WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.080 --> 00:00:06.519 Time for a postgame Look, it's your La Clippers. This is Clippers Locker 2 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:09.960 Room, brought to you by Cedars Sinai, the official health partner of the 3 00:00:10.119 --> 00:00:14.960 LA Clippers, and by Paschonga, official travel casino of the LA Clippers. 4 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:19.519 Breaking down today's action with the pre and post game voice. If you're LA 5 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:24.399 Clippers, They're locking in every game, every night. Adam Osland, the 6 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:29.320 Clippers start off their seven game Grammy road trip with a victory in Toronto. 7 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:33.240 They win one twenty seven to one oh seven over the Raptors. Welcome into 8 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:37.520 your postgame show. I'm at a Moslin coming up on a five seventy LA 9 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:40.359 Sports. We'll have Clippers Talk for you at eight six six nine, eight 10 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:44.520 seven two five seventy plus your final box score and more. But while we 11 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:48.439 have a moment, let's pause ten seconds for station identification. Here on the 12 00:00:48.439 --> 00:00:54.240 Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network, this is LA Clippers Basketball AM five to seventy 13 00:00:54.359 --> 00:01:00.159 KLAC Los Angeles, ninety eight seven KYSR HD two Los Angeles and iheartrate yo 14 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:03.120 station. Let's get back out to Toronto with your radio voice of the Clippers 15 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:08.200 in Carlo Jimenez. Another efficient game even with the Clippers going just nine to 16 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:12.400 thirty two from the outside Carlo, they still shoot almost fifty one percent from 17 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:15.120 the field. I mean, how many times, Adam, can you shoot 18 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:19.519 under thirty percent and win by twenty. It just shows how good this Clipper 19 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:23.200 team is. They don't rely on one way to score the basketball, on 20 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:26.760 one way to get it done on the offensive end. They just have a 21 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:30.879 multitude of ways to get it done. And they showed that tonight with the 22 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:34.280 way they played. I mean the scoring, the box score shows it. 23 00:01:34.359 --> 00:01:38.560 You had three different guy that scored twenty points. You had six different players 24 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:42.200 scored ten or more. The Clippers got production from everywhere. It was a 25 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:46.640 fun game to watch because it was a balanced, focused attack for the most 26 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:49.760 part for this Clipper team, despite the turnovers, and they took care of 27 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:52.400 business here at home. Here on the road, they got a twenty point 28 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:56.599 win. Kawhi Leonard sat the fourth great all around performance with the Clippers. 29 00:01:56.680 --> 00:02:00.519 James Harden gets his first triple double as a Clipper, which twenty two to 30 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:05.599 ten boards and thirteen assists to one turnover. Well, the Clippers and the 31 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:08.000 Raptors did make them pay for each and every turnover. They had they limited 32 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:12.719 them enough and were able to hold the Raptors at Bay. Yeah, they 33 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:15.479 were, and the Raptors cut it. I think within eleven was the closest 34 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:17.960 in that second half. But for the most part, the Clippers were able 35 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:23.439 to hold Serve despite the sixteen seconds standard points in the eighteen points off turnovers 36 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:27.759 for Toronto, the Clippers did a good job of making sure those didn't fight 37 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:31.159 them late in the ball game and take care of business. How about the 38 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:35.479 seventy points in the paint at them? I mean his team with out of 39 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:39.520 eats Zubats has somehow become a better team in the paint. Maybe not defensively, 40 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:45.280 but offensively They're unbelievable. I like the reaction from Big Plumb post game 41 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:49.000 with you in his twenty five minutes twelve and twelve. What a bounce back 42 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:53.960 performance after he and Daniel Tice struggled on Tuesday against the Lakers and going up 43 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:57.439 against a smaller team in Toronto. Wasn't sure what to expect from their bigs. 44 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:00.759 They more than held their own. Yeah percent, and you heard Mason 45 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:05.560 say he needed that bounce back performance. He got it and hopefully that carryes 46 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:08.560 in it tomorrow. He was excellent from the Clippers double double in that starting 47 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:14.159 laeup first one as a starter for him and Adam. I just love his 48 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:17.400 poise around the rim. Feels like he's never super rushed. It feels like 49 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:21.919 he's always in the dunker spot where his teammates can find it with an opportunity 50 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:23.159 to throw it up. I mean, how many dunks did he have today? 51 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:28.319 And how about the reverse tongue from a big plumb. He's Clippers big 52 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:30.520 man man with James Harden is your point guard. Seems like an awfully fund 53 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:37.039 joob to be that pick and roll partner and the Clippers taking advantage of it 54 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:39.560 once again, Tyson plumpy with a nice outer. Clippers win once twenty seven 55 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:44.479 to one oh seven up in Toronto over the Raptors. Is the first night 56 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:46.439 of a back to back. They'll be in Boston tomorrow. Tip off is 57 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:52.439 at four. Well, have your pregame show starting at three, Carlo Jimenez. 58 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:55.159 Great call of zolais catch that bird, safe travels. We'll talk to 59 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:59.639 you tomorrow. Talk to you tomorrow, Adam who It's time to enter the 60 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:02.000 drag. See if the Clippers can get done. We'll be taking on the 61 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:06.319 best team in the NBA record wise in the Boston Celtics, who have lost 62 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:11.960 just once at home, Clippers win by twenty over the Raptors. Final box 63 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:16.800 score next right here on the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. Every Clipper game 64 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:21.000 all season, law they didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to the LA 65 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:28.360 Clippers Audio Network streaming on the iHeartRadio app. Pick your poison when you're going 66 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:31.079 up against these Clippers. They put up one hundred and twenty seven points and 67 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:36.600 win by twenty in Toronto over the Raptors in game one of the seven game 68 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:42.600 Grammy Road Trip. Welcome back into your postgame show. I'm Adam oslind If 69 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:45.879 you'd like to get on early for Clippers talk. Eight six six ninety seven 70 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:49.720 two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone 71 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:56.759 number. Talked about it with Carlo Jimenez post game. The Clippers with seventy 72 00:04:57.079 --> 00:05:00.959 points in the paint after they had sixty eight against the Lakers on Tuesday night. 73 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:03.519 Last two games, one hundred and thirty eight points in the paint for 74 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:09.120 the Clippers hasn't always been their strength, really hasn't been. In the two 75 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:13.879 pine three era. But this team is getting downhill. They are attacking, 76 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:15.759 they are being aggressive, and on a night where they're just nine of thirty 77 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:21.639 two from the outside, they still shot fifty two percent from the field and 78 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:30.160 they got easy buckets at the basket. Love seeing them just fully focused on 79 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:34.560 putting pressure on the rim. That's another way to beat up on teams. 80 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:40.120 The Clippers have the guys who are capable. I thought Paul George and Kawhi 81 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:44.920 Leonard attacked Anthony Davis Tuesday night tonight against a smaller Toronto Raptors team. You 82 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:47.959 gotta take advantage of their lack of size. Now, the Raptors did have 83 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:51.639 sixty six points in the paint themselves. The Clippers could be better, but 84 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:56.920 defense around the rim, it's just not gonna be the same with out of 85 00:05:56.959 --> 00:06:00.839 each Zubats, there's no way to replicate what he does. He's top three 86 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:04.079 when it comes to rim protection in the league, and he's been like this 87 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:08.759 since he's been a Clipper, even going back to his Lakers name days. 88 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:11.800 We don't like to talk about that, but I do like to bring up 89 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:16.040 how they got him for Mike Muscala, Clipper legend, Mike Muscala by the 90 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:21.360 way, So the absence of Big Zoo, his presence of the paint felt. 91 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:27.160 But the Clippers, they made the Toronto Raptors, I have to feel 92 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:32.279 what they have with just their downhill rim attack and playing with force. Clippers 93 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:36.680 ended up with eleven turnovers leading to nineteen points. That eleven number is good. 94 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:43.639 The nineteen is not. That means their transition defense is still suffering. 95 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:47.959 Now, It's a good thing they only had eleven turnovers total because the Raptors 96 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:53.360 were converting each and every time down Raptors with eleven turnovers themselves and the Clippers 97 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:58.560 turned that into eighteen points. Good number for them. We'll hear from James 98 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:00.600 Harden by the way postgame coming up, as he had a triple double, 99 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:05.920 his first as a Clipper, the se seventy fifth triple double of his career. 