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The game is over all George Money
in the page, but the postgame reaction

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has just begot Cohi. Leonard is
so smooth in the mid range. This

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is Clippers locker Room, a recap
of today's game and a look ahead on

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your home for LA Clippers basketball at
now your host, you, sir,

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are a bad man, Adam Ousley. Clippers have their highest assist output since

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twenty fifteen. They have forty one
assists and they go on to win one

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twenty four so one twelve at home
over the Chicago Bulls. Welcome into your

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postgame show. I'm Adam Oslin coming
up. You're gonna hear from the head

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coach and the players after this one. Plus of course we'll have Clippers talk

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on the Patriot AM eleven fifty a
little bit later eight seven seven nights.

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You know what, I'm gonna have
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number before I start sending you to
a weird house call. But the Clippers

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completely dominate the second half of this
one thanks to ridiculously hot shooting from the

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outside, starting with Nicholas Patoum eight
of ten from three twenty of forty.

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The Clippers go as a team as
a whole from distance. The ball movement

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was impeccable tonight against the Chicago Bulls. And we're rejoined by our voice of

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the Clippers now in Noah Eagle,
Noah complete team victory. I think what

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I liked most was KAWHILEI had to
make eight shots in a game that the

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Clippers dominated, where they still didn't
have Paul George. Yeah, and he

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only took thirteen. It's not like
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he took twenty six, you know
what I mean? He had. He

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had a performance like that on Saturday
against New Orleans where it was high volume.

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It just wasn't high efficiency. This
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but the ball movement sharing that sugar, the way that they did it consistently

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finding those open shooters. What did
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I wasn't worried about them making the
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getting the shots. Well they did. They got into the paint, drive,

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kick swing. Nick Batoum got hot, and once he got hot,

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Eric Gordon got hot. It was
game open from there. Clippers had seventeen

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of their twenty six fast break point
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it was a lot of Russell Westbrook
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steals and then finding either bigs or
shooters from the outside. So let's go

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through that combined line again, because
you know I like to do that.

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I do it with the centers and
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When Paul George has been the point
guard, we've looked at it where maybe

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him and Russell Westbrook have split the
duties, or him and somebody else has

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split the duties. Today it was
Russ and Bones. They combined in this

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game twenty five points, eighteen assists
three no excuse me, six steals,

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three apiece, and only four turnovers
between the two of them. So eighteen

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to four assisted turnover ratio for the
two of them, Highland himself eight to

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one, Westbrook ten to three,
and for Russell Westbrook. It's four hundredth

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game with at least ten assists.
Think about that for a second. That's

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four thousand plus assists in just that
period alone. Edition most guys, most

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guys don't even make it. They
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Most guys don't get to ten assists
in the game. Ever, Ever,

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Kawhi Leonard, who is one of
the greatest players in the history of

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the game, has done it once
in his entire career. So I look

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at that and I say, these
two guys are starting to figure out how

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to work together now. Torontolewis asked
before the game, what does he see

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for the rotations moving forward when Norman
Powell returns. Good question. He said

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he wants to go nine man rotation
and that would likely mean that bones Hyland

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is the odd man out. However, coach Lew also coaches based on field,

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that's what he would tell you,
and bones Hyland, the way he's

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playing right now deserves minutes playing and
simple and so we'll see how it all

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develops, especially on this road trip. But if he's gonna play like this

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the way he has the last three
games, and he may have gotten some

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sort of bump at the end of
the game, but if you can played

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like this, I got to see
him on the court. He's been that

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good. The guy is even given
a great defensive effort that was supposed to

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be where he was a liability on
that side. A lot of that is

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just because of his frame and teams
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know he was contesting a shot late. He had the three steels. Love

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to see it. Nicholas Batoum.
Of course a three in d Master.

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He hadn't played this many minutes in
about ten games now, Noah Eagle.

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They needed his thirty one minutes in
this one. Of course, the hot

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three point shooting and who led the
team in plus minus Nick Batoum plus twenty

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two in this game. Twenty four
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them from three, three rebounds,
five assists, just one turnover, two

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steals. I mean, that's Nick
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is playing at his highest level like
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this team. And think about two
years ago when they went to the Western

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Conference finals. It was Batoum who
felt like that missing piece from the year

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before they didn't happen. Yes,
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He was the guy that a team's
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momentum thwarter. He was the guy
that defensively was willing to pick up and

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do things in the playoffs that most
guys around the league would have said no

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shot. Rudy Gobert was dominant in
the first two games. What it's ron

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Ludo. He went small right away. He said, I'm sorry, big

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Zoo, you can't be in there
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had the shoulder that load in the
front court. And it was Batum who

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was battling with his fellow Frenchman,
who was being physical, who was grabbing

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rebounds, who's playing well out of
his size range. And he did it

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with a smile on his face because
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It's the type of teammate he is. And when you've got guys like that

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who are willing to do it but
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he does, that's special and you
can't give that up. So many great

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performances in this one. Eric Gordon, who's also been on a heater at

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late he goes seven of twelve,
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twenty two points through the first three
quarters. He's been great so far for

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the Clippers. He has He's been
unbelievable these last couple of games. Seven

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of twelve, five of nine from
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three assists. Zero turnovers. That
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because he does have the ball in
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hasn't turned it over all that much
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he's doing on both ends of the
floor. The defensive effort has been there

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from the start since he put this
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If he keeps making threes at the
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Batoomb keeps doing that the same way, that's what made the Clippers so dangerous

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two years ago. If it clip
clicks right now, great, it's better

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late than never at them. And
guess what the best thing to happen was

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this season? Being as wacky as
it is, the Clippers are still in

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fifth. They're still half a game
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they stay in that top six,
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the tournament. That's all you need
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And at Batoomb and Gordon and all
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Tough team to beat. I don't
care who's on the floor. Clippers

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put up one hundred and twenty four
points to Night on the Chicago Bulls.

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They win one's twenty four till one
twelve. Their next game, well,

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they're gonna have two in Memphis starting
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Clippers and Grizzlies. We'll have your
pregame show starting at four. Noah Eagle,

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fantastic call. As always, we
will talk to you on Wednesday.

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Yeah, I feel like I gotta
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cheese now. Adam can't wait.
Adam can't wait. No, no,

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no salt, Peppertino, no covin
up from the next We got second half

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highlights, Clippers huge victory over the
Bulls. And you're listening to the Los

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Angeles Clippers Radio Network. It was
blocked by George. This is LA Clippers

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Basketball. He is a one man
record crawl that defensive man on the home

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of your LA Clippers. Clippers win
once, twenty four to one twelve over

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the Chicago Bulls in a game they
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Welcome into your postgame show. I'm
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A M eleven fifty You can get
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eleven fifty eight seven seven five two
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Let's get to your second half highlights. Clippers at the half led by seven,

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it was sixty two to fifty five. Had some hot shooting in the

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first half. Nicholas Batoum hit five
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Kept it going in the third quarter. Leonard twing at fort sight corner,

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Batoum again, Putuma again a three
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nine sixty Clippers with a nice nine
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crossed over and drive but toombs right
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a bacon, egg and cheese ninety
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left wing. Oh Mako patoomb a
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It's target practice and he hasn't missed
his eight three of the night, twenty

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four points and a bull's time out. Clippers ninety four bulls seventy five.

