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mind the only one having deja vu. The Clippers do it against the Cavaliers
at home again last season, down thirteen with five minutes left. This time
they up the stakes. They were down twenty six and they come back to
win as Paul George drops thirty nine, has twenty three in the fourth and
the Clippers are victorious with a one twenty to one eighteen victory over the Cavaliers.
Welcome into your postgame show coming up. They're on the Patriot Am eleven
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let's get back to crypto and get back to your radio voice of the Clippers
and Carlo Jimenez. Carlo Let's start with PG thirteen. Paul George, who
I believe played the entire second half he finished at forty four minutes played,
got to his thirty nine points on just twenty four shots. None bigger than
the go ahead jumper over Evan Mobleylee ooh, and Evan Mobley needed a map
because he was lost. Oh my goodness, Adam Ouslin talk about takeover mode.
Paul George put this team on his back and he took them the distance.
What an epic performance by George, outscoring the Cavaliers down the stretch with
one of the game saving blocks by the way as Garland trying to drive through
traffic. It really was, Adam the complete performance from Paul George, and
we talked about it. At one point it looked like they were getting too
much into the hero ball, but Paul George continued to be the hero for
the Clippers down the stretch. What a way to get a win. I
mean, the defense, the defense, the defense, eighty first hand points
for Cleveland, they score thirty eight in the second half. Just an unbelievable
turnaround, the flip the switch. Clippers are ready for the playoffs. I
think with just four games remaining, I gotta give coach Lou a ton of
credit, especially down the stretch. The Clippers were down by six. I
believe when he went back to small ball, it worked. It spread the
floor out a little bit more. The Clippers had more of a sense of
urgency on the defensive end. They were flying around. You mentioned the block
by Pg. Thirteen, and it was just the right mix at the right
time by Coach Lou, once again pushing all the right buttons. It was.
I mean, the ability to stick to that lineup is impressed, because
there were moments in that game where we thought maybe another guy would help here
or there, But the Clippers, they stunk to what was working, and
what was working never broke and they got the win down the stretch. I
mean, just unbelievable stuff for this Clipper team. The ability to fight,
to attack, to be great. On the defensive end, I thought they
were ex I mean, Adam, they had fifteen turnovers with eight minutes to
go in the third quarter. They had won the rest of the way.
I mean, everything they needed to flip just came their way because their effort
and intensity was so so different. What a game, What a way to
get a win for this Clipper team, who can now clinch a top six
seed if Phoenix is able to defeat New Orleans later today, the Clippers were
down twenty six. They come back to win once twenty to one eighteen at
home over the Cleveland Cavaliers. And while we have a moment, let's pause
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station. We mentioned it during the broadcast, but late in that fourth quarter,
a couple of huge three pointers by Terrence Man and a mere coffee role
players showing up offensively in big moments to knock down big shots. That's the
type of stuff you need from your contributors come playoff time. Carlo, Yeah,
yeah, I mean those guys were so so good down the stretch to
hit those shots, to have that confidence to stemp up in those moments.
I mean, Terrence Man underratedly, Adam. The last two games has been
near perfect six for six tonight this afternoon, yesterday, two days ago.
Gosh, I don't know where I am, what time it is. I'm
sorry. They put us in a whirlwind tonight goodness. I felt like we
watched two games today and we kind of did with away that first half and
second half whin But Terrence Man eight for nine Friday against Utah. That huge
shot a mere coffee off the bench, Adam, he was zero for five
and he steps into that shot with all the confidence in the world and gives
the Clippers their largest lead of the game. It was a complete team win.
