The game is over. Paul George money in the pain, but the postgame
reaction has just be got. Kawhi Leonard is so smooth in the mid range.
This is Clippers locker Row, a recap of today's game and a look
ahead on your home for LA Clippers playoff basketball. Now your host, You,
sir, are a bad man, Adam Osley Without Paul George, without
Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers did all they could but come up short. They
lose Game three one twenty nine to one twenty four. Here at Crypto dot
Com arena to the Phoenix Suns, Welcome into your post game show. I'm
Adam Oslin. Coming up. We'll have Clippers talk on the Patriot Am eleven
fifty if you want to get on early eight seven seven five two zero eleven
fifty. We'll have second half highlights also, and you'll hear from the head
coach and the players. But first, back to your voice of the Clippers
in Noah Eagle. No. I usually end with this, but I'm gonna
start with it here. Hell of a call by you, and the one
had me up out of my seat. I haven't been this excited for a
ball game in a while let's first playoff game here in a bit. But
the Clippers fought, they showed their heart, They stayed in a ball game
were they were going up against a Phoenix Suns team that is the favorites to
come out of the West, and they don't have the two one three connection,
and the Sunset's had forty six free throws in this one. And it
was a nail biter down to the last few seconds. I mean it was
almost a rabbit out of a hat for the Clippers in this one. If
Tory Craig doesn't make that three in the corner, which was heavily contested,
late clock, perfect defense by the Clippers, they have a chance to potentially
go up and bring it to within one or even tie of the game.
They had all the momentum at that time. And then Booker comes down with
a three point play, and even after that, Norman Palas a four point
play, and then Bones Thailand has a chance to cut it to two with
a three ball that looked like it was going down. I mean, I
would have bet my house it was going down. It was halfway through,
and then it popped off. Obviously, it's disappointing to not win this game
and in many ways not win Game two. It felt like the Clippers had
their chances in Game two, easily could have won this that one, and
you'd go and do this every postseason series realistically, any of the close games.
Most certainly, you know two years ago in the Conference finals, you
could easily have argued the Clippers should have been up three one as opposed to
down three one in that series. The value in game two, Game four
being that rock fight here at Crypto dot com reriner at the time Staples Center.
In this one, this should have been a Clippers win. I think
it's playing a simple I don't think there's any arguing that the Clippers were the
better team today. Overall, I don't think there's any arguing that the Clippers
played harder as a team today. And a ton of credit for Norman Powe,
Russell Westbrook, Bones Highland as Terrence Mann. Those four guys, to
me, kept the Clippers in this game with their heart, their hustle,
their scoring ability, their IQ down the stretch. I loved what those guys
did Toronto going super super small and it made a dent. Now, rebounding
was a little bit of a struggle, and even without their rebounding. Even
with DeAndre Ayton going up and grabbing a couple offensive boards, you get five
of them to the Clippers still gave themselves chances in the final minutes of this
game. You cannot ask anything more from this team in terms of effort.
You can't ask anything more from this team, in terms of belief, in
terms of showmanship, in terms of what they've given to their fans. The
only thing you could ask for is that this game was a win, and
in many ways it felt like it should have been. Norman Powell had thirteen
of his forty two, a playoff career high for him. He could clips
his old number was a twenty eight or twenty nine, twenty so just by
a little bit, just by thirteen points, he out does his previous best.
He played his heart out Russell Westbrook. You could see it from the
first play of the ball game where he had the steal on Kevin Durant.
I didn't know if Russ could play any harder than he normally does, but
it looked like he had a little bit extra tonight even still, and he
played almost forty four minutes thirty nine minutes from forty nine secreds in this game
to put up thirty points, eleven assists, eight rebounds, three steals and
a block. And I know he had a number of turnovers. I get
it, but you got to take the good with the bat and he had
way more good than bad today. And one of those turnovers was a clear
takefoul on Devin Booker that didn't get called. Think about that for a second.
It was a take voul. It was a two handed shove to Russell
Westbrook that caused a turnover that would have been free throws and ball for the
Clippers. They were in the bonus that would have kept the ball. Instead
they turn it back over and then Russ fouls Byambo on the other side.
That's that's a big issue right there. And I know that officiating. You
know me. You know how I feel about NBA officials. They have the
hardest job in the world. I think, for the most part, they
do outstanding work. They are fantastic. They're some of the best officials in
all of sports, no doubt. It was a tough night tonight, just
playing and simple. It was a tough night. Forty six free throws for
the Phoenix sus twenty one of them in the third quarter alone, forty six
free throw attempts, Adam, it's an unreal number to look at me not
to mention a miss goal ten in the first half, clearly off the backboard,
that would have been two points. And then for the Clippers, you
give up two points at the end of the second quarter to Chris Paul and
the lap two points at end of the third quarter Devin Booker on a layup.
That's four points there, plus two points taken away from the Clippers in
the game they lost by five. They also missed six free throws in the
game they lost by five. There's a lot of things you can point to
in this one, but man, there's just it's frustrating because it feels like,
at minimum the Clippers should be up to one in this series. Yeah,
and it's just so much to have to overcome for this team right now,
that's already down there, two superstars. They play their hearts out.
And there's twenty one more free throws attempted by the Phoenix Suns, and twenty
one happened in that third quarter alone. And look, we haven't talked about
the officiating pretty much all season long. How often postgame have we had a
conversation about the officials. Well, a lot of people are talking about it
tonight. It's part of the storyline. When guys are going to the free
throw line at will over and over again, it's going to be so it's
going to be brought up here. Clippers, yes, still had their chances,
but it is tough when the talent disparity is that wide in favor of
the Phoenix Suns and there's other issues going on in a ballgame like this tonight.
Yeah, no doubt about it. It's it's just impossible to overcome forty
six to twenty five free throw discrepancy twenty one more free throw attempts in a
game that the Clippers lose by five five Like normally, if there's a twenty
one plus or twenty plus free throw discrepancy, a team's blowing you out.
Yeah, and the Clippers lost this game by two possessions in a game they
missed six free throws in a game they turned it over eighteen times that led
to twenty five points. A couple of those errors or a couple of bounces
go their way, that bones Highland shot goes down. You just never know
what happens. And that's why I always say all you gotta do is keep
it close in the postseason, and you never know how it could crumble the
other way. But man, this is gonna be a tough one for the
Clippers get over. But they've got to do it quickly because the turnaround is
brief. Heading to Game four, Clippers lose Game three one twenty nine till
one twenty four. Here at Crypto dot Com Arena, it's Noah Eagle mentioned
Clippers are running a back Game four about thirty six hours away, twelve thirty
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up next. Second half highlights and one of the best efforts I've seen from
this Clippers team all season long, all heart, all guts out there.
