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Welcome into your postgame show. I'm at AA Osland, coming up on the
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can get to me on x at follow Adam A. Let's go back out
to Charlotte get the Spectrum Center with Carlo Jimenez Carlo PG thirteen, Paul George
forty one points, but on just twenty one shots to get there. Thanks
to that elite of efficiency that we've seen in the month of March, he
has been on one he started zero for three Adam and proceeded to go fourteen
for eighteen down the stretch. I mean, just as hot as a torch
in this bony game, lit up in a hurry and never cooled down.
It was impressive stuff from Paul George. I thought he was excellent pick in
his spots and Adam he didn't really do it by getting to the free throw
line, shot one free throw at thirty seven points and then finished the final
the final four points to get the forty one with four made free throws.
But he was so so good down the stretch and that he really carried their
offense and Adam really timely shooting. I mean, how many times did Charlotte
push it to five to six before George would knock down a big time shot
to inflate that cushion for the clips. It was an impressive performance from Paul
George, but just as impressive it was just as needed for this Clipper team
in this game. Yeah, they don't win without it. If it was
just about him trying to show Brandon Miller how it was done, that wouldn't
be enough. The Clipper set all those points from Paul George to win in
Charlotte. They also needed Kawhi Leonard to perform down the stretch. We thought
maybe he wouldn't come back into the ball game in the fourth quarter. You
talked with Big Zoo, who had a revealing interview with you postgame about that
and the Clippers letting up a little bit, but it gave Kawhi Leonard a
chance for some more clutch buckets late. Yeah, this is one thing I
appreciate about. It eats the zoobotes. He's very honest when he opts on
when we get him, he always tells, you know, it feels like
they could have been Benner and Kawhi Leonard gets on the floor late and really
pushes them down the stretch. I thought he was great in figuring things out
offensively, getting to his sponsor, I mean, an efficient game for him,
ten for nineteen with twenty three points. Just continues to be on another
level for this team and really bring the focus that they need night in and
night out. Impressive stuff from the claw once again at him. It feels
like we don't have many many off games with Kawhi Leonard, and while he
didn't light up the box score today, he was great for the Clippers beats
the zoo us with twenty four and twelve, by the way, seven for
eight from the field a couple of blocks. They got him going early and
often, and then also got him on the block late as he would knock
down a couple of free throws. I just love when a Viza Zubots becomes
a focal point of this Clippers offense. It just feels like it opens up
a whole nother dimension to how potent the offense can be. Carlo Yeah,
because once you have Zubats going, it really creates spacing on the offensive end.
And that's a word that if you're a Clipper fan, might trigger some
PTSD because that's often what Tyler talks about when the offense is struggling right,
spacing, spacing. We got get our spacing right. We gotta figure out
how to find seams on the offense. Vent we have figure out how to
spread the floor. And when Zubats gets going, there is a lot more
space on the floor because teams can't double off of him, because teams have
to respect him underneath the rim. And you see that with the Clippers today.
How many times does Zubac catch one on one and Vita Zubats just goes
to work against his defender because the team one is shooting so well, but
because they're also feeding him the basketball. Fun to watch a Vita Zubots go
to work and he did just that as he talked about at him his mini
hook shot. That's his shot, that's his shot, and boy, he
was near perfect today, seven freight from the field. I love the response
of hearing that question from you by Viza Zoubos there knowing that he's seven percent
better with that right handed hook shot than the next best player in the NBA.
Keep getting him involved, Clippers. Clippers win in Charlotte one thirty one
eighteen. They survived twenty three main to three pointers by the Charlotte Hornets,
tying a season high. Clippers next ball game, the final one of this
four game Roady. They'll be in Sacramento taking on a depleted Kings team.
Tuesday night tiptime is at seven. Well of your pregame show starting at six,
Carlo Jimenez, great call is always enjoy sack Town. Safe travels,
my Fred, Thank you, Adam. Excited to be on the Pacific time
zone and excited for another road game. Let's go Clippers. Come through and
win by twelve. They hold off the late rally by the Charlotte Hornets,
and the Clippers now are three and oh on this four game road trip.
More Clippers post game and second half highlights next right here on the Los Angeles
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app. Clippers win one thirty to one eighteen and Charlotte over the Hornets.