100 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:12.720 James hard with twenty two to ten, thirteen assists to one turnover, 101 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:17.759 unbelievable. Russell Westbrook off the bench twenty five minutes, twenty points, seven 102 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:23.560 to fourteen shooting. After missing his first layup, he started to get them 103 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:27.800 to go. Also knocked down a couple of three pointers, had three assists, 104 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:30.600 five boards, three offensive rebounds, had a tip in off of his 105 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:36.839 own miss. Extreme hustle and heart from Russell Westbrook. And how about Norman 106 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:43.079 Powell, the closer. He had eight points entering the fourth, wasn't shooting 107 00:07:43.079 --> 00:07:46.439 it well. Then he goes four of five and has nine points in the 108 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:51.639 final period and the kill shot a big three pointer and then the steal leading 109 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:55.920 to a dunk. My player to watch. It wasn't just Kawhi going up 110 00:07:55.920 --> 00:08:00.000 against his former team, but it was also Norman Powell finished six of thirteen 111 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:03.920 teen, two of seven from the outside, seventeen points, but he yelped 112 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:07.439 put this one away when the Clippers were having trouble landing that knockout punch. 113 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:13.920 It was Norman Powell who would complete this win as the Clippers go into Toronto 114 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:16.079 on the front end of a back to back and win one twenty seven to 115 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:22.040 one oh seven over the Raptors coming up next. More on this final box 116 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:24.759 score, plus weive Clippers Talk eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy 117 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:31.080 eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy Clippers in Boston tomorrow playing the 118 00:08:31.080 --> 00:08:35.840 best team in the league. I'd say that even if they didn't have the 119 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:39.519 best record, that's how good they have looked. We'll update you and Chris 120 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:46.000 DAPs Porzingis and his health as he got banged up yesterday in Miami. Kawhi 121 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:50.240 Leonard not having to play in the fourth quarter huge for this squad. Paul 122 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:54.440 George only having to play twenty eight minutes as he was gonna be on a 123 00:08:54.519 --> 00:08:58.320 minister restriction. I don't think he was getting a thirty dealing with that groin 124 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:01.559 injury. Was very good overall. I felt like twenty one points on fifteen 125 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:07.440 shots, three three pointers, some big ones in that third quarter. More 126 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:09.879 Clippers postgame locker room show. Next, I'm outa Moslin and you're listening to 127 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:16.720 the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network? Is it just me? LA Clippers basketball 128 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:20.399 is on the two one three era continues. You're listening to the LA Clippers 129 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:26.840 on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers win in Toronto one twenty seven to 130 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:31.600 one oh seven. They handle their business in game one of this seven game 131 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:37.279 road trip, a treacherous, brutal road trip that includes multiple back to backs, 132 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:43.480 like how they'll be in Boston tomorrow. Taken on the Celtics, best 133 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:48.480 team in the league that's only lost one time. One time at home. 134 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:54.240 That was to the Denver Nuggets, the champs. Can the Clippers pull off 135 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:58.240 a victory tomorrow? Gonna be a good one, but a nice start to 136 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:03.480 the Roadie winning by twenty in Toronto. Wish they put them away a little 137 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:09.120 bit sooner, but all's well, that ends well, and it was Norman 138 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:13.399 Powell with some key buckets down the stretch. Russell Westbrook also had three layups 139 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:16.799 in that fourth quarter that were critical side stepping defenders got a reverse on one. 140 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:22.720 Paul George. I saw him go up for a block late in the 141 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:26.200 fourth quarter. That made me go, oh, I guess he's feeling pretty 142 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:31.480 good. Hopefully he's good to go with that groin injury tomorrow in Boston. 143 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:37.000 We'll preview that on Clippers Stock. Coming up next outside of Los Angeles. 144 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:41.080 We are leaving you until three pm with your pregame show when the Clippers take 145 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:45.320 on the Celtics from beingtown tomorrow up next to here on M five to seventy 146 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:52.240 LA Sports, We got clipperstock next. This has been LA Clippers basketball really 147 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:56.600 good on multitude of levels. Don't miss a moment all season long on their 148 00:10:56.600 --> 00:11:01.759 official home. Join us next time on the La Clip Audio Network. Hello 149 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:05.639 Clippers fans, if you're gonna go for it, if that's what you want 150 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:09.440 to do, you do. Welcome the Clippers Talk. Your first chance to 151 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:15.200 react to all the action of Clippers basketball. Do it to hear every episode. 152 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:20.080 Subscribe to Clippers Talk on iHeartRadio or wherever you podcast diperation. You hear 153 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:24.919 me right now, your host on your home for the Clippers, they were 154 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:33.639 in attack mode. Adam Osley, Good Life finds away. Clippers find a 155 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:37.480 way to tame the Raptors in Toronto. They win one twenty seven to one 156 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:43.080 oh seven. I'm gonna Oslin to welcome into Clippers Tuck eight sixty six ninety 157 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:46.320 eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 158 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:50.159 the phone number coming up. We got postgame audio from James Harden, who 159 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:54.600 gets his first triple dub as a Clipper, seventy fifth of his career. 160 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:58.559 You'll also hear from coach Lou and I don't know if it's Chuck or Will 161 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:01.519 tonight, but somebody's coming on from Clips and Dip at some point. Guys, 162 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:05.039 if you're listening, uh, maybe text me let me know what's the 163 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:07.240 schedule. I know it was a victory, so maybe that means it's will 164 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:13.240 Updyke since that's in his contract. He only comes on after victories. Clippers 165 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:16.480 have gotten a lot of those as of late. They've won twenty six of 166 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:22.480 their last thirty three ball games, twenty one of their last twenty five, 167 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:28.840 and let's make it twelve out of the last fourteen. Now this team is 168 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:35.000 humming. It's still just January, it's almost February. But I like the 169 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:39.840 way they're playing right now, and I like how they opened up this brutal, 170 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:45.759 grueling seven game Grammy road trip with a victory in some style points late. 171 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:48.279 Did you want to see him put the Raptors away earlier? Yes, 172 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:54.120 they got it down to eleven points in that fourth quarter, but missed the 173 00:12:54.320 --> 00:13:03.039 fourth quarter Norman Powell. Powell once again stepped up. The guy is incredible. 174 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:07.840 If you're not paying attention, follow me at foul out of may on 175 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:11.960 X. I've been posting his numbers after every game because he just continues to 176 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:16.919 dominate fourth quarters. He was two for eight with just eight points heading into 177 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:22.679 the fourth back in his old stomping grounds. He also helped the Raptors get 178 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:28.679 a Ring in twenty nineteen along with Kawhi Leonard in the fourth after struggling early 179 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:33.039 on, he went four or five, had nine points, finished, was 180 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:41.279 seventeen and had the Daggers. Was throwing them left and right, a big 181 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:46.120 three pointer and then a steal leading to a dunk, and that was the 182 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:50.320 ballgame. Because the Raptors were hanging around, they were making it interesting. 183 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:52.600 I like this team. I like the direction of them. I like Darko, 184 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:56.759 especially anyone who goes after the Lakers. I mean, that's a man 185 00:13:56.799 --> 00:14:01.120 after my own heart, cuts from the same cloth. I like Scottie Barnes. 186 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:01.679 I don't know if he's going to be the face of the league. 187 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:05.759 But they compete, they play hard. They didn't have a manual quickly, 188 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:11.559 and they did not give up late in the ball game either. That's what 189 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:16.320 was impressive to me. Could the Clippers have been better, Yeah, they 190 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:20.240 had too many miscues. You look at it and the box score says it's 191 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:24.919 just eleven turnovers, But the problem was every time they turned it over, 192 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:28.679 the Raptors were converting. Those eleven turnovers led to nineteen points for Toronto. 193 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:33.519 Now the Clippers were doing the same thing to them. They had eleven turnovers 194 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:37.200 leading to eighteen points, so right there with them. Points in the paint 195 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:43.559 though Clippers was seventy seven to zero, almost as many points in the paint 196 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:48.799 as Luka doncicch had tonight on the road in Atlanta, as he had seventy 197 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:54.120 three. Mavericks got the victory. It's a storic. I'm gonna talk about 198 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:58.320 it. I know it's not Clippers related, although we got enough PTSD from 199 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:03.200 Luka Doncics in two first rounds that maybe it is. They played Devin Booker 200 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:05.559 a lot too. He had sixty two and a loss in Indiana. I 201 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:11.679 think both guys were putting him up today for the late great Kobe Bryant four 202 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:18.679 year anniversary of his tragic death. The Clippers, I felt like they had 203 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:24.600 opportunities to put the Raptors away early. But the fact that you didn't have 204 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:28.360 Kawhi Leonard and play any minutes in the fourth quarter is a win. We 205 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:31.559 are. He gonna be in Boston tomorrow, taken on the best team in 206 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:37.480 the league. Eye test says it, record says it. They've lost once 207 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:43.799 at home. I was hoping that Clippers would step on the gas and be 208 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:48.159 up by twenty five in the third quarter, and Paul George wouldn't have to 209 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:52.639 come back into the ballgame, and Russell Westbrook wouldn't have to come back in. 210 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:56.799 James Harden wouldn't have to play thirty five minutes like he did tonight. 