They gave it everything they had. They lost by five to the Suns in
Game three. You're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers Red you Network, Clippers
lose a heartbreaker in a game where they battled and fought and gave everything they
had. Without Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, they would lose late one twenty
nine to one twenty four to the Phoenix Suns, who were in downtown Los
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Eagle eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero
eleven. Fifty is the phone number. But right now, second half highlights
clip Wars were down by just three at the half. It was fifty four
to fifty one Sons in that third quarter, just like how we started things
off in the first quarter. Russell Westbrook picking the team up down the right
alley, Westbrook to the rim, fakes it in and the foul up ahead.
Westbrook full head of steam, driving right, and he realized he didn't
have any numbers. Slows it down, now, drives bats line, spins
left, spades over Booker, fakes it in. Russell Westbrook with fourteen.
Westbrook into the point quarter score. The last five for La looking a drive
middle, Entrey gets inside fads and fakes at home. Russell Westbrook seven in
a row for us clumbly behind the back outside Westbrook a right wing three.
He's got it. Russell Westbrook on target. Westbrook got it on the outside.
He's off to the Racist down the left alley, attacks the rim,
missed it for a foul and Westbrook wants a goal ten and they do count
it. A chance for three for Russell Westbrook is the rent got it after
to hit the backboard and Westbrook humps big drive. Middle gets in the lanes.
Let's penamona left hand Russo Westbrook with twenty four. Russ had thirteen in
that third quarter, but the Phoenix Suns attempted twenty one free throws in the
third alone. They led after three ninety four to eighty five in the fourth,
though the Clippers were not given up, and it wasn't just Russ out
there. It was Bones Highland and Norman Powell doing work force back down,
spend, baseline, double combs, bouncing around, swinging around, pow,
ripped through drive, baseline, euro step, floating up floaded in new playoff
career high for Norman Powell. He's got thirty one rebound cooked around a koke,
he has it against stripped. Here comes Powell three on one up ahead
for Highland, get to the rim, lays it in with the rights.
Here's Pile driving to his right. Euro step On Booker floats it up and
in with the right hand. Norman Powell thirty three points and then throws it
away. Highland on the steel. We'll take a coast to coast and slam
of the right bones. Highland with his playoff career high sixteen points off the
bench pal straight away against Tory Craig straight away. Three is on the way
and good for Norman Paul thirty six. His six three makes it one thirteen,
one oh six. Quickly in with the front squard as to make it
happen. Oh we got hit from the three. Holy put in from the
left wing. Norman Powell with a chance for four. They're not quite done
yet. Norman Powell went for his career playoff high of forty two points,
Bones Highland his of twenty points, but not enough. Couldn't get a few
whistles, couldn't get a few bounces. Clippers lose one twenty nine to one
twenty four. Late an underman team given everything they had. Without Paul George
and Kawhi Leonard, they fall by five to the Big Bad Phoenix Suns here
in Game three or Crypto dot Com Arena. Coming up, we'll dig in
more to this post game box score, plus coming up on Clippers Talk,
we got Noah Eagle on taking your calls eight seven seven five two zero eleven
fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty You listen to the Clippers Radio
Network, A bitter pill to swallow tonight, Clipper Nation without Kauai as they
just found out earlier today, he's out with the right spraying knee. Without
Paul George, he's had the same injury well, spraying knee. We don't
know the extent of it. I'm not gonna get into the details because we
don't have them. But without your two superstars, the Clippers fought. They
gave everything and come up just five points short. In Game three here at
Crypto dot Com Arena, they lose one twenty nine, one twenty four to
the Phoenix Suns. Welcome back into your postgame show. I'm Adam Oslin programming
note. Coming up, we got Clippers Talk on the Patriot a M eleven
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eleven fifty is the phone number. And guess what we got your voice of
the Clippers, Noah Eagle, he'll be with us, or at least the
first segment here, get on now, lines of life up. I already
know they are. Clippers. End up shooting fifty four percent from the field,
forty three percent from the outside, go nineteen to twenty five from the
free throw line. Could have been better there, but the Sun's attempt twenty
one more. They were at forty six free throws attempted. That's just one
shy of the highest number all season long in a non overtime game. It
was forty seven by OKC versus Houston on February fifteenth. It is a playoff
high so far in these first rounds, tough to overcome. Clippers had their
own self inflicted wounds, though also eighteen turnovers leading to twenty five points.
Suns finished with thirteen. But how about Norman Powell forty two his playoff highs
just three short of Kauai's playoff high with the Clippers with forty five in that
game, six against the Dallas Mavericks in twenty twenty one. Bones Highland goes
for his playoff high of twenty. Russell Westbrook has thirty. I'm telling you
there's a lot of reasons to be proud of this team tonight, even in
a loss. It was a tough one. We'll talk about it all.
Coming up next on Clipper Stock again. Eight seven seven five two zero eleven
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The Clippers lose Game three one twenty nine to one's twenty four here at
Crypto dot com arena Clipper Nation, and now you might have a sour,
bitter taste in your mouth after this one brutal loss for the Clippers for a
few different reasons. We're gonna sweeten things up though, because we got your
voice of the Clippers with us in Noah Eagle Here post game get online now
eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven
fifty is the phone number coming up. You'll also hear from Coach Lou and
the player's post game will Updike will be here as well from Ips and Dip
Pod. Let's start with no. I guess the number forty six. Not
too happy about this one, I know. Clipper Nation I'm being inundated with
tweets right now, just responding to the lopsided affair when it came to the
Battle of the Charity stripe where the Clippers lost it by twenty one. Yeah.
I mean, it's hard to overcome a game in which you get outshot
at the line by twenty one free throws, and yet the Clippers had chances
in the final minutes of this game. Most times you get outshot by twenty
one free throws, you lose that game by double digits easy. You lose
that game by fifteen plus easy. And yet the Clippers lost this game by
just five points, one twenty nine to one twenty four. I mean,
the fight that we just saw from this team from Norman Powell going for forty
two points, from Russell Westbrook going for a near triple double with thirty eleven
assists and eight rebounds to go with three steals. By the way from Bones
Highland twenty points and twenty one minutes and twenty three seconds, the fearlessness,
everything that he brought. He was as Terrence Man coming in providing energy,
scoring ten points in over twenty five minutes on four six shooting, going fifteen
of thirty five from three, just doing everything that they possibly can to make
this as close the game as they possibly could, and they gave themselves chances
to win it when it was all said and done. And that's all you
can ask for in the playoffs, especially when you don't have Kawhi leonardor Paul
George. But that was the surprising part. No Kawai, no Paul George,
and the Clippers get outshot by that many free throws in a Game three
of the postseason at home against a jump shooting team. Yes that I know.