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Nich Elizabethsom nine more points in the
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Leonard had nine points in the third
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nine to seventy seven after They won
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holding the bullsits twenty two points and
third quarter that's big. In the

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fourth, it was an absolute show
that Clippers were putting on for the fans.

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Four Highland bout pass right back to
plum Lee who soars in and stuffs

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with two. Oh struck by plum
Lely Westbrook up ahead, its man all

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the way to the ramp, upset
with the right Terrence Man. If you

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build it, they will come cop
ahead, Wastchbrook lobbing. It's like Oh

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Russell dazzle Highland. No Westbrook lopping
up in Plumley in the heavens with a

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fitness for the ages one to eleven
eighty seven driving. They'll get it inside

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the Abate nice job on the adjustment
in mid air to avoid the deep beds

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and slam at home. Even Musadiabat
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would win the fourth, Well,
they would lose fourth quarterby ten, but

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they would win the ball game once
twenty four two one twelve over the Chicago

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Bulls. Next up, they're in
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In Friday, Well, we have
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station identification. Here in Los Angeles
Clippers Radio Network, this is LA Clippers

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Basketball AM eleven fifty KADIV, Los
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up. We got postgame audio from
Nick but two Mexicos eight of ten from

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the outside leads the Clippers, which
twenty four and they win once twenty four

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to one twelve over the Chicago Bulls. This is your postgame show right here

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on the Los Angeles Clippers Radio Network. Oh, Paul George LA Clippers Basketball

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continue, pis in his pains as
he carries the three on the home of

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your LA Clippers. Kind of odd. Clippers win once twenty four to one

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twelve over the Chicago Bulls. Here
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a Moslin Welcome back into your postgame
show. Coming up on the Patriot AM

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eleven fifty, we got Clippers Talk
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eight seven seven five two zero eleven
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AM five seventy, were bumped over
to our sister station, the Patriot AM

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eleven fifty. Clippers finished shooting sixty
percent from the field twenty forty that's fifty

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percent from downtown and go for a
season high forty one assists, mostly they've

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had in ball games since they had
forty one on January twenty second, twenty

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fifteen versus the Brooklyn Nets. They
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The Clippers in this one led by
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by Nicholas Patum eight of ten.
All of his takes were from the outside.

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All of his makes were from the
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steals, five assists. Just a
brilliant game from Nicholas Patoum getting the start

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in this one. With Marcus Morris
out. Clippers coming up are in Memphis

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taking on the team with the current
longest winning streak in the NBA at six.

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Grizzlies. Look good, John Morant
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two spot in the Western Conference.
Not gonna be easy. Wednesday and Friday

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in Memphis taking on the Grizzlies.
Tip time Wednesday is at five pm.

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Well, if Clippers count Danny Free
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Angeles. We are leaving you until
then, but coming up next we got

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Clippers talk on the Patriot AM eleven
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eye for Paul George. The conclusion
to another game of exciting La Clippers basketball.

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Don't miss any of the action all
season long on your home for the

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Ala Clippers. Welcome into Clippers Talk. There's a new sheriff from town.

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You won't be able to deny it. You're going to go to the NBA

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Finals. I believe it in my
heart. This is the best team in

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the history of the franchise. I
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is Clippers Talk. They're trying to
win the whole thing. A postgame look,

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it's your LA Clippers recapping the game, the stars and looking ahead to

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what's next. To hear episodes you've
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Radio or wherever you podcast Now your
host of Clippers Talk. Here's Adam Oswin,

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Saint Nick is back, Nicholas Battoon
gets the star, goes eight of

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ten for three, leads at the
Clippers with twenty four points is they have

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forty one assists, a season high, and they go on to win one

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twenty four to one. Twelve Oh
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Los Angeles Welcome in to Clipper Stock. I'm at a Moslin live from Crypto

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dot com arena. Coming up on
the show, you're gonna hear from Nick

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Batoum, plus what I will updike
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it till the top of next hour. Eight seven seven five two zero eleven

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Nicholas Batoum had not played more than
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Tonight he plays thirty one and they
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difference each in every possession out there. No Marcus Morris out with an illness,

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and according to Tom Razzarli of Clutch
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starter the rest of the regular season
here and Robert Covington is expected to take

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his place off the bench. I
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in about this. They've wanted to
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The starters had not been good for
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overall have gotten off to such sluggish
starts, and they still were down five

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after one tonight but it felt like
they were playing better defensively. The Chicago

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Bulls hit some really tough shots to
end that first quarter to Marta Rosen three

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along Zach Lavine contested two where Nicholas
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Didn't matter, but they stayed with
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they only gave up twenty three points
and outscored the Chicago Bulls thirty five to

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twenty three. And one of the
more exciting quarters of the season, and

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it was orchestrated by Bones, Highland
and Russell Westbrook. Russ had three steals

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in the second alone. He had
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he had a steal and a pass
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Russ had back to back steals at
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One ended with the miss three from
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who's been on a heater himself.
It's not just Nicholas Batum, who I

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want to say is sixteen for his
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Gordon went five of nine, but
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himself. Kind of more of a
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Russell Westbrook normally does, but a
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second quarter he found Zoo for a
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third, I believe it was Bones. Highland was doing the same stuff,

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though in that second he returned the
favor with Russ getting the steel and an

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assist to Bones on a breakaway.
Bones then had one and gave it up

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to Rust for one. He had
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three, but the defense was there
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liability on that end. He was
contesting shots and he was taking him,

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making shots two five of eleven,
eight assists to one turnover. He and

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Russell Westbrook combined to have eighteen assists
to four turnovers. They were fantastic control

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on the pace in the ball game. Hadn't seen playmaking like this all season

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and it checks out forty one assists
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One of the best seasons last three
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the Clippers all season long, which
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after having one of their worst losses
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It was much needed. Kawhi Leonard
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He only hit eight shots. Was
a fishing when eight of thirteen he

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knocked down three of their twenty three
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They don't have Paul George out there. They don't have Norm Palis still,

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although he's going to join them on
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get him back at some point,
whether in Memphis or New Orleans coming up

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later this week. But Kawai the
half was three of six, was seven

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points and the Clippers were still up
by seven. That's about as unexpected as

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it can get when we talk about, oh, Kawai has got to carry

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this team. No Paul George,
and they were throwing double teams at him

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left and right in the first half, and he was making good passes out

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of it, whether or not he
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six of them to one turnover.
He was making good passes that either led

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to a hockey assist or direct assist
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There was a play in that second
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Let me check because I posted it
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the first quarter where Kawhi Leonard had
a defensive play of the game, ripping

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the ball away from Patrick Beverley.
That was a statement play right there.

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But at follow at a may if
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Twitter, I said this possession.
It was third quarter. Excuse me.