211 00:15:56.879 --> 00:16:02.120 Norman Powe wouldn't have to play twenty five minutes. I wanted them to get 212 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:06.440 a little bit more greedy, but there's another team out there too. You 213 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:10.639 got to understand that. I don't think it was so much. The Clippers 214 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:15.480 were playing with their food. The Raptors are at home. They don't want 215 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:21.519 to get crushed by Kawhi Leonard, the hero up in the North. If 216 00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:26.759 you saw that parade when Kawhi let out the aha ha ha ha laugh afterwards 217 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:30.799 after everyone was making fun of his introductory press conference, laugh, all right, 218 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:37.799 he's a legend in Toronto. He's a legend in the game. In 219 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:41.159 this one, they only needed sixteen points from him. You'll take that, 220 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:48.799 especially when ten of them came in the third quarter. Clippers got up by 221 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:53.240 twenty one in the third, but Toronto battled back brought it back to twelve 222 00:16:53.240 --> 00:17:00.559 points. Emir had a big and one the last minute of that third quarter, 223 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:04.079 but it was still a fourteen point game. Clippers led by fourteen at 224 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:08.359 the half, led by fourteen going into the fourth, and the Toronto Raptors 225 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:12.160 made a push had it to within eleven. You never really felt like the 226 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:15.960 game was in doubt though, that the Clippers were gonna let this one get 227 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:22.680 away from them, and Coach Low didn't either, hence Kawhi Leonard not playing 228 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:27.640 a minute in the fourth. That's important. The starters were very good overall, 229 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:32.000 and I thought it was a big bounce back for Mason Plumbley and Daniel 230 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:36.119 Tice, who just did not play well at all against the Lakers on Tuesday. 231 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:40.319 I think they combined for four boards in this one. Big Plumb twenty 232 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:47.079 five minutes, twelve and twelve, huge reverse layup, and James Harden and 233 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:51.279 the pick and roll is so devastating. It's just beautiful basketball to watch. 234 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:56.039 Imagine not wanting to watch James Harden play basketball and say he's just a dribbler. 235 00:17:56.319 --> 00:18:00.359 The guy had thirteen assists to one turnover, a twenty two, ten 236 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:06.160 and thirteen triple double where he made life so easy for everyone. First, 237 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:07.839 Plumb, he had a bucket off a feed from Terrence Man, but then 238 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:11.720 the alley oop from Harden the first, then a dunk off a Kawhi bounce 239 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:17.480 pass on that reverse jam I was talking about, a plumbley, another dunk 240 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:21.880 in the second quarter off a hardened bounce pass, a dunk to start the 241 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:26.000 third, and a put back off a miss lob where they just couldn't connect. 242 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:30.799 Harden was trying to find him for the layup lob. He eventually got 243 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:36.799 it to go. That's necessary. Don't know if Porzingis is gonna be playing 244 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:41.039 tomorrow, but if he is, I'm sure Plumb's gonna be on him plenty. 245 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:45.359 So he gets twelve and twelve. Daniel tis off the bench eighteen minutes, 246 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:48.200 six and four, three of four from the field, good production, 247 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:55.400 huge dunk in the second off a hardened bounce pass, but then the put 248 00:18:55.519 --> 00:19:00.240 back dunk off off a Norman pal three pointer near the end of the her 249 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:07.000 after he got Norm that shot, creating that extra possession. Norm misses it 250 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:12.119 off the offensive rebound from Daniel Tyson and the kickout, and then he misses 251 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:18.599 it and Daniel Tice just throws it down with authority. That's important. Need 252 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:22.960 those guys both be peaking with confidence or brimming with confidence heading into Boston tomorrow. 253 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:29.920 Terrence man Sawid again did all his scoring in the first quarter, but 254 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:33.720 he was a plus twenty six points, a couple of assists, three boards, 255 00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:38.119 and he's been providing more of a spark early on in games. He 256 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:41.839 had a layup off of Kawhi Leonard, offensive rebound early and then in a 257 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:48.799 dunk off a Onn't you know James Harden bounce pass all six of his points 258 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:53.039 in that first quarter. Norm came in, had a throw down the first, 259 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:56.880 a three in the second, But what he did in the fourth quarter 260 00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:00.960 put the game away, as I already mentioned, and Paul George dealing with 261 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:06.759 the left groin injury, the sore is there. He was questionable five hours 262 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:11.119 before the ball game, gave it a go and I thought was pretty damn 263 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:15.759 productive overall. He had a block on Gary Trent Junior in transition, another 264 00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:19.680 really well defended bucket at the rim the next time down for Toronto in the 265 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:25.680 first half. Then he would knock down a jumper over Bruce Brown, a 266 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:29.400 layup off the glass in the second quarter, a PG three in the second, 267 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:33.839 a couple of them, then a three to start the third quarter, 268 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:37.880 and an and one. He looked good timing wise, just six of fifteen, 269 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:41.680 but six of seven of the charity stripe, where the Clippers were twenty 270 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:47.079 two for twenty four overall. Compared that to Toronto, they were thirteen to 271 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:52.119 twenty two at the free throw line. It ain't always sexy, it ain't 272 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:56.359 always pretty, but you can win ball games knocking down your free beasts. 273 00:20:56.079 --> 00:21:00.799 The Clippers have been recently, and they've all I've been getting a lot of 274 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:03.160 points in the paint when you're the best three point shooting team in the league 275 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:10.200 by a full percentage going into this game at just over forty percent. Now, 276 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:14.680 as the Clippers have been climbing last eleven games before this one, they 277 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:19.240 were shooting forty seven percent from three. They only go nine of thirty two 278 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:25.000 in this game. They started zero of six and they still shot almost fifty 279 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:30.119 one percent from the field because they were hitting their twos. They're putting pressure 280 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:36.079 on the rim. They were in attack mode. You gotta find different ways 281 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:41.880 to win if threes aren't falling, get to the basket. That's what I 282 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:45.599 really love about this team right now. They're showing a multitude of ways they 283 00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:52.640 can beat you. That's what championship teams do, and they're building some of 284 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:57.039 those habits. Doesn't mean anything's guaranteed. Long way to go. Gotta have 285 00:21:57.119 --> 00:22:02.000 some luck, gotta have some good health. Big zoos still out, Paul 286 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:04.319 George dealing with this groin injury. But the Clippers are twenty nine to fourteen, 287 00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:11.960 and I believe at the moment, yes they are. They're a half 288 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:17.240 game up. They are in the third spot currently in the West, ahead 289 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:22.960 of the Denver Nuggets. What do I always say? What do I always 290 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:29.359 hammer and ingrain into your skull? There's been one team the last fifty years 291 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:33.039 that has won the championship that was outside of being a top three seed, 292 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.920 and it was a team that had just won it the year before. I'm 293 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:41.720 talking about the ninety five Houston Rockets. Don't tell me the regular season doesn't 294 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:45.920 matter. When there's one damn team that's won it that wasn't a top three 295 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:51.319 seed over the last fifty years, it matters. And the Clippers are climbing 296 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:59.039 up the conference standings. Tomorrow though against Boston Ooh, it's a tough one. 297 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:02.200 That is the tough second night of a back to back you could have 298 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:06.480 in the league right now, schedule makers. Never do the Clippers any favors. 299 00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:10.880 We know that into a dome can't come soon enough. But the Clippers 300 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:17.519 I thought it was a focused business approach and attitude for the most part. 301 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:22.000 In Toronto tonight, in game one of this seven game road trip, they 302 00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:25.079 win one twenty seven to one oh seven. Keith in LA, You're on 303 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:30.559 Clippers Talk starting things off tonight, Keith, what's up, Adam? It 304 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:34.000 is good to meet you, my brother. Man. Wow, if it's 305 00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:37.920 all right, could I, since is our first time talking, Could I 306 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:40.880 take just like just a real just a few seconds and kind of tell you 307 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:44.640 my background if you will, I think you'll put my why I'm calling in 308 00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:48.319 context, if you will, I mean it's not a job application. But 309 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:51.240 all right, Keith, where are you coming from? Oh? Oh no, 310 00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:53.680 no, it's very simply that. Man. Of course I'm calling from 311 00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:56.599 Los Angeles, and I grew up in Los Angeles, a native Bangelino. 