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Adam Osler. Well, one team wearing the silver and black was victorious
today and unfortunately it wasn't San Antonio Spurs, who beat your Los Angeles Clippers
by a final score of one all one to ninety four in San Antonio.
Welcome in to Clippers Talk. I'm atam Oslin. Eight six six nine eight
seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
phone number coming up. We're gonna hear from the head coach on Toron Lou
and Sergio Baca. But this was another game, and it's been the story
all season long. Clippers a bottom five offense. But man, when they
have needed points, like in the fourth quarter where they had a lead,
they led by as many as five, but then they just went unbelievably ice
cold. In the last seven minutes and twenty three seconds, the Clippers scored
two points. That's hard to say. It's hard to get out, hard
to wrap your head around after Sir Gebaka hit a hook shot at the end
of the shot. Clock was seven minutes and twenty four seconds left. The
Clippers had just two more points in the fourth. They would come on a
really well executed inbounds play from Reggie Jackson to Terrence Man for the easy layup.
But that came with about four minutes left. And how was it?
I was with four eighteen left, Clippers were up ninety four to ninety three
San Antonio. With then they would score the next eight points. They win
one oh one to ninety four, and things aren't getting any easier for the
Clippers as they have a stretch coming up after Monday where they go on the
road for eight straight eight games. We told you January was going to be
tough. We knew it was, but that makes taking down a team like
the San Antonio Spurs that granted they still have Greg Popovich, but they were
fifteen and twenty seven coming into this one. And if you were going to
circle and cross off what could be victories for the Clippers during this month of
January, you would have thought they could have got a victory against San Antonio.
It makes Monday's game even more important against the Indiana Pacers back in downtown
Los Angeles. That is an afternoons start on MLK Day twelve thirty tip against
Indiana. We'll have your pregame show starting an eleven thirty. Clippers in the
first half had led twenty two to twenty one after the first quarter, but
they went four minutes scoreless at the end of the first and it carried over
into the second where they scored one point in the stretch of eight minutes.
So let's calculate that that means they also went seven minutes I was scoring just
two points. They went fifteen minutes, fifteen minutes and thirty seconds of game
time tonight, where they scored a total of three points during over fifteen minutes
of on court time. That is brutal. That is hard to watch.
It's hard to fathom, and I think there's just too many guys that have
run out of gas due to their rules being increased. Reggie Jackson would be
one of those guys. Three of fourteen seven points. Marcus Morris was okay,
but he had a couple of bad turnovers in the fourth quarter when he
got doubled. Six of seventeen fifteen points and those turnovers came in bunches.
In the last five minutes, Eric Bledsoe missed a layup and then had an
offensive foul. He was three for eleven, was seven points. Yeah,
there were some bright spot I thought Serge Ibacco was one of them. End
of the third quarter, hit two three pointers in the span of two minutes.
Clippers were down by five heading into the fourth. Hit a couple of
more buckets in that fourth quarter, and really his energy was huge. He
had seven offensive rebounds. The Clippers had twenty one as a team. I
believe that's a season high. It still gave up fifteen to San Antonio,
but and both teams had fifty four rebounds overall. But I thought Serge fought,
battled, and from the end of the third till seven minute mark of
the fourth, that was one of the best stints he's played all season long.
A mere coffee in that third quarter some of the best basketball he has
played all Right, we could say that over the last two weeks. I
believe in three of the last four games now, a mere coffee has led
the Clippers and scoring. You can say that's maybe a positive and a negative.
It tells you the state of the team right now, because he hasn't
gone from more than twenty one during that time. He was very good in
that third quarter and he was facilitating and right he only had one assists in
the ball game, but five boards, twenty points on seven or thirteen shooting
with four three pointers made, and I'm pulling it up a game log now
because i want to confirm that. Yes, in three of the Clippers last
four games where he had first twenty one points against Atlanta, then eighteen points
against Denver that was a team high, and tonight with his twenty also a
team high this time though it comes in a loss. The other two games
that were able to win obviously, the twenty five point come back against Denver,
but Clippers not exactly treading water right now. They're two games under five
hundred and things. I'm telling you are going to get tougher this month.