The Clippers outshot them at the Charity Stripe in Game two by seventeen.
There's a reason for that. The Suns in the first two games of the
series had only taken twenty shots in the restricted area and had taken one hundred
shots in the mid range. I don't know what the numbers are yet tonight.
I don't know if the Sports VU cameras have calculated everything yet, but
it was shocking to see that to be it so far in favor of the
Phoenix Suns. So the Sun's regular season high for free throw attempts was forty
one. That was back on January nineteenth against the Brooklyn Nets. Ironically,
when Kevin Durant was still part of the team. The high that the Clippers
had allowed was thirty six to the Dallas Mavericks on January tenth, and the
high in the NBA in a non overtime game for free throw attempts this year
and the regular season was forty seven, so one more than what the Phoenix
Suns got. I was Oklahoma City against Houston February fifteenth. I mean that,
what else do you need me to say, Adam? I see a
lot of people referencing Monty Williams campaigning for more free throws after they felt like
they got the short end of the stick against the Lakers here in this very
building about a month ago. I don't know if that had any effects.
We're just looking for anything right now. You're gonna drive yourself crazy if you
continue to do that. You can't. You've got to put it behind you,
which is easier said than done. And I understand why everybody feels the
way that they do right now. But at the end of the day,
there's a couple things that you can point to from the Clippers that that things
that they could have controlled and if they had gone differently, This game goes
differently. One free throw shooting from themselves, they missed six of them at
the line in a game they lose by five turnovers. I know that Toronto
has already talked about that eighteen total turnover for the Clippers leading to twenty five
Phoenix points. That's a big no no. And then a couple of shots
that just didn't fall, and listen, it's a make or misleague. But
I know everyone's going to talk about the Bones Highland three ball that didn't go
down in the final minute or a minute and a half or so when the
Clippers were down by five, that would have cut into two rightfully, So
it was right wide, opened straight away and it was halfway down before popped
off. But what about the Norman pal jupper in the corner. Now was
an eight point game with about six minutes left, would have cut it to
five. The Clippers had all the momentum, they've built up a run,
the crowd had gotten into it. That completely changes it. And then I
do look at the one. You know, I know this was a tough
one and a lot of people have talked about it. But the Devin Booker
foul that didn't get called on Russell Westbrook. It's a turnover going the other
way that resulted in Phoenix points. So the swing. Then there's the goldten
in that first half. But again those are out of the Clippers control.
We could talk about all the coals that were either they are missed in this
game. What we can't talk about, excuse me. What we can't talk
about as well is what they can control, and that's limiting the turnovers,
making their free throws, and a couple of those wide open jump shots that
just didn't fall. And look, in a seven game series, I've seen
games like this happened before, and maybe the Clippers we'll get a friendlier whistle
coming up in game four. We'll see sometimes it's the even flows of a
seven game series. You never know, and referees can have a bad night
too. As you mentioned earlier, it is a very difficult job. But
this has been part of the storylines tonight, everybody's talking about it. But
yes, the Clippers self inflicted wounds, eighteen turnovers, and almost half of
those were turnovers where they were trying to force the ball in to a vizza
zoobots. We wanted to see them get featured more They certainly were trying,
but you know, there's a lack of chemistry also when you don't have Kawhi
and Paul George out there. Of course, and there were some different lineups
we saw. Maybe that led to some of the turnover issues. I honestly,
I just think that the spacing was off. If you look at how
they're forcing it in, it's because they it didn't have the angle. The
angles were wrong, and they weren't trying to rotate the basketball around to get
a clear angle to bounce it in for a Viza Zoobots or to lob it
over the top for Big Zoo. It was just force feeding him. It
was driving and then oh maybe I can squeeze it to him. They hit
him in the head twice. You know, That's all you need to know
about how they were trying to get it to their big man so didn't work
out. I don't think they should go away from it now. In Game
four, go back to him, see if you can get him going,
because if he does, I'll play DeAndre Ayton. I think that the Clippers
have a much better chance of winning not just the game, but overall in
the series as well. But you know, disappointing lost, no doubt,
not the end of the world. The Clippers have been down two OHO.
Remember two years ago, down two OHO twice in a row, down three
two against the Dallas Mavericks. They won both those series. They can do
this down two one. They've got to win game four to make sure that
it doesn't go to a three one series. Heading back to Phoenix, you
go back to two you feel like you've got yourself a chance in the best
of three situation. And if you can find a way to win Game five
at a two two tie, you come back here for Game six with a
chance to close it out. What more can you really ask for? And
the way this team is competing right now, the high level basketball they're playing
out there, you know, some of those turnovers a little bit reckless,
some of them aggressive turnovers, as you said, as Coach Lou calls them.
I just love the way and I'm proud of the way this team fought
tonight when they didn't get the news about Kawhi Leonard until earlier this morning.
That's my understanding of it being out tonight, and they rallied and they found
a way to compete and had a chance to win this ball game. Your
understanding is correct. The team didn't know until right before shoot around this morning
that Kawhi was not going to play. There were discussions last night between him
and to Ron Lewis to whether or not he could give it a go.
They have ultimately decided it wouldn't be the right move to secure and make sure
that he feels best by the time he gets back on the court, make
sure he doesn't reaggravate it even further. So decision was made. Team has
to to move forward. And that's what I love about this team is they
just roll with the punchers and go from there. Eight seven, seven,
five two zero eleven fifty. If you'll want to get on and talk with
your voice of the Clippers right now, Noah ego, we got them here.
Clippers talk post game after they fall once twenty nine till one twenty four.
Here in game three or Crypto dot com arena. Let's start things off
with Javier in Lahabra Heights. Javier, what's good? You're on with your
voice of the Clippers. No Eagle? What's up in? No Eagle?
What's up at him? How are you guys doing? What's up? Er?
Well, you know it just it's like you said, I'm frustrating.
You know, they fought hard, Like like Noah said, they were lostbo
by five points. And again Kawhi didn't play, and Paul George, we
we've seen that movie before, so you know, but the guys came to
play, and you gotta give them credit. You know, scheme three,
you'll go. You know they'll come back game four. But out a question
for Noah because I know you called trying to do with a chiropractor, right,
Why? Yeah, why in the third quarter you have Marcus Morris first
eight off the bench. I've been saying this for two years. What's the
luft that's for Marcus Morris? Noah? All right, well let's start with
this out here. Let's start with this. He hasn't played in a month,
so the chiropractor didn't make an adjustment and took him out of the rotation
for this last month. No Kawai in this game, No Paul George.
