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are a bad man, Adam Osley Clippers Paul one twenty to one sin
here at home to the Philadelphia seventy six ers. Welcome into your postgame show
coming up. We'll get your post game box score and you'll hear from the
head coach in Tron Lou and the players after this one. But first we
go back to your voice of the Clippers, Noah Eagle Noah, a one
point game heading into that fourth quarter, and things completely unraveled for the Clippers
down the stretch. Yeah, I mean they own the fourth quarter on Sunday
and just didn't bring that same energy. First and foremost defensively, things just
kind of fell apart. You end up giving up thirty points in the fourth
after they gave up just twenty seven, which I say just twenty seven compare
it to the other three quarters. That was the best they did in that
third quarter. But we said it coming in, the key to beating this
Philadelphia seventy six ers team was going to be holding them to one tenor below.
It hadn't been held to that in fourteen straight games. Coming in.
Well, Clippers didn't really come all that close. Philly puts up one twenty
in this one and ends up running away within in the final minutes. This
is a tough loss because again you felt like you had reasons to believe you
should have could have won this game. You move on, You've got a
game tomorrow and you've got to get right back on the saddle and do it
in the right manner. It felt like in that third quarter, you know,
we saw the real Clippers stand up. This is what we had been
hoping to see. They haven't been able to string enough or together enough of
these quarters so far this season. But no Kawai to start the fourth quarter.
Paul George is just coming off the hamstring injury. It just looked like
he was a little bit tentative out there. He didn't have the same level
of aggressiveness that we've seen. He was great in the first quarter. I
thought I thought he came out with a mindset to go out there, score
the basketball, get his teammates involved, and then we've seen this far too
often with him, where he almost just disappears for stretches of times and then
he tries to turn it on when they need him the most. That's great,
and he's done a great job of doing everything he can. But the
best thing he could do is keep his foot on the gas every time,
every minute, every second he has. I think that he learns every time
he seems to adjust. Every time he does, it comes back with a
little bit more of a vengeance. So we'll see if he's capable tomorrow night.
I don't know if he's gonna be able to play after coming off an
injury for a back to back, but either way, some positive signs,
some not so positive signs. The big thing you mentioned is consistency in terms
of the quarters. I think Nick Botoon was talking about it at shoot around
when he was asked about the team getting healthier and what it's been like having
to figure it out without it, and he basically said, you've seen it
when the team has been as healthy as we have been at points this season,
You've seen what we can look like we're at our peak. But now
it's about being at the peak all the time. It's about getting to that
level all the time. It's still aways away, and so they're working every
single day one percent better as best you can. If you can do chunks
at a time, even better. But it's gonna be a little bit of
a process for the Clippers here as they still work through some things. One
of the positives tonight and long term was just the stellar play from Kawhi Leonard
that third quarter. He had fourteen of his twenty seven. Looked about as
good as we have seen him since the a c L injury. Yeah,
I think he was great. I mean getting to his spots again, fifty
percent from the floor. You can't get get on anything about his efficiency,
sure, or his three point shooting is still trying to come along a little
bit struggling, just a tad there, but overall both ends of the floor,
I thought he was stupendous. I really thought Terrence Mann played another really
good game as well. He's embraced this starting role as a starter this year,
is averaging a shade over twelve points per game and shooting forty three percent
from three. Well, what did he do today? Twelve points? Knocks
down a couple of threes, plays, some stellar defense. I thought he
was overall very good, and even in a loss of ten, he was
only a minus three. Marcus Morris was a plus two. You know,
you had some performances in there that still were pretty redeeming. And so if
we'll see if Terrence Man can follow it up with something tomorrow against the team
he loves playing against. Clippers have a chance to bounce back. They're in
Utah taking on the Jazz. Tip time for that one is at six pm
tomorrow night. We'll have Clippers count down your pregame show starting at five.
Noah Ego, great call. As always, we'll talk to you tomorrow.
My friend Adam can't wait. Mount Process coming up next. But he got
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Low and the players after they fall by ten here at home to the Philadelphia
seventy six ers. Clippers lose by a final score of one twenty to one
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seventy six ers and Joel Mbiad, who finished with forty one down from was
forty four the last time against the Clippers. But it's been an unreal run
for him really the last two months, averaging about thirty five and ten per
game, and the Clippers didn't have many answers. We talked about it in
the pregame show, but Clippers had to find ways to defend without fouling,
whether it was him or James Harden who, for his standards just one of
six six points got to the free throw line, went four four, But
Joel Embiid a pretty little standard there for James Hardener below his Joel Embiad was
fifteen of eighteen from the free throw line. At one point had the same
amount free throws as the Clippers. They finished attempting twenty were sixteen of twenty.
Clippers just had no way to contain him. And then offensively, Clippers
had their moments in that third quarter, especially putting up a thirty seventh spot.
