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dude, eight straight victories for the Clippers after they take down the Pacers in
Indiana one fifty one to one twenty seven. The Clippers remain the hottest team
in the league is they have won thirteen of sixteen. Welcome into Clippers post
game locker room show. I'm Adam Oslin coming up. We got second half
highlight, your post game box score. Clippers coming up on the M five
to seventy LAS Sports. But first back out to your radio voice of the
Clippers in Carlo Jimenez. Carlo, what domination by this Clippers over this stretch.
But James Harden in that fourth quarter just the cherry on top. I
mean, he was so so good and Adam Well will get overlooked about that
twenty one performances. It was needed. I mean, the Pacers had it
down to fifteen, it was looking like they might come back in this ballgame,
and James said, hang on, everybody, not so fast, and
was able to rattle off twenty one, a new career high, in a
fourth quarter for Harden in which he hit six three pointers. He was unbelievable,
He was unconscious, he was untouchable. He was incredible. And how
much fun was it to watch this team be so good? He got almost
ninety points from Harden, George and Leonard scratched that at him. You got
ninety points from Harden, Leonard and George. And when the Clippers do that,
they are going to be tough to beat. This year, the Clippers
put up one hundred and fifty one points, a new season high after they
just said it at won forty four on Saturday night. This team is just
getting better and better, and I don't think is even close to peaking yet.
But Kawhi Leonard starts off eight for eight, unreal stretch that he has
been on. I just ran the numbers last ten games. Kawhi is one
oh nine for one point seventy three from the field. That's sixty three percent.
He's twenty seven for forty seven from three A's fifty seven percent. I
don't know if there's been a more efficient stretch in NBA history by a non
big man, a non center, And if anybody can find it, please
at follow Adam A the only guy I could think of as Lebron James maybe
in twenty twelve or twenty thirteen with the Miami Heat. But what Kawhi Leonard
is doing in the mid range and basically all his shots jump shots, and
he's knocking them all down right now, Carlo, just a heater like we've
never seen before. Yeah, you make it such a good point because these
shots aren't all at the rim, they're not all in the paint. Heck,
most of them are not in the paint. That was what's so incredible
is Kawhi is getting to his spots and just burying jumper after jumper. Sometimes
you're surprised when guys make shots. We are surprised every time Kawhi Leonard misses
a shot because it just feels like everything he touches is turning to gold right
now for this Clipper team. And it showed out in a big way tonight.
Once again. Adam a tone setter early got this team going and they
ran away with things here in the Raceway City. So many guys to praise
in this one. I thought, when you talk about tone setter Avitza,
Zobots also helped in that area. Another huge throwdown. And this is something
we used to talk about a lot with Noah Eagles. Sometimes a dunk isn't
just a dunk. It energizes the entire team. He's seven of ten,
has eighteen points, sixteen boards, four offensive rebounds, three blocks. Just
like Kawhi, He's doing it now on both ends. It's not just Big
Zoo on defense. He's making an impact on offense. He is he is.
I mean I tried to ask TYLERU why is this working out so much
with James Harden and he just said, I think Zubats is getting in the
right spot and he's making it, taking advantage of his opportunities. And he's
doing that tonight. I mean, any other team at him in which your
center has eighteen and sixteen, you'd probably say, Wow, that is a
guy who's making an impact. He's playing at an all star level. He
is probably one of their best players. But Zubats is the fourth storyline in
this game. Among these Clippers starters. Unreal effort from Big Zoo, who
just continues to be an X factor for this team. Kind of a barameter
a back wall as he's able to defend the rim so excellent from the field,
does his dirty work and in only twenty six minutes. That might be
the sweetest thing about this one is the minute total, Adam, because you
got two tough games on a back to back, and the way they have
manhandled New York and now man handled Indiana, you have saved up some minutes
for this OKC Dallas run. We're talking about a team that had lost six
straight at one point five straight at first with James Harden, but since the
new starting lineup, they have won thirteen of sixteen. And it's about the
sacrifice for multiple guys, but especially Russell Westbrook coming off the bench and once
again especially in the second half, with that put back and then drawing an
offensive foul on consecutive possessions. Russell Westbrook's showing the heart, the spark plug
off the bench. This is a guy that has taken to his new role
and is thriving. He is thriving, and I think what I love about
it is his attitude and energy hasn't changed at all. Like you mentioned at
him, he continues to be smiling him on the bench, hyping up his
teammates. He only played nine first half minutes, and when Harden threw that
pass all the way down to the other court to find Zobots for a missed
layup, Russe was the first guy over with a huge smile on his face,
hyping up James, giving him props. I mean, the Klippers were
excellent tonight, but it's so easy when guys like Russ's sacrifice and then their
attitude doesn't change. No one else has any excuse about how they approach the
game with their attitude. He sets a standard. He sets a standard for
this team, the way he has his body language, the way he approaches
the game every night, and the Clippers following line, and to your question
earlier, Carlo, I'm gonna say this right now, what we're witnessing is
the most dominant stretch in the regular season in the two to one three era
when you put it on context with the opponents James Harden having just played twenty
one games so far as a Clipper, the way they're scoring the basketball,
and the way they're setting the tone defensively. I haven't seen anything like this
since Kawhi and Paul George came over in twenty nineteen. This is that best
run by this Clippers group so far. Here, Carlos, it's been so
much fun to watch twenty five games together, and man, it has been
good as goal. This Clipper team can do nothing wrong, and they're gonna
have to keep it going on probably their toughest road back to back this season.
One more thing out of before I hop on Ada here. We talked
so much about the offense and obviously one hundred and fifty one points they held
Tyrese Halliburton, who came in averaging a top ten points total at twenty six
a game, to eight eight points tonight for Tyrese, he was a non
factor. The defense once again almost perfect. They continue to find a way
to slow down the head of the snake, whether it's Steph Curry, Dearon
Fox, or Tyrese Halliburton tonight, as the Clippers win in Indiana in game
one of this three game road trip one fifty one to one twenty seven.