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Seven minutes left in the third Kawhi
drives down the right alley, kicks it

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out. Russ had an open three, passed it up back to Kawhi Leonard

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on the right elbow. He spins
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a Visa Zubos who has an and
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throws. Big Zoo was struggling there, just one of five at the charity

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strife. And if you want to
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it was that they only went eight
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But they consistently and that play exemplified
it. It was a microcross him

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of the night, passed up good
shots for great shots. Russ had an

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open corner three. That is the
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Last two seasons coming into this one. He was well over forty percent

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on corner threes. Gave him back
to Kauai. Kawai could have pulled up

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at the right elbow instead, he
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from a Visa Zubots, who I
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thought he was, especially in the
third quarter. Finished with eleven and seven

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on five of six shooting. Just
so many great plays in this one.

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Bones and Russell Westbrook finding Mason Plumley
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Big plum finished with ten points.
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as well, five boards, five
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but it was fueled by their defense. After that first quarter, second

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and third quarters. They give up
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just twenty two points in the third, and going into that fourth quarter,

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Clippers had a ninety nine to seventy
seven lead. They led by as many

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as twenty five. This was about
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that we have seen all season long
from this ball club, Bones, Russ

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Westbrook, Terrence Man getting up and
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Leonard even without Paul George right now, even without Norman Powell. No,

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Nicholas Batoum isn't going to be this
hot forever. But he was due.

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He was on such a cold streak
to go sixteen for his last twenty two

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from the outside, considering what a
good three point shooter he is and considering

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the looks he was getting, it
makes sense. Eventually you progressed to the

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mean eight of ten, though,
and he passed up a shot late and

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gave it to Kawhi Leonard, even
though he knew he was one off of

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his career high of nine main three
pointers, and he said, Poe game

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is because he wanted to keep playing
the right way. He wanted to get

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other guys going, keep the ball
humming, keep the ball moving. It

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was forty one assists, a season
high for the Clippers, but to him

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a season high and points of twenty
four, his third twenty plus point game

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of the year sixteen twenty two,
by the way, and his last three

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games from three. That's shooting seventy
three percent from the outside. Eric Gordon,

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by the way, he has twenty
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back with the Clippers, but he's
eight of twelve from three in his last

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two games, and then bones Highland
eight assists, three shy of his career

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high with eleven. He said he
can pass the ball when he came in

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his introductory press conference with the Clippers, he said he knew there was a

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void at the point guard position.
Now they ended up bringing in Russell Westbrook

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and he lost out on minutes,
but he stayed ready in the last three

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games. It has showed. But
he didn't turned the ball over tonight and

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was in control and step back and
hit a couple of three pointers himself.

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He had one where the Clippers gave
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Then he stole it and hit a
left wing three pointers. Just pulled

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up five to eleven thirteen points.
What a ball game from the Clippers eight

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seven seven five zero eleven fifty eight
seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is

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the phone number here on the Patriot
eleven fifty. Remember when the Dodgers are

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on AM five seventy LAS Sports,
we will be here on the Patriot a

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M. Eleven fifty. Let's start
things off with Sean and Inglewood. Sean,

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what's good? Hello? Double?
A okay? Great game? A

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couple of things I wanted to mention
is that we played the Bulls and when

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we played Memphis, the game plan
has to be totally different. The Clippers

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played well against teams the smallest front
lines. The Bulls have a six seven

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power forward. Okay, so when
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the boards. And Memphis, especially
if Adams is playing, we have to

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keep playing our bigs. We have
to match big. The big sometimes in

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the game have to do with the
whole game, but for particular instances in

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the game, we gotta go with
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mean even Dean Monty have a little
love too in the game because you have

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to at least match up block a
few shots. And then I also want

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to see a combination again like we
saw tonight with Terrence Mann and the Harbones

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and russ In for the speed because
they're three of the fastest players in the

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league. All in all, good
game. Will remember the next three games

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are with teams were very large front
locks, and the Clippers play well against

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team with smallest front lines. With
the large front lines, they have to

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make it different. You can't have
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team you play well. I don't
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the Clippers. They have adjust to
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I mean Nicola Voussovic and Andre Drummond
Chicago Bulls or no slouch either in that

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area. Vusovic also had plenty of
rest because you got kicked out of the

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game yesterday and injected against the Lakers, and Drummond really took over in some

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key moments as they held on for
that victory. But overall, the Clippers

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finally caught a team on the second
nine of a back to back in LA.

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Typically they were the ones that were
the guinea pigs against a team with

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a day of rest here and then
the Lakers would get their quote unquote sloppy

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seconds or a team that was a
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advantage of. I think part tonight
the Clippers took advantage of a little bit

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more of a worn down Chicago Bulls
team. But they absolutely took advantage of

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that with the way they played suffocating
defense and the amount of steals they were

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able to get ten of them,
but the deflections out there too, and

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I thought it was a statement steal
when Kawai took it away from Patrick Beverly

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obviously former teammates. We know Pat
Bev likes to do some chirping out there,

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and Pat Bev will always have love
from Clipper Nation. Of course,

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he's one of my all time favorite
Clippers and he's done great things since going

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to Chicago with the Bulls. I
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they brought him in now after losing
tonight, but he's helped bring that great

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a winning culture. And the thing
I always say about Patrick Beverley is he

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can turn a one of eighty two
game into a playoff like environment with the

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competitive streak that's in him. The
intensity he plays with has a ripple effect

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throughout the team. But the Clippers
in the one found their spark and a

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lot of it was from Bones Highland
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Nicholas but Tuma of course with his
hot shooting, but a lot of that

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was because of great ball movement off
of the Clippers getting into the paint,

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getting two on the ball and then
finding the open man eventually, and give

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Kauai a ton of credit for first
he plays tonight coming off the facial contusion,

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but he was getting doubled left and
right, and the Toronto Raptors kind

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of started this against him where they
just say it, we're not gonna let

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Kawhi beat us. He's no longer
with us. We're not gonna let him

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beat us. But we've seen a
lot of the last couple of games now,

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and he really struggled against the Pelicans
on Saturday night, and he was

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getting banged up, and he was
falling down a few different times, doubles,

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triple teams on him, He was
doubled and found the open man more

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often than not made the right basketball
play, and the Clippers get by with

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a twelve point victory in a game
that was pretty much over early in the

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fourth quarter, with Kawhi only having
twenty two and only hitting eight shots eight

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of thirteen total. No Paul George, still, no Noran Powell. But

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look at the guys that stepped up, and this was Clippers basketball. This

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is how they played so often the
past couple of seasons, where they were

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to get hot from three because drive
kick swing was in effect, because they

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were making the extra pass, because
they were turning down good shots for great

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shots. I thought Russell Westbrook.
I said this a lot lately, but

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had his best game as a Clipper, maybe because he did a lot of

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that. He initiated a lot of
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with Russ and Boones coming in with
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Leonard to start second quarters now,
because remember he'd played the whole first quarter

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and then Paul George would come out
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first come back to start the second. There's no Paul George there, so

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that second unit has to be led
by Russell Asbrook. They did a great

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job that second quarter stint. They
got up big, then the Bulls came

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back and tied it. The starters
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got up by seven at the half. But this was a complete team victory

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for the Clippers. And by the
way, forty one assists on forty eight

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made shots. That's assisting on eighty
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a number like that all season.
I obviously a number like that in years.