Down by eleven at the half, but then after Kawhi hit a technical
free throw and the Clips were up eighty five to eighty one late in the
third, they would be outscored the remainder of the game, thirty nine to
twenty five. Kauhi, of course brilliant in that third quarter, had fourteen
of his twenty seven points, and the Clippers had it too within one heading
into the fourth. But Tyres Maxie scored fifteen straight spanning the end of the
third into the fourth quarter, and unbelievable, performing some tough shots to Nicholas
Batuman a hand in his face did not matter, hit big three pointers and
Philadelphia went thirteen of thirty one from the outside, Clippers just twelve of thirty
four. Really, after a miserable start, did start to turn things around.
They started two of thirteen from distance. So Kawhi, Leonard your game
higher. Clippers high with twenty seven, I should say, if eats the
Zubos finished with twenty seven and nine. Paul George PG thirteen with thirteen in
his return, but did have five turnovers and just five made shots out there.
It just wasn't as aggressive he was five to eleven. That wasn't a
bad number, but the eleven is the problem. Wasn't a bad percentage,
I should say, but only taking eleven shots that is a little bit curious,
especially after he started with seven points in that first quarter. Clippers lose
one twenty to one ten at home to the seventy six ers. Coming up
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sweep the season series over your Los Angeles Clippers, winning one twenty to one.
Ten tonight here in downtown Los Angeles, Welcome in the Clippers Talk.
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and Dip will be here for some Clips and Double Dip. But this was
a tough loss. I know there's still thirty six games left for the Clippers,
but it looked like they were in control at the end of that third
quarter, down by one, they had all the momentum, but one of
the patterns in the game was just not being able to defend without fouling,
and they ended up doing that fouling at the end of the third And it
was Tyree's Maxie who went to the line with two point two seconds left.
And there were a couple things that were just a microcosm of this game happening
all at the end of the third quarter with two seconds left. First,
Maxie there drawing the foul, him getting going where he had fifteen straight spanning
the end of the third quarter into the fourth for the seventy six ers.
But then also there was something else right afterwards that kind of raised an eyebrow
for me. The Clippers still had two point two seconds left. Paul George
re enters the game for Moses Brown and ends up passing the basketball when he
had a look I'm not saying it was a great look would have been about
a twenty seven footer on the right wing. Rose released it and got a
three off at least. Instead he passed it up. He passed it to
Norman Powell, ball was deflected. Clippers eventually got it after a review and
threw it out a bounce on the inbounds pass from Nicholas Patoon. But just
a passive Paul George through the last three quarters, I'd say overall tonight.
And I know it's his first game back, and I'm not going to be
overly tough on him, and he's his own worst critic and he'll bounce back.
But it has been a trend at times just inexplicably Paul George. It's
just less aggressive and doesn't take enough shots. In twenty eight minutes. I'm
guessing thirty minutes was his minutes restriction tonight, coming off the right hamstring injury.
It's missed about two weeks. He was five of eleven. The eleven
is the number that I have a problem with. He only took eleven shots
after getting off to a quick start in that first quarter where Paul George had
seven of his eventual thirteen points and it was three or four. It just
seemed like he was too passive out there when they needed him to be more
aggressive. And I know Kawhi Leonard was on a heater in that third quarter,
but there has to be some balance between the two superstars. Now you
can ride it off as okay, he's coming back off the hamstring injury.
Timing's coming back just didn't look quite right. But it has been a noticeable
pattern with him at times during the two one three connection era where he passes
down shots unless it's wide open sometimes. And this is somebody that can go
at certainly single coverage. He can go at double teams too and get good
looks because of his height. And there was one a shot just screaming at
him to take third quarters ending. He had two guys that were playing off
him a little bit and he could have put up at that three pointer and
didn't, and it said pasted it. It was just a microcosm of things,
Maxie getting to the free throw line, him getting hot, Paul George
not taking shots, turning down too many shots, and the Clippers are down
by one heading into the fourth and you still felt like, Okay, they
got a great shot at home to get a lead over Philadelphia while Joel Embiid
is on the bench, but they lost the non Embiid minutes. I want
to say they were a minus ten during the non Mbiad minutes tonight, at
least significant minutes. He was out late in the game inconsequence time or extended
garbage time, as the Great Iron Eagle would say, who was doing the
game for T and T with Jim Jackson. That can't happen either, And
it was the start of the second quarter where they were losing them. Now
you can say continuity stuff, Clippers getting guys back in and out, but
there's thirty six games left in the season and they're on the front end of
a tough back to back, not a home back to back. They're going
to Utah tonight to take on the Jazz tomorrow. Who knows who will be
available. So it was a missed opportunity because they played some of their best
basketball in that third quarter, certainly one of Kauai's best quarters all season since
coming off the ACL injury, where he had fourteen of his twenty seven points
and looked unstoppable no matter what defenders were doing. That x Ray vision from
Kauai his old Superman powers. The hands in his face were just translucent.
