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This is a Clippers first basketball The
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what they have been building towards.
All the other pieces were in place all

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your host Adam osled the Claw,
shows off his complete game and the

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Clippers give their most complete defensive performance
of the season and they win game four,

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ninety six to eighty five over the
Denver Nuggets. Welcome in to Clippers

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Talk. I'm Atam Moslin eight seven
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seven five two zero eleven fifty is
the phone number or gets me at follow

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streaming live on Periscope on the M five

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seventy LA Sports app or at sign
on Twitter as well. What a performance

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by Kawhi Leonard, but what about
the Clippers in that first quarter defensively in

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particular setting the tone like we wanted
to see. It was my key to

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the game. It was last game
too. It didn't work out, but

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second times the charm I think that's
what they say. The Clippers ended up

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holding the Denver Nuggets to just twelve
points in that first quarter. That is

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the second lowest amount of points they've
ever given up in a quarter in franchise

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history in a playoff game, and
they were on top of things defensively.

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Now, Paul George got into foul
trouble, but overall it didn't matter.

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Everybody was flying around defensively. Vita
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this was a redemption game because he's
been good series long, but he fouled

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out last game. After Nikola Yokich
had thirty two points tonight twenty six on

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eleven of twenty three, shooting just
a couple of three pointers. I thought

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Absa Zubots was great offensively. Eleven
points, nine boards a plus twelve led

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the Clippers well tied with Landry Shammitt
in that category, who off the bench

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was also a plus twelve, even
though he was just one of seven.

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Be careful of the plus minus category. Sometimes it's not always the most accurate

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indicator of how good someone was in
the game. But the Clippers were that

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good defensively, because Denver's high in
a quarter scoring wise was just twenty eight

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points that happened in the second,
twenty three points in the third, and

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just twenty two points in the fourth
quarter. Now that is what you want

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to see. Eighty five points total
scored by the Denver Nuggets. This is

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not nineteen ninety five with that shortened
three point line. This is a Denver

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Nuggets team that was top five in
the Bubble scoring wise, one of the

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best offenses in the league. And
it started with them missing three pointers,

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just like they did last game in
the fourth quarter where they were one of

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nine, And then they came into
this game and they started off one of

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thirteen from three. And I tweeted
this out and I don't know if this

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is a jinx or it makes me
bleeping brilliant, but I said, at

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this time of the game, it
was about two minutes into the second quarter,

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they were two of twenty two.
Going back the last two and a

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half quarters of this series from three, the Denver Nuggets were and I said,

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that's unlikely to last. They would
hit their next five threes. I

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felt like Ian Malcolm Jeff gold Bloom
in Jurassic Park. Boy do I hate

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being right all the time? Okay, I'm patting myself on the back too

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much. But you knew the odds
were in their favor that some of those

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shots were going to fall, and
they did, and the Clippers early sixteen

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point lead, all of a sudden, it was down to just eight in

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the third quarter going into the third
quarter. At the half, Clippers were

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at forty eight to forty and then
they had to face some adversity. And

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this is what you want to see
because this helps build that championship DNA,

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those traits, those moments in a
game, those teaching learning moments that you

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can rely upon and call upon and
have in your back pocket or in the

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back of your mind that you can
go back to when you need them later

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on in the playoffs. Because to
start things off in the third quarter,

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things were not going in the Clippers
way. They were only up two three

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minutes in after being up eight at
the half, because they were in the

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penalty, they were in foul trouble. Immediately, nothing was going right.

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PG thirteen picked up his fourth foul. Patrick Beverley was getting called for fouls.

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Everybody was the Denver Nuggets were at
the free throw line immediately and it

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was a two point game. But
then thanks to the long ball and Kawhi

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Leonard and his defensive brilliance, they
turned the game back in their favor immediately

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and they were back up twelve,
and they were back up by sixteen,

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and they were up by ten going
into the fourth quarter. It was a

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Marcus Moore's three pointer, who was
really good from deep in this game,

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after not making a three pointer for
the first time in the playoffs as a

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Clipper during this playoff run. Last
game, Marcus Morris was three or five

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from distance, hit some timely once
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Then it was Kawhi Leonard who hit
one, and then he had the swipe

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and steal for a layup. As
Noah Egle would say, that's swipe and

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steal from the claw who had four
of them, scored thirty points, had

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eleven boards, and was one assist. Shy of just his second triple double

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in his career, would have been
his first in the playoffs, though he

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was right there. But thirty points
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at that. They had to overcome
the foul trouble PG thirteen at three fouls

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in the first half. He only
played twenty seven minutes. He never got

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into a rhythm offensively, didn't matter
because the Clippers relied on their defense.

