The game is over, Paul George money in the pain, but the postgame
reaction has just begun. Kawhi Leonard is so smooth in the mid range.
This is Clippers locker Room, a recap of today's game and a look ahead
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are a bad man, Adam Ousley. Clippers drop a tough one in
Boston one sixteen to one ten. Welcome into your postgame show coming up second
half. Highlight your post game box score. You'll hear from coach lew In
the players. But first back out to Noah Eagle in Boston. Noah,
it was a well played game at times, but the Clippers just didn't have
enough down the stretch. As you mentioned, Yeah, there were just a
couple of miscus in that fourth quarter, where one I'm surprised if it's a
Zubos didn't play a little more. Look, he played thirty minutes in this
game. That's still considering what he had been playing in the years prior.
That's still a lot. And he goes for thirteen eleven. But he dominated
that third quarter in particular, and I think he went off the floor.
They went the small ball lineup a toomb just he wasn't right after he got
banged up early in the game. Reggie Jackson got banged up early in the
game, John Wallace struggled defensively a little bit. Luke Knard did not attempt
a shot at him in seventeen minutes. Now, part of that is that
Boston was keying in on him, and I think that they did a good
job of taking him out of the game. But part of it is up
to the team and Luke Kenard to go and find a shot. Because a
couple of threes from Luke Knard. We talk about it all the time.
What do we call him at him? Game breaker? Yes, he is
a game breaker. Let's go back a couple of years. Actually, twenty
nineteen here in Boston, Clippers were down twenty eight points. What led them
back Aviza Zubots and the shooting of Landry Shammon. The first game is Clippers
literally their first game in the Clipper uniform, and they came back from twenty
eight down against Kyrie Irving and the Boston Celtics to win that game. That
is the type of impact that we know Luke Kenard is capable of having.
And so if you take zero shots in a game, if you're Luke Kennard,
to me, that's unacceptable. He has to get at least apple attempts.
I guess at least find some open space. I thought Kawhi Leonard and
Paul George were both outstanding. They understood what the team meted of them.
They both played big minutes. Kawhi follows up the thirty five minutes with thirty
seven tonight. Paul George plays forty minutes. In this game, they combined
for fifty points, and they combined to go twenty one of thirty eight from
the floor. That is an efficient fifty combined points. Kawhi went eleven of
sixteen after the first matchup with these two, he went ten of twelve.
So in the two games against the Celtics, who were considered to be a
pre premier defense in the NBA, Kawhi Leonard went twenty one for twenty eight
from the floor and had fifty one points in the two games. That is
the Kawhi Leonard we know very well. So I actually think there's a lot
of positive to take away from this game. And I know that moral victory
should not exist for a team that's trying to win a championship and believes that
they can win a championship this year. But considering where the Clippers started the
season, considering some of the injury issues they've had, I feel like they're
still playing their best basketball right now. And Norman Powell thirty one minutes this
time off the bench. That was good to see. He scored nineteen more
points. Got to the free throw line. You know, the Clippers only
take They only took fourteen free throw attempts in this game out and they lost
by six. They missed five of them. The Celtics took twenty two.
And there's your difference. Clippers did make fifteen threes compared to the Celtics eleven.
But overall, a couple miscues on the fourth quarter. Defensively, a
couple lapses allowed for Jaylen Brown to get going, and then the big one
was that run that resulted in the Grant Williams three, and just a broken
play. And sometimes you can't impact that. You know, a couple of
breaks don't go their way. They have a couple of breaks that do go
their way. It was just overall a normal ebb and flow of a basketball
game. And I felt like the Clippers should hold their head high all things
considered, even with the six point loss, it's certainly a battle in Boston.
This one the Celtics win, won sixteen to one. Ten over your
Los Angeles Clippers. More from Noah Eagle. But first, let's pause ten
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Radio station. Now you mentioned Paul George. If they don't have him early
in that fourth quarter, I'm not sure where this game ends up. He
had some ridiculous shots, including that and one on the reverse layup. He
was awesome, madam, an all game. I mean, he was the
one who was taking control when he recognized the team needed a little extra push,
the team needed a little extra boost, he was doing it in Look,
his assist numbers maybe weren't as high as they've been in the last couple
of games. Six assists in forty minutes is still not that bad for Paul
George. And more importantly, I'm always looking at the turnovers. He had
four of them tonight, a little bit higher. He and Leonard had seven
of the thirteen. That's the one area you still feel like they can clean
up. And look, those turnovers were just them being aggressive, and they
were getting doubled and triple team just about every time they touched the ball.
But anytime they got single coverage, anytime they got a mismatch, you've got
to appreciate the fact that they actually went at it. They didn't play with
their food. They went straight to the basket, or they went and found
their rhythm in a mid range jump shot, found their sweet spot from three,
whatever it might be, it worked out well, and I thought Paul
George was outstanding on both ends of the floor once again tonight. And that
third quarter from the Clippers one of the best quarters of the season when you
consider the stakes, who they're playing, where they're at. They outscore Boston
by twelve when they were down big at the half and just came out guns
ablazing with all those threes. Yeah, the three point shot in the first
half was dreadful for the Clippers. They just missed a number of open looks.
