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Adam Osler. The Clippers were missing a couple of guys and they come up
a couple of points short in overtime in Denver. They lose one thirty to
one twenty eight to Nikola Yokits and the Denver Nuggets. Welcome into your post
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You'll hear from the head coach and the players after they dropped the first game
of this eight game road trip, their longest road trip since two thousand and
five. It's like that, and it is treacherous. They are taken on
another great big man on Friday, and Joe lmbad is they didn't have their
hands full enough tonight against the reigning MVP and Nikola Yokich. And there's a
lot of different things you can point to where the Clippers lost this game because
it was so close, because we had five extra minutes of bonus basketball,
and the Clippers had their opportunities. Of course they did. The Terrence Man
shot clock violation with seconds remaining in the fourth quarter was tough, brutal,
But I do want to highlight how well this team played. Considering no Marcus
Morris, we just found that out about an hour before the game. No
Nick Batoon, we found that out earlier today. He went into health and
safety protocols. Still, of course, no Kawhi Leonard, no Paul George,
and they battled against one of the best big men we've ever seen.
I'm comfortable saying that at this point, even though he's only twenty six years
of age, he is as skilled, as difficult of a guard as you'll
ever see in Nikola Yokich, who had forty nine, fourteen and ten and
only had twelve points in the first half. They were actually doing a really
good job containing him, but he had thirty seven in the second half and
n ot where I want to say, he had eleven of their sixteen points
in overtime. Now Zubots countered in some ways. He goes for his career
high thirty two points. It was twenty six and he had eight of those.
In overtime he had eight of the Clippers fourteen points, thirty two,
ten and three the Tippens. Six offensive rebounds for Big Zoo in this one
fifteen of nineteen from the field, the baby hooks, the zool cinder.
He was dominant at times. He had ten points in the fourth quarter.
Reggie Jackson joined him with ten and that fourth, and Brandon Boston had nine.
There. Those three players had twenty nine up the Clippers thirty three points
in the fourth. I Eric Bledsoe had the first two as he went on
a nice ten oh run spanning the end of the third into the fourth that
kept the Clippers in it and with some momentum at least after they were up
by fifteen in the third quarter and Jokis went off. He had seventeen points
and that third alone. But the Clippers did go through one of those cold
stretches again where during a span of six minutes they had just two points.
We've seen that a lot at times this season. And they would go through
another one in the fourth quarter where they led by eight. Late with maybe
it was about eight minutes left after they went on a little bit of a
run themselves. They looked to be in control, but on the road against
the Denver team, they just came back on down twenty five a week ago.
It was gonna be tough to close them out because you knew they were
going to come in circling this ball game, trying to redeem themselves for what
happened. Yeah, it was a Brandon Boston three pointer that put the Clippers
up one o eight to one hundred with four minutes left. Monte Morris gets
an end one three point play. Nicola Yokis went to the free throw line.
That was the theme in this one. More on that in a second.
Then he had I want to say it was a putback. He got
fouled on that by Visa Zubots and got the end one to go and the
Clippers still tied at one fourteen after a Will Barton layup, had the basketball
with twenty seven seconds left and had a shot clock violation. Just can't happen.
Terres Man hit it, but it was about a second after the buzzer
went off. It wasn't even close. They defended Yoki's well. On the
other end, both Hartenstein and Aviza Zubots had him trapped on the near side
baseline. But going into overtime, I think the Denver Nuggets felt like that's
momentum and they would hit the first shot, but then a Vizza Zubots just
kept playing. I said it might be the best game of his career scoring
whise it is thirty two points. It's just unfortunately it comes in a loss
like this. But you want to still praise the guys for the effort they
played with out there with so many guys out and no business being in the
ball game to begin with, and they led by twelve and a half,
you could say they were just a play short, or a few free throws
short. Listen to this Nikola Yokich, and we haven't talked about the officials
all season long, but he attempted more free throws than the entire Clippers team
at sixteen to twelve, and credit to Emmy hit fourteen of them. Clippers
went nine for twelve with the free throw line, but there were a couple
of players a Reggie Jackson floater at the end to get them to one fourteen
of regulation, where it looked like he was fouled, didn't get the call,
and then the tip in when it looked like the ball was above the
cylinder by Nikolayokich in ot and also him and a Visa Zubas getting tangled up
atop the three point line, and they just don't even make a call.