He was seeing right through them and getting up tough mid range shots and he
had a block on Joe lm Beat in the first half. It looked like
Kauai was really engaged tonight and more active with his movement. He's getting closer
and closer to where he was. That's a huge positive for this team long
term. When it comes down to them and whether or not they're gonna have
a chance to win a championship, they have to have Kauai playing at a
top five player in the NBA level, top three, whatever you want to
call it. He was playing better than everyone in the twenty twenty one playoffs
before he went down. Kevin Durant was the only guy you could make an
argument for at that time, and I would say Kawhi give him the nod.
Maybe I'm biased, but that first round series where he was putting up
shack numbers while shooting it from ten feet further out, like shack numbers from
the two thousand NBA Finals. So if you've seen the graphic out there,
the absurd percent percentages that Kawhi was putting up that was just unmatched and he
really didn't have an equal on the floor with him at times in that third
quarter he was that good. But Embiid still finished with forty one and Kawhi
didn't score again when he came back in the fourth quarter, and the Clippers
did go six minutes and twenty six seconds without him made shot in the fourth
They had an over eight stretch after Nicholas Batoum hit a three pointer at about
the eight minute mark of the fourth quarter. So more of the same Lowell's
offensively, Now, they've had a couple of bad fourth quarters recently. Obviously
they were great against Houston outscored him thirty to ten on Sunday, but against
Denver and against the Atlanta Hawks, they struggled in both of those fourth quarters.
They just can't ring enough good quarters together, which means you're not playing
a complete game of forty eight minutes of very good basketball. And against this
Philadelphia seventy six ers team, and give them credit, and especially I thought
Maxie hitting those tough shots early in the fourth quarter when he went on his
own fifteen point run against the Clippers, like this is a very good basketball
team. Different ball game than what they saw against the Houston Rockets on Sunday,
and the Clippers had to be on their p's and ques. They had
to have everything lined up for them, and they just weren't good enough in
the second quarter, down by eleven, as Joel Embiid hits that shot to
end the second end of the first half, and then you have to make
up that ground. It takes an all world elite level performance from Kauai.
You wonder how much that took out of him and the third to get them
back in it, because he doesn't score again in the fourth. But it's
getting down to the nitty gritty, and wins are at a premium. It's
not just about good process here and there. And I thought in the first
half, even when the Clippers struggled offensively, they were missing good shots.
They started two of thirteen from distance, and then I want to say,
hit seven of their next thirteen because they were taken and just missing some open
looks in the first half and in the first I would say eighteen minutes of
the ball game. The ball movement was there, but so were the turnovers.
Another trend this season. They reared their ugly head. They had eight
of them in the second quarter, and those eight led to thirteen points for
the seventy six ers. They don't need any help getting into their offense.
You don't need to make it that easy on them. They'll make you pay.
So we saw a lot of the stuff we've seen all season, and
then a glimpse of what we hope is to come in a more complete formed
from this team with the way they played in that third quarter winning it by
ten and Kawhi going off and them just looking in sync, and they got
a lot of guys involved there. Terrence Man had six of his twelve points
in the third, went at Joel Embiid, went to the basket multiple times,
also got blocked by mount Processes. Noah Eagle called himbead, but I
thought of Beatsa. Zubos had his moments too where they went to find him
in that matchup so they can make Joel Embiid work defensively. Zoo had a
nasty play where he shoved him out of the way, got the hook shot
off, had a couple against Embiad. He finished with twelve and nine.
But as I've said, this team has been consistently inconsistent, and if you
can't start putting together forty eight minutes of good basketball. You can't have an
identity, he can't have that character of who you're gonna be and what you're
gonna rely on and fall back on when times are tough, and they certainly
are right now. So this Clippers team needs to find themselves quick and I'm
hoping these bad habits that they seemingly have developed all season long, with the
turnovers and the lulls offensively and the inconsistent effort defensively and just not having that
connectivity, eventually they have to overcome it. And it really has to start
tomorrow. Night saw good things in the third quarter, saw some good things
even in the first half, but the turnovers are gonna hold you back from
being a championship contender. Clippers had been much better in that area. You
look at it, and over their last six games, they had turned the
ball over just eleven point three times on average per game. Tonight Night team,
eight of those came in the second six of those came in the fourth
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eight six six ninety seven two five seventy Jose and Downey your first up on
Clippers stock tonight, Jose what's up? And he dropped and Morse, you
know what, We'll save Morris. I know he's got positivity coming up.
I'm sorry, Katie, Let's go to Mike in Los Angeles. Mike,
you're on Clippers stock. I think Lawrence frank seat needs to be hoped,
needs to be hot. I mean, this is you know what, what
is the the the second most expensive team in the in the history of the
NBA, you know, next to I guess behind this this season's Warriors,
And you know this is what you know what what we wind up getting.