But this is what they've been doing, you know, in their last
nine games seven and two prior to day, so now in their last ten
games, but seven and two in their last nine prior to day, they
were shooting at thirty nine point four percent from three, and tonight they shoot
at thirty nine percent from three, fifteen of thirty nine. Overall, you've
got to like the way that they played. Even when they got down,
they didn't stop playing the way they wanted to play. They dictated how they
wanted to go, pace wise, methodical. They got out and ran when
they could every now and then. But overall, the drive kicks swing was
still there, the ball movement was still there. The turnovers were kept somewhat
to a minimum. You know, Toronto Lou says it, twelve thirteen,
fourteen turnovers. If you're in the twelve to fourteen range, you feel pretty
good because you've been playing aggressively. You're still playing good, smart basketball.
You're not getting out of control. It's when the Clippers start racking up fifteen,
sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, and then when they had twenty seven turnovers
in the game, that's a problem. So I thought today they did a
good job overall of that. They spreaded the sugar around. They had twenty
six assists on forty three made field goals. So overall again, most of
what they did, you have to feel pretty good about. Clippers lose by
six in Boston. They finished off this five game roadie in Indiana on Saturday.
Tip time is at noon. We'll have Clippers countdown before you starting at
eleven am. No at Eagles, Safe travels. We'll talk to you on
Saturday. My friend Adam, you know this, This road trip has been
daunting and a lot of people can wait. Coming up next second half highlights
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six sixty ninety seven two five seventy second half highlights. Though Clippers were down
sixty to forty nine after the first twenty four minutes of play, but then
I found their shot from beyond the arc in that third quarter to say the
least left wing A three is on the way Jackson. He knocks it down.
Reggie Jackson's first triple of the night. Guess the Clippers within eight sixty
to fifty two and Leonard Shovel pass right colorner three balls. Paul George finds
nothing but nylon back to back triples for the Clippers. Morris is straight away.
Three is up and down for Marcus Morris, about three straight threes to
start this second half of LA sixty three fifty eight. He looks dry middle
spins, switch right, gets all the way to the ram letter up and
under kick it outside, swing it left wing. It's Morris open for three
and he sticks it. Marcus Morris, on the perfect ball movement by the
Clippers, caps it off and brings them within two. There comes Morris right
to left, driving tick for side corner three. George head he knocks it
down. The Clippers are in front seventy four seventy two. La Leonard draws
the double, tries the straight away three and hits anyway KWHI Leonard makes it
rain. It's twenty two points for the claw eighty one eighty clips within one
Canar driving middle outside wall, left wing tries the three ball and hits.
John Wall drills it and the Clippers lead eighty five eighty three. Yeah.
The Clippers win seven of eleven from three in that third, and after three
they led by one at eighty five eighty four. Early in the fourth quarter,
it was all p PG thirteen eighty eight eighty seven, Clippers down one
as George drives mill got found Oh, Paul George somehow spins it through the
cortscrew delivery does wonders with a chance for three as PG thirteen gets the Clippers
back in front. Eighty nine eighty eight. George was seventeen tomb top of
the key, lobbats short corner near side. George faces up on Grant Williams,
spins left page from twelve and hits tough delivery from Paul George, who's
got twenty points for the fifth straight game. Ninety four ninety two, Clippers
down by a deuced with nine fifteen to play. George on smart right wing
looking to drive right crossover left hesitation twenty footer is good for Paul George twenty
two for PG. Thirteen and the Clippers are back within a possession one hundred
and ninety seven. George rights to left office screen, who was right guarded
by Horford. Down the bit of the lane. George gets to the rent
lates any with the left hand. He takes the elevator to the top floor.
He's got twenty four one four ninety nine. Paul George with nine points
in that fourth quarter, but did have three turnovers, and Jaylen Brown meanwhile
had twelve of his twenty nine for the Boston Celtics in the fourth they would
get up by ten. Clippers had it to within three late, but they
couldn't grab a board, and Boston would eventually go on to win one sixteen
to one ten over your Los Angeles Clippers. Coming up next post game box
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Search. Clippers losing Boston to the Celtics one sixteen to one ten late,
Welcome back into your post game show coming up on a M. Five to
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five seventy eight sixty six ninety eight seven two five seventy or you can get
to me on Twitter at follow Adam a. Clippers end up shooting much better
in the second half forty eight percent from the field overall, thirty eight percent
from distance outshot. Boston hit four more three pointers. Both teams took thirty
nine of them. But the Celtics they got to the free throw line twenty
two times and even though they missed five as well, or they had more
attempts they made seventeen, Clippers just nine at the charity stripe and some of
those turnovers. While Boston had a bunch on the third quarter, the Clippers,
i want to say, had five in the fourth quarter, three from
Paul George. Boston got too many possessions and some offensive rebounds late that would
eventually end in Jalen Brown throws that would ice this one one sixteen to one
ten. Jalen Brown finished with twenty nine points, same with Jason Tatum.