Welcome back into your postgame show. I'm Oudam Moslin. This is your Clippers
locker room. Still to come on the Patriot M eleven fifty, we'll have
Clippers stock for you eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven
five two zero eleven fifty. But before that second half highlights, Clippers were
up sixty seven to fifty five at the half. The would eventually win by
twelve points. They are up by twelve at the half. In the third
quarter, Paul George continued to cook along with Kawhi Leonard Games, Tabs,
Wat Pulp Bates takes it into the swings at George steps into a left wing
three ballsye. Paul George swings at George right corner a three over Brandon Miller
and down the well. Leonard down the right alley, crossed over left hand
into the paint, fading therrying kawhi Leonard from the mid range. Westbrook finds
Leonard left the logo and his all orange new balances slowly works his way in
to the paint and sticks it from the mid range. The Clippers would be
up ninety three to eighty two, so Charlotte was a plus one in that
third quarters. They continued to knock down three pointers and never really stopped,
but the Clippers eventually stop their run. Late in the ballgame. It was
who else Paul George coffee extra passed Westbrook straight away George open for three for
thirty points. Yes, Sir George Pully so the rib the bucket bot boo
win on in right block, it's George from the mid range. He'll try
it and con act. George on the right wing takes it into the paint
left block way up, popping in a great screen by zoobots. Paul George
had thirteen points thirteen with thirteen in that fourth quarter, finished with a season
high believe of forty one, as the Clippers went on to win by twelve
with a final score one thirty two, one eighteen in Charlotte over the Hornets.
Clippers' next game, next leg of this four game road trip, will
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Hornets hit twenty three three pointers and lost as deer Los Angeles Clippers would win
in Charlotte one thirty to one eighteen. A Madam Moslin, this is your
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have Clippers Talk eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five
two zero eleven fifty. After Paul George when first season high forty one points
and eighty three pointers forty one on twenty one shots, showing up and showing
out against his protege in Brandon Miller, he called Paul George his Goat.
He's modeled his game after him. He was strong with it too, twenty
two points. Miles Bridges had thirty three, and they had twenty three made
three pointers and some really tough shots late in the ball game in the fourth
quarter when they would not go away. The Clippers led by nineteen Earlier in
that fourth it was down to six points. Kawhi Leonard with a couple of
silencer buckets Paul George would get to the free throw line and put the icing
on the cake. Late beats the zubotch a season high at twenty four points
plus twelve boards. And I thought Russell Westbrook up and down a little bit,
but overall one of his better games, his fourth since returning from the
left of the broken left hands. He had eleven points, four assists.
They'd have three turnovers, but four to six shooting or four to six from
the field. A better game from him. A player to watch. Norn
Powell, a couple of big ones in that fourth quarter. You finished with
sixteen points. People should be paying attention to him. That should be your
sixth Man of the Year winner, or at least a guy who's top three
voting Wise. Clippers win one thirty to one eighteen. They're three and oh
on this four game road trip. They'll be in Sacramento Tuesday night. Tiptime
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host on your home for the Clippers. They were in attack mode, Adam
Osley, I don't know what's worse the band good Charlotte or how good the
Charlotte Hornets were from three in this ball game, and yet the Clippers survive.
Charlotte ties a season high with twenty three May three pointers, and the
Clippers still win one thirty to one eighteen in Charlotte over the Hornets. Welcome
into Clippers Talk. I'm Adam Oslin to each seven seven five two zero eleven
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to check that one out. So coming up on the show, Chuck Maker
will be here from Clips and Dip at Clippers Pod on x Well. Also
here from Paul George, who had a season high forty one points against Brandon
Miller. Those two were going back and forth in the first quarter and then
PG thirteen just pulled away. He had seventeen points in the second quarter alone,
had a season high eight made three pointers and was showing the young rook
who models his game after him, how it's done in Brandon Miller, who
played well too. Where's PG thirteen's old jersey twenty four? They exchanged them
afterwards. Again, we'll hear from Paul George postgame, Big Zoo post game
and coach lou Here. Paul George was outstanding, to say the least.
The Clippers had a twelve point lead at the half, mostly due to him,
But then Charlotte Hornets just refused to go away. They were down by
nineteen. Early in the fourth I thought the Clippers were about to run away
with it. They got off to a good start in that fourth quarter,
something we haven't been able to say a lot. I was impressed with our
first couple of minutes. It was a Russ layup after a steal off,
a nice feed from Paul George. Another steal from Russ, but then he
would miss the layup. Then a PG wide open three pointer made norm a
tough jumper over Brandon Miller, a PG layup after a nice contest by James
Harden on the other end. Actually, and the Clippers were up nineteen.