312 00:23:56.920 --> 00:24:02.039 Of course I grew up a Laker. However, my favorite Laker was Norm 313 00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:06.720 Nixon, and long story short, I had a chance to go to Norm 314 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:08.640 Nixon's basketball cap. I had to be like twelve years old or whatever you 315 00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:11.160 know at the time, like you know, and it's like nineteen eighty eighty 316 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:14.839 one in the showtime area and all. It's just the nicest guy and all 317 00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:15.640 that, you know what I'm saying. But of course you know that's why 318 00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:18.839 I met him and just was still extra fond of him. But you remember, 319 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:22.160 in my I guess it was like the mid eighties Norman got traded where 320 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:27.640 to the Clippers. It was still was it San Diego or had they just 321 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:33.480 I think they had you know, no, it was still San Diego. 322 00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:37.440 Yeah, sure, because he was wearing those old school retro uniform that we 323 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:41.880 have seen the Clippers have with an alternate uniform recently. That's been their city 324 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:47.039 edition uniform recently. Brother, And so I had to give you that intro 325 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:49.559 about myself. It's because of Norm Nixon, if you will. But and 326 00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:52.240 I said, you know, I followed Norm Nixon to the Clippers, and 327 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:55.799 so I said, well, you know, maybe there'll be something one day 328 00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:59.079 again is a young and all that, But I have been following the Clippers, 329 00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:03.119 brother Adam, for that long. You know, I remember the coliseum 330 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:07.279 days, and you know when you can throw a rock and not hit anybody, 331 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:11.200 you know I'm saying, I remember the Sam Cassel days. I remember, 332 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:14.920 of course the Lob City days and so fast forward. I just had 333 00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:18.279 to give you that background about me. Here we are today and what you 334 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:22.759 were saying was so sailient, and I didn't know they have climbed up to 335 00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:29.880 the third seed with this win tonight. This is a team that started three 336 00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:34.400 and seven. Since then, they have won twenty six of their last thirty 337 00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:38.359 three games. And it also coincides with the starting lineup change and Russ coming 338 00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:45.039 off the bench. That is incredible. And I could go on. I 339 00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.839 want to keep I know you got other call us. And let me just 340 00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:49.960 say I was definitely nervous about the beard coming, you know what I'm saying, 341 00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:55.759 But it is but credit to Tylu the chess player that he must be. 342 00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:57.160 Just figure out what to put the pieces, and you know, yea 343 00:25:57.240 --> 00:26:00.480 da da da da. It's amazing. It's amazing to see him humming on 344 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:04.079 all cylinders. You know, you know so. But again I had to 345 00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:07.160 give you a little background. That's how much this means to me. That's 346 00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:11.119 how long I've been rooting for the Clippers. Hello, I even have I 347 00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:15.319 can just tell you one more mini story about maybe like twenty twenty five years 348 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:17.480 ago, I kind of found myself down on my look, I was homeless 349 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:22.759 and all that, and I remember shopping in this this thrift store and there 350 00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:26.200 was and this had to be like maybe the late nineties or early two thousand 351 00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:29.319 something like that, but and there it was. It was this Clippers jersey 352 00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:30.480 and all. And I've paid me but I don't know Adam, maybe like 353 00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:34.240 six or seven dollars for literally, but I said to myself, what was 354 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:38.000 the jersey? Day? Who is the player? Oh? No, And 355 00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:41.680 that's the thing. It just simply says Clippers. I would have to email 356 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:44.720 it to you. There's no number. It just simply says Clippers on the 357 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:48.000 front. And it's blue with the red and white. I'm near it right 358 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:49.480 now and kind of whining and curses the dissy wheel and all that. Yeah, 359 00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:52.799 just a general Clippers jersey. Okay, that's the thing. And I 360 00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:55.759 just said, well, one day it's going to be and it's hanging in 361 00:26:55.799 --> 00:27:00.960 my closet as we speak. So so I got some pretty deep roots. 362 00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:06.480 Bro. Hey, it's good to hear stories about the Clippers bringing some hope 363 00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:11.920 and inspiring others, because you know, obviously before Steve Ballmer Uh, their 364 00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:15.759 history isn't much celebrated, but I appreciate the phone call tonight, Keith. 365 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:21.400 I really do absolutely go Clippers man. We'll talk to Adam all right, 366 00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:26.680 Keith. Clippers win tonight by twenty in Toronto over the Raptors. Final score 367 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:30.519 one forty seven to one oh seven. Coming up next, we'll continue. 368 00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:33.599 We'll get back to your phone calls eight six six nine eight seven two five 369 00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:37.319 seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy or you can get to 370 00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:42.279 me. I'll follow out of May on X James Harden gets his seventy fifth 371 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:48.640 triple double of his career in a Clippers uniform, his first as a member 372 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:52.039 of the Clippers, and they win by twenty in Toronto over the Raptors. 373 00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:56.880 They'll be in Boston tomorrow. More on that too. You're listening to clipperstock 374 00:27:56.920 --> 00:28:03.720 here on NI seventy LA Sports LA Clippers Basketball is on the two one three 375 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:08.599 Era continues. You're listening to the La Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio Network. 376 00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:12.440 Clippers win by twenty in Toronto over the Raptors. Welcome back in to 377 00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:17.799 Clippers Talk. I'm Ada moslind eight six six ninety eight seven two, five 378 00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:21.200 seventy coming up. We got postgame audio from James Harden. He had the 379 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:25.880 triple dub tonight. Last game it was Kawhi Leonard. Clipper's doing special things 380 00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:29.720 each and every night, it feels like right now, and they just continue 381 00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:37.960 to string together victories victory. They'll be in Boston tomorrow taking on the Celtics 382 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:44.079 in game two of this seven game Grammy road trip. But I was overall 383 00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:48.000 proud of the effort. Tonight. Clippers started slow, then Terrence Man got 384 00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:52.519 him going, ma some plumb lead James Harden and things started to kick in. 385 00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:56.240 Led by nine after the first quarter, fourteen after the first half, 386 00:28:56.279 --> 00:29:02.240 fourteen heading into the fourth quarter. They win by twenty. In Toronto. 387 00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:04.759 Let's go to Lenny and Inglewood. Lenny, you're on Clippers South with that 388 00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:11.839 Amas and what's up Adam? You know when first of all, what's up 389 00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:18.359 Man? Yeah, when he first came hardened and we were talking about him, 390 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:22.160 and I said, he's got to get seventy percent of his points in 391 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:29.079 the first half and just run that thing in the second half. That's looking 392 00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:34.279 true to form right now, and the statistics bear it out. You know, 393 00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:40.119 I saw today that once he scores eighteen, we're like, I think 394 00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:44.960 eighty percent win rate when it's fourteen. Where you know, we dropped, 395 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:48.640 we dropped down. But well, I mean, look, they've won twenty 396 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:52.559 six of their last thirty three games. So anyway you cut the statistics, 397 00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:56.480 it's looking good right now with this team. It ain't no doubt. But 398 00:29:56.519 --> 00:30:00.680 I'm just talking about moving forward. And because it's gon to get tight is 399 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:03.160 you're gonna get you know, they're gonna ty lous beginning tighten when all these 400 00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:07.480 teams are getting raised. You know, after that playoff, they know what 401 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:11.799 time it is. But once again, man, I'll say it now, 402 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:15.799 I'll say it every I was blue in the face. Nobody has a has 403 00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:19.400 a has a player like our boy Norm Powell in the league. He's a 404 00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:25.799 weapon, man, He's a weapon. And Russ is just I'm just he's 405 00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:29.839 impressing the hell out of me, man. Like he's fine in his rhythm. 406 00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:33.480 You know, he's accepted that role, embraced it, and he gets 407 00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:37.920 his points. He plays that. Here's what I like about Russ. Here's 408 00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:41.519 what I like about Russ. The problem is he has been missing far too 409 00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:45.680 many layups recently. Uh, it's been a little bit alarming. And when 410 00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:52.240 he misses a layup that is basically a turnover because you got a five on 411 00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:56.319 four going back the other way immediately. With how quickly he attacks the rim, 412 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:59.680 you're right, he goes hard. But when he missed that layup early 413 00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:03.799 on he first came in the first quarter. After that, he dunked it 414 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:07.240 the next time down or the next opportunity he had, like he knew, 415 00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:10.240 okay, I'm just gonna throw it down this time. And actually in the 416 00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:19.640 fourth he made three really big lamps. Yes, yes, you know coffee 417 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:25.759 what just like a pressure release man for for for for George. As a 418 00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:30.240 matter of fact, I wasn't even sure that we we meeted Paul George. 