He goes ten of twenty six Jalen Brown twelve or twenty five or two stars
for the Clippers. Kawhi Leonard looked good eleven of sixteen, three three pointers
for his twenty six points. Paul George ten of twenty two, three of
nine from distance he had twenty four. Nine of those came in the fourth
quarter, hit some really tough shots when Kawhi Leonard was out of the ball.
Game off the bench. Norman Powell with nineteen He just continues to play
efficient basketball. Nineteen points on just twelve shots. Not enough, though,
Clippers lose by six. Boston improved to twenty six and ten, best record
in the league. Clippers fall to twenty one and sixteen. Their next game,
last game of this five game row trip coming up in Indiana on Saturday.
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Clippers Talk. Here's Adam Ostling. Clippers drop a tough one late in Boston.
They lose sixteen to one ten to the Celtics. You're listening to Clippers
Stock. I'm Adam Oslin coming up here in her post game show. We'll
get to coach lou postgame audio and we'll hear from the players and your phone
calls at eight six six to nine, eight seven two five seventy eight six
six nine eight seven two five seventy as the phone number. I say it's
a tough one because the Clippers were down eleven in the first half. They
weren't playing well, especially in that second quarter. They lost it by ten
and it looked like Boston had a chance to run away with it. But
then the Clippers just shot themselves back into the ballgame from three in the third
they would hit their first three three pointers I think two from Marcus, one
from Paul George. Kawhi Leonard had three three pointers in the game. That's
a really good sign from him. Another efficient game against the Boston Celtics eleven
of sixteen after going I want to say ten of twelve the first time around
against him, he had twenty six points. But the Clippers as a team
in that third quarter, after shooting just thirty three percent in the first half
from distance, they went seven four eleven from three after going seven of twenty
one in the first half, and they led by one heading into that fourth
quarter. It was a Reggie Jackson three, I should say, to start
things off, then Paul George, then Marcus Morrison that third quarter. Then
it was another one from Marcus and the Clippers were off in rolling and their
starters played the first eight minutes together of the third and they beat up the
Boston starters and looked like the better five out there. They were dominant to
get back in down eleven and we're leading eighty five to eighty four heading into
the fourth. We knew Kauhai wouldn't start the fourth quarter. He had already
played thirty minutes, and he does go for his season high of thirty seven
minutes. Played very good sign the menu. The minutes continue to trickle upwards
for him. That's a good trend. So was his play out there in
his movement. But Paul George, he stayed in. He ended up playing
forty minutes, I want to say, played the entire fourth quarter, and
he had nine for the Clippers in that fourth and they don't have a chance
without him. Don't get me wrong, But the Clippers, after taking care
of the basketball in that third quarter and Boston turning it over seven times in
the third after I think just two in the first half, the Clippers had
five turnovers in the fourth, and three of them or from Paul George.
Now, he made some tough shots the end one reverse lay up, the
turnaround, fade away. He was awesome overall, but Sometimes you look at
the Clippers, they have just thirteen turnovers for the game. Sometimes it's not
the total, it's when they happen opportune times. And I thought those self
inflicted wounds really came back to haunt them, especially the live ball turnover by
Paul George leading to that dunk by Marcus Smart. At about I want to
say, it was the five minute mark and the Clippers they had chances still
down ten and Kawhi comes back. Here's what's kind of irking me. Just
some uncharacteristic things in the fourth quarter that happened, some curious things. Kawhi
comes back in at the seven minute mark of the fourth. The game at
that point is within three points. It's one hundred ninety seven. After Paul
George just hit another jumper, Clippers down three. He thought, okay,
Kawhi's in, He's fresh. Here he goes. His first shot in the
fourth comes at the two forty mark, over four minutes of play before he
takes his first shot. He made it along too, but at that point
that was just to bring it to within eight. The damage had already been
done. That bad pass from Paul George, the Marcus Smart run out that
happened at the three thirty mark. The Grant Williams just backbreaking three pointer,
maybe the biggest shot of the game. It was a five point game.
He hits the three, it's an eight point game at one ten, one
h two with four minutes left. That was huge. The Derek White and
one where the call winn against Kawhi Leonard. That was big. And during
this time just really out of the ordinary. Kawhi wasn't being that aggressive.
The guys who took shots during that time now they had a couple of turnovers,
so they were losing possessions. Reggie Jackson a three pointer, couldn't get
to go. Paul George did have a layup. I'm assued he was good
in the fourth, but Marcus Morse a three point inco all while Kawhi is
not getting him up. Another Reggie miss from three before Kawhi Leonard takes a
shot in the fourth. Mind you, throughout most of the fourth quarter of
Visa Zubots who was mauling the Boston Celtics in the third, he had seven
in the third, Marcus Morris had eight, Kawai had seven, Paul George
had six points. When they made that run to get back into it.