I mean, I know the Warriors have you know, not been great this
year, but you know they were at the White Mike, I'm sure you've
heard this before, but the best ability is availability. You can say what
you want about the salaries and the salary cap and where they stack up there,
But if guys aren't actually out there on the court, and your two
superstars are missing as many games as they have, I'm not sure I can
put that on Lawrence Frank, who is the Executive of the Year just a
couple of years ago. But Ben needs but but but Adam, the help
you know I heard you would say, you know, the help needs to
be part of the sample size. The help needs to be taken into account.
You know, you assemble a team that is, so he shouldn't have
signed Kawhi Leonard after they trade for Paul George. You don't think they should
have done that, That's basically what you're saying. Well, I think,
Look, I think I don't think that was a move that took great So
you can't vould him for that, right, you can't. Anybody would have
made the exact same move, right, what anybody would have made the exact
same move if they could, as the Clippers did there, right, No,
I agree with Look, why are you running from it? Mike?
Why are you running from it? Anybody would have made that exact same move,
right, Yeah, So how are you gonna put it on Lawrence Frank?
They've been unlucky with bad health, with poor health, with their two
most important guys. I mean, you know, but even without that,
you know, even without that, that's everything. It's a players league if
you can't get those guys on the floor. Mike, I appreciate the phone
call. Give me a call back Tomorrowland got so much time and I still
have to take an idea here, like I think they've overcome the lack of
appearances from their superstars to a point, still had a winning season last year.
They were in the play in somehow. But you can only do so
much and your ceiling is only going to be so high. When role players
have to take upon starring roles, When contributors all of a sudden have to
step up and play way above their heads for too long, that can be
a problem. I think the team on paper is there. They gotta get
them together enough. It hasn't happened. And if you want to say that's
what accounts for this inconsistency, I'll buy it. It makes sense. Hopefully
they get a good run of clean health and they can put it together because
the schedule is more favorable, not necessarily with matchups, but with days off
after January. All right, eight six six ninety seven two five seventy eight
six six nine eight seven two five seventy coming up, more Clippers talk.
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Oslin. You're listening to Clippers stock eight six six to nine eight seven two
five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. Clippers have lost
eight of ten. Last time they won two in a row three weeks ago,
So yes, things are getting more dire. With thirty six games left
in the season, they become more magnified. When you're taking on Doc Rivers,
Tobias Harris, and Montrez Harold, and you're seeing some old friends out
there, you feel like it means a little bit more and it hurts a
little bit more when the Clippers loose to the seventy six ers again a team
they lost a game where they were up by twenty in Philly on that same
road trip. Were the last time they won two and a row was first
coming back on the Pistons fourteen points three minutes left, and then winning in
Toronto. I was the last time. They just have been consistently inconsistent.
And I'm consistent with that phrase regarding this team right now. Gotta be honest
about it. Quarter to quarters, sometimes possession to possession. You don't know
what you're gonna get with this Clippers team. Can they put it all together?
Yes? I still believe that the talent is there, but we saw
from Kawhi Leonard tonight that is there. It's all there, right, He's
getting closer and closer to where he was before he tore the acl that third
quarter was special, but the Clippers old problems from early this season continue to
haunt them with turnovers, in consistent offense, and now really a defense that
just doesn't look the same as they did through the first quarter of the year.
I'd say they just haven't been They've been in middle of the pack defense
since basically December, when before that they were top three at times, top
two, top five. They got to get back to their defensive principles.
And it starts in the first quarter. This is when Noah says, what
is doc or whatever? Throw back? What does coach Lee always say?
I think Doc said it too defensive mindset, and the Clippers gave up thirty
four points in the first quarter to Philly again not coming out what that defensive
mindset, that same intensity you need for forty eight minutes if you're going to
be known as a very good defensive team that can catch fire here and there
offensively and has superstars. But it's just not manifesting itself right now. And
I know it's frustrating Clipper Nation. Howie in the eight one eight, Howie,
what's up? You're on? Clippers stop without Amslin great game. I
mean, the Lake Clippers lost, but It was great to see Kawain a
third quarter at some he was popping, he was dancing. It was really
good. The one thing I wanted to ask you about is how do you
feel about coach Lew's rotations? Like tonight, alf was a second quarter when
Reggie was in there and they started coming back and Reggie was going to the
hoop and he's making some nice shots. Here's doing some nice things, and
then like he he pulled him like like within I don't know how fast.
It's kind of fast, and it just seemed like the everything just kind of
pooped out. You know, he brought us back in the game, but
it seems like he's not given enough time for the players to play together.
Regie had some back tightness. We just found that out post game. So
there's one reason. I know, obviously you didn't know that calling in.
How didn't If you're talking big picture with rotations, I thought for the most
part, you know, we saw some wingstop tonight. I thought there was
a sense of urgency early in that fourth quarter to get Terrence Man back in
to get a beat, the Zoobots back in when things weren't working with Moses
Brown and Coach Low It is a brutal job to have to juggle this much
talent and figure out how to guys happy. And yeah, we got good
piece because I love brit Man. Team Man's doing some tea Man is doing
some great stuff. I love, I love Team Man. He's doing He's
really a He's a good piece for this team. And Kawie is looking good.
