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sixty percent of the time. It works every time they come back down fourteen
against the Bulls at home and win one twelve to oneh two. Welcome into
your post game show. I'm Adam Oslin coming up. We won't get the
second half highlights, your post game box score and more. But first back
out to Carlo Jimenez. Carlo, the Clippers held the Bulls to seventeen points
in that fourth quarter. They went just five of twenty two from the field.
And you mentioned it. They've been one of the best during clutch time,
but they took on the best in this one in the Los Angeles Clippers.
Yeah. I mean the Clippers just closed the door lake Defensively, what
an effort by this team at Norman Powell was great, getting in the passing
lanes. Paul George took his matchup personally. He finished with two steals in
three blocks in this one, and the Clippers caused Chicago to just have a
chaotic offensive sequence time and time again, three for fifteen down the stretch in
the fourth quarter. What a great job by the Clippers taking it to that
next level that we know they have. You hope we'll come out a little
earlier, but at the end of the day, the Clippers get a big
time win. They come back down double digits, and they are stacking a
couple of wins against teams they need to beat in the West. And the
Clippers were down fourteen early in that third quarter. At one point they went
on a nineteen to four run, and it was just James Harden running pick
and roll as he should with a Vitza zu bots. We heard from coach
lou earlier in the season say, hey, if you run pick and roll
with James Harden sixty times, you're probably getting fifty five good shots. That's
basically what we saw tonight. Yeah, I mean, James Harden had seven
assists on him in the third quarter. He was so good finding of each
zubox above the rim Busevich, who's not your traditional five, just didn't know
what he could do with Harden attacking the lane. Do you contest on the
Harden floater? Do you stay back and try to get ahead of the lob
and Frusevich was left in no man's land time and time again. A great
win for the Clippers. They needed this one. You always want to get
that front end of a back to bank because then you feel like that second
game, while you don't want to take it for granted, you did get
one. We'll see if the Clippers can do it against Milwaukee tomorrow. A
little earlier here in this build, yes, you mentioned two and twenty two
hours as Paul George played forty minutes. Kawhi Leonard was at thirty eight,
James Harden at thirty four. But I do want to focus in on Paul
George because he had been struggling as of late, but now, forbe his
last five games, he has shot about fifty percent from the field. It
just seems like he's starting to turn that corner offensively. Oh, by the
way, he had eight assists too. Yeah, I think Adam he is
really finding his rhythm as of late. You mentioned it, but coming into
this game. We're shooting forty four percent from three in his last five games
on nearly nine attempts a bowl game, and the Clippers trusted him down the
stretch and he gave them big time buckets. I like how he's playing within
the offense a little more. You mentioned the nine assists. He's moving the
basketball, he's finding his teammates, he's getting out and open, and that
ball movement is helping the Clippers in this one. Twenty nine assists today,
the Clippers moving the basketball a lot, and that helped them get it done
down the stretch. Clippers were able to come back down by fourteen early in
the second half. They end up winning over the Chicago Bulls one twelve to
one two. Right back after tomorrow. It is a noon tip, which
really means it's an eleven am tip because he has spring forward tonight, wind
your clocks forward, or just smashed them like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day.
I'll be doing that to my alarm tomorrow. But the Clippers tipping off at
noon. We'll have your pregame show starting at eleven tomorrow right back at crypt
dot com. Areno. They're taking on the Milwaukee Bucks Carlo. I can
hear the Forur Cliffs already in the background. We'll let you go. We'll
talk to you tomorrow, my friend, great calls always. Thank you so
much, Adam. Let's do it tomorrow. Let's go. Let's go clips.
Another hashtag, come back clips. They've been doing it all week long.
We'll talk about it. Second half highlights coming up next right here on
the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. LA Clippers basketball is on the two one
three Era continues. You're listening to the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio
Network. Whoa Clippers win one twelve to one O two. They come back
again, down fourteen, this time to the Chicago Bulls early in that third
quarter. They end up winning by ten. Welcome back into your postgame show.