Zubots was being fed while he's playing next to Paul George and Kawhi Leonard.
They were finding him and looking for him to exploit small ball matchups against the
Boston Celtics, and he did a great job. But he doesn't get back
into the ball game till they're down ten at one twelve to one oh two
at the three oh five mark of the fourth, and then a minute later
he's out again. And there's the right call. I mean, Luke Kennard's
got to be in there. You're down, you need another three point shooter.
But at the very end of the game, and the Clippers didn't have
another time out because they challenge that play with Norman Powell and the foul that
was called on him against Marcus Smarty who looked like he pushed off of Powell.
But you know Celtics were at home this time. They get the call
it, Scott Foster makes it and the Clippers have three chances to get a
rebound at the end. They play great defense down three one thirteen to one
ten with thirty seconds left, but they couldn't get a board. Jason Tatum
an offensive rebound put it back up Missus again, Jaylen Brown gets it and
eventually he gets fouled, and Jaylen Brown, who had twelve of his twenty
nine in the fourth quarter, would knock down both free throws make it a
two possession game, and that was all she wrote. Zoo wasn't in there
for that play because he had been subbed out because then he had offense on
the other end with Luke Kennard, who I mentioned things that you scratch your
head about in this one. Luke Nard doesn't take a shot in seventeen minutes,
that doesn't make a shot, doesn't take a shot. Oh for oh,
he was a plus four somehow playing decoy and Boston is well aware of
how good about three point shooter he is best in the league. But to
not get one shot up, it's just confounding. So just a few different
things. Kawhi not taking a shot for a while, Vita Zubos not being
in there in the fourth quarter, Luke Kennard not getting shots up, and
being hunted early in the fourth defensively by Jaylen Brown who went off. Nicholas
Batoum also gets hurt early on comes back plays valiantly but didn't look like himself.
He had a wide open three off a driving kick from Paul George in
the fourth quarter with that quick release that he couldn't get but turned the ankle
early. Reggie Jackson got hit in the face, got a technical, was
upset about it. I think it was Marcus Smart who hit him with the
elbow. He went to the locker room, came back played. He had
a big shot in the fourth But Nick Patum only plays eight minutes in this
game. Because of that, we say it all the time. He's third
most important player likely on this Clippers team. He is Clippers basketball and because
of the injury, he only plays eight minutes, just two in the first
half. And I asked the question on Twitter, so was Rocco gonna get
some run if Nicholas Patuma is hurt? Here? Never happened, and just
some curious things. Now. I trust coach lou completely implicitly, and I
do think Tinkering Tie the chiropractice wants to see what he has when he goes
small with those guys like he did for the most part in the fourth quarter
where he was running a line up with PG Norm John Wall, Nick Batoum
and Luke Kennard. Early on. I actually thought John Wall had one of
his best games. He had eight points, hit a couple of threes,
a big one, and four assists to zero turnovers. And I was watching
him more closely because I do think he's obviously been struggling in December, and
he was intent on driving and kicking it out to shooters early and off,
and found Kawhi Leonard for a three pointer in the first half right away,
and I saw him hesitate on a three pointer. He was well guarded,
and then he drove and kicked it out. That's what you want to see
from him. But the two we made were catching him shoot threes. He's
got to make those shots if guys are gonna leave him open. Robert Williams
was playing him and playing way off of him, and Robert Williams was also
a monster early in the fourth quarter. He really hurt the Clippers, but
Zoobots wasn't out there. So it's a little bit of a frustrating loss,
even though it's to the best team in the league record wise, and you
can say, oh, it's understandable. If they played each other in the
NBA Finals, it's going six or seven. These games would be that close.
There were just some moves and some decisions that I feel like the Clippers
don't normally make in that fourth quarter. Kawhi not being aggressive just rarely happens.
Just look at the first possession he came in this season, as soon
as he got the ball in Game one against the Lakers and went to the
mid range and sunk a jumper. And there are a lot of positives because
of how good he's looked and how good Paul George played for the most part
outside of those turnovers. But like No Eagles said, when you're a team
with championship aspirations, there aren't a ton of mo World victories. Even when
you lose a close game where you battle back multiple times in Boston against the
Celtics team that seems to have found its footing again, you want the victory.
That's just the way it's going to be. And now the Clippers closed
out the road trip in Indiana on Saturday. Let's start things off with Javier
and Lahavard heights. Javier, what's up? You're on Clipper stock without in
Aslin. What's up taking you're taking my call? First thing is, you
know the season starts and you look at the calendar. You look at this
game and you probably think that might lose this game, especially after what the
fourth game on this road trip, so as a tough loss. They had
a chance at the end, but you know it is what it is.
Next thing, real quick is Paul George. I know he played well,
but you know what I noticed that he's the turnovers. I mean, we
talked about this last year. He's got to give all. He dribbles too
much. Sometimes I'm like, come on, asked the ball. There's other
guys oping, but how many times does he dribble the ball a lot and
then score? Because he's one of the greatest isolation players of his generation.