PG thirteen was Uh, he looked kind of rusty tonight, which I
can accept that. And you know, the seventy six ers are an elite
team, so uh, having PG thirteen kind of rusty didn't didn't help much.
But it was a great third quarter though, Like you said, you
know that's really they really played good in the third quarters. They can do
that for four quarters. We got something going. You know. That is
key. That is the hope. Thank you for the phone call. How
I appreciate it. Okay, thank you? All right? How about this
quote from Paul George postgame. This just came out. I'm seeing it from
Law Murray here on Twitter. Paul George quote, I mean, we've just
been behind the Baul just in terms of injuries and lineups and guys in and
out urgency starts. Now, Okay, let's see if they and flip that
switch have some consistency here, Eddie and Whittier. Eddie, you're on Clippers
stop without aim? Awesome? What's up? Okay? What's up at him?
Uh? I just wanted to call out some of the things I noticed
tonight. Maxey killed us Man, he had a couple of threes that really
just put them ahead. I liked seeing Reggie's consistency, like he's back,
He's playing some smarter basketball. I still dislike Zo, man, he just
should not be closing any games. Just clumsy, big fellow. Question on
the turnovers. I know you said eleven before and today it looked like it
was eighteen. How many of those were Paul George's turnovers? Because man,
those are some ugly turnovers. And then I'm gonna fire some shots. Just
did he just went after big Zoo like that? And I don't understand it
in the league, dude, No, no, no, I got more.
Man. What about Jason Powell, that head trainer. Dude, we've
had him way too long and you guys are always hurt, always hurt.
Man. Appreciate the phone call, Eddie, like they've been snake bit.
There's no doubt and hopefully, as I mentioned earlier, they can get together
with a run of good health heading in to the playoffs. And if you're
being realistic, nothing's guaranteed right now. Playoffs play in. I don't want
to go Jim moraw with it playoffs. I heard it in my own voice
there for a second. They have to get victories. As good as that
third quarter was, there's not a lot of silver linings. Yes, Kawhi
Leonard and the way he played that is meaningful, That is long reaching because
he's got to play at that high of a level if they're gonna have a
chance of winning a championship. So it looks like they have that trending in
the right direction, but they gotta get wins to get there to have a
chance. And the West is tough, and teams are climbing over one another.
And one of those teams they're going to see tomorrow in the Utah Jazz
Lenny in Inglewood, Lenny here on Clippers Style that as Adam, let's up
about him. Mom, you're right. The one thing that we can take
from this is that Kauai is one hundred percent back. I mean, he's
just he's moving well, he's playing. I mean, it's not just offensively,
he's back to his two ways. I don't think it will know for
sure that he's one hundred one back until we see him in a playoff setting,
because you know, Kauhi has always had that extra gear. That's true,
that's true. But he looks great. I'm glad to hear that the
front office is not done and you know, I just don't know presently constructed,
if this is the team that's going to get us there. You know,
we we we definitely need some still help with the you know, I'm
on court and I know I know they're worked in, but you know what
can we say, Man, this is our team. We gotta we still
got to stick it out with him, and I'm hoping they can. I'm
hoping Luke Canar can finally get back and stay back because it's all hands on
deck. I'm like I said, dude, that's a big loss. Lenny.
I appreciate the phone call, and I appreciate you bringing up that point.
Just not having Luke Kennard right now. Best three point shooter in the
league last season was I think around forty five percent before he got hurt.
He was flirting with shooting fifty percent from three at one point. That's tough.
And we do have an update Paul George All he's out tomorrow in Utah.
It's also tough. I kind of expected that he was on a man's
restriction. They just got him back and you can't push it. I mean,
did he try to play against the Denver Nuggets exacerbated the injury, it
sounds like, and then he missed a handful of more games. So hopefully
again the hope is back to backs. Aside, the Clippers can have a
good run of health because they're coming up their next eleven games. They're in
nine cities and four time zones. The end of January is what I always
identified when I looked at the schedule before the season as maybe the toughest part
the teeth of the schedule. So, yeah, they're gonna need guys back,
They're gonna need guys playing at a high level. They're gonna need chemistry,
continuity out there, and consistency. It's the word. You're hearing a
lot okay uh Damien and Los Angeles Damian and you're on Clippers stock without hm
Awsome triple ay man, it's tough lot tough lot, bro I I'm still
trying to figure out in my mind what happened in the in the fourth quarter,
you know, because it seemed like we were on the right track.
It seemed like we had everything going. I would have liked to see Tyler
pulls the trigger on a substitution when it wasn't working with Moses Brown. I
know he started out with some energy, but you know, he started to
struggle there, and we kept him in there maybe a little too long.