There's a foul on somebody there. You want to swallow the whistle, You
want to not determine the outcome in the ball game. I'm sure that's what
they were thinking by not making calls. Sometimes you do the same thing.
And Zubas fouled him, and that would have at least prevented the possibility of
an and one opportunity, which is what it turned into after Yoki's kind of
pushed him out of the way and went towards the basket, got fouled,
got to go. So look, when you score sixty four points in the
paint, you're being aggressive, you're attacking. Both teams had that number,
yet the Denver Nuggets at twenty five free throw attempts, the Clippers just twelve,
so they more than doubled them up in that area. They were aggressive
too. And Nikola Yokich, he's a superstar. He gets a superstar like
Whistle Zubos could get some of that, and he got the free throw line
twice and he knocked down some clutch ones late. And Brandon Boston, as
I mentioned earlier, big time shots. If you're looking for positives and a
loss like this where you're losing overtime and heartbreaking fashion for Brandon Boston to have
eleven of his sixteen points in the fourth quarter and overtime and be playing critical
minutes and thriving and the moment not looking too big for him. Not that
we'd be surprised with Ivan, We've seen this before. He embraces it.
But those three pointers he hit, he goes four of seven from the outside.
He can continue to grow with his confidence after a game like this.
Reggie Jackson, we thought maybe there was something after the second half Monday against
the Indiana Pacers where he played really well, where he found his shot and
it carried over. He played with a ton of confidence, and I think
he knew he had the green light in this one. Without Batoum, who's
coming off his thirty two point game, was seven three pointers on Monday,
and they lose that guy. He has a thirty two point second half There
were only three other players going into that game that have had thirty or more
and a half so far this season, jannat aDNA koumpos Steph Curry and Jayalen
Brown. Nick Batoum has that type of second half, and they lose him
earlier today, unfortunately to health and safety protocols. We're hoping for the best.
It's the second time he's been in them in the last two months.
But then Marcus Morris kind of a late scratch an hour before the game,
didn't know that was going to happen, and Reggie was amazing the hesitation move
he put on Yo Kitchen the fourth quarter where he blew right by them.
Obviously, playoff Reggie, mister June. It's still there. Even though he's
had a really up and down season and the shooting percentages are not where he
wants them to be, and he's gone through some deep funk shooting wise,
some cold shrieks, he can still get up for a big game like this
where they needed more out of him, and he was awesome out there.
So Ipers were just two points short and a tough one. While they're severely
under manned. They lose an ot I still love the fight. I thought
they brought it and there were some funky calls down the stretch. But look,
I'll say this, Avita Zubots when they reviewed that play at the end
of the fourth quarter, I thought he got Yokich on the arm. They
originally called it a foul. It would have been his sixth, and they
overturned it after Coach lu challenged the play. Didn't have that challenge though then
later even after winning it, And I'll probably change that rule eventually because it
was a successful challenge to challenge the over the cylinder basket interference, which it
was by your kitchen overtime. But Clippers have to move on quickly and take
away as many positives as you can from a game like this and take it
with you into Philadelphia and throughout the rest of this road trip. It is
going to be as tough as it gets. It could make or break their
season seating wise, and hopefully they can get some of these guys back.
It was good to see Luke Kenard. He did hit a big three pointer.
What else is knew in the fourth quarter. We thought that might have
been one of the daggers we look upon. If the Clippers were able to
come away with a victory. In this one, he still was a little
bit rusty, but he hit the big shot. That was the only three
pointer he hit, as he was one of six. But he's been like
that for the Clippers going back to last season. Now he seems to step
up in those moments as well. Nikolajokis though, credit to him, amazing,
amazing player, amazing performance. And yet you still thought that shot from
Reggie Jackson was going to fall, hits the backboard, hits the front of
the rim, falls out, similar to Gordon Hayward in the National Championship game.