He needed some form of scoring and Marcus still can't score from the mid range
as we saw it today. He also had that three banked in at the
end of the first quarter, so he has the five points. He only
plays nineteen minutes in fifty one seconds. And I know people are gonna say,
well, what about Robert Covington. Well, Robert Covington played about four
minutes in this game and then he got taken out and it looked like was
working on the stationary bike. We still haven't gotten word as to what happened
with him, but it looked like there was something wrong with him. So
now you don't have Robert Covington. You have Nick Patoum, who is not
shooting the three ball very well at all this series. He has now combined
one for seven is it at him? One for eight I believe now from
three and so you need someone who's gonna be physical, is gonna have a
little bit of size. And before they went to the small ball line up,
like, to me, that's what the chiropractor did. The adjustment he
made was in the fourth quarter he went uber uber small, and that almost
won them the basketball game. But you can't go uber small for the entire
game because eventually you're gonna get crushed on the offensive glass by DeAndre Ayton,
who had what five six offensive rebounds in this game. So that's where he
went with Marcus Morris, but he's made the adjustment. Morris has been out
of the rotation for the last month. Yeah see, now I didn't know
about Covington, So now you said that, Now I know, like you
said, I know he played for minutes and las I was wondering how to
be going to come back, Now you said it. So yeah, there
are shorts, so somebody's gotta play. And like you said, but Toomb's
not I mean, I like the tomb for the last couple of years,
but honestly, the last you know, a couple of months, he seems
like he lost like not one step, like two steps. He's just he
looks old now. But you lock up KD on a possession tonight. Yeah
yeah, but like like Noah said, he hasn't been the same to the
last couple a couple of months. But well, we'll see what happens Game
four on Saturday. They gotta, you know, they gotta comebread to play.
Thank you, guys, thank you, all right. I appreciate the
phone called Mike in LA you're on with your voice the Clippers and Noah Eagle
Mike, what's up? Hey Adam, Hey Noah. You know, tonight
was just a masterclass in heart. I mean, it's so so proud of
this team. I mean, just fighting and fighting in a game they had
no business being in. And you know, I know people are making the
big deal about the extremely you know tight turnaround time now between now in game
fours, well like thirty five hours or something. Yeah, but I wonder
if that mighty actually work to the Clippers advantage in a weird way. I
mean, you know, the sun, you know, Big three, let's
call it all played forty plus minutes or close to that tonight. You know,
Kevin Durant and Chris Paul are not young players by any means. They're
you know, on the road. They don't have their normal you know,
practice facilities or training facilities or whatever else they would have at home. I
wonder if that actually does turn into an advantage for the Clippers. What do
you think? I don't hate the take, and it's something that we've been
talking about it internally a little bit as well. You know, Game two,
let's look back at the minutes distribution there. Chris Paul played thirty eight
minutes, which was one of the lower numbers for the Phoenix Big three,
let's call them. It was the lowest and among their big four second lowest.
Devin Booker played forty five, Kevin Durant played forty four and a half,
and then you turn right around in this game after traveling yesterday for Phoenix,
Durant played almost forty two. Booker played about forty five again, and
Chris Paul played forty one. So I don't hate that because Chris Paul is
two weeks away from turning thirty eight years old and he's starting to look more
and more his age. He's still not looking like a normal thirty eight year
old necessarily, but he's starting to look more and more his NBA age.
And Kevin Durant only played forty seven games this season because of a couple of
injuries, didn't have that time to really spend jelling with this team and playing
big minutes with his team, so now he's been thrust into that. Devin
Booker, meanwhile, miss twenty straight games during the regular season with a hamstring
injury, and we know that those can really be nagging over the course of
a season. We've seen that with Paul George and even Luke Kannar before he
was traded, So I don't hate the take. At the same time,
this is a Phoenix team that understands what's at stake. This is a Phoenix
head coach and Monty Williams that knows he's gonna have to play his guys anyway.
And Devin Booker is playing at some of the highest level basketball I've ever
seen out of him, which is saying something for an all NBA level guard
who's made multiple All Star teams. He's an Olympic Gold medalist, He's one
of the best players in the NBA, one of the best shooting guards in
the NBA. He's just playing at such a high level right now, it
just feels like nothing can stop him. But there's a chance, and certainly
with a younger Clipper team like we saw tonight that at twelve thirty start quick
turnaround could play in their favor. Yeah, I mean he Devin Booker made
some amazing shots, had some unreal shot. Nothing you can do about that.
You know, it is what it is. Anyways, thank you for
taking the call. And yeah, even though you know it sucks that we
lost, you know they're still gotta be inspredibly proud of this team. By
the way they fought tonight. Oh yeah, thank you, Mike. Shades
of twenty eighteen, nineteen. Huh Adam felt a little bit like that tonight
where you're up against back then a Golden State Warriors team with Kevin Durant and
of course the Clipper's biggest comeback in playoff history in that game too, thirty
one point comeback. I don't hate the take either. I don't like it
as much as I did earlier today when I didn't know the news about Kawhi
Leonard. And obviously a lot of people might be thinking, well, if
they had more time off, maybe Kawhi gets healthy in time. We don't
know. The situation is status is day to day currently. Yeah, so
we're hoping for the best switch. By the way, and again the team
has said they don't think this is a long term issue of any kind.
Their hope is that it's very short term. In perfect world, he would
return for Game four and be ready to go. Wuld be pretty well rested.
But even if it's not that, then maybe game five or maybe game
six of this gets extended. The hope is that at minimum he's back in
this series, he's on the floor, and he's playing at the level that
he did in the first two games as well. Yeah, and regardless you
get Game four, you're in business. You're in good shape, tied up
at two two against this Phoenix Suns team where all the pressure would be on
them. They're the heavy favorites here, big time. And I think the
Clippers have shown that they've got legitimate cracks as well. John in La you're
on Clippers, stop with your voice of the Clippers. No a eagle,
John, what's up? John? You're gone? Morris Morris, I know
you ain't hanging up. Morris, what's up? No? You got it?
You got a skill set? No, you really, you really got
a skill set. It's almost better to listen to you than watch the game.
I know that's a statement, but you really do have a skill set.
And let me say something, the Clippers, we got us a doge.
This series is not over. See when you're getting into the playoffs.
This is about heart and spirit and we got it. We got a real
dog. Talk about Westbrook. Okay, so it's not over. I'm really
proud of these guys, man. I mean, and I wouldn't go nowhere
when he was behind in the boy ten thirty one minute go nowhere. These
guys is coming back and they should have got a break tonight. But you
know, you know how to go, you know how to go. But
we've got some spirit here. I'm not worried about anything. If they had
got blown out, nobody would have said anything. But the almost stole one.