It was a complete team win. Down the stretch. They out rebounded
Cleveland and by twelve twenty six assists, one turnover down the stretch. Really
felt like Adam at one point we were thinking, man, this is a
tough one to swallow. After the win over Utah, Oh my goodness,
what a momentum building when this could be that magic number continues to shrink for
the Clippers and they continue to show that they can win in a multitude of
ways the rest of the way. I love the fact that this showed off
their heart, their will, their determination, and that grit and never give
up mentality. The Clippers didn't have that in the second half. Oh,
they finally found it in the final I want to say, seventeen minutes of
this one. Carlo Jimenez, they were by twenty six. They go on
to win by a final of one twenty to eighteen over the Cavaliers. They're
out for their final road contest coming up on Tuesday, a home and home
starting in Phoenix against the Suns before they visit the Clippers on Wednesday. Tiptime
from Phoenix, Arizona is at seven pm on Tuesday. Well, if your
pregame shows starting at six, Carlo, spectacular call. As always had me
on the edge of my seat and sometimes I was falling off of it with
some of those buckets. The Clippers were able to get late, right friend,
great call. We'll talk to you in Phoenix on Tuesday. Yes,
sir, talk to you then, Adam, appreciate you want to win.
Let's go. Second half highlights. The Clippers were down twenty six, they
come back to win by two over the Calves. And you're listening to the
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Clippers come back down twenty six at home over the Cavaliers. They win
one twenty to one eighteen. Who Flipper Nation? How about those hashtag comeback
clips. Yeah, I put the batstycle out there. I put out the
hashtag comeback clips when they were down big. But even I had my doubts
early in that third quarter. But the Clippers were able to turn things around
in the third. Here was Carlo Jimenez on the call for it bin shovel
Zoobots righty foter up and down. Pretty play out of the time out for
the Clippers. Zubats put back trickles down at George Cen double looking for a
slitherous face, skips to the rim, flips of Zubats left baseline jumper from
Zoo. Is it Oh? That eats the Zubats extending the range down the
left down they find Zubats in the right block, prices among the trees,
and finishes fourteen and ten for Zoo. Big Zoo made his impact felt in
that third quarter, but the Clippers were still down by a dozen heading into
the fourth with your third quarter score ninety eight to eighty six, but more
than manageable for this team. Again. Last season at Crypto, they were
down thirteen with five minutes left against the Cleveland Cavaliers. They came back to
win that time so they were in an even better position this time, and
they made the most of it thanks to Pg. Thirteen Paul George with his
best performance of the season in their time of need. In the final quarter,
Westbrook, top of the arnkeyeos the logo finds plumbly holds the ball left
pocket back door to George. He raises and packs it with the right hand
elevation sensation, hands up to George on the right wing one on one with
a coral, crosses over works left, loses a coral straight away, three
bulls up back the George left quarter or three steps back working on Allen with
two a three at the horn buries it. Paul George bell out bonus distance
fucket in the front Garland throws it away George the steel Here comes George.
They roll out the red carpet and he lays it up with the right hand.
George on the baseline, working against LeVert lost it now picks it up
off the neck veins and fires from eighteen. There is it. George at
the freaking line with five to shoot, working on Mobley with three right elbow,
with two steps back his jumper. There reason Paul George with ice in
his base Clippers by two seven point one to play time out Cleveland. There
was your go ahead winning jumper from PG thirteen Paul George, who would eventually
have a block on the other end and get the stop on the Cleveland Cavaliers.
As the Clippers climb back down twenty six to win one twenty to one
eighteen at home over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Give it up next your final box
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Clippers Audio Network, they do it again, this time down twenty six the
Clippers our victorias at home of the Cavaliers. One's twenty one point eighteen as
Paul George dropped thirty nine points and had twenty three in the fourth quarter.
Welcome back into your postgame show. I'm out a Moslin. There are four
games left in the regular season. The only bad news Dallas just tied up
the ballgame to go into ot against the Houston Rockets. But this Clippers squad,
they look ready for anything right now. Coming up on the Patriot AM
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Ousley, it was eighty nine to sixty three. With nine thirty five left
in the third quarter. The Clippers were down by twenty six, just to
totally redeem them themselves and get a one twenty to one eighteen victory at home
over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Welcome into Clippers Talk. I'm am oslin to eight
seven seventy five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seventy five to zero eleven fifty
is the phone number coming up on the show. You're gonna hear from PG
thirteen Paul George coach Loop postgame. Believe chuck erwill from Clips and Dip will
be here. I know a very ooh remorseful Cavaliers fan that's in the building
actually here at am five to seventy in the Patriot Am eleven fifty at iHeart
is uh. He's gonna be joining me here a little bit. The apology
tour continues as the Clippers do it again third time this season. They have
come back down twenty or more fourteenth time since the twenty eighteen twenty nineteen season.