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Actually that is wild. One more
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zero eleven fifty eight seven seventy five
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Javier, what's up here on Clippers
stop without am Oslin. Thank you

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Adam again for taking my college always
real quick, get up, I dreaming

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Ardier. Did you say that Nicholas
Latum is going to start and Coviges' gonna

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back them up and Marcus Morrison kind
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the report, according to Tomy Razzarli
from Clutch Points said Nicholas Patum expected to

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start for the Clippers, Robert Covington
taking his place off the bench. That's

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apparently tomare is very plugged in.
Uh so we'll see what happens. But

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that was the report that came out
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Anything else have here? Yeah?
Yeah, I'm the band leader, Adam

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of Marcus Morris. I told you
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happening. I mean, I just, I mean it just it took a

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while, but I guess you finally
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It's just a question here, you've
seen with what six seven games left,

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do you think at this point is
it too late? I mean, yeah,

405
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I think it was got the playoffs. But do you think, honestly,

406
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honestly, Adam, if you would
have started the tune and played Covington

407
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as a backup all years, don't
you think the Clippers would have won at

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least seven or eight games, Because
remember they lost a lot of close games,

409
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very close teas. So honestly,
in your heart, you think if

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you would have did this since the
beginning of the season and not play Marcus

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Morris, you think it would have
been at least a third or four seat.

412
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Now, I mean, who knows
hier. I don't want to look

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back. I want to look forward
now. Marcus was obviously struggling post All

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Star Break. He was shooting under
forty percent from the field twenty three percent

415
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from three and teams had been hunting
him. Saw it on Saturday night.

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First it was Brandon Ingram he was
guarding, and then Trey Murphy. So

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Marcus just hasn't looked right since the
rib injury for whatever reason. But I

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don't want to belabor that point,
and I'm hoping that he recovers quickly,

419
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a speedy recovery from whatever non COVID
illness he is dealing with right now.

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But thank you for the phone call. Hibby here, we'll take a quick

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time out. We'll come back.
Eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty

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eight seven seven five two zero eleven
fifty is the phone number Nick Batoum been

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on one and actually coming into this
game the last twelve games from Robert Covington.

424
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Well, he went scoreless tonight.
The last twelve games. He was

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shooting just hundred fifty percent from three
and played really well in his minutes Saturday

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night, late in the third quarter
and throughout the fourth. But Noah Eagle

427
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talks about all the time. I
agree with them. When this team is

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at their best, Nicholas Batoum looks
like the third most important player tonight.

429
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You look like the most important player
holding it together for this Clippers team.

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Getting twenty four points, five assists, one turnover, two steals, ain't

431
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up ten shooting though from three.
It's just a dead eye shooter from the

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outside. We've seen it for years
with this Clippers team. But ball movement

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magnificent, immaculate. Let's hope they
bottled this up and then bring it with

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them to Memphis. They need this
same level of effort and energy on the

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defensive end, which will lead to
more open and shots for them on offense.

436
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Coming up next, more Clipper Stock, we'll hear from Nick Batoum.

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We'll get back to your phone calls. Eight seven seven five two zero eleven

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fifty will Updike will also join us
from Clips and dip as this is Clipper

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Stock on the Patriot EM eleven fifty. Oh, Paul George LA Clippers Basketball

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continue fis in his pains as he
carries the three on the home of your

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LA Clippers. Paul George and Kawhi
Leonard's favorite rapper, Little Tunji, welcome

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back in We got clipper Stock on
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When the Dodgers drew on AM five
seventy l A Sports which is gonna

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be a lot season. First pitch
is March thirtieth, I believe opening day

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for the baseball season, but obviously
three away series with the Angels going on

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right now when they're on five seventy
we're on the Patriot AM eleven fifty.

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Believe that eight seven seven five two
zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two

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zero eleven fifties the phone number after
the Clippers get a one twenty four,

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one twelve victory over the Chicago Bulls. Nick Patom goes eight of ten from

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distance, one shy of his career
high nine main three pointers. Clippers have

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forty one assists, first time they've
done that since January twenty second of twenty

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fifteen against the Brooklyn Nests. They
would win that game one twenty three to

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eighty four. They win tonight.
They were up as many as twenty five.

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They win one twenty four to one
twelve. Let's go too before we

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hear from the head coach Morrison Inglewood
Morris, what's good? Pack it in,

456
00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:42.680
pack it in the be begin Tapper's
got a win, Gonna tell out

457
00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:45.039
my friends got ourselves the chemin Nata
like Ana Schwartz and Nigga. The name

458
00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:49.279
is go y Vinted and he's gonna
lead to Clippers come home. Joe Joe,

459
00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:55.279
Chop Chop Chop, Morris and long
Beach I helpe. Noah Eagle was

460
00:33:55.319 --> 00:34:01.480
listening to that. He'll appreciate it
the most. Morris with the great parodies

461
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JOm job uh eight seven seven five
two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five

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two zero eleven fifty. I'm gonna
have to clip that and put that as

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the tease for people to listen to
tonight's episode of Clippers Talk love it Morris

464
00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:19.159
as always, let's hear from the
head coach. Though. Post game Clippers

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win one twenty four to one twelve
over the Chicago Bulls. I said,

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eleventh time in franchise history, you
guys have had eleven And what do you

467
00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:30.119
attribute that? That? That too? No, just ball movement, playing

468
00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:34.239
the right way. I think getting
to our next actions like we talked about

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before the game, and just you
know, continue to keep playing. And

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I thought Russ's pace was really good
for us tonight and transition, having twenty

471
00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:44.119
six transition points, guys running the
floor, getting to their spots, and

472
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so we're attacking the pain, attacking
a room and making the right play.

473
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Like I said, we're a really
good team and so playing it right way.

474
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You know, guys getting shots,
everybody's touching it. I'm it's a

475
00:34:53.960 --> 00:35:00.039
fun way to play the bench shouting
you guys are bones and Mason really just

476
00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:02.920
contributed to the level you guys needed
to. It kind of kind of just

477
00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:07.119
followed up the starting unit. Would
you like from them today? Their pace,

478
00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:08.960
their ability is to you know,
get some stops, get out in

479
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transition, but Bones ability to run, pick and roll and get into the

480
00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:15.280
pain and make plays as well.
And so you know, coming off the

481
00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:19.440
bench getting eight assists, you know
for Bones, that's huge for us.

482
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And that's the type of pacing attack
mentality that we need as far as getting

483
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into the basket and making the right
play. And coach us speaking about pacing,

484
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and we spoke about earlier to today
for the game starting, how do

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you guys keep it consistent now as
you guys get ready to hit the role

486
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for Memphis and for New Orleans.
Well, we know the formula, we

487
00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:39.519
know, we just gotta do it, and so you know every night,

488
00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:44.920
it can be every other night or
every three nights. Like we know the

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formula. We know how we're we're
the best offensively, you know, so

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we gotta do that every single night. And so I thought tonight was a

491
00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:52.559
great start. You know, it's
the blueprint and how we should play,

492
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attacking the pain, making an extra
pass, getting into the paint, making

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the right kick out, swing,
swing, And so that's what we gotta

494
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do. And if we don't have
it, don't get staggered and get to

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the next actions. And I thought
the guys did a good job with tested

496
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Knight got you, and defense overall
was pretty good. There was a couple

497
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of laps I would think, I
would say on transition due Zach Levine off

498
00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:15.039
made Buckers was able to get all
the way to the basket as you guys

499
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get again get her to hit the
road. How much emphasis are you putting

500
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on transition defense moving forward? Yeah, it's very important, you know,

501
00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:25.400
taking care of the basketball. I'm
offensively in transition, transition defense, and

502
00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:29.360
rebound the basketball on the defensive end. And so, I mean, I

503
00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:31.480
thought Nico did a good job just
trying to deny him impression, but you

504
00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:34.760
know, he had a couple of
he you know, we picked him up

505
00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:36.840
too high. He's able to get
down hill and get to the basket.