He's that guy's gonna be some catch and shoot guy. Of course he could
agreed for himself. Yeah, yeah, but he had guess what, he
had four turnovers, But yeah, he's just gotta work on that. Four's
not even a terrible, terrible number. It's not great. But three of
them came in that fourth quarter and there was a tough offensive foul that was
called on him, and the fourth the Clippers didn't get many breaks there.
Now you're a gre right on that one. Next thing, you brought it
up about John Wags took the doors out of my mouth. A pretty good
game, eight points and the most important thing was what zero turnovers. Yeah,
he was much more in control and had a layup in the fourth quarter
they needed. He gave them good minutes overall. Yeah, No, he
did. He did. And that's why I remember the last time I called
you the other day, I told you John Wallas got to step it up
and the last thing we will kick. We got a lot of calls Luke
Canard, I mean zero for zero. I know you had a caller like
what two weeks ago saying that Luke Nard needs to see a psychiatrist. I
think I think he's right. I mean, you can play seventeen minutes at
him, seventeen minutes you don't pull up one shot. Luke's gotta shoot the
ball. But that's it, Adam, I'll talk to you on Saturday.
Thank you for taking a call. I appreciate it. Yeah, the Clippers
have a game where they hit fifteen three pointers, go fifteen to thirty nine
thirty nine percent from the outside, basically, and Luke Canard doesn't have one,
doesn't take one. That's what I'm talking about. This is a bizarre
performance in some ways just because hot and cold. Great third quarter. Clippers
win it by twelve, but then lose the fourth quarter by seven points.
And I said on Twitter, you know, if they're gonna win this game
somehow, you'd expect Luke Kennard to make a big three who just happened at
some point and they played small without Zoobots for all. But I think a
minute and a half in the fourth quarter after he had the great third quarter.
Now he played thirty minutes, but he led them. Was a plus
ten out there. Who was dominant. He's been dominant. He's coming off
a big twenty two and sixteen game. I want to say Wednesday night,
he had a thirty one and twenty nine game. And now the calls are
coming in. Javier lit him up, Morris Lenny, mystery caller, We'll
get to you. Clippers losing, Boston won sixteen to one. Ten.
They split the season series. Boston gets the sweet revenge. I'm sure that's
how they're feeling right now. Clippers battled back down eleven and a half,
down ten late in the fourth quarter, had it to within three, couldn't
get a board and Big Zoo wasn't there. Still Nick Mattumoli plays eight minutes,
and they played well enough to win. They didn't play their best basketball,
they played well enough to win of a couple of a couple of shots
were made, a couple of bounces of basketball go their away, a few
calls. It was that close. And I still think this team's ceiling is
so much higher than the way they played today. Their potential is so much
higher. That's the good news. More Clipper stock next Yarry five seventy,
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in the Clippers stock. I'm ata Oslin eight six six nine eight seven two
seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. There was an important
stretch early on. I mentioned Kawhi Leonard, who overall played great, did
have three turnovers after having eight assists to just one turnover Wednesday night in Toronto,
but was eleven of sixteen three of six from distance, had twenty six
points plus eight boards, and may have saved an early blowout opportunity from crushing
them in Avalanche, from crushing them from the Boston Celtics. In the first
quarter. They got up nine Clippers, took a time out early in the
first and Kawhi at a quick five points, a three pointer, a push
shot over Jayalen Brown, and got them right back into it quick when things
were teetering. There was some worry there, and he had eleven points on
the first quarter. Kawhi, you saw this when he was with Toronto,
just that refused to lose, find a way to battle when it looks like
you need a big shot, when you need a slump buster, when you
need to stem the tide, and it looks like the floodgates could be opening
for the opposition. Typically Kauai then raises up and hits a big shot,
a critical shot. That's why I'm a little perplexed by the fact that when
he came back into the ball game a three point game was seven minutes left,
he doesn't take a shot in the fourth till the two forty mark.
That's just wild to me. Over four minutes Kawhi Leonard doesn't take a shot.
Then when the game was hanging in the balance. It doesn't happen often.
It won't happen often. He's got a body your work that speaks for
itself. It was just a weird, wonky game in some ways. I
don't know how else to make of a third quarter that the Clippers had where
they had their starting lineup running things, but then they go away from that
in the fourth when Zoobots could have been back into the game after a little
bit of rest, and it only happened for about a minute minute and a
half, and basically when Kawai came back in, they went starters minus Zubots
plus norm Now I'm not saying that lineup can't work and won't work. It
most definitely will. But you saw Horford out there this time for Boston,
and Williams was back Robert Williams, and then it comes down to the Clippers
not being able to get a rebound late. So it's just a tough loss
here from coach low coming up, who I have all the faith in,
and look, he plays his cards close to his chest. This is what
he does. Three D chess, not chess, not checkers three D chess.