What was so special about this is just how drastic that turnaround was,
where they gave up eighty points in the first half to the Cavaliers, only
to give up thirty eight in the second half, less than half the points
they gave up in the first half. It was better defense, it was
the Calves going cold. It was that momentum swing. Momentum is a funny
thing, but it's real. You could feel it in the arena, and
this Clippers team played their best when they had to have it, including Paul
George, who was just four for fourteen entering the fourth. He'd go six
for ten with his twenty three points in the fourth quarter, including the game
winning jumper as he dropped Evan Mobley on the step back on the right elbow.
Oh, I thought I was watching the an one mixtape tour there,
Paul George Pg. Thirteen. Did I tell you he's been playing great since
March? This maybe was his best. He wins sixteen of sixteen from the
free throw line, had eleven boards, seven assists in thirty nine points.
And that Clippers crew that helped bring him back with him and Norman Powell and
Russell Westbrook and Terrence Man and a mere coffee out there and made some blummely
at times, and big Zoo in that third quarter, and Coach lou going
small late when they were down at about the three minute mark, as the
Cavs weren't going away. The Clippers had to earn this one more than earn
it with hitting big shot and then getting stop after stop, and they did
so while playing small late they were able to pull it off. You were
trading defense for offense, you would have thought, but instead this team got
gritty. There was more of a sense of urgency out there, and huge
three pointers from Terrence Man at the one sixteen mark and then a mere coffee
at the forty second mark that had the Clippers up three. The only thing
wrong that Paul George did was really foul Jared Allen and let him get that
in one. Let him get the shot up. If you're gonna foul there,
you can't let him get that shot up. That would tie the game
at one eighteen. But then Paul George more than made up for it with
the step back thirteen footer was seven seconds left and oh yeah, then block
Darius Garland on the other end with about a second left. Clippers win one
twenty to one eighteen over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Let's start things off here on
Clippers Dock on the Patriot Am eleven fifty with Sean in Inglewood's Good Sean,
Hello on a beautiful game. Huh beautiful game? Yeah? How about it?
Yeah? So Clipper Nation, Adam, will you say it with me?
Are you not entertained? Hey, Sean, I was interested in your
thought on the Clippers going small late in that one in the game. Well
again, what they did is that they mixed it up. Variety is what
I've been saying. But you cut me off and think I only want tall.
I want you don't want tall. You've asked for them to play a
Vista Zoobots and Mason Plumley at the same time. That's how tall you want
it. Sometimes not all the time? I said, mix it up?
How many times you keep mixing up my message? Make it a damn saying
you want me to read it? Yes you are? Yes you are?
I say you mix it up? Sometimes? Did I not even send you
an email a long time ago and say get Daniel Tye He is one of
the guys on my list. I like that, the fact that they have
these guys because there's other ways they can be utilized. I mean, for
the first time in a million years, they let you Zuba take a jump
shot. You know, so, I mean, you can mix it up
a little more, but yeah, and you know he switched. I just,
Sean, I just know this. If they had lost to the big
Cavaliers team, a big team you say they can never beat you, I
would have been hearing all day about you saying they played too small, they
gotta play bigger. And then they won the game playing small and you got
nothing. Wait a minute, for the most game part of the game,
you had one of the two in the game. Is that playing big?
That's just playing tradition. That's not playing big, that's just playing traditional basketball.
Sean, there's a big difference. You would have said coming into this
one, you gotta play both of them against Evan Mobley and Jared Allen.
That's what you've said before. I'm saying that in the last three minutes they
did something they didn't do the entire game. Okay, And if they had
lost, you would have blamed it on that. If they got on the
other end, run exactly exactly. That's all I want to hear, Sean,
That's all I want to hear. Okay, So give coach Lou credit,
right, So give coach Lou credit credit. Coach Lewit on the good
ship. Reality, there's still just sixteen six and seventeen against those tall teams.