I'm still getting ready to call the police because they did, because for
soon as they still this game tonight. But anyway, Man, keep your
hands at man, because we got some spirit, We got us a dog,
and we in this. And though you got a skill set, man,
you really do. I'll talk la. I appreciate that more so we
appreciate your positivity all the time. Man Morris is one of the most positive
callers. I listened every single time he brings it. He brings it.
He always finds that positive spin and he's absolutely right Westbrook. Unbelievable stuff.
Really all three games. I don't think you know he shoots three of nineteen
in game one, but he makes all the plays to win it. At
the end. He was as important as anybody in that game. Game two
plays great on the offensive, and he was awesome again defensively running around.
And then how about tonight thirty points, eleven assists, eight rebounds, three
steals, played almost forty minutes. I mean every single second he was on
the court, he's giving not just one hundred percent whatever, one hundred and
fifty percent maximum effort is. He's like Roffa Nadal. For anybody who watches
tennis, Rafa Nadal takes zero points off him and Russ really remind me of
one another in that setting. But man, Russ is awesome to watch,
and it's even better in person to see just how hard he plays every single
play. And really he is the perfect antidote in some ways for what the
Clippers have needed without their two superstars. Having a guy like Russell Westbroff being
in a foxhole with him, it just helps rally guys and get him up
even more for a game like this, when your BackStar against the wall sets
the tone, completely sets the tone. And you know, I think a
lot of people talk about Russ's previous stop and why it didn't work. The
main reason it didn't work is because he didn't have the ball in his hands
all the time. Now he's got the ball in his hands, he can
he can really the impact the game, and we've seen it. Plays with
pace, gets downhill, gets to the rim, gets to the free throw
line. He's been making his three point shots as well, which is a
huge boost. That's just cherry on top at that point. It's found money
on the side of the road. But everything else that he brings it helps
raise the level of all his teammates around him. Kyle in La, you're
on Clippers. Stop with the voice of the Clippers. No eagle, Kyle,
what's up? What Kyle? Kyle is also out. Adam Tagis in
Walnut Tagis, you're a regular. I know you got my back. Please
you're embarrassing me in front of you to know it. Come on, I'm
not gonna embarrass you. Adam. No One and I share the same birthday
December eleven. Yeah, Sagittarius season. Oh man, that's when I talk
about the game a little bit. Obviously I'm on the set upset. It
seemed like we're playing five on eight today. He listened to Dally. I've
never seen Mike Fatello and Brian Seaman talk about the rest so much. And
started in the second quarter for me, like with a lot of the bad
calls. Terriss Man getting run over by Durant Palmily had a clean block bones
with call for offensive foul on the CP flop. I think there was a
goaltending on that. That was that was just in the second quarter, and
you guys already talked about the fourth about the take fell on not being called
and then getting in Lee losing the ball out of bounce and they still called
us on Highland. Okay, that's enough of the rest, But I just
made my point. But overall overall, I think, you know, I'm
proud of that, guys. I think with the turnovers in the first quarter
and that kind of like got us out of rhythm and maybe we had to
play small ball a little bit more because of all that turnovers in the first
half, but especially with Westbrook. But what I did see was when we
went with the small ball, it seemed like Westbrook they found something where Westbrook
was he getting the ball in the post and he kept backing in and either
he would kind of going for the layup take or he would find the open
man for a shot, and seemed like he was a lot more into control.
His turnovers were a lot limited, and I think that really kind of
propelled them to kind of get back in the game. And I don't know
if they can continue that moving forward in the next game, especially if kwais
and not playing. But I did like seeing him getting the ball in the
post. I don't know what's your thoughts on that. Uh, Noah,
Noah, Russell Westbrook in the posts. I mean, listen, this is
that is an area that he has really developed over the course of his career.
He's a bigger guard. You know, he's about six foot three,
but two hundred two hundred five two hundred ten pounds of just pure muscle.
And if you've seen him walking in with his shirt half open, you can
see just how ripped this dude is. So he's willing to get physical and
utilize that body. And he's He's worked on that fade away a lot.
That that fade away off the glass has been kind of his patented move for
long time in the NBA. He's got good angles on it, he's got
pretty good touch with it. I just think that anytime he's attacking and getting
feet into the paint, what does Toronto Louis always say, get into the
paint or die trying. However, Russell Westbrook has to get himself into the
paint. That's all that matters. So if it's backing someone down, if
it's going right at them, going down hill, putting the head down.
Whatever it is, good things generally happened. So I've liked what I've seen
out of him. I like how he kind of operates and orchestrates with the
offense, and as long as he's getting two feet into the paint, almost
always it results in something good for the Clippers, either a quality look or
him getting to the free throw line, which I like. Cortez and Georgia.
Cortez here, you got Noah Eagle with you? Cortez, Yeah,
yeah, I'm here. Yeah, what do you want to ask? Clipper
did a good job and we just need to look. I mean, the
team certainly could have used Kauwhai. I mean he was probably playing the best
of anybody in the playoffs for the first two games. Thirty nine or thirty
eight and thirty one points to the first two. So what is that average?
Thirty four and a half through two games and efficiently doing it getting to
his spots defensively, menacing against Kevin Durant. But you gotta give this seam
credit even without him tonight, the way that they fought, the way that
they gave themselves a chance. They didn't have him or Paul George, and
to be in this game against the likes of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker,
Chris Paul, DeAndre Ayton. That's impressive stuff. For guys like Bones Highland,
who was out of the rotation for well over a month. Guys like
Norman Powell, who has never looked at as a first option in his NBA
career to put up forty two points. Guys like Russell Westbrook who was literally
dropped from his team earlier this year. Guys like Marcus Morris who didn't play
for a month and came in and made a couple of big shots. Terrence
Mann who's been cast aside over the course of his basketball life. Nick Patoum
doing what he could despite his shooting struggles. Eric Gordon out there just scrapping
for everything if eats his zoobots and under a piece in the NBA over the
course of his entire career. I mean, you go down the line of
everybody that played for the Clippers tonight, they've got a reason to really play
that brand of basketball we saw, and even without Kawhi Leonard, they still
have a reason to believe that they should have won and I think that's good
instills confidence in some of them postseason performances that they'll remember experience to have for
the rest of their basketball lives. This was a very positive loss. I
know that it's hard to say that, but it's still a very positive loss
for this team. And this Phoenix Suns has some weaknesses. This Phoenix Suns
team, they're not clicking on all cylinders. Yet they are beatable. The
Clippers could have won this game tonight, They could have won Game two as
well. They're gonna have confidence going into Game four no matter who is out
there on the court with them. These guys are ready. They're not afraid
of this Phoenix Suns team. I saw Kevin Durant clank two off the side
of the backboard tonight. I saw CP three miss two free throws, a
great free throw shooter. The Suns don't look like a juggernaut at the moment,
at least not yet. And you know, we know that it league
could get to that point at some point soon. But I would say that
Phoenix they're not in that rhythm where they're unbeatable. And I think a lot
of people just expected because Kevin Durant is one of the best plug in play
players in the history of the NBA. That you put him in and he's
gonna be Kevin Durant. But I'm gonna be honest with you, he hasn't
looked like Kevin Durant so far in this series. He's looked great when he's
had the ball in his hands. But Phoenix Money Williams just said in his
postgame press conference that he's one of the most expensive decoys in the NBA right
now. Money Williams, the head coach of the Sun's just called Kevin Durant
a decoy. That's their problem. They gotta get rid of that guy.