419 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:34.440 I'm glad he played, uh, you know Toronto's because because that took that 420 00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:37.240 game tomorrow night. Man, if we win that game, and when we 421 00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:41.440 win that game tomorrow night, it's on it. I mean it's on and 422 00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:45.200 popping right now. But the last of the holdouts, I'm gonna have to 423 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:51.359 get on board that. Rick Buker can't stand us. Will Bond says we're 424 00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:55.119 good regular season, but he doesn't believe in this is the playoff, which 425 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:59.359 is fair, but everybody else man has has has has given it up. 426 00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:01.960 Let me tell you, I don't think it's fair for this reason. Their 427 00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:08.160 failures in the postseason have occurred because of injuries the last three years. I 428 00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:12.240 understand what happened in the bubble, but the bubble was fluky in a lot 429 00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:15.400 of different ways. The Clippers, I think, were on their way to 430 00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:17.839 winning the championship in twenty twenty one, and I think most of those guys 431 00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:22.559 you mentioned would have agreed with that. Most people thought, Okay, they 432 00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:25.319 definitely would have beat Phoenix with Kawhi for sure, and I think they would 433 00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:30.519 have beat Milwaukee. We know what Kawhi has done to johannist Denakoopo in the 434 00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:34.160 past, so it's like, well, you can't predict injury. It's not 435 00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:37.240 like they're just flaming out from poor play in the playoffs over the last three 436 00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:40.000 years. That's not what has occurred. Last season. They go in with 437 00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:44.359 just Kawhi, know, Paul George, and then Kawhi gets hurt. So 438 00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:47.079 it's a different argument. I think when you want to say their playoff failures 439 00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:53.519 are because they've actually had legitimate brutal injuries at the wrong time, versus a 440 00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:58.119 team that is just continually not showing up in the biggest moments. That has 441 00:32:58.160 --> 00:33:01.480 not been the case, not with ty lu I agree. I agree straight 442 00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:05.799 off. I just look forward to that game tomorrow, man, and we've 443 00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:08.880 got to stand on business, handle it. And you're on the team to 444 00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:12.960 beat them, as we know as the Nuggets, and we just got to 445 00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:15.599 show improve man. Let's go. Let's get it all right, all right, 446 00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:19.400 we'll talk to you tomorrow. Leney, appreciate it. Morris in Long 447 00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:21.720 Beach, you're on Clipper South without a manson. What's up, Morrise, 448 00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:24.000 Hey, let me tell you something. This is a big game tomorrow. 449 00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:28.599 This is a big game. So you know what the problem with this game. 450 00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:30.519 This is the problem with this game tomorrow, of Adam. It's a 451 00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:35.759 back to back in Boston. These guys ain't gonna get a good night. 452 00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:38.319 This is It's gonna be a big game. I wish I had that one 453 00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:42.559 day off, one day off, and I wish we also had this. 454 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:45.559 I call him the game so I would win. Zoo Box coming back. 455 00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:52.759 Big Zoo is gonna be reevaluated in three weeks from now at this point, 456 00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:58.960 so I think realistically, best case scenario, he's back after the All Star 457 00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:02.279 break. That that's my guess, Morse. But like I said, the 458 00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:05.839 Clippers are being first place by that time. But I'm gonna tell you something. 459 00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:07.280 The Clippers miss him. I mean they're doing okay. I'm taking nothing 460 00:34:07.280 --> 00:34:09.960 away from the Plumber, and I'm not taking nothing away from Tyson. I 461 00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:14.559 like Tyson brother can shoot the three. But they missed Zubac in that paint. 462 00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:16.519 They really really do. Oh, they gave up sixty six points on 463 00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:21.199 the paint to the Toronto Raptor tonight. You're damn right they're missing them. 464 00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:23.519 Look, look, I know what I'm talking about. But that's gonna be 465 00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:28.239 a big, big game tomorrow. And watch this the Clippers, I think 466 00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:30.440 you sait there in the third place. I think that one game or two 467 00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:37.000 games in the lost column behind the first, behind the first, two games 468 00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:39.760 behind Minnesota in the lost column, No, no, No, one game 469 00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:44.320 behind them in the lost column, three games behind them in the win column. 470 00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:49.280 So they're two games back of the t Wolves. Yeah, but that's 471 00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:51.639 you know, that's saying something to considering how they started. But that I'm 472 00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:53.880 telling you, that's gonna be a big game tomorrow. Everybody's gonna watch it 473 00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:57.760 when the Clippers win that game. I like the peevish callers attitude. We're 474 00:34:57.760 --> 00:35:00.280 gonna take this when the Clippers win that with us on. I know, 475 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:02.719 you know, because you got all these statistics, you know the Clippers is 476 00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:06.559 the best team, got the best record in the NBA since deceimed the first 477 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:09.480 they got the highest scoring team in the NBA since that time. I mean, 478 00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:14.159 we can't take this for granted. This is the year they're gonna do 479 00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:16.119 something. And you know what's so crazy about this am Nobody was talking about 480 00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:20.159 the Clippers and winning nothing this year. Anybody's won the download with it. 481 00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:22.519 Now we're saying something we've never seen before. And the team that was hot 482 00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:25.400 before tonight. Before tonight, the team that was rolling was Phoenix, but 483 00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:29.800 they lost to Night. When you got a beal is the third option? 484 00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:32.039 You got something, right. But the Clippers do something that these other teams 485 00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:36.760 that can score don't do. They play that defense when they got to and 486 00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:39.559 you're right, Westbrook missed a whole lot of bunnies. But that's okay. 487 00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:44.159 Just keep your pedal to the medal because it's difficult to keep up with that 488 00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:46.559 guy. I mean, you're gonna talk about the energizer money. It's tough 489 00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:50.880 to matter do a program with him and asking what are you eating? Man? 490 00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:53.119 What's your diet? Because I guarantee you're not eating a commercial foods. 491 00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:57.400 But anyway, tomorrow's a big game. They win that game, they're gonna 492 00:35:57.400 --> 00:36:00.960 be all these haters, they will have to check themselves and as Clippers are 493 00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:05.480 going to demonstrate they for real behavior though, Adam, get another club all 494 00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:08.280 right, more soon, long beach program director right here now, producer as 495 00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:12.679 well, John in La. I'm taking another call, John, what's up? 496 00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:16.440 You're on Clippers stop with Adamasen? Yeah, Adam, great show as 497 00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:21.679 always. Uh. You know, I was surprised that Paul George played the 498 00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:25.880 night. I thought leading up to the Celtics game tomorrow they would rest him 499 00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:30.760 because quickly wasn't playing. So why did they need PAULA George? They didn't 500 00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:34.199 need him. So, you know, Clippers are definitely trying to prove a 501 00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:37.800 point right now that they're trying to prove the point that they don't take games 502 00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:40.599 off, you know, and I think that's that's uh, you know, 503 00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:45.880 complimentary, it's great. Uh. Here here's my own here's my only concern. 504 00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:51.480 I don't want them to prove a point to the point where it exacerbates 505 00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:55.440 an injury winning a game tonight with Paul George. Look, if he needs 506 00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:58.840 to stay, if he needs to be a week off, and only he 507 00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:00.559 knows on the doctors, and and I'm sure they're going about it the right 508 00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:06.800 way. But in a hypothetical, if he needs a week off so he 509 00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:10.599 doesn't end up missing a month because he wors isn't an injury. I'm all 510 00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:15.840 for that. So I I live in California, so I do fantasy sports, 511 00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:20.320 and I thought Paul George was out tonight, so I played Norman Powell 512 00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:23.519 in a mirror coffee in my fantasy league. That was a big mistake because 513 00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:29.960 you know, they played great. But if Paul George would have, you 514 00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:32.760 know, been out like he was supposed to be out, then he wasn't 515 00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:37.199 supposed to be. He was questionable, I know. But but Norman Powell 516 00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:40.400 against his old team in Toronto would have been you know, would have scored 517 00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:45.199 twenty points for sure. I mean that that's hands down would have happened, 518 00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:51.320 like the Clippers would have beaten Toronto without Paul George to night, hands down, 519 00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:55.880 no problem. No, Toronto lays down for everybody lately there's they got 520 00:37:55.920 --> 00:38:00.519 nothing. They lost to Yakham and then now they don't have well John, 521 00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:05.519 they were down twenty plus and they didn't lay down against the Clippers. They 522 00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:07.679 got it to eleven. So I think they were playing with some pride tonight. 