That's what he does. And the Clippers still have over forty games left,
forty five games left in the season, so he wants to find some
things out with lineups and that makes sense to me. All right, but
the Clippers lose by six in Boston. Let's go to Greg. Where were
you calling from again? Newport Beach? Greg at Newport Beach, Long time
caller, Greg? What's up? You're on Clipper stock? What's happening?
Man? First of all, let me just say Merry Christmas to you and
your family, Adam, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year.
Yeah, I won't say Happy New Year till next week. But anyway,
Man, listen, I am encouraged by this game, bro, even though
we lost, because the resiliency first of all the Clippers, they man,
listen, you can never say never with the Clippers. Man. I turned
the game off the other night against Detroit, went somewhere. So you said
never, you said never, You said you can never say never. Never
Listen. The Clippers was down with fourteen, a couple of games to go
against Detroit. I thought the game was over. Man came back and won
the game tonight, losing that fourth quarter, still had a chance to win
that game at the end, man down one thirteen to one ten. But
I think Marcus Martis tried to go to the hole and got his shot blocking
them. PG tried to go to the home and got his shop blocked.
But they had an opportunity to win that game, man. And my whole
thing is this, Sometimes, Adams, you could have so much talent it
could be a curse. The Clippers are loaded, man, they have a
bench, they got a great starting five. Sometimes I just I think Tyler
was just tinkering with things to see, like you said, what he really
has. But the Clippers are getting there. The camaraderie, the chemistry,
remember, and you know this best of anybody because you host the show.
We've had so many people in and out the lineup all year. But it's
still early, and I see the Clippers starting there. You know Kawhi especially.
I noticed Kawhi breathing hard a lot. He's getting into shape, man,
He's getting into the shape. Legs are getting underneath him. Now you
see it with a three pointers starting to fall. Yes, And the thing
is once the Clippers get completely and I don't even think Reggie Jackson is healthy,
man, because I pay attention to him a lot in the game,
and I see him win in a lot. Sometimes he's bending over and like
he's it's something. I don't think he's one hundred percent yet he toughs it
out. He toughs it out. But you're right. He was limping a
little bit today after he got hit in the face too. Yes, exactly,
he's about But what last thing, adamses when the Clippers get easy body
healthy and on the same page, watch out, brou watch out, it's
gonna be. It's gonna be. It's gonna be all and popping for the
rest of the season if they can stay healthy. All right, Greg,
I'm with you. Look, there are reasons. I have a good night,
man. I talked to you next week. Thank you, Greg.
Sounds good, some good points there. He brought up the play with Derek
White blocking Paul George by the way at the rim. You gotta tip your
cap on that one. That was that was a fantastic play. Mentioning Kawhi
Leonard though and his three point shooting. I said, look for that to
come around as he gets his legs underneath him, and going back his last
five games now, He's eleven of nineteen from the outside, so over fifty
percent, shooting all of a sudden from three and shot fifty percent in this
one, three of six. Let's go to Josh Colin and Sacramento. Josh,
what's up here on Clippers stop without Amslin? Hey you, Adam So.
I didn't see the game, but I wanted to ask you a question
regarding the Clippers roster in general. I'll give you two sides of the coin,
and he'll tell me which side do you think? All right? All
right, Josh? Okay, So on one side of the coin. My
whole conundrum is about Rocco. I see that he hasn't been getting minutes at
all. We paid him for three years this summer. So my question is
if A is he gonna be playing after the trade deadline? A ton and
I think we're gonna be trading Morris because even Harkless was a better fit for
the starting five. Because that's not that's not true. No, no,
no, Their net rating with Marcus Morris and the starting five is absurd.
He's been awesome next to Kawai and Paul Joash Okay okay, so so let
me take that back. But I do believe that. I believe that someone
who doesn't take the ball out of Kawai and Paul George's hands is off and
like Rocco or Batum would be. But Marcus plays as a catch and shoot
guy when he's on the court with them. That's why he shot forty seven
percent from three two years ago next to Kwai and Paul George got it okay,
So forgetting that. In general, I believe Morris has gotten worse and
worse as a defender over the past couple of years, and he seemed see
offensive players blow buy him every single play. I do believe that Rocco is
a better defender and Batum would be a better defender. So are we trading
either A? Are we going to be trading Morris in the deadline and just
saving Roko for then? Or B are we just trading Rocco? In general?