I'm at a Mosland. Coming up, we will have Clippers talk on
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two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five to two zero eleven fifty. Let's
get the second half highlights. Clippers were down eleven at the half. Then
there was a three pointer hit to start off the third quarter by Chicago,
so they are down fourteen. But then they just clicked in. It started
with defense leading to offense in the third quarter, the assuming of a ram
black by George at the Apex Clippers right to left. Here comes man dissecting
the defense of the line, plays it up. George curls the screen of
the freako line pulls up and the left elbow sticks it light rips. They're
going right, pedals into the paints left tended lamp black from behind Clippers with
numbers. It's Leonard all alone to the rim. Still dunk a home back
to our fine two bats left block, He'll rock the iron with two hands
for safety. George left wing extended cross over the right hand dancing, takes
a faceline step back a jumper for the tie. Got it. Thompson starts
down the right alley, end of timing left corner hard and three bash,
who rows and throws it away. George the steel and he'll rock the rim
with the right hand. Corning curls and bree lops it up. Two gets
up and he puts it in. Get the screen going left double team spins
right shoulder, turns into the paint, kicks in highland t corner three,
rips my cord. Yeah, it was like that. Carlo and Menez on
the call afeats The zoo Bots win five of five for ten points in the
third quarter. James Harden, I think assisted him on all of those,
as he had seven assists. Paul George had eight points in the third,
Terrence Man had seven, and after being down by fourteen, the Clippers were
down by just two heading into the fourth. It was eighty five to eighty
three and they just kept the good times rolling sound STAPs to George left ob
swings the pass, Norman right corner three. Fucke its What a pass from
George Norman palell like bring it on board, looking for winning the fourth Highland
step back three ball, Yes, sir Boylan is getting busy. Swings it
Norm left wing three, There is it, time out Chickago right back to
Leonard rank corner, pump picks attacks the baseline heroes fancy finger roll us in
the window with some schoolyard spin black corner. Norm flies by through the Fender's
crisis a real assault as he throws it down with two hands, retreats with
the right hand, step back, three ball close. Dames Horden. James
Harden with the triple dub. In this game. He had fourteen, eleven
boards and ten assists. The Clippers outscored the Bulls twenty nine to seventeen.
In the final period. They were making a rain from the outside. They
were finding others for some easy ones at the basket. Everything was working.
They came back down fourteen today to win one twelve to one O two over
doubles. Clippers get right back after it. Tomorrow they're taking on the Bucks.
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one. They'll be looking to get back to their winning ways. The Clippers
will have to be aware of that. Of course, tiptime is at noon,
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forward. Set your clocks forward later tonight. So hey, as upset as
the Buck should be. The Clippers having to play two games within twenty two
hours, which is something nobody else has to deal with, should make them
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They were in attack mode. Adam Osley. The Clippers cut the bowl
in the second half as they cut into a fourteen point lead by Chicago and
win by ONUE twelve one on two. I mean, that's quite the turnaround.
Some would say it's a twenty four point turnaround. Hashtag come back Clips.
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eleven fifty is the phone number. After the Clippers get their third double digit
comeback in a week. They came back down sixteen against Minnesota. They came
back down twenty against the Rockets. On Wednesday. They come back down fourteen
against the Chicago Bulls. We'll talk about it. We will have Chuck maclauron
from Clips and Dip. We're looking for postgame audio from it. Sounds like
it's gonna be Dan Craig as coach lou Is under the Weather associate head coach
Dan Craig getting his second victories to and oh so far filling in for coach
lou who was ejected in that game against the Golden State Warriors right before the
All Star break, and then today coach Lou under the Weather was wearing a
mask on the bench. But Dan Craig doing some nice things. He is
their DC, their defensive coordinator, not just Dan Craig, but the associate
head coach. For a reason, Clippers once again in the first half just
didn't play with the right spirit, energy, effort, weren't hitting shots Bulls
were and then things completely flipped around in the second half. How many times
have we said this recently, well, a few different times. It just
named three games in the past week by this Clippers team that continues to get
off to slil starts in first quarter since February first, they're twenty second in
net rating in the first quarter. It's not good. They were down eleven
early. I put out the hashtag comeback clips on my ex on Twitter at
follow out of May whatever you want to call it. The third time this
week it worked. I'm kidding. I had nothing to do with the comeback.
The players are the ones to put in the work. But you could
just see it. It was a classic comeback Clippers performance against a Bulls team
that was playing much better. They had won five of seven, they had
good victories along the way. They've been a top ten offense in their last
ten games, and they were the second best team when it came down to
clutch time in terms of net rating behind who since December first? You're Los
Angeles Clippers. They are now seventeen and five. I want to say since
December first. In a game that comes down to the last five minutes within
five points, that is impressive. I know they've let They've let a couple
get away from them against Milwaukee, against the Lakers, but overall they have
come up huge in clutch moments and have come back from huge deficits. Today's
was up to fourteen early in the third quarter, after Doubles would hit a
three pointer, just like how they ended the second quarter. Which was a
little bit frustrating, and I saw some frustration on the face of Kawhi Leonard
or from his big Mitt as he slapped the basketball heading into the locker room.