I don't know, what are your thoughts about that. I'm trying to look
up when he was taking out of the ball game. I want to say
it was around the eight minute mark, no nine minute mark. I mean
he gave him three minutes. He gave him less than three minutes and took
him out. I think that's that's a pretty quick trigger there. I think
that's fair. I suppose, you know, like I don't know, man,
it just maybe just because I was there and it looked like it just
went downhill so fast. Well, he had the offensive foul. It was
a rough play, and turnovers really did them in. And you know,
they were able to once again be their own worst enemies. And as much
as they had pulled moment them away and looked like they were in control in
the third quarter between Maxie getting hot the way he was and the Clippers turnovers,
they're just killers and they've been on like that all season long. They
just even when they don't have big turnover games sometimes and they have twelve,
they have them at inopportune times. Right, Yeah, yeah, that's very
true. You know, I want to go next level with you because we
do that sometimes, and I want to talk about, you know, and
just play a little bit about what you were talking about, which is a
championship mentality, which requires this focus for four quarters that we really haven't seen
from the team on a consistent basis, except you know, like you said,
they've been very inconsistent. And you know, that's one thing that I
worry about. You got a lot of guys who talked about it before.
You got an amalgamation of dudes that are are not the guys. You know,
for the most part, you've had a lot of guys that have been
uber two number three guys that are not used to being front runners. That's
not really even our DNA because we've been talking about being blue collar guys and
being the underdogs just so long. I worry that these guys are getting maybe
a little bit too much in their head about the end result of even games.
And so it's not getting the fourth quarter production that we need. You
know, we got we got to play the fourth quarters. We gotta take
at one quarter at a time, one possession at a time, whatever it
is that we need to do. We need to break it down to the
idio secrecies that you know are necessary in order for us to get the wins
on a consistent basis. Just feel like, but I hear what you're saying.
One thing I will point out, and it's hard to put your finger
on why they come out so lacks a daisical or lethargic sometimes, and sometimes
you can mistake, you know, a team with low energy for not giving
effort. Sometimes though you look at it and say it's an older team,
it is overall, especially at key positions. And I do think this team
is built more for the playoffs than the long, eighty two game regular season.
And maybe that's a fault of theirs that they have one eye on the
postseason already. I don't know, But older teams you do see this.
You used to see it at times with the Spurs with Greg Pavovic, even
when they had a young Kawhi Leonard there, some of the older guys would
get them off the soil starts. What's the lowest seed you would like to
see the clickers going into the playoffs? Like? What would be your baseline
bottom line? Like, I don't want to see them below fifth seed?
What will that be for you? Because I'm thinking like, I don't want
to see him in the fourth or fifth, but it's looking like the fourth
or fifth for me. I wouldn't want to see them lower than four,
if I'm being honest about it. No team lower than three has won since
the ninety five Houston Rockets, But the game has changed so much the way
teams manage players during the regular season. Regular season records now can be so
injury influenced or load managed that they're not as telling as to how good a
squad is or how elite they might be. Damian, I appreciate the phone
call as always, my friend, I gotta take a quick time out here.
Eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight six six ninety seven,
two five seventy is the phone number, and right now Clippers are three
games back of the four seed at twenty three and twenty three. Sacramento Kings
in that four spot at twenty four and eighteen. Coming up next, we'll
have Charles macklron from Clips and Dip. We'll get back to your phone calls.
Lamm's on old tagus Morris. If Jose calls back, we'll get to
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Morris, Hold on, we'll get to you at eight six six nine eight
seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy Right now
joining the show from Clips and Dip for some Clips and double dip as Charles
Mockler, Charles, let's jump right into it here. Where was this game
lost in your opinion for the Clippers? Oh? Man, I mean it's
so tough because we you know, we saw three quarters of good basketball,
but that doesn't really mean anything in the NBA if you can't play the fourth
quarter at all. So it was I don't know. I want to say
the beginning of the fourth, I want to say when Maxi decided to do
his best prime lou Will impression, it just felt like it kind of unraveled
so quickly once there was a little bit of slippage late in the third carrying
over the fourth quarter for the Clippers. Yeah, Maxi hit some incredibly difficult
shots, got to the free throw line, as did the entire team for
Philly, And you could say with the Clippers being in the penalty with I
think eight minutes left in the fourth quarter, that was huge because then there's
just no margin for air, a tough team to defend already, and you're
just giving up shots at the charity stripe. I want to say they took
about ten there in the fourth. Joe l Embiid was impressive, but he
only needed I think five of his forty one for them to close this thing
out. In that final period, Clippers looked like they ran out of gas.
But there's something else we were talking about getting off to slow starts.
We've talked about it at a Ton coach coach Lewis talked about it a lot
for good reason. They give up thirty four points in that first quarter.
That defensive mindset, that intensity from the jump, it just hasn't been there,
and it's hard to pinpoint why. Some could say it's a lack of
focus. You could throw out and I did that. It's an older team
and sometimes it just takes them a little bit to get their second win and
get going. I don't know what are you seeing out there, Charles with
the Clippers lack of quick starts. I think part of you know, I'd
love seeing Terence Man in the in the starting lineup because we get a little
more you know, juice from that point guard position. You know, the
size can bang around and flash and things like that compared to Reggie. But
I think one of the biggest issues with this team right now is there's no
real identity, right like, are we a team that plays really scrappy defense?