For Butler, a half court heave, he gave it a ride and
it was almost there after the technical from the Nuggets celebrating prematurely. And if
that won the game for the Clippers, they wouldn't admit it. A plane
to fly to Philadelphia. We've been riding that high, all right. We'll
take a quick break here. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy
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from the head coach coming up, Javier hold On Za Southgate, hold On,
We'll get to you. Clippers lose by two and overtime more Clippers top.
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in Denver and to the Nuggets. I'm aware of it. Final score one
thirty to one twenty eight in favor of those Denver Nuggets and Nicola Yo Kitchen
is forty nine, fourteen and ten game and a big three steals. One
of them was pretty significant. Reggie Jackson was trying to pass it over to
Terrence Man. He took it way. They only had twelve turnovers Denver in
this one, and the Clippers did turn into sixteen points. That's a good
number. But last time out. The reason the Clippers came back down twenty
five is because they turned Denver over early and often. They had twenty a
week ago, Clippers just fourteen, but some turnovers at inopportune times, you
could say. But I want to praise if Beacha zuboss a little bit because
he goes for his career high thirty two and was battling through having five personal
fouls I think heading into the fourth quarter. But I've said this forever.
He reminds me of like the long lost Gassaul brother because he has a lot
more in his bag than I think people realize, including that three point shot
that he wants to show everybody that he did hit last year when he finally
got an attempt up. But he is so skilled and he's still getting better.
He's still just twenty four years of age. And for him to know,
Okay, I'm the only starter left right now. It's him and Reggie
Jackson, you could say. And he puts up a thirty two spot against
Yokich, and I love what coach lew was doing because they were basically hunting
Yokich every time down to try and wear him down in the second half to
no avail, but they were going right at him. They were relentless,
especially Reggie Jackson. He was just looking for him the entire time. That's
what you have to do. But great player. They come away with the
victory. Jose and south Gate. You're on Clippers stop without hm as and
what's up? I don't so right now. You know, first of all,
thank you, Ralph Lawler, thank you, double a thank you.
No Eagle, I'm on my way up to gil Roy, so I'm up
north right now. So I'm sitting into the radio and it is running back
memories when I was eight years old into that little radio. Make sure I
was tuned in. He's gonna blah blahla that being said, just hearing know
what Eagle describe how the zoopbo scored his first six points like boom boom on
our jokeys. I just hearing there. It was different on the radio.
That being said, we were down, we came back and Noah on me,
Noah on me. I mean, sorry, I got him, Mom,
Rapper, I know you got a called him no the other day,
but sorry I got him. I was thinking to know what set there that
he set. The next eight games were going on and I heard we're not
going to Chicago. We're not going to the net. That's something you know.
I was listening, But we're going on an eight game road trip.
And I when I said I heard that, I'm like, this is gonna
make or break us. That's before you said it on the last break.
Right now, this right here is gonna make or break us, and this
class right now, I don't even look at it as a loss. We
went over time. To me, it's a push. It's a push.
So okay, it's game one, all right, we got it out the
way, but we got eight games. Right now. This is gonna make
or break us at him, and you already know it's gonna make us.
Baby, let's go clapbacks. All right, Let's say you continue to stay
on hold. Now listen through your phone. I guess you get the radio
there in the car as well. Javier in Lahabra Heights, do you have
that same level of optimism that Jose and Southgate just presented? Yes, I
do, Adam, real quick. I mean they fought. I mean it
was a great game all the time, and you know you gotta give credit.
I mean they all fought. But I had a thing here, I
know Zoobach score thirty points, but the last three minutes or the fourth quarter,
Atom jokes was eating him up. I know he's the MVP, but
he should have switched the last three I think I drew up by with four
or five. He should have taken the zoo back out of the game and
put in Isaiah or went with the smaller lineup, because the last three minutes
he just tore the Clippers apart. I'm talking about the fourth quarter Atom.
I think that was I was like three figs, what kind of the game?