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We wanted to see a more complete
effort Defensively. They've been inconsistent on that

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end. The offense has been there
for the most part. They've been the

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second best offense all season long,
even though they've had thirty three different starting

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lineups. Defense top five, but
they can be better. This team's potential

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is so much higher than where anyone
else can get to. Their ceiling is

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the roof whatever Michael Jordan said,
it's above it. They can get to

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basketball Nirvana and win a championship if
they play forty eight minutes of defense the

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way they did in this game,
giving up just eighty five points to the

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Denver Nuggets. Jamal Murray I almost
feel bad for him. He's getting locked

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up. He's shooting about thirty percent
so far in this series, just six

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of fifteen. And it wasn't just
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But the Clippers come at you in
waves defensively and offensively. But when you

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have Patrick Beverley out there, who
played a couple more minutes than he did

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last game. Last game was a
couple more minutes than he did the game

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before that played twenty three minutes,
was a plus seven and was that instigator

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that pessed out there. I say
that affectionately. You want Patrick Beverly on

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your team. He makes such a
big impact and in fact, he had

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the Nuggets all stirred up thinking about
him in that fourth quarter. You saw

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that. I don't want to say
it was a hard foul, it was

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an intentional foul from Nikola Yokich in
the fourth on Pat Beverly. And if

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you remember what Patrick Beverly said postgame
after Game three, that Nikola Yokis flails

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about a little bit. He makes
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foul every time down, similar to
Luka Dontich. I'm paraphrasing there, but

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that's basically what he said. He's
not lying. But that's also what makes

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Nikola yoki so great is because he
can get those calls well, also because

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he just has an ability to make
a shot over anyone at any time.

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He's one of the most skilled players
out there. But they were looking at

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that for a flagrant foul. Maybe
based upon that history and the bad blood

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or whatever you want to call it
between he and Patrick Beverly. Mike Malone

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had come out and said if it
was Kawhi Leonard, saying that we'd be

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okay with it. Not Patrick Beverly. Well, Pat Bev is starting to

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make that huge impact, especially defensively, but he keeps everybody in line on

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that end, as does Kawhi Leonard. But guys feed off the energy from

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Patrick Beverley. I've said it a
million times and I mean it every time.

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But he is the constant reminder of
how the Clippers have to play to

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win a championship. His effort out
there and when guys see it, they

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get inspired. They start playing harder
on the defensive end. And when the

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Clippers are this good defensively, even
though they go eight of twenty eight from

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the three point line, it doesn't
matter. They still win by eleven,

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they were up by nineteen, and
the fourth quarter they played one of their

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most complete games. I said it, it's their most complete game defensively this

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season, I think, especially given
the stakes it has to be. And

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I also want to point out how
the guards continue to find the bigs for

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easy baskets of visa zubots. His
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were all assisted by sweet Loew Williams, Kawhi Leonard, and Paul George.

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He also had a putback dunk on
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all assisted. He was running the
floor like a gazelle out there like young

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David Robinson. And he's so good
defensively. I'm telling you he has Marc

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Gasol like tendencies when he was Defensive
Player of the Year back in twenty twelve.

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He's that good and when the Clippers
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was the return of Monster Tress tonight. He had fifteen points. Okay,

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it's not a huge game. It's
still three points less than what he had

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averaged all season long, but put
it in context. Put it in perspective,

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because this was just his eleventh game
or tenth game inside the bubble,

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all playoff games. But he's gotten
closer and closer to returning to fourn He's

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progressed incrementally with every playoff game.
He's gotten a little bit better. Last

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game, win seven of ten from
the free throw line and hit some big

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free throws down the stretch, and
he was a little bit more physical and

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played with more energy tonight, played
with a lot of energy. Seven points

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early in the second quarter and then
eight points in the fourth quarter, and

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had a huge throwdown dunk that I
think was Kawhi Leonard's ninth assist, and

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it was a beauty. Kawhi the
playmaker. We've seen it all year long.

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Maybe he was always this good and
the Spurs just didn't need him to

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make plays like this, but he's
talked about it before. Without a true

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playmaker out there for the Clippers,
he has to do more passing, more

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distributing, and he's been unbelievable.
His game is advancing. He's only twenty

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nine. People forget he's still getting
better and he already has two rings and

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two finals. MVPs eight seven seven
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five two zero eleven fifty. We
will take a quick break here, we'll

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come back. You'll hear from Kawhi
Leonard. We'll get to your phone calls.