As Carlo mentioned earlier, they'll be in Dallas for the front end of a
back to back Dallas then OKC. Wednesday, we got tip off from Big
D at five thirty. Clippers County on your pregame show starting at four thirty,
Carlo. I don't know if I want a day off, but I
guess we'll get one. We'll talk to you on Wednesday. My friend Greg
calls always. Thank you. Adam Wison, talk to you Wednesday. Let's
keep it going, baby, Oh yeah, Clipper Nation. How about now?
Are you believing in the move for James Harden? They put up one
hundred and fifty one points over the Pacers. They win one fifty one to
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is it real big? In Indianapolis? They put up one hundred and
fifty one points, a season high. They win one fifty one to one
twenty seven over the Indiana Pacers, and let me tell you it wasn't even
that close. Welcome back into your postgame locker room show I'm ada Oslin Clippers
winners of eight straight thirteen of sixteen with the new starting lineup, Let's get
to second half highlights. Clippers led seventy seven to sixty six at the half.
In that third quarter more from the two point three k I'm George top
of the arc, three ball bottoms PG rocking the rim and a quick timeout
for the Pacers. Ni Smith in his shadow loses some left elbo Purowanz fades
fires. Yes, Sir fuck Claw has no flaw insigned the three point line.
He'll try from fifteen rainbows in PG. Thirteen is cooking with the heat
on high, looking for help. Gives it up. Westbrook timing to the
rim with three to shoot. Gotta go with two near corner Oh Lenner three
gosh Kawhi with a bailout bucket double team. He rips through Leonard to the
rim a left him and Himmer elevation sensation from the claw. Gam Flat takes
a faceline spin through a double team. They're right handed, Florid true the
claw with a masterclass Kawhi Leonard with eleven points on the third Paul George with
nine Clippers led one fourteen to ninety four heading into that fourth quarter. But
you never know if a lead is safe against the number one scoring team the
NBA, at least for nown until the Clippers get a couple more weeks in
him. The Indiana Pacers were hanging around until James Harden did this. Harden
at the top puts his right foot into the ground, frustrated with the off
ball movement, pulls the string straight away. Three all chords, pillar from
James Harden. George collects near black double team back out Harden left angle,
three ball perfect. James Harden another three, his fourth of the night.
Pulls it out with left hand, sizing up heels. He wants this dance.
The bearded one gets by downhill drive the layup, upping in James Harden
with twenty two, staring into his soul with five to shoot, with four,
step back three, Harden buckets another triple dribbling with the right hand.
It's Obie topping in his blender again, A step back three, why not
James Harden dancing step back left wing a three nylone. James Harden pit on
miss this shit his head, He's unconscious. Here comes Harden into the front
court, dancing double team comedy, dribbles away near wing another three. Yes,
I'm about James Pardon is on fire. Paul George doesn't score in the
fourth quarter, Kawhi Leonard doesn't play in the fourth quarter, No problem,
James Harden will go for a career high in the fourth twenty one points.
He finished with thirty five and finished off the Indiana Pacers as the Clippers would
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Clippers winners of eight straight, thirteen of sixteen, and they put up one
hundred and fifty one points on the Indiana Pacers and win one fifty one to
one twenty seven in Indianapolis. Clippers end up shooting fifty seven percent from the
floor, fifty percent on nineteen of thirty eight from three and they get thirty
five out of James Harden, twenty eight out of Kawai in just twenty seven
minutes, twenty seven from PG thirteen and just thirty one minutes. That's how
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in attack mode. Adam Osley. It ain't March, but I'm looking at
the Elite eight right now is the Clippers win eight straight as they put up
one hundred and fifty one on the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis. They win one
fifty one to one twenty seven, and the Clippers have won thirteen of sixteen
since the new starting lineup. How about them Clippers Clipper Nation if you want
to get on tonight, eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight
six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number we had people
calling in before the game was even over in this one, after James Harden
detonated and hit the powder keg in that fourth quarter where he dropped twenty one
points, a career high the fourth and that is saying something because this guy
has had a month before where he's averaged over forty points per game. He
ends up with thirty five twelve of sixteen, shooting eight of eleven from three
and most of them coming in the fourth. Kawhi Leonard didn't even even didn't
even have to play in the final period. He goes twelve of eighteen after
starting off eight of eight from the floor. He has twenty eight points.
Paul George only plays thirty one minutes. He had twenty seven on his former
team, and the Clippers set a new season high of one hundred and fifty
one points on the highest scoring team in the league that plays at the fastest
pace in the league. And the Clippers just beat him at their own game.
Yeah, welcome into Clippers Talk. Coming up, we'll have Will updike
on. You'll hear from James Harden. We'll get to your phone calls.
You can get to me at follow Adam a on x as. I was
running the numbers earlier, because what Kawhi Leonard has done over the last ten
games, it may be unprecedented, unprecedented efficiency. Specifically, in the last
ten ballgames, Kawhi is one oh nine for one seventy three from the field.
That's sixty three percent shooting, and twenty seven for forty seven from three
that's fifty seven percent from the outside. You try to find me a more
efficient ten game stretch by a non big man in the history of the NBA.
Pull it up. I want to see it. I don't think m
mj ever did it. I'm not sure Lebron did. If anyone did,
it's him in Miami. He had some crazy runs. But then when you
take into account that probably the average shot Kawhi Leonard is taking right now is
probably around fifteen feet out, and he's shooting sixty three percent in ten games
in a sample size that big of one hundred and seventy three shots and he
knocks down one toh nine of them. Yeah, he had a big dunk
with a left hand, but he's been getting to the rim sparingly. It's
just mid range mastery mixed in with a few three pointers. I've never seen
anything like it. Three weeks ago, people were telling me he was washed.