As the Clippers just gave up an easy one to end the second where
it looked like they just lost focus. They didn't know how many seconds were
left in the half, and they gave up an open three pointer. That
stuff can't happen. They have to be better with that. It was Desumu
who hit a three pointer to end the third. He hit another one to
start the second half. Uppers are down by fourteen, but then there was
just a little bit extra pop out there by the Clippers. Terrence Man hit
a three pointer to answer that right away. Paul George has a block on
Desumo, and then Terrence Man gets out in transition, gets a layup,
then a PG fade away over two. After some good defense by a Vita
Zubats it's a five point game, but Chicago go right back up by ten
within the next minute. But then Zoo a dunk off a PG feed a
man layup would bring it to six. A block by Big Zoo hardened to
Kawhi for an easy dunk and transition, and just like that is a four
point game. Another dunk by Big Zoo, a jumper by PG thirteen to
tie it, a hard and three, a PGS steal and dunk with the
right hand. So defense leading to offense all of a sudden, and then
it was just pick and roll, high pick and roll, Viza Zubats and
James Harden. Niko Levusevich didn't know what to do with it. He wanted
to play drop, but you got to keep both guys in front of you,
the ball handler and the roller. He couldn't execute. He's not a
great defender. Clippers took advantage of that. They went from down sixty seven
to fifty seven to up seventy six to seventy one after a nineteen to four
run in that third quarter. Busy Bones hit a big three pointer near the
end of the third, but a Kobe White three would eventually have Chicago still
up by two heading into the fourth, But the Clippers had cut into that
fourteen point lead. They were down by just two heading into the final period,
and then their defense got even better. They didn't give up a field
goal till about the seven to thirty mark of that fourth quarter, just elite
defense by the Clippers clamping down. Andre Drummin hit a free throw, but
the first field goal came with a Kobe White three at the seven thirty one
mark of the fourth quarter, after the Clippers all of a sudden had a
six point lead, making an eight point lead, so that would cut it
to five. The Clippers continued to play very sound defense on the fourth quarter
against a team that had been very clutch recently, a team that operates in
a half court set. They only gave up seventeen points in the fourth.
The Bulls went five of twenty two from the field in the final twelve minutes.
Kawhi Leonard would get back into the ballgame with Big Zoo, who had
a huge just performance tonight today. That was due, I said, after
two days off. I wondered if the illness had would pass as Viats zoobots
didn't look right still on Wednesday dealing with that flu. Wonder if that's what
coach lou has now. But well, he only had two points in the
fourth quarter. His defense, his rebounding James Harden was still running the show.
He finishes with the triple double. Norman Powell with that driving donk Off
of PG feed, who also had some nice dishes in this ballgame. Paul
George with eight assists, three turnovers. He led them with twenty two points
each of sixteen, shooting two of six from the outside. Slowly but surely,
he's rounding back into form coming off that knee injury that left knee soreness.
He's looking more and more like himself. For the last five games for
PG thirteen, he's basically been averaging about twenty three on fifty percent shooting.
That's what we like to see. I just like the fact that this team
has been operating at their best when their best is required. No, you
don't want to see them get down double digits, but it's good to know
they can still dig out of these holes. Do they have to be better
against top flight competition? Of course they do. Against the Bucks tomorrow,
we'll see who's available for the Clippers. Guys. I'm not trying to complain.
I'm not trying to make a stink about it. I'm not trying to
belabor the point. But there's one team I believe that's playing a back to
back this weekend is the Clippers, with home matinees and a spring forward clock
change coming up tomorrow, two games in twenty two hours. It's ridiculous.
It is so where it is their third billing at Crypto. But this is
the coup de gras of the NBA not caring about the Clippers here and player
safety. If you don't want guys to rest, if you don't want load
management, how about not scheduling so many three and fours for the Clippers five
and sevens most in the NBA, and then also two games within twenty two
hours. How about that. It's just been this way for so long.
But this is just the cherry on top of that. You know what,
Sunday unbelievable. They got to play a game tomorrow when Milwaukee sits and waits.
They played the Lakers last night. They're stewing they lost a game to
the Lakers without Lebron. It's just if there's ever a game that feels like
a schedule loss, Yeah, feels like that game that the Clippers need.
After giving up a sixteen point lead against Milwaukee earlier this week, when they
didn't have Giannis and Dennakompo, they blew that one, no doubt shouldn't have
happened. And now they got to face that same team with Giannis. We're
assuming tomorrow. Paul George played forty minutes, Kawhi played thirty eight, James
Harden at thirty four. I mean, I just I was about to say
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When the Dodgers are on a five seventy, you will find us here on
AM eleven fifty. Let's start things off with Sean and Inglewood after the Clippers
come back down fourteen and win one twelve to one, O two over the
Bulls. Hey, Sean, what's up? What's up? Is? First
of all, thank you Adam. You are just amazing person. You You've
sent me out some tickets for today's game. They were awesome seats. It
was so much fun. I had from Carlo Jimetez there to help get you
those seats. But I appreciate it. Sean, and I told you I
owed you some seats at some point this season it would happen. You got
to see a big victory body at the Clippers today. Glassists mus gracias Uh.
The old atmosphere was wonderful, as a lot of kids there today And
it's funny thing. I'm sitting there thinking, are they really Amplewaukee tomorrow afternoons?