Now. Isaiah Hartenstein was back, gave them a little bit of a lift,
but he only played six minutes. He had six points in six minutes
in that second quarter early on two floaters. An encouraging signs there. They
need him, they need him healthy, they need him to play obviously a
lot longer than six minutes. But it's understandable. He missed the last thirteen
games for them with that right ankle sprain, and I think he's toughen it
out right now. Quite honestly, I think he's probably playing through some pain
because he knows they need him his energy. There are certain guys with certain
motors that we have seen on this Clippers team the last three years. He's
one of them. But before that, it was Pat Bev it was Montrez
Harrold, and I used to say this all the time with Patrick Beverley.
The beauty of his game, more so than the defense, it was the
intangible of just that competitive streak within him where he could turn a regular game
during an a two game season into a playoff type atmosphere because the edge he
would play with out there and other guys would follow his lead. And maybe
they're missing some of that. I don't know, because lately, defensively it
kind of comes and goes. They gave up a thirty five spot in that
second quarter, twenty nine points in the third quarter. Now they helped San
Antonio to sixteen in the fourth. Problem was Clippers only scored fourteen and they
were down by five entering the period, so they haven't been as consistent there.
Hopefully Isaiah Hartenstein can fix some of what ails them with the rebounding,
even though he didn't have one in this game. And maybe Iron Sharpen's iron
competition is a good thing. Is it a coincidence that Serge Ibacca plays this
well with Isaiah Hartenstein's first game with his first game back. Maybe not.
You can light a fire under a guy because you don't want to lose minutes.
And Serge was awesome Abaca. He had nine boards himself, six points,
just played twenty one minutes. Reggie Jackson, though, continues to struggle
three or fourteen. He's been shooting about thirty percent over the last couple of
weeks. Outside of that he had against Denver, and it was a spectacular
run on that fourth quarter with eleven points, hitting big shot after big shot
to come back down twenty five and to bring the Clippers back and across the
finish line. Outside that, he just hasn't looked like himself at all.
And when Eric Bledsoe also has a tough night, you see the result.
Clipper scored just ninety four after scoring just eighty nine Thursday in New Orleans after
scoring just eighty seven Tuesday night against the Denver Nuggets, and they held eighty
five in that one. But san Antonio, look, they only scored one
hundred one points. The defense was good enough offensively, you can't go over
fifteen minutes of game time and scored just three points and win a ball game.
It's just it's too difficult, especially the timing of those. They had
some momentum in the first they gave it away at the end of the first
quarter when they went cold, and then obviously seven minutes and twenty three seconds
where they scored just two points. At the end of this game, san
Antonio pulls away with it. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy
Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number before we
break. We'll take a quick phone call, taking it to the bottom of
the hour. Morris in Long Beach, Morris here on Clippers stop without a
Moss on that for they lose one on one to ninety four in San Antonio.
Him Morris, well, it happens, my brother, they beat us
last time. Missing the name of the game I believe is going to be
the ten day contracts. Folks is going to be the team of the organization
that is successful with these ten day contracts, because nobody's getting the pass on
this stuff. The guys that are the organizations that are successful recruiting guys on
the ten day contracts. That's what's gonna keep above water because we're suffering right
now. We're suffering right now. It looks pretty bad when we have for
thirty eight thirty nine more games ago, but it's gonna get everybody at him.