Not really lately? You know, are we the hot shooting team from
outside like we were last year? Not really lately. And it feels like
it's almost Game six or something like that in terms of this team still figure
out who it is. So I think when you're not able to hang your
hat. I'm kind of a default, you know, we do this well,
let's kind of tap into this early or something that you know, lets
you kind of feel a little bit of good momentum early. It's just really
hard to kind of conjure that out of thin air. Plus, you know,
the lack of community starting lineup. So yeah, I think the lack
of identity is really hurting the Clippers right now. I don't know what they
need to get that fixed. I don't know what Tyler can do, but
part of me thinks it starts on the defensive side of the ball. Maybe
there's a swap coming in with Morris and the starting lineup, But I don't
know. There's just nothing that you can point to right now and say the
Clippers do this well, they should do it, you know, earlier in
the game consistently and with Moore's back in the starting lineup with Terrence Man.
Now, this was the seventeenth different starting lineup through forty six games so far
this season for the Clippers. Okay, bright spots, there were some.
Kawhi Letterard in that third quarter looked as good as he has since the injury,
because it wasn't even you know, he wasn't dunking in or anything like
that. It was just him quickly getting to his spots and getting those tough,
mid range, unguardable shots up, those high degree of difficulty shots up,
and just cooking PJ. Tucker for the most part. It was so
impressive to watch. Yeah, he had him just I think over or close
to half his place from that third quarter, and that is where it felt
like the Clippers, maybe because of really made some noise, had some other
you know, things gone their way. But it is grace. See Kwai
learned playing at this level right now kind of rough that, you know,
a performance like this one. I'm not sure if we're gonna see him play
tomorrow against the Jazz, which if Paul George's on the Master Stix, I
don't think he'll played tomorrow either, So he's out. We got him try
and know that. Yeah, he's out. So if Kawai doesn't play,
it's gonna be tough to try and split this back to back, but it
is gonna see Kwai playing well. I love that quote he had I think
two games ago about how you know he's not coming in to try and jack
up shots when he's kind of on this ramp up period. He's trying to
play good team basketball, and he played good team basketball. Would have been
nice to see Paul George take over a little bit more. You only had
eleven shots to Kawai's twenty, and I know Kawhi was playing really well.
But you know, we'll get this balance figured out hopefully soon. But yeah,
all credits are Kauai, who is you know, playing some of the
best basketball right now. It's funny and you could just say, oh,
well, he's coming back. He hasn't played in about a couple of weeks.
He's got the hamstring injury, and maybe that's why he's tentative out there.
But it's not like this is the first time we've seen this from Paul
George where he almost gets lost in the sauce watching Kawhi Leonard go off like
that. But you gotta have both of them be in rhythm. And when
Kauhai is not there to start the fourth and it's Paul George out there and
he's cold and deferring. It's just been a trend that I've noticed, especially
this season, from him at times here and there. It's got to change.
He's got to be more aggressive Yeah, it's a bit up and down.
I feel that it's not kind of permeating the other Clippers. You know,
we got to see Terrace Ban was aggressive from the three point line today.
No thirty three percent, which isn't you know, totally gonna kill it.
But he did hit some two clutch ones when we needed to kind of
get through a bet him going. But you're totally right. The field goal
attempts for Paul George have been weird kind of all season. We're still kind
of, like I said, finding that balance where both these guys can dominate
right now. It took a minute to find it, you know, the
season and we were going to the Western Conference finals. We saw a little
bit there, but now they've been super consistent the entire ten years. So
I'm with you. I hope as he gets this minute restriction, you know,
I guess further into we can feel more confident. Because he started off
so well in this one. He had seven points in the first quarter,
and then it just, you know, like you said, he just kind
of deferred a little bit and he wasn't visible out there. So I mean,
maybe they need to draw some more stuff up. Maybe we need to
stagger Kway and PG to try and get, you know, an effective game
from both of them at once, but that that might mess with the playoff
rotation. So still kind of a terrifying him out to figure out forty six
or so games for the Clippers. I think Paul George and his feast or
famine ways with his shot just exemplifies how consistently inconsistent the team has been.
And if that's your identity, that's a problem. He is. Charles Mockler
from Clips and Dip. Charles, thanks for doing this tonight post game man.