506
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So just gotta be smarter with that. There was Coach Lupo's game. After

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the Clippers went once twenty four to
once weelve, they were putting the bulls

508
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on their heels. Though Clippers in
that second quarter had fourteen fast break points,

509
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they finished with twenty six in this
one. And he talked about the

510
00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:54.599
ball movement and playing the right way, you know, two out of the

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last three games. He had said
there was a nasty flow to the offense.

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Even when the Clippers were scoring,
there was a nasty flow to it.

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It just felt like they were out
of rhythm, like they just seemed

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to be up and down a lot
of isolation play. Even when they were

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hitting shots. It was just great
players taking tough shots and getting them to

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go. But that's not sustainable for
the most part. Obviously Kawai and Paul

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00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:22.960
George can do it. But you
gotta play as a team. You gotta

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move the basketball. You can't have
this up and down, jarring type of

519
00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:30.719
offense. You gotta play with an
identity out there, and they did by

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getting to the hoop and kicking it
out. And the third quarter, Russell

521
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Westbrook had a beautiful feed to Eric
Gordon for a three point. He finished

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with twenty two where he completely collapsed
the defense. He could have taken the

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00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:45.480
shot himself. Instead, he gave
it up. Unselfish basketball from the Clippers

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all night, leading to forty one
assists. Dave and Encino. Dave,

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you're on Clippers stop without him?
Austin Hi, Hi, Dave, Hey,

526
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Okay, great? Yeah, speaking
about rest book, I just saw

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the he had ten assist night.
That was great. He did. It's

528
00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:08.039
what Russ does, mister triple double. He hasn't had a triple double yet

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with the Clippers. He was.
But one thing I got to mention though,

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is we're looking good. You know, forty one assist tonight that was

531
00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:25.639
awesome. But one thing we got
to improve on is our free throw shooting.

532
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And now it's just good thing.
It didn't come down to it tonight,

533
00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:36.159
but it's been a little thing in
the past few games or whatnot,

534
00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:42.800
and uh, hopefully we'll improve on
that one. No, you're right.

535
00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:45.719
They went just eight of sixteen from
the line. Now Viza Zubats missed four

536
00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:49.760
himself. But going back to the
game Tuesday now against the Okay se Thunder,

537
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I thought when they were getting into
it with the officials, the lack

538
00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:58.800
of focus showed at the charity stripe. They got a lock in there because

539
00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:02.920
they have struggle over the last few
games, and you can win games there.

540
00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:07.280
It ain't sexy, but you can
definitely lose games there and you end

541
00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:09.599
up kicking yourself. I want to
say they missed nine free throws and a

542
00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:15.199
one point loss to Okay See on
that game, Tuesday night. All right,

543
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eight seven seven five two zero eleven
fifty. More of your phone calls

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00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:21.719
coming up, and we'll have Will
Updike on. Plus you'll hear from Nick

545
00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:25.079
Batoum, who went for twenty four. That was not just Clippers high,

546
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a game high. Everything was a
made three ten attempts from the outside,

547
00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:37.679
hit eight three pointers. Unbelievable,
Nicholas Batoon, come on next, more

548
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Clippers sock. You're on the Patriot
EM eleven fifty. Oh, Paul George

549
00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:49.400
La Clippers Basketball continue in his pains
as he carries the three on the home

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of your LA Clippers. Clippers wins
night one, twenty four to one twelve

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over the Chicago Bulls. Here at
Crypto dot com arena, welcome back into

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your post game show. I'm at
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Sports. You will find us here
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AM eleven fifty. Back to your
phone calls in just a bit. Eight

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seven seven five two zero eleven fifty. Eight seven seven five two zero eleven

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fifty is the phone number are alight, All right, let's get out to

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a will up deck from Clips and
Dip Fame does the podcast with myself and

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Charles Chuck Mockler. Will What was
born out of to night's ball game?

560
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Oh man, well, I'm sight
of a win. Got some pretty shocking

561
00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:39.320
news. I think for a lot
of Clippers fans. It was something that

562
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a lot of people were, you
know, clamoring for. But I guess

563
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I wasn't expecting the announcement, especially
mid game. You gotta wonder if you

564
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gotta wonder, what if any correlation
that has to do with Marcus Morris's sickness

565
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this evening. Well, I hope
you guys a beady recovery if the reports

566
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are true from Tom Marazzarli of Clutch
points that Nicholas batum is back in the

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starting lineup. Let me start things
off or back with a bang tonight eight

568
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of ten from the outside. And
he was the impetus for that phrase a

569
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couple of years back, after they
came back big down twenty against the Atlanta

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Hawks. Something was born out of
that night. Nicholas Batoum, though had

571
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been in somewhat of a funk until
the last three games from the outside,

572
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where he is sixteen of his last
twenty two from three. But you know,

573
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his offense for the most part,
Yes, he hits timely threes,

574
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but he's not a volume guy by
any means. His offense is often a

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bonus. He just brings so much
to this Clippers team. Yeah, I

576
00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:49.480
agree, And I think like the
big thing for me in you know,

577
00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:53.639
defending Morris pre All Star Break the
majority of the time. But I think

578
00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:59.880
the reasoning was sound to me that
even if Morris had lost the step defensively,

579
00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:02.920
you know, you'd hope that he
could get it back in the playoffs.

580
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And then you know, asize like
the tomb, Morris's game is,

581
00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:12.320
you know, typically very varied offensively. You know, he's he's a guy

582
00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:15.880
who can kind of just catch the
ball and get his own shot. And

583
00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:19.519
I think that that makes sense.
I think, however, the spacing changes

584
00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:23.239
with Russell west Westbrook on your team, relegating Morris to more of those kind

585
00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:27.199
of looks that the two would normally
take, you know, a little bit

586
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more of a stationary shore role and
B two and Morris rather shooting sub twenty

587
00:42:31.760 --> 00:42:37.480
five percent. I believe from from
outside post All Star Break, I think

588
00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:42.760
given those circumstances, you know,
you really have to double think that decision,

589
00:42:43.199 --> 00:42:45.679
because I do think he was losing
a bit of gravity, and you

590
00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:52.159
know, the defensive woes became so
woeful that he was just I mean,

591
00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:58.119
it was an automatic bucket just hunting
him out defensively. So you know,

592
00:42:58.239 --> 00:43:04.880
it's it's tough. Greyfe of the
La Times Fabulous Beat writer did report that

593
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according to Tylu Patuma is going to
be the starter moving forward. We saw

594
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in the report initially by Tomayer that
Covington could be the first number off the

595
00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:20.480
bench. That I'm a little bit
less inclined to believe just from Covington's minute

596
00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:23.119
so far this season. Covington,
by the way, had a pretty solid

597
00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:27.480
first little stretch there. We saw
some minutes from him in the first quarter.