So you you I didn't want to say it, but it's the truth
and and and you know, records don't lie. It sounds like a stat
that just pulled out of thin air. But all right, Sean, you
at least said you. You at least admitted you would have gone after him
if had they lost this ball game. I appreciate that much. Mark,
and hainsen Beach, you're a clipper sack with that Amazon. Well, i'll
tell you what. They keep getting me excited. I still don't have any
fingernails on my fingers yet because of the last three games. But this was
just good coaching, good substitutions, perfect execution, and uh, you know,
this is what we're going to look like in the playoffs, hopefully with
a little bit better lead going into the last two minutes of a fourth.
But yeah, I don't want to see him down twenty six all the time
in the playoffs. Mark, That's not how I want them to No,
No, I didn't mean. I didn't mean that part. No, oh,
that the biggest storyline of the game. You didn't mean that far.
They were down twenty six. I know, well, I've been watching the
comeback clips all year long. Yeah, I mean sure I had hey,
you know, but so what's the latest on Kawhi? Have they on his
comeback mark? If I had that, I would have probably led with it.
It's Kawhi Leonard. I don't think there's gonna be a lot of information
out there. I don't know if you're aware of how this usually goes.
But inflammation right knee, day to day. That's the latest, same as
two days ago. Okay, all right, Well it was a great win,
very exciting win. Uh and uh. Like I said, gold clips,
let's go. Let's take a quick time out here. The Clippers were
down twenty six. They come back on the back of Paul George with twenty
three points in the fourth quarter alone, thirty nine in the ball game.
Clippers win once twenty to one to eighteen at home over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
They've won three straight at home after losing five straight, building up that home
court advantage again. I want to see them have that in the first round.
So I have an update for you. Damn it. The Mavericks blew
out the Rockets in that overtime eighteen to seven, so they remained two games
back at the Clippers. They're in the five spot. Technically, it's really
three games back with four to play. Say the Clippers need one more victory
to secure that four spot. I'm at a Mosland. You're listening to clipperstock
here on the Patriot Amblum fifty. LA Clippers basketball is on the two one
three Era continues. You're listening to the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio
Network. Shout out no Eago. Carlo Jimenez though on the call on the
Clippers twenty six point comeback victory versus the Cleveland Cavaliers. Welcome back. In
the Clippers talk, I'm at a Mosland forms by PG thirteen. Been saying
that a lot lately. He looks ready for the playoffs. Clippers are back
to being the comeback resilient Clippers. Holding the team to thirty eight points in
the second half when you gave up eighty in the first half. That is
unbelievable. It's the only way it could happen a turnaround of this nature.
It was about the last twenty minutes of the ballgame where the Clippers went from
being down twenty six to up by two. This is now the sixth time
in franchise history. I brought this up pregame that the Clippers have reached the
fifty win mark. Last time was in the twenty sixteen to twenty seventeen season.
This is the third largest comeback win in franchise history. Now, I
don't know if that's including the playoffs, because that would make sense there where
they've come back down thirty one, biggest playoff comeback of all time in Game
two against the Golden State Warriors back in twenty nineteen, and then the thirty
five point comeback in d C over the Wizards a couple of seasons ago.
The Clippers now, I believe, are six and zero. When Paul George
or Kawhi Leonard go for double digit rebounds PG thirteen eleven, was flying around.