And I wish they could could score more points. They got this guy
over in Philadelphia, just sitting over there on his button getting paid. We
work something out with him about I don't know if he's the offensive solution,
Morris. I gotta say, I don't know if Ben Simmons is gonna fix
things there. And I like Ben Simmons, don't get me wrong. Uh,
Look, they just need to get healthy, Morris. We know that
they're going deep into their bench right now trying to look for anyone. And
I thought Brandon Boston gave them some decent minutes. He had four points early
in the fourth quarter, and Terence Man, well he only had six points,
but just two of the Clippers, well, the last two points for
the Clippers. They just didn't get enough. If they get Luke Nard back,
that would be huge for them. When you're talking about scoring, you
better believe it. I'll talk to you next time. Man. All right,
more appreciate the phone call. We'll take a quick break. Clippers lose
one on one to ninety four, and San Antonio we'll update you on the
Western Conference standings. I tell you how bunched up they are. Slipper's not
the only team lose on tonight. Money getting Let me tell you, yeah,
I'm not. The score can be a lot more lopside than one on
one to ninety four. That's all I'm gonna say. More. Clipper stop
next to get into the pain or die trying. We'll see if Coach Flew
reiterates his philosophies. Pull out postgame audio from him and Sergerbacca right here on
Clippers Stop on AM five seven La spots. He took me I your mama
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Clippers score just two points in the final seven minutes. They lose by
seven. Let's Saint Antonio one oh one to ninety four to Furst open back
into Clippers stock. I met i'm oslin. Eight six six nine eight seven
two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone
number. Clippers currently sitting in that eight spot in the Western Conference. That
means play in tournament. Now right in front of them, it would be
a team that is Kevin Figures would say, got molly wapped tonight. They
Los Angeles Lakers lost by thirty seven. In Denver. Clippers got their own
problems, but things could be worse. Lakers in front of them in that
seventh spot. Denver in front of them by two games in the sixth spot.
So that's kind of that area where you're trying to climb out of the
play in and make it into a secure seed. Because one through six they
all make the playoffs. Seven through ten, they got to fight for it.
Clippers. I thought there was some fight. I thought there was some
effort out there. I highlighted some of those guys earlier, Serge Isaiah Hartenstein
a mere coffee. They just couldn't hit shots whatsoever, and they had bad
turnovers late. And then I'll do yet. So let's hear from the head
coach. After the Clippers lose one on one to ninety four, here was
coach Lou post game speaking with the media. I means it's a loss.
I mean we played get don't have to win the game, and just we
can't. You know, we just couldn't score in the basketball. Had too
many six seven minute stretches when we didn't score the basketball. So when you
playing the defensively we did, I thought it was pretty solid defensively, got
some good shots. Offensive we just did we didn't make. And then I
thought down a stretch we struggle. We just wouldn't the size of them what
we wanted to do, you know, as far as attacking get into the
basketball, we're supposed to do. But I mean, you know, like
I said, it was a good fight. They made more players down to
stretch than we did. I mean, you say, effort, What what
was that you said? You said effort, that's for the freest key.
Basically, you know, bringing that sixteen point lead down there. No,
I thought we scored the ball in that second quarter, I ain't that third
quarter, you know, scoring thirty three points in that second quarter, which
guys back in the game, but you know wasn't enough. You have just
think we have to go through too many spurts where we just don't score the
basketball. So we had to got to get to the free throw line.
You know, we got to score two points, and we weren't able to
do that tonight. Like I said, they got to the line twenty seven
times and we was only able to get there eight times, So that hurt
us. That's been a problem all years, even when Paul, you're getting
to the free throw line, like I know you said before. The only
thing you can do about that if the team doing that enough. And what
do they need to do to get there more often? I think just keep
attacking on closeouts. I think, you know, when teams are helping heavier
than they we swing it flow past attacking the basket. And I we went
there enough tonight when we didn't get the calls that we you know, thought
we should have got. But they was aggressive getting to the basket. You
know, that's how they play. They love to live in the paint.
And like I said, they had twenty seven free throws and we only had
eight. Went into the decision too small because it's also they closed small as
well and actually say, oh that's the n just a switch defensively, So
it was just really work defensive purpose at all. Yeah, nothing hard said
that you either got to get up the free throw line or you gotta spot
some point. Do you feel that the teams that time of becoming dumber,
Well, I think we just gotta take the defense gives us. You know,
I think we make we make a conscious effort to get to the paint
and get to the basket. They take that away. Then we got to
make the right play in the right pass, and so I thought we try
to attack getting to the basket. You know, they're heavy, you know,
shrink team. There are no paint, so they took that away.