I thought that was it. Clippers are gonna put them away. And then
Tobbs Berton's with a couple of three pointers. All of a sudden, it's
a twelve point game, then it's a nine point game. Paul George would
get a bucket out of a timeout, but the Hornets just did not go
away. They did not go quietly into the night. I was kind of
impressed by it. Some of it was just ridiculously hot shooting that there's nothing
you can do about. Some of it was bad defense by the Clippers getting
a little bit lacks of days ago, falling back into some of those bad
habits we've seen when their offense is really humming or buzzing in Charlotte. In
this case, they let up on the defensive end. Some threes were contested,
some were not. The problem is when you let a team step into
some three pointers early on, they find a rhythm and then when you put
a hand up, it doesn't even matter. And that's how Charlotte ended up
with twenty three may to three pointers. Credit to them, they did not
give in like I thought they were going to down nineteen early in the fourth
quarter. Miles Bridges had a huge game himself with thirty three. Brandon Miller
had twenty two. I said I would have taken Scoot Henderson over him if
I was Charlotte because of the unknown with Flamelo Ball in his injury history.
I know they looked at it as well. Position of need at the forward
spot with Brandon Miller makes more sense and right now. It looks like the
better player early on, but it is still very early. And he's a
three level score. And Paul George is the prototype. Everybody models their game
after him. He's the archetype for the type of player you want in today's
league. A guy with length, I can shoot it from the outside,
get to his spots, shoot over the top of you in the mid range,
get to the basket with some bounce and some pop. And I've noticed
that a lot with Paul George. In the month of March, guys,
he's really turned things around. There was some concern because he was in an
extended slump for not just a month, but about two months a basketball where
he didn't look like himself from pretty much the midway point of January through February.
But in the month of March, coming into this ballgame, he was
getting twenty three per game on fifty one percent shooting and forty five percent from
three. After shooting forty percent from three and forty one percent from the field
in February and just getting eight team once per game, it wasn't playing like
an All Star. I guess he's healthy now. He talked about it,
said he had left knees soreness said he had a groin injury. He looks
to have turned a corner the right time. Eight games remaining in the regular
season, believe it or not, one more on this road trip in Sacramento
Tuesday night, and Paul George is right back to where he was when the
Clippers were playing great basketball, when they went twenty six and five over a
thirty one game stretch. So we're finding some things out about this ball club.
I think the biggest takeaway is PG thirteen and Kawhi Leonard right now are
moving fabulously. You want to bottle up this level of athletticism, I should
say, and put him in a first round series. Right now, they
look that good. Still eight games to go, still work to be done
in the standings, because currently after Denver won in Cleveland or no, they
won that game at home over the Cavaliers earlier today, well they're still in
the three spot. But they're right there jogging for position, trying to get
the number one seed held by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Currently Okay, Sea's right
behind them, then Denver, then the Clippers. They can't get a top
three seed. That ship has sailed, so to speak. What they can
do is still have home court in the first round. You need that.
They improved to being two games up on the New Orleans Pelicans now Clippers forty
seven and twenty seven, New Orleans forty five and twenty nine in the five
spot. But uh dun dun du. The Dallas Mavericks are just a half
game behind the Pelicans, so just two and a half behind the Clippers.
They're nine and one in their last ten games. Do you want to see
Luka Dancic with Kyrie Irving in a first round series? Again? They've outdueled
Luka Doncis twice. It's been Kawhi Leonard. That game six is an all
timer, the forty five he had on the road and a must win situation
back in twenty twenty one. I don't know if you want to see him
a third time. But I don't know if you want to see Zion Williamson
either there's no good option lesser or two evils. I go back and forth.
I watched the Pelicans the other night against the Milwaukee Bucks and Zion just
bullying Giannis Is then a Koompo and Brook Lopez if they can't slow him down,
and we know what the Pelicans have been able to do to the Clippers
over the last couple of seasons. Even in games without him, they've had
problems. There's something I want to say. One in eight in their last
nine games against the Pels. Do you want them? Do you want Dallas?
I'm interested because I could be swung either way. I could be talked
into either opponent. They're both that close. The Phoenix Suns they're lagging behind.
They're now three games behind the Clippers in that seventh spot, the Kings
three and a half games behind them, and the eighth spot. Clippers again
will be in Sacramento Tuesday night. Lakers behind them, Golden State behind them,
trying to hold onto the ten spot as the Houston Rockets have won eleven
in a row since when since the Clippers came back on them down twenty in
Houston a few weeks ago. It seemed to get their attention. They're playing
great. Jalen Green, my guy, I said, take them over.