Wasn't just also on offense, the three pointers and the jumpers. He
went to the basket to get hacked a ton sixteen of sixteen from the charity
stripe. It's got to be an individual record, I would think from him,
we'll look on that and look into that too. Mike in La,
you're on Clippers talk with that A mouse and I Mike, Hey, Mike,
Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Guess what day it
is. Guess what you're up? Mike killing me? Tage's a walnut after
a twenty six point come back. I got to deal with that dead air
for Mike well a from coach Loewen a little bit and Paul Joe let's hear
from Tagus and Walnut Dajus my friend. I don't know. You're not gonna
leave me hanging. Come on, no, I I was actually gone for
two and a half weeks. I was in Europe and I just got back
last night and I was unpacking my bag and I was like watching the game
and I was like, for three quarters, just bad mouthing. Then I'm
like, this game is over, and man, what a comeback. It
was a fun game to come back to. I've been following along, but
it seems like they're kind of been picking it up a little bit in the
past week. Is that right? Picking it up the Clippers. They're now
six to one in their last seven ball games. Yeah, so I've been
follow along that is it more due to their defense or offense? What would
you attribute it to? Because you fill me in a little bit. I
mean, it's been up and down, just like today's ballgame, but it's
about the defense. Coming into this one. They've been top ten in their
last six games defensively, actually seven games defensively, and they were five and
two over that time. Now they're six and two. They've gotten back to
at least in the second half of this one. Digging in their heels on
defense is the only way you could come back when you're down by twenty six
with eight minutes left in the third. Yeah, and it seemed like kind
of Westbrook kind of set the defensive tone leg in that third quarter when he
came in. He definitely played better defense than he has since he has returned
easily. I would say this was a game where you know Russell Westbrook,
and the Russell hustle was noticeable in the second half. There were still some
shots I didn't like, with taking a three pointer, a step back jumper,
he missed a layup as he was blocked by the backboard. But overall,
Russell Westbrook very necessary in this one. They don't come back without him,
I agree, And Plumby did really well defensively as well, but a
man pg's looked like from what I've seen, and I was flawing along a
little bit by he's back in his groove and and it seemed like Harden he's
been struggling a lot, and he was shooting well. I don't know,
did they just did Tyler decide to go with the Hut the team that was
like coming back, or did he Was he hurt and he didn't play in
the fourth? There was a question. I mean, he was six of
eleven and four of eight from the outside with his twenty two points. He
was having a really good game, even though they were down offensively, he
was very efficient. But I think it might have been related to the fact
that one the Clippers were coming back and Coach Lou's stuck with the guys who
were bringing him back. And two maybe he was on a minute restriction because
earlier today it sounded like he was questionable to play in this one. He's
been dinged up. Maybe they were looking to get him some rest. He
plays under thirty minutes for once, which never happens with James Harden. He's
been a workhorse for them. So I don't know. We'll hear from coach
lun a little bit, okay, and I'll just ask you this. I'm
sure you guys have talked about it. I haven't been able to keep up,
but it looks like right now we're trending toward the Dallas. What are
your thoughts on Dallas versus Pelicans. I know there's no good matchup, but
I've been talking about the Nazi and my friend, but I've been saying Dallas
I believe actually is the worst opponent for the Clippers to have to play because
defensively they've actually been top ten their last thirty two games. The misconception about
them that they are bad defensively has gone out the windows since the trade deadline.
But it doesn't seem like there's gonna be any other option, especially if
Phoenix loses later tonight. It may be in Stone that the Clippers take on
the Dallas Mavericks in the first round. I know they have two more with
Phoenix, but Dallas one earlier today over the Houston Rockets in ot They were
down three late in the fourth quarter. I'm not sure who hit the three
pointer to bring him back. I'll just guess it was Luca Nagis, who
finished with thirty seven to nine and twelve assists. We'll take a quick time
out. We'll come back. You know what before we take the timeout.
I'm sorry, Katie, I do want to hear from PG thirteen Paul George
postgame. Paul George had thirty nine twenty three points in that fourth quarter alone
and just the will to drag his team across the finish line with key contributions
and buckets late from Mere Coffee and Terrence Man with huge three pointers as well.
But I couldn't be more impressed with the way Paul George has been playing
over the last month now, and it has been over a month of stellar
play. It appears the left knee soreness is behind him, the left groin
injury. Paul George is back and the Clippers came back down twenty six to
win this one thanks to twenty three from him in the fourth quarter. Here
he was on Valley Sports postgame speaking with Christina pink Gigi with the game tie.
You had the step back on one end and then the critical block on
the other. How are you able to make the plays when it mattered the
most? U just trusted myself, just played a game. We got to
play the game. I always say, played a game to it zero was
on the clock, and that's what I did, just locked into the game.
Well, you played forty four minutes tonight instead still had twenty three in
the fourth quarter. How did you have the legs to come up with those
buckets? Uh? It just you know, will My body's so good.