They lose to Denver in a game where they didn't have their big three,
and Reggie Jackson and DeAndre Jordan beat the Clippers. And since then,
the last ten games, Kawhi Leonard has without a doubt been the best player
in the NBA and playing some of the best basketball, if not the best
regular season stretch right now of his career. But you know what he was
asked this last game Saturday night against the Knicks. He's not focused on a
hot streak a stretch. He's got bigger things in mind. And this Clippers
team is doing big things. They're building the correct championship habits, and it
is not a coincidence that you're seeing Kawhi and Paul George play this well since
they brought in James Harden. I said it day one. In fact,
I just posted the video from CND when we did an emergency podcast after the
trade was finally consummated with the Philadelphia seventy six ers. This was on October
thirty first. I said, then, James Harden is gonna unlock the best
version of the two to three connection, and that's what we're seeing right now.
All they had to do was bring Russell Westbrook off the bench like I
asked, and Russ is thriving too. But don't tell me that James Harden
isn't the biggest reason right now for what we're seeing from this Clippers team.
And what we're seeing is the best regular season run in the two pine three
era. It's definitive. It's a fact. One hundred fire emoji. That's
what it is. There's no debate, undisputed, Hell Skip Bayless. This
team is playing the best basketball since they got Kawhi and Paul George. It's
also not a coincidence that it's happening after Kawhi Leonard just played his twenty sixth
straight game to start off this season. Paul George has played twenty five of
twenty six. James Harden has played all twenty one so far as a Clipper.
But I love the energy these guys are bringing and the joy they're playing
with right now. Carlo Jimenez talked with Daniel Ty's postgame. He spoke about
how fun it is to be on this team right now making a difference.
He was an Indiana pacer, wasn't getting any run, and now he looks
like Isaiah Hartenstein light with this Clippers team, with the minutes he has given
them without Mason Plumley, by the way, they still don't have Big plumb
got injured in James Harden's first game against the Knicks. Think back to that
now, how long ago does it feel that six game losing streak, five
straight in the first five games with James Harden. Now they've won eight straight,
thirteen of sixteen. Nobody's looked better. It's all coming together. Now.
We're still around thirty percent of the way through the season. There's a
lot more games to play, But if anything, that should have you more
encouraged, because I'm telling you this team hasn't peaked yet James is just getting
started. He only had fourteen entering the fourth. You want to put a
team away. You want to keep Kawhi Leonard Fresh standing on the bench in
the fourth quarter, just like they did Saturday night against the Knicks. You
gotta pour it on late. You gotta hit big shots. You know what
I want to hear The highlight mixed by Katie Newton of James Harden's personal best
in a fourth quarter of twenty one points against the Pacers where the Clippers put
up one point fifty one. Here were those buckets by James the Bearded Wonder.
Harden at the top, puts his right foot into the ground, frustrated
with the off ball movement, pulls the string straight away. Three all cords
pillar from James Harden, George Collex near black, double team back out Harden,
left angle, three ball perfect, James Harden another three, his fourth
of the night. Pulls it out in left hand, sizing up heeled.
He wants this dance. The bearded one gets by downhill, drive the lay
up, upp and in James Harden with twenty two, staring into his soul
with five to shoot, with four step back. Three Harden buckets another triple
dribbling with the right hand. It's Obie Toughen in his blender again, A
step back three, why not? James Harden dancing step back left wing,
A three nyl one. James Harden bed on miss. He shakes his head,
he's unconscious. Here comes Harden into the front court, dancing double team
comedy, dribbles away near wing. Another three, Yes, the bowel.
James Harden is on fire. He went seven for eight in the fourth to
get those twenty one points again, a career high for him in the fourth
quarter, and that is saying something because he's one of the best scorers ever.
He hit let me count him here, make sure I get this right.
Six threes in the fourth, and the Clippers just outdueled the highest scoring
team in the league with the best offensive rating in NBA history, in the
Indiana Pacers. They were one twenty one as a team coming into this one.
Nobody's been more lethal. But it starts with defense and cutting off the
head of the snake. This time it was Tyrese Haliburton. He goes just
three of twelve. You know who is on him A lot Kawhi Leonard.
He's been doing it to Steph Jamal Murray, the Aaron Fox. He's wrecking
guys. If he's not in the MVP conversation right now in the regular season,
something is wrong. And I know the national media they've been hesitant to
jump back on the Clippers. They feel like they've been wrong in the past
when they picked them to win the championship. But they're gonna come around in
droves now. Hordes of national media members will now be talking about, Oh,
maybe that James Harden trade was the right move. How about that?
Catch me outside while we have a moment. Let's pause ten seconds for station
identification on a five to seven E LA Sports, This is LA Clippers Basketball,
AM five seventy KLAC Los Angeles, ninety eight seven KYSR HD two Los
Angeles and iHeartRadio station. I mean, do you remember the conversation we were
having just about the speculation of them getting James Harden. If you listen to
clips and dip, people were telling us stop talking about it's stupid. They're
not gonna get them. We don't want them. How about now? James
Harden is a T seventy five player for a reason, and on nights like
tonight where he shows off the scoring with his Clippers high of thirty five with
a twenty one point fourth quarter to go along with nine assists to one turnover.
Little known secret about this team during this stretch, winners of thirteen of
sixteen, nobody's been better when it comes to limiting turnovers. The Clippers are
at about eleven per game over the last sixteen hmm. I wonder if that
has something to do with one of the greatest playmakers of all time, who
makes pinpoint accurate passes, drops dimes out there and doesn't turn the basketball over.