Is like, like you said, I will go ahead with you and
join you. They have a built in excuse for whatever happens tomorrow. I'm
not holding it against Sean's byes. Let's call it what it is. They're
playing the bulls and it's bull you know what I mean? How does this
happen? We're doing pregame at eleven tomorrow, which is really noon, so
they're tipping off at noon after today, tipping off at one, like they're
really tipping off at eleven tomorrow. I guess when you spring forward, it's
just it's right, and they just hate us. Okay, that's what it
is, and you know, we'll get our own house and things will work
out better for us. But hey, I don't blame them. They played
with hard and they won this game, and you got to just win this
game and tomorrow, hopefully maybe Milwaukee Wire party hard tonight and be stupid and
then show up at the game with a little bit blasted and you know,
maybe we can steal one. Okay, So that's what I'm hoping for and
basically hope. I'll be remiss if I don't mention Bones Highland stepping up.
Okay, So yeah, we're seeing him grow and of course feeling a little
bit more confident out there with the playing time, So bravo. Bones will
probably see a lot of Bones tomorrow, So that'd be a good thing.
Yeah, and you never know, you never know. The chips are down
with you know, you never know. Maybe they'll pull that one out too,
but you're dot they got guys that can step up. Bones only ended
up playing thirteen minutes. I agree with you, he'll get more run tomorrow.
Mirek Coffee only played fifteen. He'll get more run tomorrow. Daniel Tye
at twenty one. We didn't even see Mason Plumley. He'll likely have to
play. If Giannis is playing, you're gonna need him, Tye, VITASU
Bots probably all three of them. Big Zoo though, this was the best
he has looked really since coming back, not just from the illness but since
the calf injury. Was sixteen and nine. He led them with a plus
eighteen out there, as he was on the court when they made their run
in the third quarter and then when they put the bulls away in the fourth
quarter. But Bones Highland, I've been talking about him. I called him
the skeleton key before the season even started. Just had a feeling that this
guy could be very impactful for the Clippers because of how he looked on the
preseason and then the first couple of games in the regular season before they brought
in James Harden. Obviously that changed everything. He wasn't gonna get minutes.
Then with the injury to Russell Westbrook, it's created an opportunity in Bones.
He's had to step up. He has. All three of his makes were
from three. He went three of three. At one point this season,
he had missed fifteen straight. Now, there was a huge gap in time
between some of those misses as he was just completely out of the rotation.
A couple of garbage time minutes here and there, but nothing significant. So
he's really just getting back into the groove. So today to see him be
perfect from the outside, that's quite the development. That could be huge for
them with this March schedule where they are now four and one to start off
the seventeen games in thirty one days here in March. I just I think
Bones Highland is exactly what you need during the dog days like we've seen right
now with this Clippers team, where you're a little bit tired, or maybe
you got one eye on the playoffs and you got a veteran team and older
guys. I just want to get to that seven game series. You need
someone who can provide the electricity, the juice out there. Bones also had
three steals. I'm telling you, this guy it's a different element and different
dimension than what Russell Westbrook brings because of his shooting, because of the way
he can spread the floor, and I believe he had two of those threes,
at least one of them. Early in the fourth quarter. He and
Norm were both putting them up from the outside. I was concerned about that
lineup and have been at times because obviously they're both small, undersized, and
when those two are out there, your point of attack defense is going to
suffer. But you got to outscore guys. That's how you deal with it.
It was Norm hitting one, then Bones hitting one, then Norm hitting
a three point or king of the fourth, but Bones hit that three near
the end of the third quarter. Clippers come back down fourteen, they win
one twelve to one o two over the Bulls. While we have a moment,
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Clippers come back third in a week, going back to the Minnesota come back
down sixteen last Saturday. Clippers do it again, this time against Chicago.
I'm Adam Oslin. You're listening to clipperstock here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty.
LA Clippers Basketball is on the two one three Era continues. You're listening
to the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers win game one
of two games and twenty two hours. They come back down fourteen against Chicago.
They went at home one twelve to one oh two. They're taking on
the Walkee Bucks from Crypto. Tomorrow. Tip Off is at noon, pregame
is at eleven. We lose an hour of sleep as we spring forward here,
welcome back into Clippers Stock. I'm out of Mosland. You're listening to
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when the Dodgers are on a five to seventy LA Sports. Eight seven seven
five two zero eleven fifty is the new phone number. Eight seven seven five
two zero eleven fifty. Kawhi Leonard had six of his nineteen points in the
fourth quarter, eight of fifteen from the field, just took one to three
pointers. The calls are coming in now. People are learning this new number
here. So maybe even though he played thirty eight minutes, he only had
to take fifteen shots. It wasn't as taxing of a thirty eight minutes performance
from Kuhi as you could see, and that bodes well for tomorrow. I
don't know. I'm not blaming this team or anyone if they're not able to
go, if they only play twenty minutes, is this what you want?