Kate Cunningham, I would have feel good about that right now, But feeling
solid about this Clippers team overall, would you have liked to have seen them
close things out with one more run up nineteen to get up twenty five and
to put your foot on the throat or on the stinger of the Hornets.
Yeah, but I almost like being tested late in games, being more battle
tested in those situations. There's a line from Brian Seeman, I don't want
to butcher it. I of have to ask him about it at some point.
But you know, blowout wins kind of leave it fat and happy.
But close games where you really gotta compete late they prepare you better for the
playoffs. Now. I know Charlotte is not a playoff or playing team.
They have won eighteen games, but still the Clippers the last three games now
have had to come through. Not as close. In this one. They
weren't down five under five minutes left like in Orlando or in Philadelphia, but
it was a six point game with about four minutes left. Charlotte went god
Moode from the outside just refused to miss everything, which happens sometimes in this
league. Now with how skilled guys are shooting the basketball, put a hand
in their face, they look right through it. Even a team like the
Charlotte Hornets. We talked about a pregame with Carlo Jimenez. He brought it
up. It was a great point, ended up being prophetic. The dangerous
part about the Hornets is they have guys who are capable from three if they
get hot. Well, it happened. I don't think he spoke it into
existence. I think those guys just showed up. They had hit twenty three
three pointers in a game against the Phoenix Suns of this season two. Everybody
thinks it's their team that always gets bit by guys who are role players or
lesser players or lesser teams, and they're the team that always lays down,
and somehow the law of averages playing their favor and you get these outlier performances.
Certainly they have happened against the Clippers. It may have happened today.
But Brandon Miller getting twenty two, uh, well, he's had twenty or
more in four of his last six games. Now likely going to be player
Rookie of the Month between him and Wemby per usual. But I give credit
to the Charlotte Hornets for not laying down late, and I give credit to
the Clippers for showing enough poise when they need it when the game got a
little bit Dicey Kawhi Leonard a big three Kawhi Leonard. A big floater seems
to be a consistent theme lately against Philly late, the en Ones a jumper
over Jalen Suggs late in Orlando, and now when it was one twenty one
thirteen with two twenty two left after Berton's hit another three, Kawhi Leonard studying
the ship, mister reliable, that calming force got a floater to go.
Then a Visa Zubats got on the block. They had to foul him.
And how about my guy big Zoo. You know, we'll play some audio
from him in Carlo post game. But if eatsa Zubots, she's in high
twenty four points, twelve boards. I'll tell you the rest. After we
paused ten seconds for station identification. Here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty,
this is La Clippers Basketball AM eleven fifty k Ev Los Angeles about an iHeartRadio
station. I have been screaming like a madman that Iviatza Zubas needs the ball
more, that he needs to be featured more, that he can't get up
just one shot attempt in a ballgame, which did happened recently in a game
against the Atlanta Hawks that the Clippers lost at home a couple of weeks ago.
That's nasty. That is not a formula for success. You want your
rim protector and a top three rim protector in the league to be able to
hold things down when guys miscoverages, to make up for others' mistakes when they
get beat off the dribble, to come over with that help defense, to
readirect shots and block them. You need to feed him on the other end,
please, because I think he's more than capable. Case in point here,
he was postgame with Carlo Jmenez, who asked him the right question regarding
just how good he's been with that right handed hook shot. How have you
become so efficient with with that shot? Feels like every time I always been.
That's that's that's been my shot my whole my whole career. Way before
NBA, I was playing a lot in the post, and uh took me
a while to show that. Uh. You know I can, Uh I
can play in a post that can go to me in a in a post.
You know, so teammates and coaches can trust men. I feel like
once I get a ball in a post, if I get to my hooks
right hook, even left hook, I feel like I'm you know, it's
going in. I got, I got a lot of confidence and that shot
and uh, I don't think there's many people who can uh compare to that
right hook. So avizazbots right before that, Carlo let him know and maybe
we have this too. Can we go a little bit before, can we
go way back in time? We're the wind chimes. We Uh, Carlo
had the stat I want to give him the credit here and also the response
by Vita zoo Bots finding out just how amazing he's been with right in his
hook shots as in best in the league. Listen to this. Took me
a little bit to get my rhythm back. But uh, just extra refs,
you know, staying after practice, after shoot around, uh, working
on pick and rolls, working on reading different coverages, they guard us,
being smart about duck in small guys and one day late switch and uh,
you know, just being patient with it. I know I'm the I'm the
most of the nights, I'm the biggest guy out there, so overall the
ball and being in my shots, just two more for you, Zoo,
But I want to ask about the righty hook shot. You're first in the
NBA by seven on that shot. It seems good, nearly seventy percent for
the field. Really, how how have you become so efficient with that shot?