I appreciate it. We'll do a podcast to Tripods soon with ourselves and
William Updyke. No doubt absolutely we will coming up next. Back to your
phone calls, we'll get to him eight six six nine eight seven two five
seventy eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy. After the Clippers lose
one twenty two one ten at home to the Philadelphia seventy six ers in playing
in Utah tomorrow, we already know no Paul George. If Kawhi does play,
that would be the first back to back he's played both games, and
we shall see looking for an update on that as well, you're on AM
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wanted to rent if I'm a likable person as someone who's doing as they dropped
another one tonight, guest time to the seventy six ers one twenty two,
one ten and they were just down by one nswering the fourth quarter. Welcome
back in the Clipper Stock. I'm out of Oslin. Back your calls Sean
and Hawthorne mean Sean, what's up here a Clipper stock? Hey Adam,
how are you doing? Hi? Sean Hight Basically you caught me in line
at the grocery store. But I'll be brief. Can you get me some
of those frosted Mother's cookies? I love those things, the pink, the
white oak crackers. You got it cooled up just like they would a burger
order when I was in Houston. Okay, listen, uh look, Tyler
needs to do a better job. I don't care what you say about this
guy's night. End that guy's night. End. He lost about four games
on that road strip in the last minute a close game. When you lose
close games, it's a coach to get blown own just to play okay.
And we need a power forward. We can't have a starting power forward that's
everything less than five rebounds a game. We need a six ten, six
to eleven power forward. And Tyler was such a great coach now, so
he would put Brown in and Zoombak in at the same time. Instead of
letting him be go for eighty points in two games against them, We're already
going. I'm sure that wouldn't lead to more three pointers for the Philadelphia seventy
six ers or anything. Let him shoot three pointers. They got to hit
him, and they did. They shot forty two percent from there. I
don't know if Moses Brown guarding guys in the perimeter. Is it? As
the kids say, Sean, I appreciate the phone call. I know you
like the big man old school basketball. Uh lamar in Pasadena, as we
gotta go rapid fire here he's going, uh adam, just a couple of
quick points. I agree with the last call. The couple last three or
four games has come down to tyrone move and the coaching decisions. I mean
he's riding Norman Powell, who's not giving him anything. John Wallas comings been
not giving anything. He's been one of their best players the last month.
How if you if you look at the key turnovers he haves and miss shots
open opportunities. I mean it comes down to how does your how did your
your blender keeping the game? You have our own opinions, but not our
own facts. I mean, Nora Powell has been averaging over the last month
eighteen points while shooting forty eight percent from the field and over forty percent from
three. I don't think Pal's the problem. Well, he definitely has maken
some mistakes like tonight, Okay, sold a lot of guys and he had
a bad night tonight. Yeah, it seems like more bad than good.
But I mean, aside from that coach side round Loup. But Maxie,
I mean, would he have to Sports twenty before you start stepping up on
the screens then the big gun out. It's just it's just small, small
things that have you know, continued to snowball and it's bigger things and they
do need a big to help out, and they're shooting has been Terlor Mars
who's been horrible, and it's been just Paul George when Kwai is not deable,
When Kwaie's then Paul George gets lost. So they need to figure it
out. As far as the continuity and getting to set good eight players that
are going to play instead of every other night, you don't know who's going
to be out there. I appreciate the phone call, and I agree with
some of that. At the end, rotations have been shortened and they need
more continuity and guys probably at this point of the season need to be more
familiar with what's expected of them in their roles. But I'm not putting it
on coach Lou. I think there's a lot of issues right now going on
with this team. So just point that one guy or one player that's missing.
It's bigger than that. When you're at five hundred and forty six games
in, Jose is back, Jose and Downey, what's up? Hey?
How you doing? Man? I'm sorry for the in and out. Man's
pretty good Burgers. I was at the game, and some things that stuck
out is Zoo and Moses Brown not running out there to cover the three.
Those were some big shots that they hit on us. The other thing too,
I think you were talking about the players knowing their assignments, that we're
gonna be switching so much on defense. There was a couple times in that
fourth when Maxi and I think it was Nieyang hit the threes in those first
four minutes of the fourth, two players running away from the ball not knowing
their assignments, and then those shots were hit. Yeah, Niang hit a
couple of backbreaking three porters. He hit a couple on the third quarter to
keep it, you know, when the Clippers were making their big push to
keep it close enough when they were out scored by ten Philly Clippers in that
third. But in the previous cause, I mean, it's easy to probably
point fingers at coach Loop with the inconsistency of who's gonna be in and who
who's out today, and it's hard to do that. But those assignments from
the assignments are really hurtin us. Yeah. Now I appreciate the phone call,
Jose. I'm glad you uh persevered and got on with us to close
things out. Morris Morrison log bitch on Clipper sauda night no no no,
no, no, no. Welcome from the Clippers. We got another game.
Never give a thought about who we play. The Lakers go to stay.
If you buy tickets, you got to bring the noise. Ain't nobody's
sitting down watching the game. Everybody's standing up with the voice a jungle Clippers
gonna rumble. Got me so excited. One two Clippers got to get to
rebounding. Then they got to do the down those guards. I've got to
get the ball out and start dead break. All right, let's walk Axel
Rosie's your heart out. Thank you, Morris, appreciate it. That'll close
things out. It's a positivity within the song. I'm just someone wanting to
sing a song itself. After the Clippers lose by ten, and I've lost
eight of ten. But tomorrow night in Utah, Big Ball game six pm.
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