But no, he kept him in the game, and every time he
got the ball, he scored three goals. Whatever he took, do whatever
he wanted. And like I said, I know he scored thirty points three
games, Zuba, but the last three minutes had him He should not have
been playing just the last three minutes of the fourth quarter. He should have
put an idea somebody more athletic. The problem is without a visa Zubats,
I don't know if it goes to ot because he also scored at the end
of that fourth quarter. I know Yokis had nine points in the last three
minutes of the fourth but a visa Zubats also had four and he blocked one
of his layups because eventually they challenged that play. And I know they ended
up winning the jump ball anyways, but look, there's only so much you
can do, and he already had five fouls. But I thought he played
him as well as you could. And Yokis certainly gets the benefit of the
whistle. He's a superstar in this league. But I'm not gonna say anything
away from Viza Zoo Boss, because he played far too well to be removed
from that game, especially when you really don't have a better option against your
kitch. Yeah, I know, I mean it just it was just it
was just that that joke Itch is something else. While I couldn't believe every
time he got the boy scored, but another thing to a real quick I
don't. I know. We've got a few more calls Boston. He fought
Briden Botty. Finally. You know, he's spent watching you play like this,
so that's good. Hopefully he could continue and and do that on on
Friday against Philly. So just one game, you got several more games.
I'm thinking if it could break even four and four, it would be a
good road trip. I agree with you. Adam here, thank you for
bing him. Call Nixon here, will talk to you on Friday. I
agree. Given the level of competition and eighth straight on the road, if
they ended up going four and four on this road trip with the guys they
have out right now, it would be unbelievable. We'll take a quick break.
We'll come back. You'll hear from the head coach. Clippers losing ot
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two. Reggie Jackson, that's twenty eight. Clippers now falled a tenant two
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Not his career high. Yoga had fifty against the King's last year Clippers,
though they get a career high night from Avizza Zubots. He had thirty two
points. He kept coming back. Unbelievable Tippins, A great effort, a
great spirit with this Clippers team being completely shorthanded going up against a team that
I think was looking forward to this ball game. They won some redemption after
blowing a twenty five point lead to the Clippers. Clippers led by as many
as fifteen in the third quarter, and the tables turned a little bit and
Yogach had seventeen points in that third quarter, and there was a tie game
going into the fourth. Clippers had their chances though, up eight with four
minutes left in that fourth quarter. They lose though in overtime by two.
Fernando and I'll Hambro you're on Clippers stock without him? Awesome. What's up,
Fernando, what's our brother? Hey, I just want to disagree with
the previous collar man. He beats the zoo bag man. He went toe
to toe with this dude. You know he's a balking brother and man,
he beats the zoo bag man. He put in some fucking excuse me,
put some work today, all right, So yeah, I appreciate the appreciated
calling Friday. I can't keep him all in after that already don't have button
over on this side. But he did, he put in some work.
Uh. Fernando, Fernando, Fernando beats the Zubats. He has the best
game of his career in a season where he's been so steady. But I
think he's been overlooked in some ways because of that. He's mister consistent,
mister reliable for the Clippers, and while he has missed some games recently to
being health and safety protocols, this is someone who didn't miss a game all
of last year. He's their iron man for a reason. To see him
play like that in that environment against Yokich and say I'm here too, because
there was a battle on the post, and we knew right from the beginning
when the Clippers went big with he and Serge Ibaka. They were preparing for
that, and I thought Isaiah Hartenstein, especially in the first half, gave
them some really good minutes. Had that big throw down, and he was
going up against his former team and a guy he played with and learned from
in yokich and he had some nice assists. Three assists for Hartenstein. Justice
Winslow also a really nice first half. I thought gave them a little bit
of a spark at times just getting to the basket. Playing downhill. He
actually really forced the issue. Went four of six. He had half the
Clippers free throws. Of their twelve, he had six of them, made
four of them. All Right, we'll say a quick break, we'll come
back. We'll hear from the head coach to Ron lou Clippers losing overtime eight
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the best part of Niko Yogi's game is his passing ability, and he ended
up finding Aaron Gordon in the corner for that three point with two seconds left.