Feels like every time been always been. That's that's let's that's been my
shot, my whole my whole career playing a lot in the post, and
took me a while to show that. You know, I can I can
play in a post, that can go to me in a post. You
know so, teammates and all right, you heard that part, you heard
the whole answer. This is who he is. When I have said for
years, she's the long lost assault brother, I wasn't kidding. I know
he's not Spanish Croatian, but damn it, he's skilled on the block.
He said in himself, this is who I've been. What's hard to understand
about. Let's see a team that struggles to score points in the paint,
that doesn't get enough easy shots, and oh guess what, they have a
guy who on right handed hook shots is leading the league in field goal percentage
by seven percent to the next closest guy. Maybe just maybe get him a
few more touches, please, he deserves it. He's been doing the dirty
work for too long. Make him feel a part of the offense. Now.
It's been a pet peeve of mine for months. If you listen to
this show, you know that I am Big Zoo's number one defender and apologist.
But there's nothing to apologize for. Guy's been a stud. He is
their fourth most important player on this team at worst. Facts, Morris and
Englewood, you're on Clipper stop without a mauzld. Hey Morris, my guy,
he used to be uh in Long Beach. Maybe he's driving back.
Maybe I should have screened it better. Maybe chel Zooma should get the basketball
a little bit more. I know James Naismith, but I know a few
things here and there. Sure seems like their offense works like a well oiled
machine when he's getting the basketball with the starters next to him. I'm not
talking about just him with second units. I'm saying I don't care if Kawhi
and Paul George and James Harden are on the floor with him. He still
has to get the basketball and get looks. All right, I think I
made my case more Clippers stock. Next here on the Patriot Amalem fifty every
Clipper game all season. Law they didn't stop playing hard you're listening to the
La Clippers audio network. I'm streaming on the iHeartRadio WIP. Clippers got busy
and Charlotte against the Hornets. They withstood twenty three three pointers made by the
Hornets and they win one thirty to one eighteen thanks to forty one from Paul
George Kawhi At twenty three vitsa Zooba said season hide twenty four, Clippers would
win by twelve. Let's try this one more time. Morrison, long Beach.
You're on, Clippers, stop with that. A Mouslin's here on the
patriodam eleven fifty Morris Hi, pack it in, pack it in. Let
me begin, Clippers gotta win. Gonna tell all my friends another work to
be momento. We're playing a Sacramento now. Everybody jumping up and down there
we are screaming. Here we go. Job job, chub You know something
out of you. You're a good You observe basketball, real good. Zubac
looked like Moses Malone in the first quarter. And I'm gonna tell you something,
even though you might be surrounded by all stars, you gotta go to
the heart. You gotta go into the paint. And I like Zubox.
He's a humble man. I'm glad they had that interview because he's so humble.
He lets you know, y'all get me the ball in the paint.
Man, I'm dangerous. What's going on? I've been like that my whole
life, right on. But you know, when you got a guy like
Kawhi on your team and Paul Joy he had forty one then. But when't
needs move a guy like I did hard and coming up it, you know,
you gotta keep your head down, you know what I'm saying. But
he lets you know, hey, man, you get me the ball in
the paint. And I'm dangerous. Now that's a statement in the NBA.
And by by the way, if the Clippers could lose to Atlanta at home,
they could also lost to the Hornets on the road. So in the
NBA, if you get you when you're going to take that win, you
keep on rolling at him. So I'll feel sracumental. Well, behave yourself,
pack it up, Thank you more soon, long beach. Now,
Englewood mentioned it is miss what's up? How do you want to have a
happy Easter? You and everybody out there happy? I said, I'm following
a rapper. There's no way I can top that. But nice little joy
Paul George, really he's got such a shy I think he could score sixty
points. But we look at little good. We have a lot of good
players. I didn't want to be dangerous and and come playoffs, and I
kind of that kind reminds me of Bill want kind of reading the book on
each Maybe be the next Bill. Just stay healthy and it'd be around it
sat dangerous? Uh front would you say? Uh? Yeah, I would
say that, Mitch. I appreciate the phone call. So what we've gotten
Bill Walton in here? We've gotten Moses Malone in here? Uh? Who
else Kevin McHale were gonna talk about tonight? And who else were going to
talk about? Some former bigs of this league? All right? Zuel Sinder
was present and has been for some time now. For some time now,
I have been singing his praises and telling any Clipper fan that, for whatever
reason, there's a faction of fans that think, oh, he just fumbles
the ball all the time, because he did when he had broken hands a
couple of years ago and played through it, and they held that against him,
and that stigma has not been lifted. Should be. He's a made
man. I said it during the Clippers run, when they were rolling,
when they had won twenty six or thirty one games. Best they ever looked,
best of you Zobos was ever that ever looked, was averaging thirty and
ten per ball game. Was being rewarded for everything he does defensively, was
being involved on offense, was being used like the weapon that he is.