Now. I get it that Bookers just put up thirty eight and forty five
and back to back games, which is more than capable of doing every single
night of this series as well. But Kevin Durant is Kevin Durant. You
know who he is. You know who he is, and for him to
just be putting up twenty seven, twenty five, twenty eight, he's better
than that. He's the best player on the floors, especially if Kawhi Leonard's
not in. When Kauhai is in there, I'd say it's pretty hard argue
that Kawhi is not the best player in this series, and quite honestly,
maybe in the playoffs, but Kevin Durant when Kawhai is out, is the
best player on the floor. Use him that way. He's scarce here.
He can score at three levels and there's absolutely not much you can do when
a seven foot or with a jumper like that, he's rising over the top
of you. All Right, no final thoughts from you here heading into Game
four on Saturday with this Clippers group, still a lot of positives to take
away. And I think that Toron Lou showcased that he's still that same guy
on the sideline. That's what I saw in that fourth quarter. You know,
Tron has talked about that he's one of the only guys that's willing to
literally try anything, and we saw that. I don't think we've ever seen
him use a five guard lineup. We've seen small ball where Nick Batoum and
Marcus Morris are in there to be the size, or maybe you've got Robert
Covington at the five. We've seen that before. We've never seen five guards.
And for him to utilize the five guards and for it to work as
well as it did, is spectacular. I think that's a great sign that
Tlu is on his game right now. He's in his postseason mode. Aside
from that, Norman Powell, who did not play well in the first two
games, he'd be the first two minutes score to combine twenty six points in
the first two puts up forty two tonight. I'm not saying he's gonna put
up forty two every single night. He's capable. We saw it tonight.
He can absolutely do that again. And part of him was that he made
shots. If he's gonna make shots, he's gonna play like that. But
I think Norman Pale is critical to this series that the Clippers are gonna want
to steal another game here. And then I thought Bones Thailand is another positive
takeaway. Bones Hiland scoring twenty points off the bench and his performance was most
certainly repeatable. He didn't do anything that was out of the ordinary from what
he normally does. Similar to norm he made shots and both of them could
have had a three ball that fell that would have changed the complexion of this
game. But a lot of positive and a lot of confidence to build heading
in the game for a game it feels like the Clippers need to have heading
back to Phoenix, and certainly if Kawhi Leonard's gonna be out for that one,
same energy is required out of Russell Westbrook in this team. I think
they can bring it. I think they can win game four. I think
they can make it a best of three, and then you're given more time
for Kawhi Leonard and Paul George to get as healthy as they possibly can and
make a return because if that happens, look out No A great call,
brother, Thanks for doing this tonight on Clipper Stock, Adam. I appreciate
you. You know, it's always fun to talk to the fans and talk
to you, and I just enjoy being around here. Can't wait out him,
can't wait Coming up next more of a phone calls postgame audio from coach
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I know it's just a little me here now. No eagerly your voice
of the Clippers left, but that was pretty cool to have him on once
again. Hoping for a few more of these sessions before the season is over.
Let's hear from coach Lou postgame. Clippers lose this one by five.
A valiant effort. You know what, we don't have Coach Lou yet.
There's audio, there's quotes coming out, but apparently we don't have it postgame.
Maybe something's being edited Clippers. I thought this was one of the most
spirited efforts I've seen all season long, without a doubt, considering the guys
they were missing. It reminded me a little bit of the game in Memphis
where Russell Westbrook led them to a victory in that two game series in Memphis
near the end of the season, and Russ was so great, the offense
centered around him. He was back in his comfort zone, and tonight he
start things off with the steal and gets it to Norman Powell. Just indicative
of how this game would go. For the most part, for the Clippers.
Those two working together, Russ was creating offense through his defense, got
Norman Powell going, don't you know understate just how important getting the first bucket
to go is and he got to lay up a dunk and transition because Russ
ripped it from Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns. I'm telling you this team
is vulnerable right now because they haven't built up that industry yet and they don't
look that confident. Cliper Nation, hats off to you. The way you
guys were cheering on the squad tonight had an effect on the ball game.
Clippers don't keep making those runs playing small ball without you. It wasn't just
the heart on the floor, but I thought in the audience tonight, Clipper
Nation was loud. It was rowdy. When Terrence Man hit that three pointer
late in the fourth quarter, it was shades of Game six Terrence Man against
the Utah Jazz. I felt it for a second. Cliper Nation was believing
in this team and the way the guys performed out on the court. Why
wouldn't you. They're gonna compete no matter who is out there, no matter
who's available. On Saturday as well, let's go to Nick and Arcadia.
Nick, you're on Clippers stock without Am Moslin. Nick, what's up,
Adam, It's great to talk to you. You know, you make a
great point about Clipper Nation tonight. I'm actually coming from the game, and
Clippers Nation brought the Clippers back to where they need to be tonight. Listen,
our defense, though, wasn't there? How many points did we give
up tonight? We got to play better defense. But we are right there.
You're absolutely right like this this Sun's team. They've only had eight ten
games together, and I think that whether or not Kawai comes back or PG,
the Clippers have what we need in our toolbox right now to win this
series. I firmly believe that we got we got tehront Lou and then we
got the Clippers bench and it's it's good enough. And Adam, all I
gotta say is that your favorite Mets fan believes exactly what you're saying. Clipper
Nation batch here on Saturday night and then Game six also, what do you
say, Adam, Well, Saturday night afternoon. But I agree with it.