NBA? Two games in twenty two hours? I mean, come on,
what are we doing? Yeah, I'm gonna keep pitching about it. I
really am don't care. Let's go to jose in Downey. You're on Clippers
Stoff without a marslin, Jose, turn off your radio. You are on
the radio. Now? How you doing at him? Man? What a
what a game to come back? Brother? I like I'd like the energy
that Paul George brought in that second half, just being scrappy on the defensive
side, asking for the ball, give it to me. I'm gonna go
up there and score. Hey, Jose, what do I always say and
aggressive? Paul George is my favorite? Paul georgege You know Paul George is
is my guy. I mean, obviously you don't know my friends, but
I mean I always say, it's gonna hang on Paul George, man,
and it shows that it just I would I love to see just this energy
from everybody on the team to start a game, man, to start a
game. Let's just start that way. They wouldn't get down big. And
I love the way that they use Zoo. I know you like the way
they use Zoo all the when they use them big, and they gotta keep
using them. Tomorrow would be a great time to use him in that page.
I have been asking in the clutch in these games where teams have come
back on them recently and really since the Viza Zubats came back from the calf
injury for the Clippers to get that refresher course on who a Viza Zubats is
and how they got on a run this season where they won twenty six of
thirty one games when they were playing their best basketball. What were they doing
running high pick and roll with a Viza Zubots. They finally cut back to
it as they should and just spammed it, especially in the second half of
this one when offenses isn't working. And mind you of each A Zubos had
their first two buckets and then they kind of just went away from him.
Get it back to Zoo. He can be a security blanket, a bailout
guy. He is a weapon on offense now and they just forget about him
sometimes. It's the strangest thing. He's too important to this team. He's
at worst their fourth most important player. If you're gonna win a championship,
big Zoo has to stay involved, and big men always give you a better
effort on the defensive end when you get them involved on the offensive side.
So he seeing him and James Harden running the pick and roll to perfection against
Niko Lavuslovich as Petris Pavadekos would say in the second half, that's it.
That's what I've wanted. Why make it harder than it needs to be now?
Really, it's started against Houston Wednesday with Zoos still not feeling well.
With Mason Plumley and James Harden running high, pick and roll. The offense
flows off of that. That's how you get great looks, great shots.
That's how you compromise the defense. That's it. Get to it earlier in
the shot clock. And this Clippers team can beat anyone and score on anyone.
I don't know what takes them so long to get to it. Sometimes
it's a little bit confounding. Mitching New Jersey. You're on Clippers stock without
a maslin here on the Patriot Ambloman fifty. So Mitch, how you doing
Anna? I love these doing games for three, three, four o'clock.
Yeah, great for you. Not for the Clippers. Play till one play
at doubleheader. It's almost you know, it's like you say, losing the
hours late. I play two, so they have in more ways of game.
Anyway, I won't keep plumbing in it too, you know, play
all the two you get three good big guys agree with Evaka and I'm glad
that James Harding is shown. I love these pack twelve guys name in Westbrook,
No Norman play and hopefully the rest of the year. Iry no no
No. I like the Pat twelve guys as well. Pat twelve forever big
ten guys now, I guess a lot of in a lot of them in
this game, even went without Zach Lavine, who's out for the season with
that foot injury for the Chicago Bulls. But again, they've been playing much
better. Their offense was tenth in the last ten games. They had the
second best clutch rating since December first, second to who the Clippers, and
they just completely shut them down in the fourth quarter. That was impressive.
That was a Clippers team that was playing five guys on a string that was
blowing up whatever actions the Chicago Bulls were throwing at them. Really liked what
we saw. To the point where Jordan Miller and Kobe Brown got out there
for less than a minute. We'll take it. Get the young guys a
little bit of run. But the defensive effort in the second half night and
day different than what we saw in the first half from the Clippers. And
also the Clippers took care of the basketball in the second half. They had
ten turnovers in the first half, Chicago only had five in the first twenty
four minutes. The Clippers ended up with just three in the second half.
Chicago had seven. That changed things. At one point, Chicago got up
nine more shots, maybe ten more shot attempts than the Clippers, and they
ended up cutting into that and it was just eighty six eighty four in terms
of shot disparity. Chicago only got up two more. The Clippers started to
knock down some threes after starting cold, but they still haven't looked right on
that end, and I am waiting for an onslaught of three balls that started
falling for the Clippers because they're more the do This was their thirteenth game since
the Grammy road trip. They're seven and six now since then. They haven't
looked great coming into this one. The last twelve games they were about twentieth
on offense, twentieth defensively, and they're really only putting together a half of
great basketball, a quarter of great basketball here and there. They're getting by.
They're treading water. But my belief is the Denver Nuggets are coming for
the one seed in the West. They look different since the All Star Break.
They've only lost one game. They just beat Boston and they're the champs.
They know what it takes, and they have three more games against the
Minnesota Timberwolves. They're right above them in the two spot. Okay, see
currently is at the top of the West. The problem is that if Denver
does get the one seed, you don't want to be in the four spot,
where the Clippers currently are, because that means you would face them in
the second round. You would rather get the Nuggets in the Western Conference finals
after hopefully they're worn down a little bit, then in the second round.
That's just not ideal. The Clippers are a game and a half behind them
Denver, a half game behind Minnesota in the two spot, in one full
game behind the Oklahoma City Thunder, but they have the easiest schedule left of
all four of the top teams, including your Clippers in the Western Conference.