Clippers lose by two in overtime for the final score of one thirty to
one twenty eight in favor of the Denver Nuggets. Clippers next game coming up
on Friday, they'll be in Philadelphia for game two of this eight game road
trip. But Aaron Gordon had over thirty points last time out against the Clippers,
including some easy ones playing off of Nikola Yokis. He had a bunch
of throwdowns in that fourth quarter. I remember back in downtown Los Angeles he
had yeah, eleven of his twenty eight points in the fourth quarter in overtime,
none bigger than that three point or he hit. But it's kind of
been a bit of a Clippers killer recently, and it happens because of the
attention that's drawn by Nikola Yokich. He finds the open man, but that
was one of his ten assists. He finishes with the forty nine point fourteen
and ten triple double. Let's hear from Coach Flu though post game. Who
I thought they tried to mix things up with Yokich that did everything they could.
He's just that good, he was Coach Lu post game, came out
competed. You know, we played great. I'm glad I had a chance
to calm down for a second, cause I was gonna say some stuff I
shouldn't have said. But like I said, our guys battle no matter who's
on the floor, who's playing, We're gonna compete every single night. And
you know, hats off to our guys, you know, for what what
we did, and you know whatever after that that has the yogage mask work.
I mean, how many guys iver if you made that pass something?
Not too many, probably him on Lebron, probably the only two guys.
And you know, at the end of the game, the game being tired,
we're not gonna let the best player beat us. He made a you
know, a help of a skip pass and ag made a made a big
shot, So I'm hats off to them. He wouldn't to uh, four
time Mace consering suit. Had he really gotten out? What he responded?
What do you think of the way he had sort of? I think more
really the second half and scoring. Yeah, I think I thought. I
thought Zoo played a hell of a game, you know, all night,
you know, along with our other guys as well, and just battling,
competing. Like I said, fifteen for nineteen from the field when they went
small, was they would take advantage them a little bit when they put you
know, Jeff on him. But I thought Zoo was great all night and
we was able to play their coverage is pretty well getting any shot we wanted.
And like I said, they made more players down the stretch than we
did. Would you like about isolating Reggie and your good show off and went
to that time to get at you some freezement from brand? Yeah, I
just you know, they couldn't stop us in the pick and roll, so
they went to switching, you know, try to make us stag. Then
I thought Reggie still did a good job of attacking and getting to the basket
and creating shots by other people, you know, having twelve assists at night,
you know, we having thirty five assists as a team. You know,
I thought we did some really good things and you know they're gonna switch
jokeing to our point guard. We gotta just keep the space in attack,
and I thought we did a good job with that. It feels like so
long ago because it was the first half, but just the way that with
Justice inn and seem like he's kind of a bowling ball just scoring down the
court. Four finald guys, so many potential assists. Yeah, I thought,
especially in our first half, he did a great job of pushing the
ball defensively. Our pace picked up in that second quarter with our second unit
and got with Luca and you know, a lot of great shots my thought
Justice did. And so you know, like I said, my guy's battle,
we fought. You know, like I said before, I'm glad I
had a chance to calm down before I said some things I shouldn't say.
But I think I'm pretty sure you got seeing as well. What do you
want your grids to part screen M I mean nothing. I mean, we
lost, you know, but you know we can play with you know,
we can play with the best of'em no matter who's on the floor.
Defensively, how we play our toughness, our grittiness every single night. And
you know, like I said, having thirty five assists on fifty two makes
it is big for us, and so we've got to continue to just keep
building from here and go go from here. They go to Philadelphia from Denver.
Coach lu said it though they competed, they play hard, and that
was a gutty, gritty type of effort just to take them to ot in
a game where Nicola Yokich was that good and made that unbelievable pass there at
the end. Clippers lose by two in ot to the Denver Nuggets. Friday's
game in Philadelphia. I believe we have a four pm tip time, and
we do, so we'll have your Clippers countdown shows starting at three pm before
we get out of here. I do want to thank the Clippers organization,
Noah Eagle, Brian Seaman, Ralph Lawlor, the callers tonight, even Fernando,
and try again on Friday after Nando head back here in Burbank, Katie
Newton. Great job is always until Friday with their pregame shows starting at three
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