598
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Did not come back until garbage time, I believe, But I still

599
00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:36.719
I don't know. I would be
shocked if there wasn't a physical injury to

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Marcus Morris. If Robert Covington somehow
supplanted him in this lineup, We'll see

601
00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:44.440
what happens with that. But with
Patuma in the starting lineup, you know,

602
00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:49.800
Marcus Morris was turning down shots last
game, like his confidence seemed to

603
00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:53.159
be pretty low to where he was
turning down shots, which was very out

604
00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:59.159
of the ordinary for him. So
then you're looking at like they're starting three

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non shooters with Russ with a Visa
Zoobots and Marcus Morris, and the spacing

606
00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:07.360
just wasn't right. So to your
point, Nicholas Batoum out there putting them

607
00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:10.760
up. And even though he's been
in somewhat of a funk, he was

608
00:44:10.840 --> 00:44:15.119
still at thirty nine percent from three
on the season, Like his standard is

609
00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:19.480
so high because of what he's been
able to do as a Clipper from three,

610
00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:22.920
as they've kind of rejuvenated his career
coming over from Charlotte, that even

611
00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:25.320
when he shooted thirty nine percent,
it's like, man, some things don't

612
00:44:25.320 --> 00:44:29.039
look right with Nicholas Batoum. But
it's been a lot of feast or famine.

613
00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:31.440
Obviously feasting tonight though from the outside, and you'd like to see it.

614
00:44:32.199 --> 00:44:37.440
I thought it was interesting watching how
defensive defensives have played Kawhi Leonard the

615
00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:42.800
last two games, with the Pelicans
just loading up on him, and then

616
00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:45.719
tonight, especially in the first quarter, they were doubling him left and right,

617
00:44:45.800 --> 00:44:49.840
but he was making the right passes. Out of those double teams from

618
00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:53.360
Chicago, six assists to one turnover. And I thought one of the most

619
00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:59.000
encouraging signs from this ball game is
they only needed eight made shots from Kawhi

620
00:44:59.159 --> 00:45:02.519
Leonard in this one, twenty two
points without Paul George still and without Norman

621
00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:07.760
Powell, complete team victory. Oh, one hundred percent, one hundred percent.

622
00:45:07.800 --> 00:45:12.239
And he's gonna see those more aggressive
looks. But everybody benefits from that,

623
00:45:12.480 --> 00:45:15.159
right, Like, that's gonna give
the tune even more wide open shots.

624
00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:19.760
The defenders will be even further away. It gives you know, Russ

625
00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:22.679
even space to operate if the like, uh you know, if the ball

626
00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:24.840
gets dumped off to him, for
we've seen him cutting to the basket really

627
00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:30.840
really well. Yeah, I and
like it's not like he was a slouch

628
00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:32.440
at all offensively. I mean,
sixty two percent from the floor, sixty

629
00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:38.440
percent from three. It's just you
know, and still like waltzed into twenty

630
00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:44.079
two points. But yeah, it's
it's it's gonna be an interesting chess match

631
00:45:44.159 --> 00:45:47.920
to see in the playoffs how they
choose to approach that, because just the

632
00:45:49.360 --> 00:45:52.760
other shooters that you're leaving open the
other space that you're giving on the floor.

633
00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:54.800
You know, let alone, when
Paul George comes back, it's gonna

634
00:45:54.800 --> 00:45:58.800
be really interesting to watch. And
tonight we were really able to punish them.

635
00:45:58.840 --> 00:46:01.679
I mean, the threes we're falling
NonStop. But I think the thing

636
00:46:01.800 --> 00:46:06.840
is, even with the variation,
the quality of the shots, the quality

637
00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:08.599
of the looks that they were getting
tonight, I do think that that is

638
00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:14.440
something that is you know that that
can be scraplated to a larger sample size.

639
00:46:14.480 --> 00:46:17.599
But this isn't something that's just It
doesn't mean it's a complete flash in

640
00:46:17.639 --> 00:46:22.880
the pan. Yeah, and Kawhi
in the first half split a double team,

641
00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:27.199
got a push shot to go and
he had a great hustle play.

642
00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:32.440
It was reminiscent of what we saw
from Paul George recently where he stole a

643
00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:37.440
play. I think that was an
inbounds pass, but off of a rebound

644
00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:39.440
where it looked like Chicago had it. Tonight, Kawhi Leonard in the second

645
00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:43.599
half snuck in there and just took
it away. I don't know if it

646
00:46:43.679 --> 00:46:46.239
counted as an offensive rebound for him
or not. He did have one in

647
00:46:46.280 --> 00:46:49.559
this ball game. It might have
been that, but you know, we

648
00:46:49.639 --> 00:46:52.880
emphasize it a lot. They're two
ways superstars that the Clippers have, and

649
00:46:52.960 --> 00:46:55.559
they do the dirty stuff. So
when Kawhi isn't taking a ton of shots

650
00:46:55.599 --> 00:46:59.440
and only at tenth to thirteen this
one, it doesn't matter, like if

651
00:46:59.480 --> 00:47:02.639
everybody else is getting theirs, he
can still contribute in so many other ways

652
00:47:02.719 --> 00:47:07.920
and probably spend more energy doing some
of those little things to help this team.

653
00:47:07.239 --> 00:47:14.079
But I thought that second quarter with
Bones Highland, Terrence Man and Russell

654
00:47:14.119 --> 00:47:19.159
Westbrook and the way they were pushing
the pace and outscoring the Chicago Bulls thirty

655
00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:22.199
five to twenty three, and the
second quarter Bones Highland has kind of been

656
00:47:22.239 --> 00:47:24.599
a revelation this week for this team. After not playing for twenty days.

657
00:47:24.719 --> 00:47:30.639
He comes in has eight assists,
thirteen points, but he also was looking

658
00:47:30.719 --> 00:47:35.159
to make the right pass and only
had one turnover. I mean, look,

659
00:47:35.199 --> 00:47:39.000
Bones Hyland said before the Russell Westbrook
addition that he was interested in trying

660
00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:43.679
to fill that the Clippers, you
know, suppose need or their want for

661
00:47:44.079 --> 00:47:45.559
a traditional point guard. And I
think he made a, I mean a

662
00:47:45.679 --> 00:47:50.480
very compelling argument. He and Karence
combined for twelve a sixth I believe only

663
00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:53.039
three turnovers between the two of them, He's been really great and it's been

664
00:47:53.480 --> 00:48:00.280
the thing to me is like even
beyond I haven't dug into any advanced asked

665
00:48:00.320 --> 00:48:04.719
with like two like three three man
lineups with them and Kauai, but it's

666
00:48:04.760 --> 00:48:07.320
just so fun to watch, Like
because the I set this, this this

667
00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:12.159
backcourt duo is like a shot of
B twelve to this Clippers, uh,

668
00:48:12.199 --> 00:48:15.639
this Clippers team, and it's just
it's it's really fun basketball to watch.