I wonder if that has something to do with Russell Westbrook playing less minutes,
who at times is not always one of his strengths limiting turnovers. James
Harden in his last few games in this one nine assists, one turnover,
twelve assists won turnover against the Knicks, fifteen assists, four turnovers against Golden
State. Did you not know who James Harden was? Do I haveter Kevin
Durant? You does he have to do? You know who the hell he
is? He's always been one of the lead assist guys. He just led
the league and assists last season. But your pigeonholed him. You said he's
just an ISO scorer, can't play within a team concept. He just helped
Joe Ellenbiid getting MVP. He just played next to Kyrie and KD. This
isn't Rockets, James Harden, and you don't got to be a rocket scientist
to realize. Yeah, it's a good fit with Kawhi and Paul George,
as I tried to tell you from day one when I was taking calls here
from people who didn't want them. Not getting those anymore, let's start things
off with Javier and the Horber Heights. Javier, what's up? You're on
Clippers stock without Amazend. Hey, what's up? A thank you for taking
my call again? Man, I'm shocked. I mean I called you the
other day against the Warriors and I said I was wrong with Tylu. But
now it's like what eight nine in a row. I mean, it's just
eight thirteen of sixteen, I know, and I'm just like, I mean,
one hundred and fifty one points at Indiana, I mean that's your dicls
DI can probably scored one hundred and seventy. It just I'm I'm just I'm
so happy and I'm just like wow, I mean so if James Harden could
play the way he played today, I mean, watch, ain't nobody gonna
beat the Clippers in the He's not gonna put up twenty one points every fourth
quarter. Javier, he doesn't need to play the way he did today with
the embarrassment of riches the Clippers have. It could be Kawhi's night one night.
It could be Paul George George's night one night. It could be James
Harden's. It could be Norman Pals, it could be it's a zoo boxes.
They have so many talented guys that if any one of them has a
big night, good night to the competition. No, no doubt, you're
right about that. And then you said earlier too making Plumby he's not even
playing. Imagine when he comes back the bench they're going to have with him
Plumbley, Daniel Diaz and then uh Powell, Russell Westbrook and now Coffee Plane.
I mean, they're that's a deep bench. I mean, honestly,
they could you know, they can pull up like what twelve in a row
real quick. Just just just just a thought here, Adam, before I
let you go. I know they played Dallas on Wednesday and then they played
the thunder the next day. Would you go all out and play though you
know uh Kawhi and Paul George. Would you rest them the next day because
they've been put on a lot of minutes tonight, you oh not tak them.
I appreciate the phone call Javier. Depends on how they're feeling. If
they feel this good. They went into training camp healthy for the first time,
and it shows they were doing the two A days, the three A
days, all the tough running pat Riley's style from coach lou in training camp.
This time around, they don't have tired legs. Kawhi has looked better
as the season has gone along. Paul George missed one game. He said
it was like the check engine light went on for his body with that little
hip issue. Missed the game against Golden State Warriors, came back, played
well against the Knicks, played well tonight against his former team and the Pacers.
He only had to play thirty one minutes. Kawhi only had to play
twenty seven. Harden was at twenty eight when Paul George led them in minutes
at thirty one tonight. You don't have to worry as much when you're blowing
teams out. When you can in game load manage, so to speak,
you're good. So if they're feeling good, you gotta keep playing them.
Now I have stressed before. Yeah, they can't play thirty eight minutes per
night. Eventually you will get burnt out. The team knows that coach lou
has already said they're not gonna run him into the ground. But when you
outpace the Pacers and beat them at their own game and outscore them one fifty
one to one twenty seven and look like the fresher team, the team that
just continues to push things. Russell Westbrook comes in, has some great plays
in the third quarter. I think it was with the put back on a
misshot I want to say from Daniel Tice. Then Russ miss won and then
eventually got it to go and then drew an offensive foul on the other end.
Those type of hustle plays. Russ plays seventeen minutes but has ten points,
five assists, just one turnover himself. Russ stands, stand down,
it's working. This is the formula. This is how you win. This
is how you maximize the talent of James Harden and Russell Westbrook I know there's
gonna be times where they need Russ to play thirty five minutes again. At
some point, there's gonna be injuries. Guys are gonna get banged up.
It's a long season. We've seen it a little bit. But he'll be
ready. He'll be fine, and until then, be the spark plug,
be the sixth man, find other ways to contribute, do the little things.
He's doing a great job with that. Sean and Ingle would Sean,
you're on clipper stock with Adam Haslin. What's up, Sean? What's up,
mister Adam Man. I'll tell you that was a great game to watch,
and they were so fluid. I thought that maybe they would get there,
maybe twenty games from now, and they're already there. Did you think
that, Sean is sorry? Did you think that, because I'm pretty sure
you didn't want James Harden, did you think that I did think that I
didn't want James. You're right, but he's not doing the things that I
said I didn't want him to do. He's not overdribbling and he's playing defense.
Those are two things that he I didn't think he would do. He's
doing that very well. I'm happy to have him on the team, So
okay, I'm happy he's a Clipper, and I'm happy to see our progress.
And I'll tell you the defense played so well. And I even said
in the first quarter, I said, one hundred and fifty points tonight and
they're just killing him defense and offense. So I think it was a good
win for us. I look forward to the next game and I can't tell
you how much that I see the ball moving, and that's the most important
thing. That is the most important thing. And there was just one play
in the third quarter when they had eighty three points and they did this kind
of Harlem globe trotter, loop it around, loop it around, and then
they did the aliu to everybody touched the ball and then Zoo slam dunted on
the aliu. That was just so beautiful, beautiful basketball. Here's what's amazing
to me. On a night where they scored one hundred and fifty one,
they still only had twenty six assists. They still were taking turns attacking.
There was still plenty of iso ball, but it didn't throw them out of
a rhythm. And that's what I think is most impressive, because come the
playoffs, it reverts often to isolation basketball. Now, to James's credit,
he hasn't slowed things down much. Everybody said, oh, you already have
enough ISO ball with Paul George and Kawhi Leonard. Now you add James Harden,
the ball's not gonna be hopping. Well that's not just not true.
It's been, as you mentioned, a beautiful thing to watch. But it
does start with the defense. Sean, I'm glad you brought that up.
Defensively, they've been so good on that end. Even when they gave up
thirty eight points in the first quarter, I felt like the effort was solid.
They had a couple of lapses. That Buddy Healed three pointer was well
defended by a mere coffee to end the first quarter. But when you hold
Tyrese Haliburt in a three of twelve for just eight points, that's their engine,
that's their guy, that's the catalyst. And they've been slowing down and
taking away the opposition's best player most nights. And you know, I was
thinking before the game too, who's gonna hold down Halliberg? No, he
did it. He's gonna have the worst game of the of the year,
you know, And that was that was just beautiful defense all the way round.