That's where those teams are right now and look great win for the Clippers because
New Orleans is behind them in the five spot. They're currently three and a
half games behind them now for the Clippers victory, and they've been surging too.
You don't want to drop to five. No no, no, no,
no, no no. This is not the way I've been saying all
year and four years. Be a top three seed. Now you can live
with four if Denver's not the number one seed. In fact, I wouldn't
hate that because if the Okac Thunder are the one seed, that's the team
you could see in the second round. Be careful what you wish for.
Of course, that wouldn't be easy by any stretch of the imagination. Shay
might be the MVP. It's probably between him and Yokich, whoever finishes first
in the West. Team wise, either Jokich or SGA will get the MVP
out of it. But if the Clippers are fourth and the standings end up
how they are right now, with Denver in front of them, Minnesota in
front of Denver, and then Oka see in that one spot. That means
it would be uh, Minnesota and Denver if they win their first round matchups
facing off in the second round. Hey, they can beat each other to
hell, right, Let them beat each other up up and then you take
the winner in the Western Conference finals if the Clippers are lucky enough to get
there, so a lot to be decided nineteen games left, Clippers are forty
one and twenty one on the season. They come back down fourteen against Chicago.
They win one twelve to one O two. With the game coming up
tomorrow, more Clippers talk next, we're looking for postgame audio from the head
coach, and by head coach, I mean the fill in interim head coach
today the associate head coach, and Dan Craig as coach Lou's under the weather
get well coach Lou eight seven seven five to two zero eleven fifty eight seven
seven five to two zero eleven fifty. As you are listening to Clippers Talk
here on the Patriot M eleven fifty, LA Clippers Basketball is on the two
one three era continues. You're listening to the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers
Audio Network, hashtag Clippers come back again. They were down fourteen. They
go on to win one twelve to one O two over the Chicago Bulls at
home on the front end of a matinee home back to back while losing an
hour. As they take on the Bucks tomorrow, Welcome back into Clippers Talk
here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. I'm at a Mosland eight seven seven,
five to two zero eleven fifty is the phone number. But joining the
show right now is big Chuck Mockler even coming back just like the Clippers did
on a win by this team. It's it's a rare it's a rare appearance
from Chuck Mockler after a win, but we will take it. Charles,
thanks for doing this, Hey, thanks for having me a bit of a
I mean, I don't think, not totally unexpected Walkey starting for the Clippers,
but it's good to get the win with what's what they have to do
tomorrow. Yeah, they were down by eleven in the first quarter, they
were down by eleven at the half, they were down by fourteen early in
the third, but they surged ahead. I felt like it was their defense
that ramped up, got them into their offense, which they did started executing
much better. They ran high pick and roll. It's like they have this
way to beat teams that is fairly simple, and sometimes they just go away
from it for whatever reason. But would James Harden, being the master of
the pick and roll and throwing these between the league passes to have eatsa zoo
boss When they utilize Zoo like that, they're a really tough team to beat.
Yeah, it was great to these Zoo have the second half that he
did. For sure. He went to five for five on the second half,
which was huge. And he looked you know, I thought he looked
a little skinnier maybe lately, just maybe that's few being sick and whatnot.
But you know, the team was still kind of talking about him getting back
to game shape and whatnot. Just under twenty five minutes today. But I
mean plus eighteen, you know, plus nine us doesn't always tell the full
story, but I think it told that helps tell the story of how valuable
Zoos today, especially in the second half. Yeah, he finished with sixteen
and nine, seven of nine from the field. He had the first two
buckets for the Clippers, and they kind of went away from him and just
forgot about him for a little bit, but they executed near the end of
that third quarter. It was him. It was James Harden just abusing Nikola
vussa bitch out there. I'm just glad of Beats. Zubats is still in
the starting lineup, and you know, Daniel Tice isn't quite there yet.
Good off the bench, And I did like the fact that this was another
game where you see what Mason Plumley was able to do on Wednesday, and
it was still Daniel Tye's turn, and I thought he was solid out there.
But if both these guys can stay ready like this where one of them
will be used in a ball game as the backup, I think you're good.
I think you're solid. Yeah. The Clippers center rotation was such an
issue coming into this season, and they really did do a great job to
solidify it. It's been a little wonky as of late. You know,
Tye not the best shooting night tonight or this afternoon. Excuse me, but
you're right. If they can kind of pick their spots and be able to
contribute when they're called upon, the Clippers will be good. We're also,
I think, all hoping that Ze's minutes for games goes up in the playoffs.
Every one of the main guys this minute is going to go up.
I really hope that Jews does as well, or maybe get shifted more towards
closing games. But still quite a few games ago before then. Charles pie
Face just hit me up on X at follow out of May. Maybe I'm
gonna throw this one to you. I'm just gonna pass it off? He
said, where was Plumbly this game? And why don't they pair Tyson Plumbley
when going against lengthier teams? Why don't they do it? Joke? I
don't think you very plumbly against lengthier teams because the offense becomes an absolute nightmare.