How many sides of the coin are we talking about here? Josh having
trouble keeping up with a thread? Just two? Uh? Well, typically
don't like to talk about guys who aren't traded and that are currently clippers and
tell you whether or not they're going to be gone. I would not be
surprised by the way this front office has gone about things with their process the
last few years and has surprised us many times. But you can't be surprised
much longer when they make a big move when they trade a guy. And
I don't know what else to think at this point with Robert Covington other than
they're keeping him in bubble wrap because he is a sought after player in this
league and they could get a lot for him because he's making I think twelve
million and is under contract for next season. Two Marcus Morris, he's making
more than that. He also has this year in next year left on the
books and is a little bit older. I believe my guess is between those
two and a mere coffee, at least one of those three gets moved at
some point. No inside knowledge of this, just reading tea leaves and seeing
guys that are out of the rotation. It could happen. But Marcus has
been really good with the starting five. The Clippers play well with him,
and you talk about his defense. Look in big moments in playoff games,
Marcus gets up for those. I think sometimes a players get older, the
consistency isn't there, but they can ratchet up that defensive intensity in big moments
when you got to give maximum effort. So I think the ability and the
skill is still there. Maybe you don't see it as much consistently during the
long regular season, but there's a difference between that and playoff basketball. Uh,
Lenny in Inglewood, Lenny, you're on clipper stopping ATMs and what's up
Yer? That's me to said that about Kennard. And the reason why I've
said that is because you know, we didn't get Knarch for on ball to
be on ball stopper ball stopper. We didn't get him run the offense.
I mean, did he get if he's not shooting the ball, And I
mean I'm not talking about making it, but if he's not shooting the ball,
he's damn you're stealing money because that's why he's there. He's the top
three point shooter in the league. Well, let me say this one thing.
I'll let you keep going here, Lenny. But I do think there
are times in Boston's very aware of him. I want to say, he
went five of nine against them last time out. They're a smart team.
They try to run him off the line, and there are times where he
can be a decoy and get an open shot for somebody else because he is
his gravity out there in the three point line, his reputation. Okay,
And with that in mind, just let me say this, Man, when
you're trying to go for an NBA championship, which I think is the hardest
championship of all the three sports to get because so many things have to go
right in chemistry and you know, you gotta dig down deep and you just
gotta come. I mean, you gotta beat like Maxillum Simmer. You just
you got to be a damn there gangster to win an NBA championship. Man,
it's hard, and it's like these cats, he's gotta like I compare
it like I said that the guys from Strups, the Persian guy from the
Heat. He comes into the game, man undrafted. This dude, you
ain't gonna tell him twice. I've seen this guy play and he's pulling every
at the slipper daylight gunning, gunning. It's like, I don't even he
don't Canard doesn't have to make U ten shots. He's gotta take him.
They they will fall. So it's like I just don't know, man,
I'm almost just getting down because to me, that is the one key to
this run of a championship run. We need him, We need him for
a deep run. If he's gone on for a deep run, I don't
see how we do it. I'm serious. He's gotta he's gotta be on
like popcorn for a deep if we want to make a deep run as Clippers.
So you know, yeah, this is a this is a revenge game.
It would have been nice because they would get it. They were gonna
get it. But I'm really happy that Kawahi is all the way. Kawhi
looks like he's back. I mean, I don't know what ye like you
said, he didn't take over towards the end, but Kawai physically looks like
he's back. PG is back, Norm Powell is doing this thing. I
am concerned about rowqu I don't know what that's about. But yeah, Kenard.
Man, if if Canard is not on, we we're not gonna make
a deep run. They're just they're just too many good teams, a good
players out here, man who who are just run. But I don't think
they can win at all without him. I agree with you say, that's
that's right, that's that's exactly it, because he is that wild card man.
Like you said, he comes in and if he if he hits three
or four, three's at crucial point. And the thing about it, what's
it's not even some other question because I looked at the stats. He's shooting
percentage goes up in the fourth quarter. He shoots fifty two percent in the
fourth quarter. So why ain't you shooting? Man? Like I said,
if you're not, if you're not taking shots, you're damn you're stealing money.
So I just I just, you know, I hope they can figure
it out. But if he's not on, like I said, I already
said it, then you know, go go Clippers. But I'm just disappointed
this cat. We still have to have his conversation about him. You're right,
let's put it in perspective a little bit. It is just one game.
Overall, he's been much better in that area, and he's only getting
better as a shooter. So yeah, here's the thing you talk about,
Max Struss of the heat. I don't know if you want him putting up
ten shots because he's only shooting thirty three percent from the outside. Luca nar
Bean while is threatening a fifty fifty nineties season, something only Steve Kurt did
back in the mid nineties with a short and three point line. So it's
a problem, but there are worse things. They need to fix it.
They need him to be more aggressive, they tell him all the time,
and I'm sure this will be one of those games that gets emphasized as hey,
we need you, we need you to at least put up five shots.
Zero shot attempts is just it's baffling. Yeah, yeah, all right,
I'm with you. I think all Clipper nations with you. Luke is
too good when he's on the floor, when the Tumba is on the floor,
when Kauai is on the floor, when Paul George's on the floor,
when any of those guys are out there, you want them getting shots up.
They're all positives. Like those guys play winning basketball all the time.