I'm with you. Good phone call, Sean. I know I owe
you tickets. I'll get him to you at some point. Don't worry about
that. I'm a man of my word. You know this. You know
this, Sean. I'll get you those tickets eventually. You're a good guy,
Adam. I don't care what anybody else says about you. Let's say
a lot, thanks, Sean. They said a lot about James Harden,
a lot of nonsense, a lot of talk. You know, I got
some receipts. Clippers win one fifty one to one twenty seven over the Indiana
Pacers. Speaking to James. We'll hear from him coming up. We'll get
back to your phone calls. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy
eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. Clippers team impressing the doubters,
the haters. If he can't see the vision, as I always say,
I don't know what to tell you. Maybe you just don't know ball.
Sorry if you thought James Harden was gonna make the Clippers worse, sorry,
I heard enough of that. So what now? Clippers win thirteen of
sixteen, eight straight hottest team in the league. They'll be in Dallas on
Wednesday. I'm Ata Oslin and you're listening to Clippers hock here on M five
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Love Crew is rolling right now. You got four stars from SoCal and James
Harden, Russell Westbrook, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard. And they have won
eight straight and thirteen of sixteen. It all started with Russ saying, I'll
come off the bench. I'll sacrifice the old VTB self sacrifice. Since then,
Clippers winners of thirteen of sixteen and tonight they put up one hundred and
fifty one points on the Indiana Pacers. They win one fifty one to one
twenty seven. Welcome back in the Clippers stock. I'm at a Maslin still
to come. We we'll updike on. You'll also hear from James Harden.
Let's get to Zoriana. In La Zoriana. You're on Clipper stock without a
Maaslin. What's up? Hi? Hi Adam, Yes you got me,
Hi, I really thank you so much for everything what you say about Clippers.
I'm crazy about them and I love them so much. I started to
hold basketball since nineteen eighty five, and I came to the United States from
Ukraine because of Michael Jordan because he's lost, and I think Leonards right now
is very very similar because his he looks so healthy and his body is amazing
to compare to every You know, he's a very very healthy person and he's
gonna do the best, probably what he can. I also know pretty well
Lou Williams, and I missed him so much. I wish he can be
still in that team because he was amazing too. So Michael Jordan, Louvi
Williams, Iverson Kawhi Leonard, how about that? Patrick Beverly, Hey,
those are some of my favorites too, Ziana, And you're right, I
call Kawhi MJ ninety six all the time because the similarities. He's the closest
we have to MJ in today's game with the mid range attack that he uses
almost exclusively some nights. But I also say that we should make the monument
of his body because nobody has, you know, figureus. Kawhi Leonard his
absolutely healthy guy. No compare to anybody else. If he can stay healthy,
this team, the sky is the limit. What is your perspective in
the future games, the songs and everything. What do you think on what
upcoming Clippers games? Yes, Lakers and sons. I mean, what do
you think who's gonna be like, who's gonna be leading team? Well?
I can talk about the West a little bit. I appreciate the phone calls
Oriana first time caller. I believe here on Clippers Talk eight sixty six,
nine eight seven, two five seventy. We talked about this yesterday on Clips
and Dip. But the West does look somewhat wide open now. The Denver
Nuggets have had their struggles here and there. Jamal Murray missed a month for
them, They've had some injury issues. Nikolo Jokis went through a funk.
But to me, they're still the champs. They're still the team to beat.
Luckily, the Clippers finally did get a victory against them after they had
won eight straight over the Clippers, and they beat them fully healthy. They
had Jokic, they had Aaron Gordon, they had Michael Porter Junior, they
had Jamal Murray and the Clippers took him down. During this eight game winning
streak. Huge victory there. They're still seventeen and ten though on the season,
Clippers improved to sixteen and ten. That has them in the sixth spot
in the West. Currently, Sacramento's right in front of them. Clippers beat
him twice already, they'll see him again. They're in the Pac DIV Sacramento
at fifteen and nine, the Dallas Mavericks are at sixty and nine, and
the Clippers are one and one against them so far this season. So that
game coming up on Wednesday, huge Western Conference standings implications. Dallas, though,
looks like they'll be without Kyrie Irving for that game. He's banged up.
Doesn't matter. They still got Luca. We know he averages what thirty
four points I think it is against the Clippers over the last two seasons,
But the last time out, Clippers held Dallas to eighty eight points total.
The defense has been special. So big game coming up on Wednesday, and
then they'll see Okay see for the first time on Thursday. And you know,
they scare me, maybe more than anyone right now, just because they
have the assets to go out there and still make a huge move. Aquilla
and Carson Aquila. I hope I got that right. You're on clippersoc without
Amasen. You said it perfectly. You said it perfectly, and I wanted
to say one thing that started out. It's Clips versus Clips. We don't
have a We're fighting our sales. We're playing our sales, and I love
it. We're dominating in great fashion. But here's the thing, though,
I disagree with you when it comes to dimver being the team to beat.
I think the reason why repeating is so tough is because it's hard to keep
up the energy for one season to the next, so repeating is very tough
to do him but won't repeat this year the Clippers is playing. I've been
a die hard Clipper fans. My kids are Clipper fans, die hard.
So we have a Clipper family, Clipper life, Clipper everything in our house.
And I think we're the team to beat. I think we'll go four
and old this week. Well, that would be impressive. That would take
them to twelve straight or eleven straight victories. Since you're including today, Yes,
I understand your point about going back to back and how difficult it is.
The last team to do so would be the Golden State Warriors with Kevin
Durant. So that was twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen. Miami barely did it.
When they had the Big Three, they barely did it. It's a
very tough thing to do. You have to be almost you gotta have one
of those guys that's literally obsessed, or like a Kobe or Michael Jordan,
or you must do it by a complete team like the Golden State Warriors.
And Denver is just not that. As much as I love the Denver as
much as I love Denver, I don't think they built strong enough because they
got rid of some key pieces that they needed in order to do it this
year. Well, one of them we saw tonight in Bruce Brown. That
was a big loss for them. It's a fair point of quill. I
like the entergy you're coming with and I'm with you your show. We love
you, thank you, do not love We need you here when we make
this run and we move into our new arena. And I don't know if
you've heard that they're gonna change Crypto Crypto arena as soon as we move.