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Clippers win game four, ninety six
to eighty five. There are up

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three games to one in this best
of seven second round series, and they

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were dominant on the defensive end.
They took that fourth quarter last game,

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holding Denver to just nineteen points,
and they spread it out for forty eight

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minutes tonight. It's exactly what we
wanted to see, all right. More

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clipperstock coming up right here on the
Patriot Am eleven fifty. Harris with a

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drive to the left, step tip
back on Leonard. Leonard stage with him

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and gets the steal, steal number
four for the claw. He goes right

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to left, takes it all the
way, he lays it in with the

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right hand defense to offense. Kawhi
Leonards got twenty eight and the Clippers knock

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it out of bounds as they lead
eighty eight sixty nine. Kawhi Leonard finished

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with thirty points, two blocks,
four steals, nine assists, and eleven

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rebounds, and the Clippers would win
by eleven in Game four over the Denver

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Nuggets after they hold Denver to just
eighty five points in the game, twelve

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points on the first quarter. The
Clippers brought the intensity early on. This

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is how they have to play.
This is the blueprint if you're gonna win

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a championship. This is the level
of effort you have to give defensively on

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that end, shots are gonna come
and go. It's a maker miss League,

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I hear. But defensively you can
hang your hat on that end,

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especially because of how many good defenders
they have on this team. Eight seven

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

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the full number. And I do
want to highlight the fact that Kawhi Leonard

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in that second quarter one of his
two blocks, and obviously he had the

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middle finger block last game on Jamal
Murray, but he had a block in

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this game on Tory Craig in the
second and it reminded me as we compare

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he and Michael Jordan. I know
it's crazy, but yes, his mid

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range is that good, and he
has Michael Jordan like tendencies. But he

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had almost the Michael Jordan Wizard's block
against the Bulls back when he was thirty

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eight, thirty nine or forty,
who knows where. He just took it

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straight out of a guy's hands and
pinned it against the backboard with two hands.

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That's what it looked like with Kawhi
Leonard almost in that second quarter on

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that block on Tory Craig. Tagus
in Walnut tagus. You're on clipper stock

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with Adam Oslin. How are you
good? Adam? A great win.

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It was a masterfolk game by Kawai. Seemed like he carried carried a low

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and seemed like PG was in fell
trouble like for more than half the game,

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and he really you know, control
the game in that third quarter win

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it was tied and got that fourth
foul, it looked like, you know,

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they were going to make a comeback, and they held on and then

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increased the lead again, which was
good. I had one observation question.

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I was gonna ask you what Shammon's
been, you know, struggling and during

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the playoffs and he's been injured.
Do you think that Reggie Jackson should get

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some of those minutes for because I
know the knock on him is he's been

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a little bit out of control,
but when he is under control, he's

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been shooting the ball really well.
Do you think we'll see sometimes his minutes

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shared with Shammon's with Reggie Jackson because
seems like sham it's still been struggling and

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I just wanted to get your thoughts
on that. Tay, just thank you

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for the phone call. Yeah,
Landry Shammon just one of six. He's

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been inconsistent with the shot for a
lot of this season for different reasons,

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a variety of them. He was
injured early on, remember he missed I

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think it was seventeen games early on
the season, hurt his ankle. I

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want to say it was against the
Toronto Raptors. He's never gotten completely in

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rhythm, but I still believe in
Landry Shammon, especially late in the game.

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Noah Eagle calls on the game breaker
for a reason, and he did

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hit a big three pointer when they
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a better defender than Reggie Jackson.
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so far in the playoffs. He's
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but he's been given some up on
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is the guy you want to go
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because what he showed last year as
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playmaker out there. It's an area
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he's getting better post game though.
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after the Clippers win by eleven by
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five in Game four, and I
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season long, certainly so far in
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the opponents night and here was Doc
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Andrew asked about it before the game's
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I think Yo Kitchen was the only
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the quarter with it was just great
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they really stuck to the game plan. We didn't do a lot of

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individual thinking. But I just thought
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We played hard. You know,
we made mistakes, but we covered

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them up because we were playing hard. But more importantly than playing hard,

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I thought we were very competitive.
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Doc, there were some times to
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would take a big lead and they
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surely would you make of your team's
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extending that lead once more? Yeah, you know, Andrew, like this

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was a great example of a game
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defense will save you in your offense. At times we'll let you down.