I thought the game is in reach. I didn't want to go on a
bitch and waste time sitting on a bench. Just keep my body warm and
just stay in attack mode. I thought I was in an attack mentality,
and Telu granted me that wish to play in starting the fourth and I just
tried to come through an elevated team. You guys gave up eighty in the
first half and battled back from a twenty six point deficit. What does it
tell you about this group that you guys came out on the winning end of
this. It's not ideal. It's not ideal, but it just shows the
toughness to grit at this time of the year. All right, thanks,
Pete, appreciate thing well. George post game, I like that it is
that ideal. You're still want to put it together for forty eight minutes,
but you will take the dub and dramatic, and the Clippers were down twenty
six. They did it earlier this season, down twenty two against Golden State,
down twenty in Houston, now down twenty six. I'm not sure what
the biggest comeback is so far in the year. It might be this by
any team in the league. More on that coming up. More Clippers Stock.
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Audio Network. Well, the coward Bob Schmidt is running from the grinds and
will not be joining me postgame after his Cavaliers blue a twenty six point lead
to our Los Angeles Clippers. Welcome back in This is Clippers Talk. I'm
Adam Osland. Paul George had thirty nine, twenty three and the fourth and
the Clippers came back down twenty six in the last twenty minutes of the ballgame.
Join the show right now is will Updyke from Clips and Dip for some
double dip here on Clippers Talk. Will you know what, I won't read
any of these text messages I was getting from you and Chuck Macklin when they
were down big, because I think everybody was feeling like, oh, it's
another Matt Nation show exactly, That's what it was. I think the PG
elite. Okay, I'm not going to read that. Let's talk about this
Clippers team at how they were able to do it. I mean, should
anyone be surprised at this point? Hashtag comeback clips. They've been doing this
for years. I know it can be frustrated sometimes and even Paul George postgame
said it's not ideal, but to know they still have it in them,
it is meaningful in a game like this where you're down big and they just
showed some heart out there in front of their home fans. Yeah, I
mean, I agree. It was absolutely huge, and honestly, they just
kind of had to tighten up on the defensive end and get out of their
own way, you know, Like I think that that's the thing that gets
more frustrating more so than just like the sheer number of points they'll be behind.
Is like, like you said, you know, we've seen them do
this time and time again, so it shouldn't be surprising that they can come
back. But we also see them time and time again not really come out
with the right defensive energy or mindset, and just some sloppy play like when
the turnovers, when you have what like eleven or twelve turnovers at the half,
I mean, that's you know, that's just a recipe for disaster.
Even though this one had some sort of the hallmarks that we know to be
a Clippers win statistically, right like Terrence Man scoring in double digits, James
Harden with twenty points, even though he was on a minute restriction, like
Zoo with the double double, Like there are all these little things that like
generally speaking, when we kind of hit these benchmarks, we win. But
just due to the turnovers, like I said, in that lack of defensive
consistency, it was just I mean, it's a hard position to put yourself
in. But all the credit in the world for overcoming that adversity and actually
getting over the hump and getting through that one, and I got a little
tense, a little nervous about the late game execution with Paul George had that
foul with under a minute left to go to tie up the game on the
Jared Allen free throw, but again they came over it. In PG more
than a race to that mistake in the final second of the game. I
mean, twenty three points in the fourth quarter in the arrayas shots he was
hitting, but just kind of the will and the drive. He had to
keep competing like that. That was a poor defensive play. But then he
had the block at the very end on Darius Garland also to make up for
it, and he just looks so much more explosive out there. There was
that back door cut from him, I think early in the fourth quarter on
the Mason Plumbley pass for the big throwdown. Paul George is healthy again.