As soon as we move, did you hear about the new name? No,
But I'm guessing you've got a joke here and I want it. I
do have a joke. It's gonna be called the sports arena too. It's
gotta be the new sports arena. Laker fans aren't gonna like hearing this a
quill, which makes me like it even more a quill. Thank you for
the phone call, Hey calling on Wednesday, it's been too long. Thank
you for the great show. Adam, all right, appreciate you. Let's
go to Daniel in Echo Park. Daniel, you're on clipper sack without a
Maslin. After they make it eight straight, they win in Indiana one fifty
one to one twenty seven over the Pacers, Daniel, what's up? Is
great? Adam is great, But I do at the point, and I
don't know if you caught that at the end of the third quarter when Kawai
actually looked really mad, he like kind of like made some kind of gesture
towards the to the official when he didn't get a foul called, and I,
oh, he was mad. In the first quarter he got called for
an offensive foul right off the bat, and he was upset. He has
been intense the last couple of weeks. Yeah, and you know what,
it made me fake? You know about players who with that kind of intensity.
You have his airness, Michael Jordan's Kobe, you know, Lebron never
had that, and I think he probably would have won more chips if you
had. But I saw that in quiet a day or if a Golden State
just didn't get Kevin Durant. But yeah, well he's pretty intense too,
but yeah, he needed some help. I don't know, man, I
think this is our year. I think this is our year. And you
know what he what he did tonight twenty seven minutes like twelve or eighteen.
I mean, it's that's been sick the past, like what like seven eight
games, like ten ridiculous, going back ten games since they lost to Denver.
Kawhi Leonard said enough and since then he's he has shot sixty three percent
from the field that I mean, you can't and they're mostly Mitch mid range
shots and he's shooting sixty if it's at the foul line or a foot you
know, even closer it's in. Like there's no question. It's just crazy.
As Kobe would say, as Kobe would say, the late Gray Kobe
Bryant would say, easy money, easy money, money baby, easy money
baby. I can't wait. I hope you d's up, Luke. I
know I'm getting ahead of myself right there, but uh man, I hope
you go perfect in December. All right, thanks, thank you, Daniel,
appreciate the phone call. All Right, we'll say you a quick time
out eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy eight six six ninety seven
two five seventy. We'll get back to your phone calls while we'll Updike on.
We'll hear from James Harden post game after he dropped twenty one of his
thirty five points on the fourth quarter. Clippers win one fifty one to one
twenty seven over the Pacers, and to a Quinn's question, not trying to
go Wolf of Wall Street, but as long as they'll have me, I'm
not going nowhere. Uh I'm gonna get my Leodardo DiCaprio on Clippers, deal
with the painting right now. Just a beautiful thing to watch, this team,
just masterpiece after masterpiece. Clippers have won eight straight thirteen to fifteen.
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friends like that. We can point fun at one another. Clippers win ain't
nothing funny about what they've been doing to the league one fifty one to one
twenty seven over the Indiana Pacers. Welcome back into clipperstock. I'm Adam Oslin.
Clippers winners of eight straight. They've been that good. And one of
the things that has stood out during this run of thirteen wins in their last
sixteen ball games is maybe what could be their new death lineup. It was
very successful tonight. Once again. We call it the Powell Rangers because it's
the starters, but with Norman Powell in for Terrence Mann, so norm next
to James Hard and Paul George Kawhi Leonard and Aviza Zubats In four six minutes
so far this season in just eight games where they have played them, that
lineup is shooting fifty three percent from the field, forty four percent from three,
and is a plus forty four in forty six minutes. That's unbelievable.
That is something I'm sure Zach Lowe will be bringing up soon on the low
post as he loves lineup data like that. And who's got the most unstoppable
lineup in the game. The Clippers got options, But that's a pretty damn
good one. Jose in Southgate, You're on Clippers stock without a Mazland.
What's up? Adam Well shot out Roko and beat it on Batoon and Morias
and Kenyon. But when we're not winning the game or or I say shout
out to because we have been, you know, we were of games with
them. But when Paul George doesn't score in the fourth court and Crunning doesn't
play and James Harden does what he does, then you know, all the
naysayers, even me. I know I'm not I wasn't the naysayer, but
I've been holding my turns because I've been thinking of But we're starting to see
it, and you know, I didn't want to see Macon Plummer get hurt.
But this was a preper opportunity for Zoobaka to step up because we needed
them to step up, and he's just getting all this undeath his belt.
So when we do get plumbing back, we haven't even seen harder than plumbing
yet. I'm loving its clip parts, He'll say in Southgate. I like
how he kind of springs it on me with the old Oakie doough, like
he's not done talking, and then all of a sudden, let's go Clippers.
Are they been going? Yo? Go? Powell Rangers has been going
as well. And I'm just about to put a post up because I can
multitask like that on x at follow Adam A about some of that lineup data
now with the Powell Rangers, because I'm shocked they haven't gone to it more.
I'm guessing that's Coach Lou playing things close to the vest, close to
the chest. He wants to hold this back until the playoffs or until big
moments in the regular season when he needs it most. Norman Powell in the
starting backcourt next to James Harden because they are a one thirty one offensive rating,
a ninety two point six defensive rating. That's a plus thirty eight point
four net rating. That's elite. If you didn't know, it's God tier,
it's unbelievable, you know what. Speaking of God, tier. Let's
hear from James Harden postgame after he dropped twenty one points, a personal high
in the fourth quarter. Twenty one of his thirty five, where he hit
six three pointers, was fouled on one looked at the camera. Oh the
Beard was all up in it late and kept Kawhi Leonard on the bench.
He was postgame on Ballet Sports Letter in the clips eight straight as we are
standing by with James Harden, Alrianna, take it away, James, what
an amazing performance tonight, thirty five points, nine assists. I saw that
little snow angel impression after your four point play there on the ground. How
does it feel to get this road win and go off? We're playing very
very well right now, so just contine to be consistent on what we do.