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We got great shots tonight, we
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they're probably feeling the same way.
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wouldn't make it, we just kept
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game. Okay, let's move over
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You've played with the bench rotation a
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seems like the last couple of games
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Jamichael lou PG and Pat. What
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of that lineup because it's played really
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know in it we have two things. We have enough scoring, uh and

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we have enough defense. So we
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can't have all offensive players on the
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didn't get scored on. So I
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We're gonna move over to home and
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that Landry is up on the secondary
link right now, you guys, I'm

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going on, Hey Doc, congrats, you guys are one game away from

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reaching the Conference finals for the first
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like in the locker room after the
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goal. So I don't say no
one cares to be honest, So it

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was a zero reaction. What I
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There was Doc Rivers post game.
They're going big game hunting, They're

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going for the Larry O. B
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haven't done anything yet. They haven't
reached their goal yet. I do want

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to point out the fact that you
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only turn the ball over nine times
as well and have nine offensive rebounds and

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points in the paint thirty eight compared
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All right, we'll take a quick
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We'll have Kawhi Leonard postgame audio for
you. We'll get to your phone calls

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I already see Jeff and Tarzan online. I wonder if he wants to talk

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about Jokim Noah being activated for this
game. We'll see Clippers win Game four.

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Game five is coming up on Friday. Mark Clipper stock next right here

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on the Patriot A, I'm eleven
fifty clamp City looks so pretty. In

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Game four for the Clippers, they
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the contest, just twelve points on
the first quarter. The Clippers put it

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together on the defensive end the way
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Before we get to Kawhi Leonard,
Tad Daley got to me on Twitter

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at follow Adam ay and we are
periscoping at follow Adam ay or at am

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five seventy l A Sports asking me
why I always compared to Kawhi Leonard to

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not just Michael Jordan, but ninety
six MJ. The reason is this ninety

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six MJ second three peat. MJ
not nearly as athletic as three p m

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J, who nobody could really touch. Kawhi Leonard isn't as athletic as the

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guy who won in ninety one,
ninety two, and ninety three. And

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his mid range game, Michael Jordan's
was much more refined in those later years,

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and that is one of Kawhi Leonard's
best weapons. And here he was

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post game after he gets thirty on
ten of twenty two shooting hit a couple

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of three pointers. That has been
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playoffs, if you want to nitpick, I guess there's no areas of concern.

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But here he was after his thirty, eleven and nine assist performance.

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What was the difference that allowed you
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guess we just focused on it.
You know, came out knowing the game,

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playing, you know, gave our
energy in those first five minutes and

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it just carried over from there.
You've been surgical and precise in this series

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and again tonight. How would you
describe your impact that you had on this

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game. I'm just trying to have
my team winning. I'm not I mean,

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if it's rebounding, making shots,
playing good defense, I'm making players

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for him. How you know?
That's all I'm trying to do. Now

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you're up three one in this series. You're sixteen and eight in close out

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situations in your career. What's going
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on Friday? The same thing?
Just be consistent, play defense, share

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the ball. You know, everybody
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Thank you so much, Kawhi.
Congratulations There was Kawhi post game after the

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Clippers win. We'll take a quick
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far, kawhi' is averaging twenty nine
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and shooting fifty two percent from the
field. Even with that four for seventeen

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games, he's been the best player
in the game in the playoffs. He's

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carried over everything he did last year
with Toronto and he's doing it now with

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your Clippers. More Clippers stock coming
up next on the Patriot Am eleven fifty

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Williams in the front court with a
bounce pass right wing, Kawhi Leonard crossing

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over down the middle of the lene. Leonard gets to the cup. A

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lot of blue jerseys around the forty
feet Oh, mon Tres Ferrell, get

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upstairs, young man man Tres with
a statement slam. The Clippers are up

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three games to one, and Monsta
Tres is just getting back in rhythm his

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timing. Look back in this game, he had fifteen points. He was

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taking bigs off the dribble. You
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out towards the three point line.
And then he attacked as he loves to

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do. This is Clippers talk here
on the Patriot Am eleven fifty, Eddie,

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you got thirty seconds. We're up
against a hard clock, Eddie.

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You're on all right. Hey,
I'm really excited about this win, and

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specifically the defense. I mean the
fact that even Lou Williams is contributing.

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I saw a interview with PG.
They we're asking about his contributions. That's

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exciting because it's wearing off of that
guy too. Eddie, thank you for

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the phone call. It's a good
point. We've been talking about sweet Low

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Williams in the bubble defensive special Sweet
Lou Williams. That is. I noticed

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it against Gary Trent Jr. Of
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He had a couple of blocks on
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Sweet Lou Williams wants a ring.
The Clippers franchise wants to win their

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first ring, and that's the type
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All right, Before we get out
of here, I do want to thank

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the Clippers organization, Noah Eagle,
Brian Seaman, Ralph Lawler, and back

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here in the bank, Zach attack
and my radio pot and Kevin figures and

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social media map for hooking up the
periscope until Friday is starting at two thirty

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am five seventy LA Sports and the
Clippers Radio Network where we will have your

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pregame show for Game five. I'm
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