For the most part, I'm with you. I had clips and six
coming into this series. Nick, I believe in this squad. No matter
who is out there, this team was refusing to lose late. They gave
everything they had out there. You mentioned the defensive effort. It's tough when
you're getting called for those fouls. People were wondering about the defense at the
end of the second quarter, end of the third quarter of each the Subots
gave up a layup to CP three end of the first half, and they
gave up another one to Devin Booker end of the third quarter. Sometimes that
stuff happens because you don't want to get close to a guy when fouls are
being called that often. It puts you on your heels. It puts you
in a tough position. The Clippers weren't able to defend without fouling. They
didn't get the benefit of the whistle tonight. It could change moving forward.
I'm interested to hear from coach lu post game and what he thought, because
obviously, you know, Marcus Moore's had a technical in the first half.
Guys weren't happy the take foul. I mean, Devin Booker is trying to
foul basically Russell Westbrooker and transition at the end, and they didn't call it,
and it leads to a turnover, critical play. Clippers have their own
stuff to clean up. They missed six free throws, They had eighteen turnovers.
You know, I won't go too hard after them when you have eighteen
turnovers. Some of that is just a lack of familiarity. New starting lineup,
new lineup to close the game. It's guys who haven't played with each
other, and you don't have your two superstars, the guys with the highest
usage rating on the team running the show offensively, Turnovers were going to happen.
But I just love the resilient nature of this team. Some people thought
that it was lacking at times this season, and I agree with that.
There weren't as many comebacks. You kind of weren't sure what the identity of
this team was. Were they still that stay ready Clippers group? Do they
still have as much heart? Something was missing after losing Patrick Beverlely, I
felt like over the last year. But Russell Westbrook He's filled that void.
His competitive spirit, the edge he plays with gets guys up for ball games,
and the way he started this game, the way he finished it,
still playing hard at the end. They gotta be confident going into Game four.
Still with or without Kawhi Leonard. All right, quick time out,
We'll come back. We'll have Will Updike on from Clips and Dip podcasts.
Still looking for post game audio from coach lou Clippers lose twenty nine twenty four
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Clippers Radio Network and the Patriot AM eleven fifty tough, one, no sweat.
They lose tonight. The Spike giving everything that has. They just were
missing their two superstars, and they lose by five to the Phoenix Suns,
one twenty nine to one twenty four. You cannot halt the effort. Execution
lacking at times, but it's also understandable you're running different lineups out there.
Marcus Morris played for the first time in a month. Rocco played a little
bit. They had a different starting lineup with Norman Powell in it, who
went for his playoff career high of forty two. He eclipsed his previous high
of twenty nine. Goes for forty two answered the call. Russ had thirty
bones. Highlight playoff career high of twenty. These guys they just kept coming.
They didn't give up. They didn't give in, no matter how the
odds were stacked against them without Kawhi Leonard and they just found out about that
earlier today. I shoot around and they performed to this level. I'm proud
of this group. I get it. Cliber Nation, you want the victory
tough one tonight, but the Clippers fought. They lose one twenty nine till
one twenty four and underman shorthanded group they scrapped and they lose by five to
a Phoenix Suns team with an extreme talent advantage tonight. In this one,
you heard the music, you know what it means. We got Will Updike
on from Clips and Dip podcast does the pod with myself and Charles Mockler.
I think they were doing a live later tonight, or maybe not because they
were at the game. We took a picture with Noah Eagle, who was
on in the first segment and did Clippers stock. If you missed that,
it will be podcasted. Will where do you want to start tonight? How
did the Clippers lose this game? Because I know a lot of people are
pointing to this number forty six in the box score. I mean, like
that's a huge part of it. I mean, you gotta hand it to
Devin Booker, who was I mean absolutely incredible in this one. Yeah,
some some, there were some blunders. I mean the one that keeps haunting
me, I guess is that the kind of lazy but tumbe inbounds that resulted
in the Devin Booker three. Look, this is one of those games where
you we had to kind of throw everything at the wall, and it's unfortunate
that we didn't come away with the win. I think like that would have
been one of the sweetest Clippers postseason wins we've seen in a minute, maybe
since that Games six versus Utah. But this, I mean, I gotta
be honest. I know there's no such thing as a moral victory in the
playoffs, but this was something else. Man. There were so many times
when it felt like this team could have rolled over and he really could not
have falted them at any point. You know, we went with a five
guard lineup in this one, Olive Garden in full effect, and you know,
the team, the team, you know, they were able to keep
it within about three possessions once you know, Phoenix really pulled the head there
in that third quarter. They could not get over the hump. We have
five guards. Everyone that everyone around me in the press boxes scratching their heads
saying, okay, well, how the heck is this gonna work out?
The Suns even end up bringing DeAndre Aden back in. They cut this five
guard, ends up taking the game to three points. This was absolutely incredible
stuff. And yes, the free throw to like, the free throw disparity
is insane, you know how I feel about that stuff. It's one of
those things that you just you can't control that. You can't control that at
all. Yes, there was a terrible mistakes foul. Yes, I mean
there were there were so many things. But I think I think this Clippers
team four seen Phoenix is Big four if you can even still call it that
at that point, to all play forty minutes, I guess with the accession
of DeAndre Aden uh and to just barely beat this Clippers team shorthanded underman,
not a lot of time together on the floor, and to the Clippers will
only come up short by five points two possessions. I mean, I think
the Clippers did something really spectacular here, and I think if you're a Clippers
fan while the lost things, especially seeing how beatable this Seenic Suns team is,
it does sting a little bit. You've got to hold your head high
after a performance like this. Man, this this was something else. This
was special. Yeah, I think it stings most because this was a game.
Had they had won, you'd remember forever. But we'll probably get buried
in the history books just because they didn't come up with the w even though
the effort and the will and the heart they showed tonight was spectacular. It
was an all timer from a Clippers group in the playoffs. If they had
won this game. To your point, this is one of the best Clippers
postseason wins. Ever, that's what we'd be talking about tonight. Ever,
I mean the way the odds swung earlier today, once the news came out
that Kawhi Leonard was going to be out, everybody seemed to think that it
was over, that the Phoenix Suns were going to roll the Clippers tonight.
That's not what happened at all. They pushed them to the break, They
made them earn it. Everything was earned by the Phoenix Suns. Unless you
want to point to some of the free throws, but everything else was earned
by them. I'm proud of this team. I'm still proud of this team.
And you know what, like all in the greater conversation, Sure this
game gets lost to the history books. I tell you three guys who who
they will remember this playoff game for a long time. And as Norman Powell,
Russell Westbrook and Bones Highland and I just I could not be happier.
I could not have asked for anything more from from any single one of those
guys. Yes, there were some some some uh some less than sellar decisions
by Rust at times, but overall an incredible game. Bones Highland most playoff
minutes, most playoff points in his career, and Norman Powell man unreal.