I think for anyone thinking that, oh he's washed, what was happening over
that two month stretch in January and February and him looking just lethargic out there
scoring I think only eighteen a game that's gone. Now PG thirteen looks like
he's back at the peak of his powers here will Yeah, I mean,
I agree, one hundred percent. And he talked about it postgame, you
know what, like about the when he was asked about the minutes load in
that second half, and he said that he didn't see the point in coming
off and being on the bench. His body was warm, like you know,
he wanted to stay warm. His body felt good. So that's really
reassuring news for Clippers fans. And I think you know, I was,
I was somewhat hard on Paul George during that stretch of play, not so
much the lack of scoring, but just like what we were seeing on the
defensive bendom of the floor is just was far below what we know that he's
capable of and what is necessary for this team to succeed. But you know,
it's easy to overlook that he, you know, coming back from the
groin injury. You know, that's it's the injury that's five lines a lot
of guys, and it's not as smooth of a even if there's no you
know, full terror or anything. It's just it's not an injury that there's
like a real clear timeline on when you're going to be back and when your
body is going to be good to go. And I think, you know,
seeing this late season spur from Paul George. I mean, I think
this is just exactly what we need it. You know, we talked about
peaking at the right time, and Paul George is doing that and the team
is starting to coalesce a little bit better together. I think it's impressive that
they've been able to stack up some wins even with the big dog out of
the lineup. You mentioned Terrence Man earlier. His last two games, he
is fourteen of fifteen from the field, with a couple of threes in there,
and then just a relentless pursuit of getting to the basket. And that
is the Terrence Man that I love most, when he's cutting to the basket,
when he's using his athleticism and showing off the pop he has as one
of the younger players on this team. To me, those are usually trademarks
of when you have a big comeback like this, terrace Man is involved.
It happened again in this one. Also, that big three point or late
that certainly helped. Oh absolutely. I mean, Terrence hasn't great, Like
we know what he can do. It's great to see him have the confidence
back battling out there on both ends. Of the floor. I don't want
to say as great as Paul George was, this I feel like was also
a remarkable game for some of those role players. Norm obviously we know what
he can do, but Man and Coffee both hit a huge timely threes to
keep the Clippers in this one, and that lineup I thought was super interesting
at the end. Two obviously hardened with the injury and no Kawhi, so
it kind of MUCKs things up. But Paul George with with Terrence Man,
a mere Coffee, Russell Westbrook and Powell, I thought like that it's so
small going against Jared Allen, but they were able to make it work.
I really applaud the applaud the rotation decision there by by Tyler as well.
The Clippers were down by twenty six. They win one twenty to one eighteen
over the Cleveland Cavaliers. He is Will Updyke. I believe we have a
YouTube live coming up a little bit later tonight with myself thirty PM and Big
Chuck and Big Will at five thirty at Clippers Podcast is where you're gonna find
it on YouTube. Will, thanks for doing this. We'll talk to you
then absolutely talk you same came it up. Next, we'll close things out.
We'll get back to your phone calls eight seven seven five two zero eleven
fifty after the Clippers best comeback of the season with just four games remaining,
We'll update you on the Western Conference standings too. That's all next right here
on Clippers Duck on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. LA Clippers Basketball is on
the two one three Era continues. You're listening to the LA Clippers on the
LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers do it again again and again three times this
season. They've been down by twenty or more and they have come back to
win. Today their most dramatic victory, down twenty six at home to the
Cleveland Cavaliers, a top three seed in the East. Although they may have
fallen after this victory. Let's hear from Coach Lulo postgame on Clippers Talk.
I want to hear from him and how he interpreted his team's ability to come
back and to show that resilient nature once again. That's been their identity over
the last five years. A team that never gives up, never gets in,
just somehow, some way finds a way to get victories. Here was
coach lou post game, and it's a huge change. You guys go from
allowing eighty points in the first half to only allowing what thirty eight in the
second half. What did you see the big difference was? What did it
just look like? You guys had a whole different type of energy that second
half. Yeah, I mean our physicality picked up. I thought we were
better defensively, and then in the first half, it just ran wherever they
wanted to go. It was our it was our point of attack defense one
on one to straight line drives and blowbys with no resistance, no physicality,
and you know, it's tough to win like that, and so they had
to scramble mode xing out low man coming over, and we just couldn't control
the ball. And so we challenge our guys at halftime, like, we
know we could score to the basketball, but can we get stops? Like
can we you know, pick our physicality up? Can we guard our man
one on one? If you guard your man one on one, the help
defense is easier, but if you're getting blown by, it's just too hard.