523 00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:14.480 No, but that's that's similar to the Lakers and their experience last night 524 00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:20.880 with you know, a depleted that the World team are playing. Yeah, 525 00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:25.800 I mean, you know, but the difference is Toronto's at home. Toronto's 526 00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:30.559 at home, Cowhi's in the building, Norman Piles in the building. They're 527 00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:34.519 gonna play with pride. They don't want to get embarrassed. So I don't 528 00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:37.440 know. It may have gotten dicey if Paul George didn't play in the game. 529 00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:42.360 Now, if you can't worsen the injury by playing in the game, 530 00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:45.199 if it's not that bad, if it's just soreness and he's just it's just 531 00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:49.960 a pain tolerance thing, I'm not that concerned about it. And he looked 532 00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:52.760 good, so hopefully he's ready to go tomorrow. Looking for postgame audio from 533 00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:58.519 coach lou on that uh, let's go to r J. And Pomona R 534 00:38:58.599 --> 00:39:01.119 j R. And Clippers sococo with that amalson, Hey man, how you 535 00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:07.239 doing bring us the tailoo? Because he's got all these guys buying in on 536 00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:09.760 what he's selling and you can just see they playing as a team and that's 537 00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:14.079 good for the Clips. But I just want to make sure they don't take 538 00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:15.719 the highs too high and the low too low. You're just keep it steady. 539 00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:21.599 And who cares about the past, about in the bubble or this or 540 00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:25.039 that, because I mean it's now and these guys are playing really, really 541 00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:29.960 clean and good basketball. Yeah, I agree with you, ourj. This 542 00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:35.159 is the best stretch that the Clippers have ever had in the regular season in 543 00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:42.159 the history of their franchise. It's not hyper, that's a fact. It 544 00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:44.280 is a fact. And the way that they're going about it, I mean, 545 00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:47.119 they're just handling business and they're keeping their heads up behind and walking off 546 00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:50.920 the court and they're like, next, let's just keep it going that way. 547 00:39:51.320 --> 00:39:52.440 But like I said, don't take the highs too high and the low 548 00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:55.239 too low because it's not always going to be like this, and the true 549 00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:59.760 team's gonna figure out how to when it goes sideways. You know what I 550 00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:01.840 mean, and Tyer Newe get him back on track and just keep on keeping 551 00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:05.519 on, all right, our Ja. I appreciate the phone call before we 552 00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:08.159 break here, Kevin in Culver City. You're on clipperstoft with that Amaza. 553 00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:13.119 What's up Kevin? God is good? What's up there? How you doing, 554 00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:15.039 Kevin? How you doing a lot of time? I like that God 555 00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:17.559 is good, Kevin. I'm good. Oh yeah, it's it's it's it's 556 00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:21.800 it's a crazy day today. Man. You know r P Kobe Bryant, 557 00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:25.480 RP Kobe Briant, de goat. You know this team. I'm gonna tell 558 00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:29.519 you something. You know, I went to a game in the preseason and 559 00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:32.960 you look at the organization and everybody's first class. Uh you know, the 560 00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:37.199 whole game, the whole setup with the team from the owner Steve Bomb all 561 00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:40.480 the way down to the players. And to see it all come together full 562 00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:45.960 circle is just great. I'm gonna speak about a word called continuity. And 563 00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:49.360 when when this trade was made for James Harden, everybody was chirping about it, 564 00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:52.639 but these guys knew, they know each other, and I think what 565 00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:54.719 James Harden has done, this is the best I've seen him since he was 566 00:40:54.760 --> 00:40:59.119 on ok see, he looks in shape, he looks committed, but he 567 00:40:59.159 --> 00:41:02.800 looks focused. I mean, he was pretty damn good. But yeah, 568 00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:06.480 no, no, I mean I'm talking about from a team stamp Okay, 569 00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:09.079 okay. Everybody's out under court with the you know, the rant like Paul 570 00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:13.559 George. I just I just I love seeing how everybody's in their perfect places 571 00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:15.960 to score. Paul George looks comfortable as a pure scorer. You got Kawhi, 572 00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:19.960 you got Westbrook coming off the bench, and this team can really be 573 00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:22.480 special. This team can win a championship. And there was a caller about 574 00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:27.159 Paul George sitting out, that's a loser's mentality. I think Paul George is 575 00:41:27.239 --> 00:41:30.360 focused this season and if he's gonna play, he's gonna play. These guys 576 00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:34.800 are focused to win this championship and they're all committed to winning the prize. 577 00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:37.599 Kawhi committed for the four year deal, and it's just special to see this 578 00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:40.199 team saying, you know what, this is who we are, and this 579 00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:44.320 is who he can be and there's nobody in this league that can beat them. 580 00:41:44.320 --> 00:41:46.039 When all these guys are firing on all cylinders Tomorrow is gonna be a 581 00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:50.760 great indication of where they're at. But like I said, we got bigger, 582 00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:53.800 bigger expectations this season, and with this depth, and when you got 583 00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:58.559 hardened Paul George and Kawhi and the court together, it's just too much spacing, 584 00:41:58.559 --> 00:42:01.559 and it's too much scoring, and it's too much passing and sharing the 585 00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:05.880 ball. And I don't see anybody being this Clipper team. These guys they're 586 00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:09.920 they're they're motivated, and this team could definitely win a championship. And you 587 00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:13.599 could just see it by the way this team plays together. They believe it. 588 00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:15.880 And these guys have been grinding together since they've been here, Kawhi and 589 00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:20.280 Paul, and it's great to finally see it all come together full circle. 590 00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:23.039 So I think this is definitely a championship team. Let's just keep building on 591 00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:27.039 it and just keep better, getting better and better every game. But i'mother 592 00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:30.119 what I'm seeing out there on the court. Kevin love the phone call, 593 00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:34.519 I'm up against the break here call in tomorrow as well, Clippers will be 594 00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:37.519 in Boston. Look, my point with Paul George is I just don't want 595 00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:40.239 to see him to push things, to put to prove a point that he's 596 00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:46.000 playing more games this season because when it's a growing injury and it's that difficult 597 00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:52.840 to manage and it can linger. The point will be proven if they can 598 00:42:52.880 --> 00:42:59.480 win the championship. Not a game in January, late January. But I 599 00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:01.880 trust him, My trust the medical staff, and he looked good tonight. 600 00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:06.519 So let's hope he's playing Tomrow against Boston. Clippers win one twenty seven to 601 00:43:06.519 --> 00:43:10.039 one oh seven in Toronto over the Raptors. We got big will Updyke coming 602 00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:17.440 up coming up next here on clipperstock Oni seventy LA sports every Clipper game all 603 00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:22.119 season, law, they didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to the LA 604 00:43:22.239 --> 00:43:28.719 Clippers Audio Network streaming on the iHeartRadio app. Clippers win one twenty seven to 605 00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:31.760 one oh seven in Toronto over the Raptors a MATAMAZLA and you're back in on 606 00:43:31.800 --> 00:43:37.519 Clippers Talk. Clippers have now won twelve of their last fourteen ball games. 607 00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:40.000 You want to go back further, twenty one of their last twenty five oh 608 00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:46.360 even even further, twenty six of their last thirty three games since the new 609 00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:52.079 configuration with the starting lineup eight six six ninety seven two five seventy eight, 610 00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:53.800 six, six ninety seven two five seventy. We'll get back to your phone 611 00:43:53.840 --> 00:44:00.280 calls, but first it's big Will Updyke from Clips and Dip doing a little 612 00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:05.079 dip here on Clippers stock. Well, what's up my friend Adam? Adam 613 00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:07.199 gonna talk to you. Another Clippers win, So I gotta hop on Am 614 00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:13.079 five seventy. That is in your contract. I mentioned it earlier. I 615 00:44:13.159 --> 00:44:15.519 was wondering, you know, is it gonna be Will? Is it gonna 616 00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:19.039 be Chuck? Oh, the Clippers won. He's got the big W in 617 00:44:19.119 --> 00:44:22.320 his name. It's in his contract too. It's got to be Will Updyke 618 00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:25.679 tonight. So were you impressed? Did you have did you want to get 619 00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:30.519 greedy a little bit because they could have put the game away earlier? Or 620 00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:32.400 do you just take the win and run with it and head to Boston. 