We needed him to step it up. I talked about him having a big
game in this one. When once the series returned home. I had assumed
that Kawhi Leonard would still be there, but man, he showed up in
the hugest of ways, and he was absolutely indispensable for the Clippers. I
mean, like, yeah, it is it does sing to lose this one,
but like they just gay absolutely everything and for them to be hanging tell
to tell with this team that you know has been penciled in as contenders by
a lot of people. I mean that to me is something that's really really
special. And these are the kind of moments that, like, yes,
I do still realize that this was a loss, but like, these are
the moments that have galvanized Clipper Nation, right, These are the kind of
things that have galvanized this family. When absolutely every single thing that could possibly
go wrong goes wrong and you're still right there, You're still you still have
a seat at the table, You're still at the doorstep of the thing that
you're chasing. It's I mean, I gotta be honest, there's nothing like
being a Clippers fan. And I feel like this game was kind of,
despite of being a loss, was just kind of the encasolation of that.
It's the friends we've made along the way. Damn it. That was that
type of game. And you know, to your point, if this Clippers
team came out doa and lost by twenty, I wouldn't have even blamed them
with the news that came out today, there could have been that emotional letdown.
It didn't happen. It tells you the character of this team. And
I think a lot of people question whether or not they still had that in
them at their core, whether or not they could still fight like this after
what we have seen the last couple of seasons compared to this year. It's
there. It's there. This Clippers team is still that resilient bunch that will
not give in no matter who was out there. So there are a lot
of good things to take away from it. I mean, Norman Powell has
an argument for best player on the court tonight and tonight when Devin Booker has
forty five points, that's how good he was. Thorn Fowe seven or twelve
from the outside all right, I think he doubled his point total of the
first two games of the series. Where did he have twenty four? So
not quite but still an incredible performance from Norman Powell. And then Bones Highland.
You mentioned coming of age, and credit to tylu for continuing to go
to him. He wasn't great the first two games scoring wise, but he
still was contributing, competing out there. His defense was good, he was
a positive on the court. They made some of the runs with him even
without his scoring. And then it finally came around. In that fourth Quarterbones
Highland had nine points and that could carry over. That's a guy who was
looking for a confidence, looking for a heater to finally catch it. I
don't know. I'm excited to see him on Saturday. And that three man,
that three in the fourth quarter that was in and out for Bone Thailand.
Oh my gosh. We were watching the replay in the physics of how
that did not go in just they It still eludes me. It reminded me
off Robert Horry had a shot. This was like the only Big three he
ever missed. It was in two thousand and three against the San Antonio Spurs
with the Lakers, a series they would eventually lose. I don't know which
game it was, but it just rattled in and out, spun around,
did everything but drop And afterwards he said, I did everything right, it
just didn't go. Now, obviously that's not the case. If you do
everything, it will go. But it was tantalizing and the top would have
come off Crypto dot com arena if that shot hit dropped from Bones Highland.
There is something special and exciting about this young player who's really just scratching the
surface of his potential. But coach lew going small late. I know there's
a tradeoff there. You're losing and you're giving up offensive rebounds, but damn
it, it worked overall. You're giving up defense a little bit for scoring
in a game where they weren't defending that well anyways, or weren't allowed to
because they couldn't defend without fouling obviously. Well, and I think that that
was I mean, I think that that was exactly Tylo was calculation right.
Like like I said, when the Sun started to pull away there in that
third quarter, we just could not We could not get the game closer than
like that than like three possessions like the Sun's just we we couldn't do it.
And I mean, just all the credit in the world so that the
Tyl call on that you know, we've been I personally have been very critical
of the guard having line up. This was more than worth the price of
admission. Like this was. This was incredible to watch. It was.
It was as well fought a basketball game by an underbrand team as I've seen
in a long time. Yeah, you're right, hold your head high,
Clipper Nation. After this one. They lost, but the spirit was not
broken and they have a belief that I think they can win that they think
they can win Game four, and I think so too, no matter who
was available for that ball game. Like I said, just like the what
they were up against, which just insurmountable and tricked to be within five points
is unreal. Everything was against them out Man, not outguns Field Prodigy album.
Will I appreciate you coming on tonight, my friend and doing a little
Clips and double dip here on Clippers Talk. Always a pleasure, and we
will have a new episode of Clips and dippriyall wherever you listen a podcast and
over on YouTube. That's at Clippers Podcast right on. Coming up next final
thoughts. Still looking for postgame audio from coach Lou Clippers lose by five one
twenty nine twenty four was the final and favor of the Suns here in game
three. Clippers are back in about thirty six hours twelve thirty tip on Saturday
for Game four, and this is Clippers Talk here on the Patriot damn Um
fifty. Clippers lose tonight one twenty nine two one twenty four here at Crypto
dot com arena in game three. I'm Adam Oslind welcome back in This is
Clippers Talk. I do see this postgame quote from coach Lou talked about Devin
Booker hurting them and the free throw disparity with Phoenix at twenty one more attempts
they had twenty one in the third quarter alone. He said, I loved
our fight and our competitive nature tonight. Some calls just didn't go our way.
Look, I think they will on Saturday. I've seen it too many
times in a series. One night that calls don't go your way, the
next night they do. There's no reason to harp on it anymore than we
already have. But I know Clipper Nation was upset about it, and I
was reading the tweets all throughout the broadcast, so it was worth mentioning,
of course. But the Clippers lose this one with some self inflicted wounds as
well. But I loved the way this team battled. I gotta tell you
this was reinvigorating. I'm sure for Clipper Nation to see them. This was
a classic Clippers never out of it, no matter how many guys are out
for them type of performance against one of the most talented teams in the league.
Before we get out of here, Jose and Southgate, you're on Clipper
stock. It's up Jose Adam, this is chess, not checkers. Like
Denzil sit and train. There thirty six that were turning around. It's not
a perfect world, but in ty lose world. Hey, what's the worst
that can happened? And it's all thirty games? Do you Krylenar? Some
rest the boys needed was we put them in a dog fight. Get the
spirits, so and that dog Clippers and Tylu mentioned that as well before we
left the podium. Sons have been playing heavy minutes. The Clippers stay with
this level of energy and this type of competitive spirit, they're gonna be all
right. They lose tonight one twenty nine, two one twenty four without the
two on three connection. They gave everything they had before we get out of
here. I do want to thank the Clippers organization. Noah Eagle, hell
of a call. If you missed it, you missed a lot, big
brother, Jake Corner, thank you, Ah, we didn't do your segment
around of time. I forget things. Then, is Zagostino not forgetting you
tonight? Statistician to the Stars, Katie Newton back in the bank, the
callers, the listeners, we appreciate y'all. Hey, it's almost like our
back to back. We'll be back here in thirty six hours. Shart to
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