And so I'll give our guys credit that second half. You know,
outside the first maybe six mints of that third quarter. After that, we
really started defending. We really got into them aggressively, and that changed the
game. And so that's that's who we got to be, and that's who
we've been for the last eight ten games. And in the second half,
you know, we really got back to it. Tying to give you,
guys, won by two points. Norm was a plus nineteen, Russ was
a plus eighteen. You stuck with those guys pretty much the entirety of the
rest of the way once they checked in. What did you see from those
two that allowed that trend to take place? The energy, the energy of
Russ brought the energy Norm ball and then you know, shot making be able
to attack early and in transition. But I thought Mace was great as well.
I thought Mace, you know, really brought a lot of energy.
A Mirror was huge t Man and Mirror making those two threes at the end.
So like it was a total team effort, you know, like I
said, but our bench came in and gave us, you know, a
lot of pop, you know, and so from Russ or Meir, Mace
and he was just it was just big for us. And so that was
a big win for us. I just wanted to confirm first that James,
James is fine, yes, And then when Paul has a couple of shots
going on the fourth early, I saw you you kind of signed to rust
just left PG bring the ball up and kind of uh any street from there?
I guess how much how much fun is it first of all, just
to have a guy who can just throw the balls and say, all right,
go get us some buckets. And second, when did you realize he
was kind of on it? No? I mean he played a good game,
you know, all the way through, and I just thought, you
know, at the end of the third quarter, usually comes out and you
know, with you know James, not you know, being smart, not
being to go back in. You know, we just said, he said
let me, let me go. So he's sure, He's like, yeah,
let me let me play. And so I said, all right,
cool and went with him in the fourth quarter. Was abating a couple of
times to get him out for two minutes and bring him back. But he
said he was good. He said it was okay. And I mean the
huge game he had tonight, we needed every bit of it. Just rebounding
the big block shot at the end, you know, the big you know,
the game winner, you know, so he was huge for us,
you know all night just looking at what you did defensively to change the game.
I mean you defended with Mason and then you went small for that last
three minutes, that last ten over run. I just really want to key
in on, like what did you see with Terrence and that group that you
that you needed to execute there? Yeah, Mace came in, did a
good job, and you know we had Mace up to touch more and more
of a corral blitz and they heard us a couple of times, you know,
with that, you know later on in that fourth quarter. And so
then just going with t Man to try to switch all those triggers, make
them play one on one and if we had a fire, we'd be ready
to fire, but just be able to switch all that, you know,
keeping a body on the body, not really blitzing and let them have four
and three on the backside. And so we just adjusted to that, and
like I said, it was good for us. Coach Low their post game
after the twenty six point comeback by your Los Angeles Clippers, one more call
here, I wonder if this is another person to turn the ball game off.
As I'm getting a lot of those messages. What the Clippers won?
I gotta watch the second half. I turned it off. I was upset.
Come on, have you not learned with this team? They don't give
up. You can't give up on them. Mitch and a jizy. I
know, I know Michigan turned it off. Mitch, what's up? Coach?
Yeah, Mitch, oh, Adam, I didn't even hear you know.
I'm driving along with how you doing? You know, just time?
The season is sprints. So if you haven't that situation, you go on
as soon as you have a gun. I know it's too way for full
of Georgia has a VP, but he deserves the raid and he deserves the
extension now and I'm liking where I'm seeing from Karen s Fann. All right,
Mitch, all right, Mitch finishing strong like the Clippers. He was
down twenty six at the start of that phone call, too, came back
one by two. Clippers one twenty to eighteen was the final before we get
out of here. I do want to thank the Clippers organization. Ralph Lawler,
Ryan Seemen, Noah Ego, Carlo Jimenez on the call big with a
Jake Warner our head engineer, Katie Newton our producer until Tuesday night with the
Clippers last road game in Phoenix. Pre game starting at six, I'm at
a Maaslim, we will talk to you. Then Carlin holds it, Hippie
surveys, looks for help, Fine Strus in the right corner roads a prayer
that's gonna do it on the backs of Paul George, the Clippers, Palker,
the Cavaliers, and pump back down twenty six what twenty to one eighteen?
Why he was doing his thing? And all they want to do is
win in LA When I thought they gave everything they had. I'm very proud
of them. This has been Clippers Talk, the official postgame reaction of the
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