621 00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:38.079 I think it's definitely the latter. I think that you take the win, 622 00:44:38.320 --> 00:44:40.760 you run with it. There were some things that, like we talked about 623 00:44:40.840 --> 00:44:45.119 going into this game that the thing that's been troubling about the Clippers, even 624 00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:47.679 on this insane tir that they've been on, is the defense hasn't been at 625 00:44:47.679 --> 00:44:51.559 the level that we know it can be. And I thought tonight things were 626 00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:53.639 a little different. Holding the Raptors sub one ten, which is kind of 627 00:44:53.679 --> 00:44:57.639 what I was hoping for going in. They were able to pull that off, 628 00:44:57.639 --> 00:45:00.119 and we saw some great effort, especially from Paul George, who had 629 00:45:00.119 --> 00:45:04.679 an offshooting night but had some great contests around the rim. Same thing with 630 00:45:04.760 --> 00:45:08.480 Kawhi. So that looks a lot more buttoned up. And I mean as 631 00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:15.000 far as like the minutes, it's still like, other than Harden, who 632 00:45:15.039 --> 00:45:19.159 was at like thirty five, nobody really had anything more than thirty. So, 633 00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:23.199 you know, I think it's about best case scenario. You know, 634 00:45:23.239 --> 00:45:29.199 you would hope that you would hope that Toronto doesn't sort of come back into 635 00:45:29.239 --> 00:45:30.599 the game in the fourth. But I mean, you know, what are 636 00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:34.880 you gonna do. You're on the road, they're at home. They're not 637 00:45:34.920 --> 00:45:37.079 gonna let you take the win. Yeah, they weren't going away. I 638 00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:42.039 appreciate the way they fight. I think they have a bright future. Of 639 00:45:42.039 --> 00:45:45.480 course, I love Darko after that rant, but you mentioned James Harden. 640 00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:50.360 He ends up at thirty five minutes, but his first triple double as a 641 00:45:50.400 --> 00:45:53.800 member of the Clippers, and was just throwing absolute dimes out there. He 642 00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:58.039 had one turnover and he was trying to lob it over the defense to Kawhi. 643 00:45:58.079 --> 00:46:00.880 But outside of that, thirteen is just that one turnover, twenty two 644 00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:07.800 points, ten boards. I don't think you could have expected anything more than 645 00:46:07.800 --> 00:46:12.000 what he has given this team, and he is one of, if not 646 00:46:12.039 --> 00:46:15.719 the biggest reason why they're having the best stretch of basketball in the history of 647 00:46:15.760 --> 00:46:20.840 the franchise. Yeah. No, absolutely, the addition. I mean, 648 00:46:21.360 --> 00:46:23.440 I just don't know how you could question the trade at this point. I 649 00:46:23.480 --> 00:46:30.119 think that that has largely been silent. It's definitely a new chapter for James. 650 00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:32.440 And you know, I've talked about it. We've talked about it, 651 00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:37.599 like I know that there's some animosity towards him in the way that he left 652 00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:40.679 his last couple of teams. I think if you were looking at those situations, 653 00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:45.199 I think that it's more than understandable. And I think with the fit 654 00:46:45.320 --> 00:46:50.639 that he's got here, you know, obviously we'll have to see how it 655 00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:54.119 goes in the postseason. But assuming things go well, man, I hope 656 00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:58.480 to lock him up this summer and keep him here semi long term. Yeah, 657 00:46:58.480 --> 00:47:00.440 And what happened with the last couple of teams is what happened in the 658 00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:04.480 past and with the last couple of teams, and it takes two to tango, 659 00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:07.519 and there's two sides of the story. And he's been fantastic in this 660 00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:12.599 on this Clippers team and in this Clippers locker room. I felt like it 661 00:47:12.639 --> 00:47:16.119 was a nice response from their big men. Mason Plumbley was very good in 662 00:47:16.159 --> 00:47:20.760 this game. Daniel Tice was good and both of them really struggled against the 663 00:47:20.840 --> 00:47:24.159 Lakers on Tuesday. Will Yeah, no, that that is a great point. 664 00:47:24.599 --> 00:47:28.719 They were between them. They recorded what seven boards or something. It 665 00:47:28.760 --> 00:47:32.360 was very it was it was not a good performance. This one was great 666 00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:37.199 and they were both super They were both super efficient offensively too, which is 667 00:47:37.239 --> 00:47:40.800 another thing another credit to James. I mean it is I don't know, 668 00:47:40.920 --> 00:47:45.480 man, it is otherworldly, like how he is in the pick and roll 669 00:47:45.519 --> 00:47:49.719 and how he can elevate the play of any big it's you know, just 670 00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:52.559 the idea of getting Big Zoo back is wild. But in his absence, 671 00:47:53.280 --> 00:47:58.599 it was a great night from from Plumbley and Tice, and I'm glad that 672 00:47:58.679 --> 00:48:01.719 both of them sort of kept minutes low. Mason with sub twenty five almost 673 00:48:01.800 --> 00:48:07.440 had that weird knock on his knee like when a body went flying. But 674 00:48:08.679 --> 00:48:13.159 they're gonna have they're gonna have their work cut out for them tomorrow. So 675 00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:15.760 I'm glad that they both put in a great performance tonight and we were able 676 00:48:15.800 --> 00:48:20.639 to keep those minutes low. So the Clippers over this stretch where they have 677 00:48:20.719 --> 00:48:27.800 won twenty six of their last thirty three games, offensive rating is number one 678 00:48:28.079 --> 00:48:31.280 at one hundred and twenty two points per one hundred possessions. Their defensive rating 679 00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:36.320 is number eleven, and if you just take out a couple of games, 680 00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:39.159 it's like top five. You take out the two games without Kawhi in Okasee 681 00:48:39.280 --> 00:48:44.960 and then back home against the Boston Celtics where they got blown out. They're 682 00:48:44.960 --> 00:48:47.400 doing it on both ends. They really are. It has been so special 683 00:48:47.440 --> 00:48:52.960 to watch. I know there have been some slippage defensively, but again, 684 00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:57.320 you take out two games and they're right there with the best teams in the 685 00:48:57.400 --> 00:49:00.360 league, as they're one of them now. So what do you think needs 686 00:49:00.360 --> 00:49:06.480 to be emphasized in that game in Boston tomorrow? Will outside of just having 687 00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:13.039 everyone healthy hopefully yeah, outside of having everyone healthy, just defensive way, 688 00:49:13.079 --> 00:49:15.639 we need to see more of what we saw in this game, especially early, 689 00:49:15.719 --> 00:49:21.000 going in, going into TV Garden and getting a win is going to 690 00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:23.679 be really really difficult to sell. Pics have only lost ones at home off 691 00:49:23.679 --> 00:49:28.880 season. But I think if they really set the tone defensively, which I 692 00:49:28.920 --> 00:49:31.519 know is it's such a big ass on the second night of a back to 693 00:49:31.599 --> 00:49:36.000 back, especially you know, like I'd already commended Kwi and Paul George and 694 00:49:36.599 --> 00:49:38.800 you know, certainly Tye and Plumbly on what they were able to do. 695 00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:45.440 But I think if you were able to go to and know through this hellish 696 00:49:45.519 --> 00:49:49.079 back to back, I think that that would be something really really special. 697 00:49:49.119 --> 00:49:52.639 I think you the team is shooting for six and one on the Grammy road 698 00:49:52.679 --> 00:49:57.840 trip. That was what coach Lou wanted to see. Five and two at 699 00:49:57.880 --> 00:50:00.199 worst. Is that the mark? Well, I mean, if you pull 700 00:50:00.199 --> 00:50:05.559 off this back to back, you're you're sitting pretty But yeah, so defensively, 701 00:50:06.400 --> 00:50:09.440 it's defensively they need to maintain the same intense be It can't be like 702 00:50:09.480 --> 00:50:15.000 we saw against the Lakers, and I think it will deal with Boston's side 703 00:50:15.039 --> 00:50:20.159 a lot better than that. Definitely, two different styles of play, but 704 00:50:21.199 --> 00:50:23.360 win wise, you know, I guess that's kind of thought of the Celtics 705 00:50:23.360 --> 00:50:29.760 says no disrespect, but like Clippers light, so I always enjoy that matchup. 706 00:50:29.760 --> 00:50:32.360 I feel like these two teams they I mean, I know we have 707 00:50:32.559 --> 00:50:37.960 the blowout fresh in our minds, but generally these two teams, it's it's 708 00:50:37.280 --> 00:50:42.360 not a dull game. So if the execution can stay at the same level, 709 00:50:43.079 --> 00:50:46.480 certainly hard in managing the turnovers so well, like it improves the team 710 00:50:46.599 --> 00:50:50.880 so much in that regard, better than they've ever been in the two and 711 00:50:50.920 --> 00:50:55.639 three era. I think that that will definitely help limiting mistakes and more intensely 712 00:50:55.679 --> 00:50:59.960 on the defensive. Then control the things that you can control. If guy 713 00:51:00.159 --> 00:51:02.079 so cold, you know, if we get a couple of cold performances from 714 00:51:02.800 --> 00:51:07.320 Harden and Paul again who Paul seems to be in a little bit. He's 715 00:51:07.519 --> 00:51:13.039 had a couple of inefficient games after a season high offensively, you know that 716 00:51:13.119 --> 00:51:15.719 stuff comes and goes. You can't control it. Hard arena to stay hot 717 00:51:15.800 --> 00:51:21.800 in. But if you execute well and continue to keep things up on a 718 00:51:21.840 --> 00:51:24.039 defensive end, I don't think it's impossible for this team to put away a 719 00:51:24.079 --> 00:51:30.079 win. I like the confidence we've had some from callers to tonight one more 720 00:51:30.119 --> 00:51:32.280 for you here? Will you heard my rant about it? I want to 721 00:51:32.360 --> 00:51:37.360 let you run because I like what you said yesterday on Clips and Dip with 722 00:51:37.440 --> 00:51:42.440 Kawhi not being voted in as a starter in the West, and you look 723 00:51:42.480 --> 00:51:47.639 at some of the player voting. I mean, Kobe Brown, no disrespect, 724 00:51:47.840 --> 00:51:52.280 but he's a rookie. He's played about twelve games this year and he 725 00:51:52.400 --> 00:51:58.239 got multiple All Star votes. Giannis's brother got multiple All Star votes. The 726 00:51:58.280 --> 00:52:04.199 players aren't taking this serious at all, and it can affect guys money and 727 00:52:04.320 --> 00:52:08.079 their careers. It's just wild to me. Yeah, I mean, look, 728 00:52:08.119 --> 00:52:14.199 man, this isn't like, this isn't just for show right, Like 729 00:52:14.199 --> 00:52:19.440 like you said this, this affects people's legacy. This this affects It's like, 730 00:52:19.559 --> 00:52:22.679 what go you know some of these people if they'll make the Hall of 731 00:52:22.719 --> 00:52:27.079 Fame. And I just feel like it's so unseerious to not have Kawhi Leonard, 732 00:52:27.079 --> 00:52:30.960 who is having one of his best seasons I'm sure, not the number 733 00:52:30.000 --> 00:52:32.519 one team in the West, but the fourth best team in the West, 734 00:52:32.719 --> 00:52:37.519 who have been incredible over the last stretch of games. And for the player 735 00:52:37.639 --> 00:52:42.960 vote thing, like I is it animosity because you don't you know you don't 736 00:52:43.039 --> 00:52:46.840 enjoy playing against him? Is never an enjoyable experience. I I just don't 737 00:52:46.840 --> 00:52:50.880 know. I really I don't understand. I can I can understand the fan 738 00:52:50.960 --> 00:52:54.760 vote thing, right. The Clippers, for whatever reason, they don't appeal 739 00:52:54.840 --> 00:53:00.519 to the casual fan the way that some of these other forwards who made it 740 00:53:00.599 --> 00:53:04.559 above Kawhi certainly do. But from the players and the media and stuff, 741 00:53:04.599 --> 00:53:07.480 I just I think it's I think it's ridiculous. I kind of think it's 742 00:53:07.480 --> 00:53:13.360 a slap in the face. And Kawhi has done He's met every criticism this 743 00:53:13.440 --> 00:53:16.360 season that that's ever been brought up with him. Oh, he's not available 744 00:53:16.480 --> 00:53:20.679 enough. He's been available for all but what two games. I mean, 745 00:53:20.719 --> 00:53:24.239 it's it's it's unreal. Oh he you know, he doesn't take things seriously 746 00:53:24.320 --> 00:53:28.840 in the regular seasons. Watch the effort he's putting in on the defensive end 747 00:53:28.840 --> 00:53:32.199 this year. I mean, he is putting away games, regular season games 748 00:53:32.199 --> 00:53:37.639 with playoff level defense, and like, I just it just it's baffling to 749 00:53:37.679 --> 00:53:40.119 me. I really don't understand it. And like, luckily, Kawhi is 750 00:53:40.199 --> 00:53:44.559 not the guy. I mean, he's nonplused by this, Like this is 751 00:53:44.639 --> 00:53:47.480 not. It might even be a relief for him, you know, to 752 00:53:47.679 --> 00:53:51.440 not have to be a starter in the All Star Game. But like you 753 00:53:51.480 --> 00:53:55.079 said, in terms of like legacy and recognition, I you know, obviously 754 00:53:55.079 --> 00:53:59.599 I'm biased as a Clippers fan, but I think it's kind of asdinine that 755 00:53:59.599 --> 00:54:04.760 that I didn't get that not. I mean, he's a top three player 756 00:54:04.800 --> 00:54:09.320 in the NBA this season, gotta be Individually, he's definitely having I think 757 00:54:09.360 --> 00:54:14.119 a better season. It's close with KD, but when you account for his 758 00:54:14.199 --> 00:54:17.760 defense, it's really not. And it's obviously a better individual season than Lebron. 