And to be fair, Cannard was still a plus four in a game they
lost by six without taking a shot, which is applild. But so maybe
the decoy stuff worked to some extent. I'm not sure. Letty, I
appreciate the phone call well here from coach Luke coming up. Clippers lose one
sixteen to one ten in Boston to the Celtics. We'll get back to your
phone calls coming up at eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight
six sixty nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Not that
I always trust the plus minus in single game sample sizes, Like I was
looking at the first quarter after Kawhi Leonard scores five straight, they're down by
nine and he rips off five straight. And then after the first quarter where
the Clippers are down one, somehow Kawhi leonards a minus four even though he
scored eleven points for them. The plus minus over a season, over a
month or two, yeah, I think it's helpful. Sometimes in game it
doesn't tell the story or just going off the sample size of one game.
Coach lose. Coming up in just a bit, we'll take a quick time
out here on Clippers Talk on AM five seventy sports. They know, did
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She's say, did I grow below the waist? And the stroke is
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LA Clippers basketball up. Clipper puts it down plus the foul every game all
season long on their official hole. My overall message tonight, Clippers lose by
six to the best team in the league record wise, and the Celtics with
some outliers, Kauai not taking a shot for over four minutes when he comes
backing in the fourth, Zoo only playing a minute and a half, and
the fourth but toomb only playing eight minutes because he got hurt, and then
Luke Nard not taking a shot. That's my central points tonight. But let's
hear from the head coach who can actually drop some knowledge here for you guys.
Here was coach Lou after the Clippers losing Boston won sixteen to one ten.
It was a little tougher, you know, especially with their length when
you know both of those guys are playing, and so it did a good
job of just you know, trying to clog up the pain coming to help
late. And I just thought after the first half, we just didn't do
a good jup attack and just reading, reading what we had in front of
us, and so it was coming out, you know, with different matchups,
and we would get the stacked like worrying about who's guarding who instead of
just you know, just running an offense and attack who want to attack afterwards?
And so we talked about after the first game. It did that.
You know, in the first game we just putting guys on different guys.
It kind of you know, mess you up coming out of timeouts. But
in that second half probably like what we did. I thought we did a
good job of getting to the pain, you know, attacking the basket,
making the right play, and so we had our chances. But you know,
a really good fighting at second half. Yeah, coming up the time
out to leave the first half, think of four straight tromps to paint for
meeting at the time. I was at in emphasis right now and Mary,
stop worrying about the matches. Yeah, it was the inphatis at halftime,
just just attack and if we do, you know, just run our sets
and whatever we got, no matter who's on who, and then we want
to get to the matchup. We can get to it at the end of
the shot clock. And I thought we did a good job in the second
half. We just recognized that getting to it. We wanted to get to
What did you make over early on just sort of white sufficient CEO on as
a moment, just the way there was two guys, I thought he did
a good job. I thought, you know, once we didn't handle the
U double teams well like we normally do the double teams on the post ups
to fires. I thought the second half we did a way better job of
of you know, handling what they was trying to do to us. You're
something we gotta continue to keep working on. You know, we haven't been
whole like this for two years. Kawhis and been back. He hasn't played
and those types of situation you know, in a while, and so we
just gotta get better at that. But I thought, like I said,
starting Mark did a good job, but just mixing it up sometimes switching,
sometimes showing, sometimes blitzing. And he did a good job over there on
the sideline. And so you know he caused by surprise on a couple of
those that we wasn't ready for. And so you know, did you gotta
go back to the drawing board and continue to keep getting better with that.
We're less more and more. There's been pumpensive nights have been hard. We
talked about splitzing and firing for you guys also a little bit and be honestly
added so much quiet Tete is that a matter of those guys making their decisions
when guys are rushing at him or the other three guys on the board,
a combination of both. Just making a simple paths and the first guy that's
open, you know, not trying to skip it across the floor. And
then we are getting trapidy firing. We gotta make sure the other guys make
themselves available, and so just you don't keep working on us. So we've
been working on for a while, but just keep working on that, you
know, so we can pick teams apart when he want to double team us.
There was coach Loopho's game. Clippers lose one sixteen to one ten in
Boston to the Celtics. We'll close things out next in preview Saturday's game in
Indiana right here on Clipper stock on AM by seventy LA Sports. Lets you
need to be thankful for the life you've got, George and Lena running.
You're listening to LA Clippers basketball out It Up Top clip puts it down plus
the foul every game all season long on their official home Clippers with some uncharacteristic
mistakes late, they lose one sixteen to one ten in Boston to the Celtics.
Morris close us out quickly here tonight on Clipper Stock. I'm gonna tell
you something. If a team beat the Clippers by twenty point, the next
time the Clippers played that team, I bet you they beat that team.
And that's what happened to night, Adam. I'll see in this game,
all right, Morris, good phone called Boston got their revenge. This time
could be a finals preview. Eventually, we wouldn't mind that at all.
Clippers Saturday taken on the Indiana Pacers in Indiana, Game five of this five
game Roady. Tip time is at noon. We'll have Clippers countdown for you
starting at a an am before we get out of here. I do want
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Warner, or head engineer Zach o'caldy, Kabie Newton as well. I'm Adam
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