Take an approach of every game is a new challenge for us as a
unit. And you know, tod I was another another I for us.
This does make eight straight wins for the team. What does that say about
how well you guys are gelling and the potential you guys have figuring out you
know, I mean we're figuring it out. We're coming together where chemistry is
building game by game. We still have a long way to go, but
you know, I mean we're definitely heading in the regression there. Indeed were
defensively. You guys were able to hold Tyrese Halliburton to eight points tonight.
So what do you guys need to carry over to get it done in Dallas?
We know how effective he is, you know, I mean generating points
for his teammates. So you know, it was really really crucial for us
from the beginning a game be on him and make sure he don't get anything
easy. And so we just that fourth quarters and we had a great outcome.
All right, thank you, great job there was. James Harden post
game, has twenty one points in the fourth quarter. Unreal stretch for him
to put this one away. Clippers score one fifty one, they take down
the Indiana Pacers, really beat him at their own game. Pacers were the
highest scoring offense in the NBA. Clipper's starting to catch up on that end.
The defense had been there, believe it or not. The defense with
James Harden was ahead of the offense. Now the offense is starting to catch
up. When you score one fifty one and shoot fifty percent from the outside
on thirty eight attempts. Yeah, that's gonna happen. Coming up next will
updyke of clips and dip if I can get ahold of them. But we
can also get back to your phone calls at eight sixty six, nine seventy
eight, six six ninety seven, two five seventy Clippers winners of thirteen of
sixteen. Since the new starting lineup, they're starting to create a lot of
buzz around the league. Again. Maybe I'll just play me saying on October
thirty first, when they made the trade for James Harden, he will unlock
the best version of the two one three connection. The best stretch of the
two to one three era is upon us. Let's see if they can keep
it going Wednesday in Dallas. We'll preview you that as well. Right here
on Clippers stock on AMPI seventy LA Sports. They want to bring a banner
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Audio Network. Well, deja'voo in multiple ways, same song, same story
with the Clippers. They win, make it eight straight, one f one
twenty seven over the Indiana Pacers was the final score. Welcome back in I'm
out of Mosland. It listening to Clippers talk. You just heard from James
Harden who had twenty one points in the fourth quarter alone, and now you're
gonna hear from will Updyke of clips and dip made mistake, didn't have my
guys on last time. Clippers were still able to win somehow, but they
didn't win like they did tonight. I mean they only had one hundred and
forty four points against the New York Knicks. Now that we got big Will
for big dubs coming on, the Clippers put up one fifty one Will What
were you most impressed with in this one by the Clippers? I gotta start
with what I'm least impressed with? What? Yeah, that's right, We're
eight games into a win streak. It's time to be a little bit more
critical. Adham, Oh god, is this sewn and inglewood again? I
said? I said they needed to hold the Pacers under one hundred and twenty
points. What did The Pacers scored one hundred and twenty seven, but the
Clippers called off the dogs laying in the fourth it might as well be a
loss to me. Well, William up to like with a high standard of
Clippers basketball, even though they're probably playing the best in the two and three
era, not even a probably anymore. Come on, well, be serious
level with me. This is the best they have ever looked in the regular
season with Kawi and Paul George, now that they have I don't know,
James hard and Russell Westbrook as well. Yeah, it's it's absolutely unreal.
I love James Harden's aggression. I think anytime we can get both him and
Paul George eleven three point attempts, especially when it's coming in the flow of
the offense. You know, nothing was forced, even James explosion there in
the fourth quarter. I mean, I thought that it's looking so cohesive that
you know, we talked about this a little bit. It's it's a little
scary. It's like it's almost, I don't want to say, too good
to be true, but it's it's looking like a it's looking like a unit
that I did not think that this team could put together just a few weeks
ago. And I don't know, it's how are you feeling about the sustainability
because I'm not really seeing I mean, like tonight, we have some great
shooting splits, I don't expect us to score over one fifty on a nightly
basis, But I'm not really seeing anything that's like a massive outlier for this
team right now? Where are you those shooting splits fifty seven fifty eighty seven
from the field and from the three are allowed there? No, I'm with
you. I understand that it's an outlier. I guess scoring wise, scoring
one hundred and fifty one, you can't rely on that. But they did
just score one forty four. And I still think James Harden what he did
in the fourth quarter, Yes that is not repeatable. That was an all
time performance, but he can still play better with this team. I mean,
I get the skepticism because we've never seen him play this well in the
regular season before together and take things this seriously and not just be locked in
game to game, but quarter to quarter, possession to possession. And it
makes you feel as a Clippers fan that has some scar tissue built up of
oh, just waiting for the other shoe to drop. Well, instead,
the shoe is up. The opponents took us right now, That's what it
looks like out there from this team. Will they're given a lot of shoes,
but would you say they're given no quarters? They gave one in this
game, none last game. One in the first quarter and it took that
Buddy Healed three pointer at the very end of the buzzer to get the Pacers
that first quarter win. But I mean, Big Zoo is just getting better
and he's having his moment, and it's due to James Harden. How can
you guys not see it? I know you see it will there's a correlation
there. The reason Big Zoo is playing like this is because he has one
of the ultimate playmaking point guards next to him. Oh one d per Look
last year, the clippers entire defensive rating for the entire season was because it
was about a ten game stretch of Visa Zubots playing other worldly defense. What
did we see throughout the stretch of the season. It didn't carry up he
things. There were too many gaps to fill. He was asked to do
too much. The body language changed. He was completely ignored on offense.
And now we're addressing both things. Right. We have a lot more defenders
around him, so he can stay locked in and do what he does well
and then he's getting rewarded at a level. Fir scene, He's never had
a pick and roll partner like James Harden, He's never gotten these kind of
lobs like it is. It is unreal. And I think we're gonna see
a different Zoo, you know, I talked about it the other night.
I think he's gonna be a double double machine for the rest of the season.
