> 01:00:37.039
for them type of performance against one
of the most talented teams in the league.

918
01:00:37.119 --> 01:00:39.719
Before we get out of here,
Jose and Southgate, you're on Clipper

919
01:00:39.800 --> 01:00:45.519
stock. It's up Jose Adam,
this is chess, not checkers. Like

920
01:00:45.559 --> 01:00:50.480
Denzil sit and train. There thirty
six that were turning around. It's not

921
01:00:50.599 --> 01:00:52.599
a perfect world, but in ty
lose world. Hey, what's the worst

922
01:00:52.679 --> 01:00:57.159
that can happened? And it's all
thirty games? Do you Krylenar? Some

923
01:00:57.239 --> 01:01:02.239
rest the boys needed was we put
them in a dog fight. Get the

924
01:01:02.280 --> 01:01:10.039
spirits, so and that dog Clippers
and Tylu mentioned that as well before we

925
01:01:10.119 --> 01:01:15.519
left the podium. Sons have been
playing heavy minutes. The Clippers stay with

926
01:01:15.639 --> 01:01:22.599
this level of energy and this type
of competitive spirit, they're gonna be all

927
01:01:22.679 --> 01:01:25.800
right. They lose tonight one twenty
nine, two one twenty four without the

928
01:01:25.880 --> 01:01:30.559
two on three connection. They gave
everything they had before we get out of

929
01:01:30.559 --> 01:01:35.239
here. I do want to thank
the Clippers organization. Noah Eagle, hell

930
01:01:35.320 --> 01:01:39.440
of a call. If you missed
it, you missed a lot, big

931
01:01:39.480 --> 01:01:43.559
brother, Jake Corner, thank you, Ah, we didn't do your segment

932
01:01:43.880 --> 01:01:46.400
around of time. I forget things. Then, is Zagostino not forgetting you

933
01:01:46.559 --> 01:01:51.639
tonight? Statistician to the Stars,
Katie Newton back in the bank, the

934
01:01:51.719 --> 01:01:55.440
callers, the listeners, we appreciate
y'all. Hey, it's almost like our

935
01:01:55.480 --> 01:01:58.800
back to back. We'll be back
here in thirty six hours. Shart to

936
01:01:58.800 --> 01:02:04.760
you. Then, This has been
playoff Clippers Talk, a postgame conversation about

937
01:02:04.880 --> 01:02:08.239
your LA Clippers with Adam Oslap.
If you like the show, subscribe to

938
01:02:08.320 --> 01:02:14.159
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939
01:02:14.239 --> 01:02:17.679
page. This team has those championship
ingredients. They have some of that DNA.

940
01:02:19.280 --> 01:02:22.440
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941
01:02:22.559 --> 01:02:24.960
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