Keith in La, You're on Clipper stock without Amazon. Hi, Keith,
Adam, dear brother. Considering what today is, I want to say,
happy resurrection Sunday if it applies. Man, especially with the name like Adam,
that's a that's a that's a wonderful connection. You know what I'm saying.
I'm not that old. I wasn't even the first born in my family,
but I still got Adam. Yeah, what's up? Keith still got
that? All right? Well, mag you first of all, shout out
to your DJ. You told me his name once before. But man,
he played one of the great funk classics more bounced for the bounced by the
great Roger Troutman. And I'm old school kind of guy, so I want
to say hatch off to him. Thank you. They definitely scratched it.
And the third win, I'll take it. Zoobox, You're right. You
know what I'm siper. You know what I mean. I can tie into
what you're saying, Adam Zoo boxing. That's our missing twelve to fifteen points,
yes, yeah, yeah and almost and the last thing that's our missing,
that's our w I'm gonna say that. I don't think me sacrilegious.
I went on the Celtics, give me out, and now Clipper Nation in
Adam hold on the Celtics and the Nuggets stat page like the roster and all
that, and I'm looking at them and I'm like, we can take them,
you know, NBA dot Com whatever, Celtics or Nuggets or whatever.
I'm like, hey, yeah, much respect to yo kitchen on. I'm
looking for it to Thursday night, the way Zoo played the night, the
way Peg played tonight. Much respect to Tuesday. Now. You know what
I'm saying. I take an ethogranted, but I am saying, Celtics,
Nuggets, bring them on. We can do this. Man. I heal
the mic bro keeth. I like the confidence. Yeah, We're looking forward
to that game against the Denver Nuggets. Also next Thursday. That's when the
Clippers return home. But they got work to do in Zacktown and the Kings
are desperate for a victory. Speaking of victories, the Dallas Mavericks just one
in Houston, one twenty five to one oh seven, and Luka Dancis dropped
forty seven. Took them thirty shots to get there, but still he had
forty seven. He hit nine three pointers. That means the Dallas Mavericks are
tied with the Pelicans right now. That means, uh, we're getting closer
to Round three between the Clippers and Maps in a first round series. And
they don't just have Luca now, they have Kyrie Irving, bigger poison.
Though, what are you gonna do? It's here that are the Pelicans who
are the more balanced team Dallas. You can at least make the argument they're
a bottom ten defense, but their offense. God teer, We'll take a
quick time out. We'll come back well, hear from Paul George postgame.
We'll off Chuck maclaron from clips and dip as the Clippers win in Charlotte one
thirty to one eighteen over the Hornets. I'm out of Moslin and this is
the Patriot AM eleven fifty, Big Zoo. Every Clipper game all season,
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I'm streaming on the iHeartRadio LAP all right, p Nipsey Hustle on the
anniversary of his death, Clippers win in Charlotte one thirty to one eighteen over
the Hornets. I'm out of Oslin. Welcome back in. This is Clippers
talk here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty when the Dodgers are on a five
seventy. This is where we will be coming up. You're gonna hear from
Paul George postgame after he dropped forty one, his season high on the Hornets.
But first join the show is Chuck Mockler from Clips and Dip for a
little Clips and Double Dip. So, uh, Chuck, were you more
impressed with Paul George and what he was able to do or did you see
warning signs? Because the Clippers weren't able to close out the Charlotte Hornets at
least in impressive fashion after being up nineteen in the fourth quarter. Charlotte just
wouldn't miss I think right now, I have to be more excited about Paul
George's forty one right, he looked aggressive, and he was aggressive after he
had a slow start, which is really encouraging. I do agree there were
some signs maybe that still need to get fixed, but that's part of his
brutal schedule. Right Like, they ended this month strong, so hopefully it
continues against the depleted games. Clippers went ten and seven during March Madness,
the odds of March. They finished with a winning record. They win by
twelve in Charlotte over the Hornets. Now, Chuck, there's been a guy
who's been carrying the flag for Big Zoo for some time and asking the Clippers
to get him to basketball a little bit more. Now a lot of people
are saying the same. He had twenty four and twelve season high twenty four
points, I should say, seven of eight shooting. Sure seems like there's
another way to win ball games that's a lot more efficient and a lot easier.