669
00:48:15.880 --> 00:48:20.360
In a season that overall maybe hasn't
been the most exciting on court product to

670
00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:24.239
watch, it's very exciting and I
love I just love the way in that

671
00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:30.480
second quarter, how like how physical
and active they were in passing lanes.

672
00:48:30.559 --> 00:48:32.880
Like the number of deflections in this
game was wild. I think the Clippers

673
00:48:32.920 --> 00:48:37.119
only ended up ending the game with
one more recorded steal than the Bowls,

674
00:48:37.800 --> 00:48:40.599
but they were all over the place. I really like that. I thought

675
00:48:40.599 --> 00:48:45.599
the defense flipped a little bit in
that third as they just went on an

676
00:48:45.679 --> 00:48:49.000
offensive burst, but I think they
had thirty seven so it didn't really matter.

677
00:48:50.039 --> 00:48:52.440
But yeah, just I love that. I love that energy from them,

678
00:48:52.480 --> 00:48:57.639
and Russ honestly was doing a really
good job with the little stuff to

679
00:48:57.880 --> 00:49:01.480
getting those deflections, pushing the team
and transitioning, pushing the team in transition

680
00:49:01.719 --> 00:49:07.480
and really getting out there. And
I mean Eric Gordon just in a Norm

681
00:49:07.599 --> 00:49:10.440
powell as performance where you look up
and suddenly as twenty I think he was

682
00:49:10.480 --> 00:49:15.039
a Clippers leading scorer at the half. Just I mean this is a game

683
00:49:15.239 --> 00:49:20.199
like where we're starting to see the
depth performing the way that we thought this

684
00:49:20.320 --> 00:49:23.239
Clipper's depth would be able to perform. You mentioned Eric Gordon there. Now,

685
00:49:23.320 --> 00:49:25.760
he got their offense off to a
really good start. I know they

686
00:49:25.800 --> 00:49:30.519
got outscored that first quarter, but
they still put up twenty seven points and

687
00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:34.960
the Bulls had a nice run to
end the first but Eric Gordon had a

688
00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:37.519
three pointer early and then a layup. He had a three on Zach Lavine

689
00:49:37.519 --> 00:49:42.840
in the second quarter where he crossed
him up. They were kind of scrambling

690
00:49:43.000 --> 00:49:49.000
on their heels in transition. I
love Eric Gordon's game because he's just a

691
00:49:49.119 --> 00:49:52.719
vet that's always in control. He
had three assists to zero turnovers with twenty

692
00:49:52.760 --> 00:49:57.679
two points and efficient twenty two and
he's been hitting his shots from the outside.

693
00:49:58.239 --> 00:50:00.679
It's been a welcome sight. So
if he's in the starting lineup with

694
00:50:00.880 --> 00:50:07.480
Nicholas Batumb, you know, next
to Kauai right now, Like they give

695
00:50:07.599 --> 00:50:13.679
him spacing because both those two can
launch from distance. Oh yeah, and

696
00:50:13.800 --> 00:50:17.239
I mean Eric Gordon. I feel
like his preferred like like his preferred trees

697
00:50:17.320 --> 00:50:22.119
are are a good two steps back
from the three point line. It's it's

698
00:50:22.199 --> 00:50:24.599
definitely deeper. He's not like ride
in the edge like the Tomb or a

699
00:50:24.639 --> 00:50:29.480
lot of a lot of kind of
stationary shooters, which which is which is

700
00:50:29.559 --> 00:50:32.840
really fun to watch, And you
know, I'm curious, you know,

701
00:50:32.880 --> 00:50:36.880
we're talking about Gordon. He's still
in the starting lineup. Obviously with PG

702
00:50:37.079 --> 00:50:40.119
out, I do wonder what the
ripple effects are gonna be for the bench

703
00:50:40.679 --> 00:50:45.119
uh if you know that is where
more sends up or if he is eventually

704
00:50:45.199 --> 00:50:49.760
supplanted uh in the you know,
in the rotation or the playoff rotation.

705
00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:53.480
But I think with Kauai, you
know, sort of starting those bench units

706
00:50:53.920 --> 00:50:57.800
out in the in the first in
the first quarter while he plays the full

707
00:50:57.880 --> 00:51:00.400
first and Paul George being able to
come in and kind of like help on

708
00:51:00.480 --> 00:51:04.440
the tail into those, I think
the Clippers are in a really good spot.

709
00:51:04.519 --> 00:51:07.719
And once again, if guys keep
performing like this, you just have

710
00:51:07.960 --> 00:51:12.960
like it's it's a good problem to
have, but it's a nightmare to chisel

711
00:51:13.039 --> 00:51:15.719
this down to nine or eight guys. You know, it's like, you

712
00:51:15.880 --> 00:51:21.480
know, there is a finished picture
with the puzzle, but it's gonna take

713
00:51:21.840 --> 00:51:27.119
it's gonna take some time to put
it all together and to optimize these lineups.

714
00:51:27.639 --> 00:51:30.400
And there's just six games left.
But I did think, at least

715
00:51:30.400 --> 00:51:36.239
from a philosophy standpoint, a really
good process tonight. That is a formula

716
00:51:36.480 --> 00:51:39.119
that the rest of the guys,
the rest of the way need to follow

717
00:51:39.360 --> 00:51:44.639
with just playing with this much heart, hustle energy out there and getting into

718
00:51:44.679 --> 00:51:47.000
the paint, kicking it out and
making those extra passes. He is will

719
00:51:47.119 --> 00:51:52.840
up Dyke from the clips and dip
Pod does it with myself and Charles Mockler

720
00:51:52.280 --> 00:51:54.920
will appreciate you doing this. Well, what do you know? You came

721
00:51:54.960 --> 00:51:59.599
on after a win? How about
that the only time I come on,

722
00:51:59.639 --> 00:52:05.280
buddy, it's the writer in my
contract. Thank you, will coming up,

723
00:52:05.360 --> 00:52:07.639
decks back to your phone calls eight
seven seven five two zero eleven fifty

724
00:52:07.679 --> 00:52:10.800
eight seven seven five two zero eleven
fifty will close things out, Get back

725
00:52:10.840 --> 00:52:14.400
to the phones and you'll hear from
Nick Patune post game. Clippers win one

726
00:52:14.440 --> 00:52:17.280
twenty four to one twelve over the
Chicago Bulls. They head out to Memphis

727
00:52:17.320 --> 00:52:22.320
for two Wednesday and Friday coming up
next. You're listening to the Patriot AM

728
00:52:22.360 --> 00:52:29.280
eleven fifty and this space killers.
Oh Paul George La Clippers basketball continue feen

729
00:52:29.400 --> 00:52:32.760
his pains as he carries the three
on the home of your LA Clippers.