759 00:54:17.840 --> 00:54:22.519 And then you take into effect or to account that the Clippers are now 760 00:54:22.559 --> 00:54:25.280 third in the West. Like, what are we talking about here? It's 761 00:54:25.400 --> 00:54:29.840 just it's wild. Yeah, all right, I'll stop complaining about it now, 762 00:54:30.199 --> 00:54:31.440 Will. I had to put you on the case. Thanks for doing 763 00:54:31.480 --> 00:54:36.000 this tonight here on Clippers Stock with a little double dip. I don't know 764 00:54:36.039 --> 00:54:38.800 if we'll be talking to you tomorrow. I guess when they beat Boston that'll 765 00:54:38.840 --> 00:54:42.920 be the situation. Win in Boston, Baby, I'm gonna be back on 766 00:54:43.000 --> 00:54:49.280 here gloating. Okay, I love it. Thank you, will absolutely coming 767 00:54:49.360 --> 00:54:52.119 up next your phone calls. We'll hear from Coach Lou posts game Clippers win 768 00:54:52.159 --> 00:54:57.599 by twenty in Toronto. Final score once twenty seven to one oh seven in 769 00:54:57.639 --> 00:55:00.800 favor of the Clippers. Yeah, they're in being town tomorrow taking on team 770 00:55:00.800 --> 00:55:04.519 with the best record in the league, team that has only lost once. 771 00:55:04.559 --> 00:55:07.840 Sit home. I'm at a Mosland here listening to Clippers Sock. You already 772 00:55:07.920 --> 00:55:13.199 five seven LA Sports. LA Clippers basketball is on the two one three era 773 00:55:13.360 --> 00:55:17.800 continues. You're listening to the La Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio Network. 774 00:55:19.039 --> 00:55:25.280 Did this album win a Grammy speaker box and love below? It should have, 775 00:55:27.239 --> 00:55:30.679 but you know who cares about the Grammys. I just know the Clippers 776 00:55:30.679 --> 00:55:36.880 aren't at home for seven games for a couple of weeks because of the Grammy 777 00:55:36.960 --> 00:55:40.679 road trip. But they win Game one in Toronto, one twenty seven to 778 00:55:40.719 --> 00:55:46.079 one oh seven over the Raptors. Welcome back in to Clippers Sock. I'm 779 00:55:46.079 --> 00:55:50.679 ot a Mosland. We'll blow things out here with some phone calls. We'll 780 00:55:50.679 --> 00:55:53.599 hear from Coach Lou and James Harden and then we'll be done. Oh w 781 00:55:53.679 --> 00:55:59.599 Also get to Katie Newton, our producer Little Casual Katie Corner tonight, Kat's 782 00:55:59.639 --> 00:56:05.119 corner, possessive box. Some people out in that corner. Let's go to 783 00:56:05.360 --> 00:56:08.480 Josh in l A. Josh, what's up your flippers? Stop? Adam? 784 00:56:08.519 --> 00:56:13.440 I wanted. I wanted to talk briefly about the Sacramento Kings. What 785 00:56:13.559 --> 00:56:19.760 I grew up in Sacramento? What yeah, yeah, this Clippers to Josh 786 00:56:20.039 --> 00:56:23.800 Bonus, what all right? You want? You want my opinion on the 787 00:56:23.880 --> 00:56:29.360 Kings. They never should have gotten rid of Tyrese Haliburn, and I said 788 00:56:29.360 --> 00:56:35.599 that from day one it was a bad trade. Wait before you go, 789 00:56:35.760 --> 00:56:42.599 Before you go, do you believe that the Kings trading Tyrese Haliburn is the 790 00:56:42.719 --> 00:56:49.960 same as the Clippers giving away s g A for Paul George? Because you 791 00:56:50.679 --> 00:56:55.719 realize, Josh, how how flawed that argument is when they did that so 792 00:56:55.840 --> 00:57:00.280 Kawhi Leonard would sign with them. You realize that, right, they got 793 00:57:00.320 --> 00:57:09.960 Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. Josh, You're killing me, man. I'm 794 00:57:10.000 --> 00:57:15.880 sorry, I'm so sick and tired of hearing that as if it was just 795 00:57:15.920 --> 00:57:20.960 for Paul George when it was obvious that it was for Kawhi Leonard and Paul 796 00:57:21.039 --> 00:57:24.840 George. Just stop, let it go. Let it go. Let's go 797 00:57:24.880 --> 00:57:29.440 to Mitch in New Jersey. Mitch, you're on Clipper stop for that amuson 798 00:57:30.360 --> 00:57:38.840 hater Man, I remember having that same Oh god, yeah, that sounds 799 00:57:38.920 --> 00:57:44.880 that tracks, that tracks Mitch. Uh talk about something tonight mentioned this Clippers 800 00:57:44.920 --> 00:57:47.079 team currently. Please, they're having the best regular season stretch in the history 801 00:57:47.079 --> 00:57:52.800 of the franchise. I love it. We never had one whole thing. 802 00:57:52.880 --> 00:57:58.519 We got full whole famous team and three good senses. Especially when that comes 803 00:57:58.519 --> 00:58:00.360 back the things, it will be good. I hope we win tomorrow. 804 00:58:00.840 --> 00:58:06.400 It's not on TV. There had the Denver and sixes on television ABC, 805 00:58:06.960 --> 00:58:10.239 so that that really gets my goat. And remember with thing now, I 806 00:58:10.320 --> 00:58:20.679 remember Micadil, you know grandfather. Now we win with the Buffalo Braves. 807 00:58:21.159 --> 00:58:24.639 Do they ever to use the Braves as a as a city addiction or throwback? 808 00:58:24.840 --> 00:58:30.800 Yes, they do Buffalo. Oh they paid. They honor the Buffalo 809 00:58:30.880 --> 00:58:35.519 Braves and their long history, storied history with going all the way back to 810 00:58:35.519 --> 00:58:39.920 Buffalo. They implement uh some of the font they have done that before, 811 00:58:40.000 --> 00:58:45.760 some of the colors. Yeah, they have had a throwback jersey as one 812 00:58:45.760 --> 00:58:51.320 of their alternates within the past three years. I want to get the City 813 00:58:51.320 --> 00:58:54.159 Clippers when they played the Trees Coast teamsvil here. So it's the legas in 814 00:58:54.159 --> 00:58:59.800 the Southeast tomorrow. Hopefully it's still win all right, Mitch, I like 815 00:58:59.840 --> 00:59:02.639 it. Thank you, Tajus and Walnut. Close things out, please, 816 00:59:04.480 --> 00:59:09.440 Adam a good game, we'll keep it going. Tomorrow is going to be 817 00:59:09.480 --> 00:59:14.880 a tough one. I'll hope Persingus plays because we want to play everyone at 818 00:59:14.880 --> 00:59:19.239 full strength. We know the front office is collecting data if they need to 819 00:59:19.239 --> 00:59:22.440 make a move before trade deadline. These are the games where you want to 820 00:59:22.440 --> 00:59:27.480 evaluate yourself and if they need to make a minor tweak. This is These 821 00:59:27.480 --> 00:59:31.119 are the games that you know you pay attention to. But with that being 822 00:59:31.199 --> 00:59:37.000 said, I do hope we keep Bones Highland because you know, I was 823 00:59:37.039 --> 00:59:39.840 just thinking about his comparison since last year. Don't you see a lot of 824 00:59:39.880 --> 00:59:47.599 similarities in his game William Manuel Quickly, But you remember Manuel Quickly I think 825 00:59:49.000 --> 00:59:52.599 wapped up Lou Williams in a game mid game when they were taken on the 826 00:59:52.679 --> 00:59:57.280 Knicks one time, because that was his favorite player, crowing up in Lou 827 00:59:57.280 --> 01:00:01.679 Williams. So there's similarities between all three of those players, right, and 828 01:00:02.360 --> 01:00:07.000 you know what, I wish Kawhi was a starter, and those are you 829 01:00:07.039 --> 01:00:09.719 know, eckling year statements. It's just funny. When he doesn't play, 830 01:00:09.840 --> 01:00:14.320 everyone's so quick to criticize him. And now that he's played most of the 831 01:00:14.360 --> 01:00:19.119 games this year, it's not even mentioned and it's just an afterthought. And 832 01:00:19.199 --> 01:00:22.280 in the spirit of his Toronto championship, he did the same thing. Oh, 833 01:00:22.400 --> 01:00:25.320 you know, he beat a depleted Golden State. But when you look 834 01:00:25.320 --> 01:00:30.559 at what Kawhi did, he played a stack Phillies team. That team was 835 01:00:30.599 --> 01:00:35.280 so stacked that I had the best chance of probably you know, giving a 836 01:00:35.320 --> 01:00:39.760 Warriors a good run. They had embed, they had Ben Simmons before the 837 01:00:39.800 --> 01:00:45.159 injuries, they had Jimmy Butler, they had Tobias Harris, they had everything. 838 01:00:45.199 --> 01:00:50.719 I think JJ Redick was still on that team. Yes, and yeah, 839 01:00:50.840 --> 01:00:52.960 and you know, I didn't think that the Toronto could do it, 840 01:00:53.000 --> 01:00:58.159 and you know, Kawhi kept doing it. And then after going two against 841 01:00:58.159 --> 01:01:01.199 the Bucks and then him walking up you honest, you know, nobody ever 842 01:01:01.280 --> 01:01:05.800 talks about that. It's just like, oh, he beat a depleted Warriors 843 01:01:05.880 --> 01:01:08.519 team, But that journey to get to the finals was hey, hey, 844 01:01:08.519 --> 01:01:13.000 that Warriors team never should have had KD to begin with. It was a 845 01:01:13.000 --> 01:01:17.039 fluky year in the salary cap where Spike thirty. Even the commissioner has literally 846 01:01:17.119 --> 01:01:21.400 said it was a fluke. They shouldn't have been able to get KD. 847 01:01:21.599 --> 01:01:24.880 So I don't want to hear about that. Yeah, and you know all 848 01:01:24.920 --> 01:01:28.320 that other stuff, like the same thing they do with hard and you know 849 01:01:28.360 --> 01:01:30.639 when they lost five or six in a row, Oh, they they bashed 850 01:01:30.639 --> 01:01:32.920 on him, bash on him. And then you know when they go on 851 01:01:32.960 --> 01:01:37.840 this winning streak, do it in the playoffayoffs? You know what, Yeah, 852 01:01:37.960 --> 01:01:40.559 it's the only counts in the playoffs. Well, be consistent. If 853 01:01:40.559 --> 01:01:43.800 you're gonna talk about him one day, move and talk about him when they 854 01:01:43.800 --> 01:01:47.000 win. But you know, I'm being salty tea today, just like you, 855 01:01:47.159 --> 01:01:53.239 Adam. So let's go tomorrow, Adam. Uh, let's go clips 856 01:01:53.400 --> 01:01:55.800 all right, Taj just I love it. Doc to you tomorrow, my 857 01:01:55.920 --> 01:02:00.519 friend. Oh yeah, they always moved the goalposts. The regular season mattered 858 01:02:00.320 --> 01:02:05.480 back when they lost the first five games with James Harden. Since then, 859 01:02:05.719 --> 01:02:08.480 when they've been winning twenty six out of the last thirty three games, it 860 01:02:08.599 --> 01:02:13.119 changes to we'll prove it in the playoffs. Oh wait a second. You 861 01:02:13.159 --> 01:02:15.840 said the regular season matter before, but now they're winning, it doesn't matter 862 01:02:15.840 --> 01:02:22.199 anymore. It's just double speaking, ridiculous hot take narrative stuff. I'm talking 863 01:02:22.239 --> 01:02:24.599 about you, Kendrick Perkins. All right, before we get out of here, 864 01:02:24.679 --> 01:02:29.920 I do want to get to our producer, Katie Newton, who has 865 01:02:29.960 --> 01:02:32.639 gone over time with us after a game that dragged out late in the fourth 866 01:02:32.679 --> 01:02:37.079 quarter. Let's get to Katie Newton's You know, I actually talked to Ronnie 867 01:02:37.079 --> 01:02:42.360 about this earlier, but we'll talk later. Casual NBA corner, I don't 868 01:02:42.360 --> 01:02:44.840 want to hear it, all right, just give me the damn question. 869 01:02:45.199 --> 01:02:47.360 Oh right, alright, alright, what does the G stand for in G 870 01:02:47.559 --> 01:02:53.360 League? I think Gatorade. Really it used to just be the D League, 871 01:02:53.400 --> 01:02:57.679 the Developmental League, but I think Gatorade sponsored it, and then that's 872 01:02:57.679 --> 01:03:01.000 why it's called the G League. All right? Does that do it for 873 01:03:01.079 --> 01:03:06.039 you? Yeah? I didn't. That's not the answer I was expecting. 874 01:03:06.079 --> 01:03:08.800 I don't know what I was expecting, but not Gatorade. There's always a 875 01:03:08.800 --> 01:03:16.760 sponsor. Yeah, we need one for this shif follow the money. Thanks. 876 01:03:20.639 --> 01:03:22.599 Oh man, you are flying far too close to the sun here. 877 01:03:22.840 --> 01:03:27.599 Let's get out. They may be want I don't know. I don't want 878 01:03:27.599 --> 01:03:30.239 to get into that stuff. The suits are gonna get after me. Clippers 879 01:03:30.239 --> 01:03:35.679 win by twenty in Toronto. They're back after it tomorrow in Boston, tiptom 880 01:03:35.679 --> 01:03:37.960 at four, pregame at three. Before we get out of here. I 881 01:03:37.960 --> 01:03:42.280 do want to thank the Clippers organization. Ralph Lawler, Brian Seeman, no 882 01:03:42.400 --> 01:03:45.079 It Eagle now, Carlo Jimenez on the call, the callers, the listeners, 883 01:03:45.119 --> 01:03:47.840 big brother, Jake Warner, a producer, Katie Newton here in the 884 01:03:47.920 --> 01:03:54.000 bank. I'm at Amazin. We'll talk to you at three tomorrow. Why 885 01:03:54.199 --> 01:03:58.119 was doing his thing? All they want to do is win in La? 886 01:03:58.239 --> 01:04:00.119 I win. I thought they gave everything they had. I'm very proud of 887 01:04:00.199 --> 01:04:04.920 them. This has been Clippers Talk, the official postgame reaction of the LA 888 01:04:05.039 --> 01:04:09.599 Clippers. God bless Paul George, Are you not? It's a change. 889 01:04:09.679 --> 01:04:14.559 Don't miss an episode all season law Go to wherever you podcast and subscribe today. 890 01:04:14.679 --> 01:04:16.079 Well the show I got you on the iHeart Radio. You guys are 891 01:04:16.079 --> 01:04:21.320 great. Thank you for joining us for another exciting broadcast of LA Clippers basketball.