And that points on the paint problem the Clippers have had. He can
rectify some of that. I don't know, It just seems like if he'sa
zoobots might want to get the basketball a little bit more. I mean,
I totally agree with you that first quarter from Zoo was maybe the best first
quarter we've seen from him all year. He looked a lot more confident with
the ball in his hands, fun into a bucket, which I think was
his most impressive move offensively tonight. But you're right, and maybe this is
the Clippers going back to things that were more successful earlier in the year.
Right when Zoo was closing and look at were constant on the floor, the
offense was, you know, using that picking roll a lot more. So
maybe they are just trending back to, you know, the good mean that
we saw earlier this season. It was Kawhi Leonard taking him home a little
bit late. Paul George obviously with some runs, silencing shots too. But
when it got close, when it was down to six or seven points,
Kawhi Leonard hit a three pointer, then he got a floater to go.
It's the third straight game where he has showed up big late in the fourth
quarter. It seems like he's trending in the right direction to be ready for
playoff. Activated Kawhi Leonard here, chuck uh. Yeah, He's been absolutely
unbelievable on this road trip. I still keep replaying those two and ones he
had against the seventy six ers because they were just like the epitome of gritty,
and you do feel confident when he's playing like this, right, Will
Updyke said it on our pod what two episodes ago. We are just one
in saying Kawhi Leonard run away from another Western Conference finals. It looks like
Paul George is hitting the upswing two. Hopefully Harden's finger situation isn't so bad
that he can't, you know, catch some of this momentum as well.
What did you hear on Bally regarding the finger It happened at practice earlier today
where he had that little splint on it. We know he's been dealing with
the shoulder injury, but he didn't even want to take shots in this game.
Yeah, they said, I believe they said it happened to shoot around.
He was just, you know, he mishandled a pass or something like
that and it just jammed up on him. But yeah, seeing the splint
wasn't super encouraging. I think he fired off three right as the second half
started in this one, so that was kind of nice to see. I
guess maybe him just testing it out. But thankfully the passing was still there.
But yeah, hopefully it doesn't become anything too crazy. I don't think
it will. No one seemed too concerned based on what you know the broadcast
was landing on. So I have good news and bad news here. The
team right behind the Clippers now they do have the tiebreaker against, but that
team is the Dallas Mavericks. They are currently in the five spot after Luga
dropped forty seven and gave Houston their first loss in what three weeks since the
Clippers last beat them. They hadn't lost, They had won eleven in a
row. Dallas Clippers. Is it destiny, Chuck? Is it gonna be
round three? I don't know if it's I don't know if destiny is the
word I would use if the Clippers end up playing the Mavericks, you know,
for the third time. But I mean, I don't know. This
could go either way. Tomorrow. I could wake up and be absolutely terrified
of this matchup, or I could kind of feel like I do now,
which is on? It seems like it does match up well for the Clippers.
They do have history on their side, at least when it comes to
you know, Kawhi Leonard being elite offensively and defensively, something that you know,
the maps maybe don't have them there making the superstars. So I don't
know, man, it's definitely nervous making even if you are confident about the
matchup. Yeah, I'm with you on that. I mean, obviously they
have big, gaping flaws, you could say, because they're a bottom ten
defense on the season. Of course, the Clippers aren't that far from that
right now after the dip they've had the last couple of months. But I
would feel much more confident matchup wise with them. Defensively, however, it's
Kyrie Irving now there too. You can pick on them on the other end,
of course, but Kyrie Irving is going to make some of the most
impossible shots, just like Luka Doncic. I mean he already did one time
this season against Kawhi Leonard where you had the block and then pulled it back
and got the lay up to go. It was just insane. I don't
know. I'm talking myself in to Dallas, and then I'm going back to
saying no, maybe it should be the New Orleans Pelicans. Maybe that would
be easier for the Clippers, But right now it's about that good process for
the Slippers team, and they still need to win ball games, right,
one hundred percent, they are trending up right that we are on a bit
of an upswing. We've seen longer periods of you know, being locked in
on defense and getting paint touches, which is another sign of effort on the
offensive end. So they play, you know, a short handed Kings team,
and then they play I believe the game after that is the Nuggets.