730
00:52:34.119 --> 00:52:37.840
Welcome back again. It's Clippers talk
here on the Patriot in AM eleven fifty

731
00:52:38.679 --> 00:52:44.599
eight seven seventy five two zero eleven
fifty is the phone number. Let's hear

732
00:52:44.679 --> 00:52:47.800
from the man of the hour,
Nicholas Batune post game after he goes eight

733
00:52:49.039 --> 00:52:52.480
of ten from distance, finishes with
the game high twenty four points, a

734
00:52:52.599 --> 00:52:58.400
season high for him as well.
Here he was post games speaking with Christina

735
00:52:58.400 --> 00:53:02.320
Pincome Valley Sports before the game.
I was just asking you about how well

736
00:53:02.400 --> 00:53:08.079
you guys have been sharing the basketball
tonight. Forty one assists on forty eight

737
00:53:08.480 --> 00:53:14.199
made field goals. Why was this
group playing so connected offensively tonight? Now

738
00:53:14.280 --> 00:53:15.960
we have to no, we're missing
PG. So it's a big yell no

739
00:53:16.079 --> 00:53:20.480
fans, So we have to find
a way to score the basketball. It

740
00:53:20.639 --> 00:53:23.559
is it stop by sharing the ball. Talk about the fact that you did

741
00:53:23.639 --> 00:53:28.920
not attempt two tonight, and why
would you when you were shooting the ball

742
00:53:29.000 --> 00:53:34.599
like that from distance? Eight three
pointers on just ten attempts. When did

743
00:53:34.679 --> 00:53:37.159
you know that it was your night
tonight? You know, it's nothing crazy.

744
00:53:37.239 --> 00:53:39.920
It was what are you open shots? So I didn't taken the tech

745
00:53:39.960 --> 00:53:46.039
quadrib board on those shots. So
so no, not just open shot.

746
00:53:46.119 --> 00:53:50.199
No on the teammates, give me
some good passages. Just starting to make

747
00:53:50.239 --> 00:53:52.639
a shot. That's what I'm walking
on. So just good basketball. Well,

748
00:53:52.679 --> 00:53:55.960
I know you've been wanting to get
those three balls fallen at home,

749
00:53:58.039 --> 00:54:00.880
but not just tonight. This has
been the story for you over the last

750
00:54:00.960 --> 00:54:04.079
couple of games. So what has
led you to get it going from long

751
00:54:04.199 --> 00:54:07.639
range? You know back in the
gym, keep pol king shoo every day

752
00:54:07.239 --> 00:54:13.280
before practicst after practice, before game
after like every day, just repetition spork.

753
00:54:13.599 --> 00:54:15.519
All right, how do you guys
keep this rolling on the road?

754
00:54:15.960 --> 00:54:16.719
Now, I'll trying to play the
same way. You know, we're going

755
00:54:16.719 --> 00:54:21.280
to Memphis South Place too to beat
these teams. So it's gonna get down

756
00:54:21.360 --> 00:54:23.440
the road, play defense and do
to play the same game, all right,

757
00:54:23.480 --> 00:54:27.159
congrat sneak out. Thank you.
There was Nick Batoon post game.

758
00:54:27.199 --> 00:54:30.480
I had those twenty four points.
Thanks for Grisina Pink and Valley Sports.

759
00:54:30.760 --> 00:54:34.599
I'm trying to see who was screaming
in the background here as I'm looking at

760
00:54:34.639 --> 00:54:37.239
the video right now. But Clippers
got two in Memphis coming up. They

761
00:54:37.320 --> 00:54:40.360
gotta get at least one of those
ball games. Not gonna be easy.

762
00:54:40.400 --> 00:54:45.199
Memphis longest winning streak right now in
the NBA at sixth straight. Jose in

763
00:54:45.320 --> 00:54:51.920
south Gate, Jose, you're a
Clippers. Stop with Autam Austin. Adam,

764
00:54:52.039 --> 00:54:53.480
how are you filling? Right down? You know me. I'm usually

765
00:54:53.599 --> 00:54:58.280
the hot take day, but right
now I just want to know, Adam,

766
00:54:58.360 --> 00:55:02.639
how are you filling I'm live here
Crypto dot Com arena. I got

767
00:55:02.719 --> 00:55:07.679
big brother Jake here. We still
got to get to the fake philosopher here

768
00:55:07.920 --> 00:55:10.360
before we end the show. I'm
feeling nice. What's up with you?

769
00:55:10.440 --> 00:55:16.000
All? Al that being said,
Katy, thank you, Katie, Thank

770
00:55:16.000 --> 00:55:20.960
you, ron Flower. Look at
him. I'll be there for the Lakers

771
00:55:21.119 --> 00:55:24.840
versus the other keep in LA on
April five, so you already know I'm

772
00:55:24.840 --> 00:55:30.079
gonna be there I'm glad a Clipper
is gonna win tonight. I am so

773
00:55:30.320 --> 00:55:34.559
glad. That's why I waited patiently
to save it. Are you ready let's

774
00:55:34.559 --> 00:55:37.719
go? Yeah? I know,
Adam, You're ready. Let's go Clipper.

775
00:55:38.440 --> 00:55:42.280
All right, before we get out
of here, I mentioned it.

776
00:55:43.320 --> 00:55:45.159
I'm just throwing this out him.
I don't know where because we haven't talked

777
00:55:45.159 --> 00:55:47.960
about it all night. So,
Jake, I'm sorry to put you on

778
00:55:49.039 --> 00:55:50.960
the spot, but I know you're
a pro, and that doesn't matter.

779
00:55:51.159 --> 00:55:53.679
Always a pro. I'm always ready. I am always ready at him positive

780
00:55:53.760 --> 00:55:58.400
moments. What's the fake philosopher?
Big Brother Jake Warner from the Big Brother

781
00:55:58.519 --> 00:56:00.480
Jake Podcast, Jake, what's up? You know Nico was raining threes all

782
00:56:00.559 --> 00:56:06.519
night long, and storms they come
and go, but not all storms come

783
00:56:06.599 --> 00:56:10.360
to disrupt your life. Some come
to clear your path. Oh. I

784
00:56:10.519 --> 00:56:15.840
like that clears the smog in La. It was a beautiful day after Yeah.

785
00:56:16.400 --> 00:56:21.079
Yeah. Nicholas Battoon contributed. Yes, sir, thank you, big

786
00:56:21.119 --> 00:56:22.760
bro. Oh Brother Jake Warner.
All right, before we get out of

787
00:56:22.800 --> 00:56:27.800
here, I do want to thank
the Clippers organization, Noah Eagle, Brian

788
00:56:28.000 --> 00:56:30.519
Seaman, Ralph Law There, Katie
Newton, our producer back in the bank,

789
00:56:30.559 --> 00:56:34.159
our head engineer here and big brother
Jake Warner, the callers, the

790
00:56:34.239 --> 00:56:39.760
listeners. Clippers go to Memphis now
for two starting Wednesday, tip off against

791
00:56:39.760 --> 00:56:44.880
the Grizzes at five. We'll have
Clippers countdown starting for you right back here

792
00:56:45.079 --> 00:56:49.639
at four pm. I'm Adam Osla. I'm looking forward to at forty one

793
00:56:49.679 --> 00:56:53.079
assist. We'll talk to you later. This has been Clippers Talked. A

794
00:56:53.199 --> 00:56:59.320
postgame conversation about your LA Clippers with
Adam Moslack. If you like the show,

795
00:56:59.679 --> 00:57:04.280
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796
00:57:04.559 --> 00:57:07.840
They have the best team. This
team has those championship ingredients. They have

797
00:57:08.039 --> 00:57:13.400
some of that DNA. You can
see it. This is Clippers Basketball.

798
00:57:13.599 --> 00:57:16.079
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