We know that type can shoot and will shoot, but that doesn't mean
that the space thing is necessarily going to be better and defensively, I don't
know if Tys can hang with a lengthy athletic four. Where are you having
issues with guys like Kawhi Leonard and Paul George doing that. I don't think
Daniel Tyson can do any better a job there, and Mason Plumley has just
not been very consistent lately. So there's a lot of weird discourse around the
center rotation. The answer is just playing zoomore and then sure, I do
agree against bigger teams, maybe Mason Plumby should come in and get the run
instead of Daniel Tye. There's just no reason for those two people to ever
be on the court together. Good answer, pie to the face. That's
what they call him, pie face. So Bowse Hyland goes three of three.
From distance. He may have got the poor shooting out of him.
He may have found his rhythm in this game. I felt like the way
he was turning the corner last game and get into the basket was big.
But now the three point shot is starting to come back. This is somebody
who can pull up off the bounce and knock them down from the outside a
high volume and with nice efficiency when he's in a groove. I think he
may be getting there now. Yeah, he was on the floor with norm
a little bit tonight, which is always a bit of a you know,
adventure defensively, but both those guys ended up playing pretty solid. One wasn't
super hot from three, but defensively wasn't horrible from this pairing. Yeah,
Bodes could do it off the bounce, which is great. I didn't.
I can't remember if he had to catch shoot three in this one, but
that's gonna be something to kind of look for for Bones too. He has
a similar thing with Hard maybe being a little you know, not comfortable doing
that yet, but he did exactly what the Clippers are going to need him
to do from here on, which is play around fifteen minutes, not be
a complete sieve on defense and then be a fisher that offense. He was
efficient as possible today, which was a really long way to help the Clippers.
But yeah, he's rounding in the form a little quicker than maybe we
thought. And that's probably because you know, he is the youngest contributor on
the team. So it is ietime. Saw the young legs out there.
We hashtag skeleton key. How dare you an? He had three steals in
this one. Paul George also had three blocks and two steals, eight assists
of three turnovers, twenty two points eight of sixteen shooting. Really, four
of his last five games have been very solid overall from Paul George. He
also is starting to get back into the type of rhythm and timing he was
in before the knee injury, before the growing issue before that. But his
defense also on Damar Derozen when he was trying to pick on Norm Powell early
in that first half, when he was just going after him left and right.
I think Paul George and his defense was nice in this game. But
finding the touch now also, yeah he had a couple of lapses on d
but you know it's noon game whatever. Yeah, finding guys to this afternoon
was really cool to see from punters nine as sixths, which feels like the
most he'd had in a very long time, and it's just not usually his
game, so he was playing with good awareness today. He did pass up
with three at one point and going for the lay up and he converted it,
which was really cool to see. He did not have a good shooting
afternoon. Who knows if he's going to play tomorrow, but we hope it's
a little better on Tuesday. But yeah, he's for all the noise around
PG lately, he's done a good job of he's ramping up well yeah,
basically, well, i'll say gate of sixteen. But I'm with you.
I like the fact that he actually turned down that three and went the basket
and did that eurostep around usavish there last one for you. I've been talking
about it. I've been really hitting on it, probably more than some people
would like. But is it not ridiculous? You play two games in twenty
two hours? Are you kid me? And its Milwaukee tomorrow? How do
the Clippers deal with this? Yeah, it doesn't really make any sense.
I want to give a hat tip to Brian Seman for calling out on the
broadcast kind of about how that goes against the NBA protocol with how you know
often you can actually play games close to each other. So it's I don't
know if it's unprecedented. It might be unprecedented. I can't remember the last
time an NBA team had two games in less than twenty four hours. It
feels like we're like a third tier soccer team or something like that with how
much basketball they're playing. Because also they play again on Tuesday, Like this
is a three and four for the Clips, So we hope they're whoever plays
tomorrow. I hope they get some good rest today or tonight. We don't
know what's gonna happen with Paul, George Harden and Kawhi. I maybe don't
want him to play. I think it's totally fine. I don't think anyone
would blame them for not playing. I hope you don't, because again,
two games in twenty two hours. I just don't know if there's any days
to go off of on this one. Honestly, yeah, I'm not gonna
blame him. If guys don't play in this one. It's absurd because if
somebody ended up getting hurt, the storyline will be how these games were smashed
together and how that never should have happened. Hashtag NBA cares not like what
is going on here? This is just the ultimate just laps by the NBA
in scheduling. It's unbelievable. He is Chuck Machler, Chuck Mockler of Clips
in Dip Fame. We did one for yesterday on the YouTube. Some of
what we talked about kind of came fruition in this ball game, although we
didn't even know who would be available after a bunch of guys were questionable yesterday.