So that game against the Nuggets is going to be a nice you know,
we're going to learn a lot about that team. Yet again, uh,
with that that matchup looming, that'll be on Thursday when the Clippers are return
home to Crypto after hopefully sweeping this four game road trip. But the Kings
game is not going to be easy on Tuesday night. They're desperate for a
victory. They are battling right now with a couple of guys going down.
He is Chuck Mockler of Clips and Dip. Charles, Thanks for joining me
here for a little clips and double dip on clip stop my friend, Hey,
thanks for having me. Let's go clip coming up next? Well,
here from PG thirteen post game after he had forty one against the Charlotte Hornets
and the Clippers win one thirty to one eighteen. I'm out of Moslin and
this is the Patriot AM fifty. LA Clippers basketball is on the two one
three Era continues. You're listening to the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio
Network. Clippers win in Charlotte thanks a forty one from Paul George. They
absorb twenty three main three pointers by the Charlotte Hornets. Let's hear from PG
thirteen post game. He was on Balley Sports with Christina pink outdueled the rookie
in Brandon Miller, who is looking to Paul George for a little bit of
a leadership. That's the guy that he has looked up to, Paul George,
that's his guy. That's his idol. When your idol becomes your rival,
all right, here was Speaky thirteen with Christina pink Brian, he's got
a towel out here for a second PG putting in work tonight. Paul,
You know this Hornets team kind of hung around here. But what did you
like about the way you guys answered in the closing minutes? I mean,
it was a pretty pretty team. They played hard. We gotta get better.
We gotta get better defensively. But it's a good win, you know,
keeping a streak on the road alive, and we'll take that. Well,
the streak lives on and a forty piece for you tonight. Season high
per points, season high for three pointers. What opened up for you out
here on the court. I mean, I just, you know, tried
to play with face. I had a rough shooting night in Orlando. I
tried to come out here with a better rhythm. I was able to find
a rhythm, and I mean, honestly, I just kept it going.
It felt good from jump. I had a couple you know, tough looks
early on, but after I see him one go down, I was kind
of, you know, in my zone at that moment. And that's exactly
what the night was. It was just one of those own games. We
saw the Jersey exchange with you and Brandon Miller before the game. He told
me it's a dream come true to share the court finally with his favorite player.
What does it mean to you to have so many guys in the league
right now that idolize you. I mean, it's a blessing. I mean
it's an honor. I come out here, and you know, I try
to do my best. I try to play my hardest, and I try
to just represent for the name on my back, and you know, it's
it's a blessing that kids, you know, love the way that I played
the game, and you know, I try to come out and play the
right way. And I had a ton of influence growing up on how my
style is, and so it's awesome to be able to showcase it on the
floor on a big stage, and you know, for the young and the
next generation to kind of pick up on it and love my game. So
honestly, it's a blessing. Favorite yep, quick cut off there, there's
a ballet sports and Christina Pink there with PG thirteen. Paul George forty one
points. More importantly, he's just moving like himself, looks like Paul George
in front of Brandon Miller. He got to see in person his guy,
his idol go off like that and have his best scoring game of the season.
I couldn't be more encouraged by the way Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are
looking down the stretch here when everybody was saying, oh, they look tired,
they look gassed. Do they. They both look really spry right now
with eight games remaining. And by the way, if you're not in the
plan, you got at least five days off before that first round matchup,
whether it be against the Pelicans or the Dallas Mavericks, now which the Clippers
are currently locked up against. All right, before we get out of here,
let's get to casual Katie's corner. Ever so quickly, when our producer
Katie Newton asked me random questions about the NBA and other stuff. Hy,
Katie, No, today's not the NBA, it's the other stuff. There
is a correct answer to this. What is the best Easter candy? Cadbury
eggs, cream eggs, not the Carmel won the cream one. I just
threw you for a loop. Yeah, no, I was gonna say it's
always it's the Reese's eggs, but you know, well those are just the
best. Yeah, I mean that's kind of a given. Your answer is
also correct. All right, thank you. I don't think I've ever had
one. We'll call it a push. Clippers win went thirty to one eighteen
and Charlotte over the Hornets. Their next game is in Sacramento Tuesday night.
Tiptime at seven, pregame at six. Before you get out of here,
I do want to thank Ralph Lawler, Brian Seeman, know what ego,
Carlo Jmenez on the call, the callers, the listeners, big Brother Jake
Warner. Until Tuesday at six, I'm me and a Manslim. We will
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