And I think that this is gonna like I think that his his focus
and intensity is only gonna stay locked in for the rest of the season in
a way that we I don't think we've gotten, to be honest with you,
I'm a Zoo supporter. I don't think we've gotten a full season at
a zoo like what I am predicting we're gonna see for the rest of this
One first bucket, a little runner off the glass, was from a great
shovel pass from James Harden. I think that was the first bucket of the
ballgame, actually, But then he had a floater. Another one in the
second quarter when he came in back in for Daniel Tice, he blocked a
layup. He's been a force defensively still, It's not like the offense is
going to his head and he's forgot about his number one priority out there.
But a dunk in the second quarter huge throwdown once again, second straight game
with big time jams and then an end one to start the third quarter.
Aviatza zubats I think the point here is and why this is a little bit
perplexing with just how good they've been, I would point to this, they
just have so many ways to beat you right now, and there's so many
different guys that could have a big night and you only need really one or
two of them too, and it turns into a blowout. It can be
that simple. Does it feel like because it's feeling like to me like this
season and I don't want to put it down because things aren't going so well,
but it to me feels like there's an urgency intensity where in the locker
room, I feel like, top to bottom of the roster, everybody feels
like this could be our shot. And it's not like it was in twenty
twenty. It's not even like it was in twenty twenty one. They see
now how short windows can be and how everything has to click, and there's
just a different I don't know, there's just a there's a different intensity to
it that I haven't seen from this team. Yeah, there's a level of
poise out there and intensity and urgency Coahi's thirty two, Paul George's thirty three.
You wouldn't know it by their play right now, but their basketball mortality
of their prime is somewhat approaching. I mean, guys have extended primes in
this league today. We see it all the time, but it's at least
worth pointing out. Of course, they are playing possibly for contracts right now.
I think that has to be brought up. Coach lou Extension eligis well,
all these guys know that this could be the last dance with this group.
I don't believe it will be by any stretch of the imagination, especially
with the way they're playing now and by bringing in James Harden and giving up
a first round pick for him. I think you're committed to this. But
they have a great opportunity here to put it together to be a much better
regular season team, which can make you a better postseason team. We talk
about it all the time, but outside of the ninety five Houston Rockets,
you've got to be a top three seed to win the championship. That's what
has been in the modern era. normOn patis that's not feeling out of it
like that's just not feeling out of hand right now, like that seems very
approachable. And I do want to say I do want to say one thing,
just because you brought up the contract and I think that that's fair.
You know, we haven't seen anything official. I would be shocked if there
wasn't something there wasn't at least a tentative agreement behind towards because there's no way
that we opened into it without There's no way that we opened into it without
Kawhi, Paul George and and Jans Harden. I'm sorry that's just not happening.
But I think Kawhi said it best in the postseason the other night,
or in the post game press of the other night. Someone asked him about
this insane stretch of play that he that he's on right now, and he
said, yeah, I mean the numbers are great, but I'm playing for
something bigger and I think that that is just so evident. It's very palpable
with this team this year. Yeah, and we'll play that audio. Thanks
for reminding me of that will at the very end of the show, because
it was almost kind of ominous. I mean, Kawhi is laconic when he
says something, it has more weight because obviously he's not that vocal, at
least off the court, but that comment that kind of underscores his mindset the
play of this team why they look so much more focused now. But I
think they also can see, oh, we have everything we need and if
we can just come together and guys continue to sacrifice, it's there for the
taking, and they can have special nights like tonight, and they can have
special runs like we've seen over the last three weeks because of the level of
talent. When you stack talent like this, you have an opportunity to do
something that no other team has with the Los Angeles Clippers, and right now
they're on a run that I don't know. I know they won seventeen straight
in the Lob City era at one point, but this just feels like domination
right now because of the teams they're playing and the way they're putting them away
well, and I love, I mean, I love what you said about
stacking the talent and everybody feels it. But they're not. They're not winning
on the margins. They're not waiting to just get by on talent. What
we're seeing is a like combined team wide greatness, you know what I mean.
Like, we've seen games where this team has had a lot of talent
and they've known that they have that in their back pocket, and sometimes they
wait to turn that on. And that's just that's not what I'm seeing right
now through through these eight games. Yeah, there is a different mentality.
If you thought it was just lip service when they said they were gonna take
the regular season more seriously, I think it's been cool. Can we be
honest, it looked like it was there. Well, they got off to
a decent start. Then you bring in James Harden, you lose six straight
and there's this learning curve and it's hard to know, Okay, is it
because they're just figuring things out or if they let their foot off the gas
and they're not playing the same way as they were, you know, talking
about playing coming into training camp. It's it's crazy, but it's been a
great run. It's been a fun time on clips and dip as well.
I don't know, maybe we should do another YouTube tomorrow after a game like
this tonight. We'll see. It's the holidays, I get it, but
well, thanks for coming on and doing a little double dip tonight, and
I apologize for the other night and not calling you. Absolutely my pleasure next
time, come on, Clippers, let's hold the Pacers under one twenty.
Come on, guys, have some shame, show some pride out there.
I first score one hundred and fifty one points. They win in Indianapolis,
won fifty one to twenty seven over the Pacers. Next game coming up on
Wednesday. We'll play that Kawhi Leonard audio at the very end here on the
way out. But before we get out of here, I do want to
thank the Clippers organization, Ralph Lawler, Bryan Seeman, know It EGO,
Carlo Amennez on the call tonight, Big b O, Jake Warner, head
engineer, Katie Newton, our producer. Great job Katie. Until Wednesday with
their pregame show from Dallas starting at four point thirty, I'm Adam Moslam.
We'll talk to you, then listen to Kawhi Leonard here twy. This is
one hundred and sixty nine points for you, one hundred and seventy seven minutes
on sixty five percent. It's the best kind of stretch of your career here,
I mean, if you want to put it in numbers wise, but
uh, you know, Uh, I'm more focused on something bigger than just
stretch. Kawhi was doing his thing. All they want to do is win
in La, I win. I thought they gave everything they had. This
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