So we'll see what happens tomorrow against the Bucks and who's able to give
it a go. But Charles, thanks for doing this a little Clips and
double Dip here on clipper Stock, thank you, Hey, thanks for having
me here. Here's again in the maybe surprise win tomorrow. Yeah, they're
gonna need it. Uh, They're gonna need guys. I mean, maybe
that's why Jordan Miller and Kobe Brown were getting some run at the end of
this game. Maybe was like, Hey, get ready, get your feet
wet. You could be playing tomorrow. PJ Tucker, you two, and
I'm guessing Mason Plumbley will be playing. He'll get the go against ganis Denn
Kompo. The bigger defender Daniel Tice today against Chicago. So it's kind of
interesting stagger there. I like that, all right, final segment coming up.
Next, Clippers come back down fourteen on the Bulls. They win by
ten, final score one twelve to one oh two. This is Clipper Stock
on the Patriot Am eleven fifty eight six I did it eight seven seven five
to two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is the
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Clippers basketball is on the two one three Era continues. You're listening to the
LA Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio Network, the comeback Clips, the cardiac
Clips, whatever you want to call them. They did it again, down
fourteen. They win by ten over the Bulls at home, one twelve to
one oh two. Clippers have a game tomorrow, two games within twenty two
hours. Don't know who will be available. If guys rest, If the
NBA doesn't like it, then don't schedule two games that close together. Tough
s. Let's hear from Dan Craig postgame coach lou under the weather, hoping
for the best. Some on the sidelines was wearing a mask. There.
Oh she had head coached. Dan Craig stepped up. He's now you can
say two and oh. After the fourth quarter, he coached the Clippers to
a win in up in San Francisco. He gets the Golden State Warriors right
before the All Star break. They get another victory under Tan Craig. Here
he was post game that second half. There, it seems like you guys
started really really slow. Third quarter, you're able to pick it up thirty
seven twenty eight. Can you talk a little bit about that? Yeah,
just our urgency, I thought, particularly defensively. We came out and really
wanted to put some pressure on the Rows and make him uncomfortable. But it's
his first pick and roll and then just with his back downs, try to
fire and you know, get the ball out of his hands, and that
was allowed us to get out and transition and get a couple of easy ones.
And then I thought, just offensively, just the ball was really popping
and just moving the ball side to side. And talked about it at halftime,
just what to look for just in terms of their coverages and what's going
to be available, and I thought we did a good job of exposing it.
They did. It was evident another second half of the Clippers offense clicked
in. They played much better and the passing was there, a little hot
potato basketball, and Big Zoo was detonating at the rim. Let's hear from
him post games, speaking with Christina Pink on Belly Sports Gina and here he
is joined by Aviatsa zoobots Zoo. I know these early games tough to kind
of get the energy going early, slow start, but what woke you guys
up in that second half? We just wanted to win. We figured out
how we want to play, and at the halftime we were seeing how they
were defending us, so we made our adjustments, got our energy up and
got to win. Speaking of the energy, I know you've been trying to
find that energy back for yourself, getting back to your form again. What
got you going sixteen points, nine rebounds and a whole lot of dunks in
this game? Just feeling better. Every day I feel better. I was
pretty sick last week, so energies getting there, But every day I'm feeling
better and better. It's his back to back double digit comebacks for you,
guys, what is it about this team that you're able to keep composure even
when you're facing big deficit. We just got a bunch of guys who've been
through a lot of situations and they're never gonna panic. Theyn't on what to
do, and we're just just stay with it. We're a tight group and
everyone's staying together, and when we go down like that, we will find
our way to fight back. Clippers backs were against the wall down fourteen.
They came out swinging. Big Zoo was sixteen nine boards, two offensive rebounds.
He was a plus eighteen. He led them in that category, played
twenty four minutes. I hope he's got energy to go tomorrow in game two.
Well, this home stand matinee back to back with the Clippers play two
games in twenty two hours. You know why this doesn't happen to any other
team because it's ridiculous. That's why it's a complete outlier, and it's only
happening to the Clippers. Katie, before we get out of here, let's
get to your casual corner very quickly. Here. It's Katie Newton, our
producer back in Zach Attack was helping us this past week. Katie's back.
You got a question for me? You got something? Yeah? How many
coaches are there on the team? A lot? Okay, then it's a
lot. I guess I'll just use the internet. There's no salary cap for
coaches, so you can bring in a few extra. Different teams could have
more coaches than another. Different teams could have different titles, like the Clippers
do with Dan Craig being the associate head coach. Getting a victory, Congrats
to DC Clippers come back down fourteen. Thanks for your help today as well,
Katie. Before we get out of here, I do want to thank
the Clippers organization, Ralph Lawler', Brian Seeman, Noah Igo, Carlo Jimenez
on the call, Big Brother, Jake Warner, good calling, Big Zoo,
the callers, the listeners. Until tomorrow, starting at eleven am.
It's really ten am, we'll have your pregame show. I'm met a Moslin
talk to you then. So why he was doing his thing? All they
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