You know, we didn't make shots early in their first half, and then
the second half, I thought we started to make some shots. You know,
I thought a mirror opened that game up for us a little bit and
started as will you know, making a couple of threes. So look,
I thought we played the right way trying to get into the paint, trying
to make the right play, and we didn't make shots early, and then
we did in the third quarter, was able to get back in the game.
There was coach Loup post game after the Clippers lose one oh one to
ninety four in San Antonio. So we bring up them going scoreless in the
last four minutes in eighteen seconds, and I got this for our friend Joey
Lynn from si Now on Twitter from that moment on Clippers up ninety four to
ninety two, four eighteen left coffee, miss Morris, turnover, Morris turnover,
but tune turnover, blood cell, miss blood cell, turnover, Morris,
miss Reggie miss Clippers lose one on one and anty four. So pretty
clear cut way to put it. Coming up next, we'll get back to
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rappers pay my bills. Clippers lose one on one to ninety four in San
Antonio to the Spurs. So after they go over seven minutes and score just
two points to end the game in the fourth quarter, welcome back in the
Clipper stock. I'm at a Moslin. The offensive woes continue. I'm here
to talk about it. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight
six six nine eight seven two five seventy tags and walnut. You're on Clipper
stock without a Maslin high tages. Hey, what's up at I'm I'm not
gonna lie that that loss was a little deflating. Now we're gonna pull that
out when we're up five. But h who an't talk to you about two
things? One? Does it seem like, uh with the tarting lineup,
we're kind of missing a playmaker. It's like a lot more evident when Paul
George went out. You see the struggles with Reggie Jackson, and I just
think he's a much better player when he's not always having to create, and
when he gets the ball and they're receiving end and when the defense is kind
of on skates, is able to kind of really you know, make his
mark. He does it at times it's right now being a playmaker, but
I don't think that's his calling right now, and it's not his strength.
A lot of guys are playing outside their comfort zone and trying to make it
work because as you mentioned Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, and we knew Kawhi
was going to be there coming into the season at least, but Paul George
even he had more on his plate because no Kawhi in the playmaking department.
And so then you put that responsibility on him and everybody knows the ball is
going to be in his hands a lot, and then you take that away
too. And it's no surprise that the Clippers have struggled this much with their
ball movement and they had fifteen turnovers leading to seventeen points. Yeah, and
you know, when they're not hitting their shots and transition, it's going to
be a really difficult game to win the way that their half court offense is
going to right now, so many games it seems like their half court offense
when they're passing the ball, they end up shooting a contested shot a lot
of the times, and they're not having that space that they're generally, you
know, used to, and that's again, you know, product of not
having PG and Kauai. But in which kind of you know, I would
have liked to see Xavier Moon. I'm not saying he's the answer, but
you know, for three or four minutes he I would have liked to see
him. He does have a good feel for the game. I feel like
he just gives them a different look where he speeds the game up. He
can create the tempo and get some you know, open looks for some of
these guys to make it easier. That's one thing. And the other thing
I would I was going to ask you when Luke Canard comes back, do
you imagine that I'm your coffee will stay in the starting lineup because he's been
playing really well and I don't know if there's any need to take him out.
And I think Luke Anart had a good, you know, chemistry with
Man, so I don't know. I kind of like having Luke Nark come
off the bench to give that punch. But what do you think, Dave,
just thank you for the phone call. I think it's likely maybe it'll
be matchup dependent because Luke was playing really well starting with the offense. That
floor spacing was there and helped the Clippers and their offense get off to better
starts. But he also works well and that's the good thing with the lit
crew with Luke, Isaiah and Terrence Man, and I could see those three
providing that spark once again off the bench with the second unit. I was
a little bit surprised that Xavier Moon didn't get a run in this game.
I mean, Jay scrub was out there, We saw him, although he
wasn't overly effective Thursday night, who was against the Pelicans or even win in
Gabriel. But look, Coach Lou, I wonder if part of it was
saying, okay, he took out the starters early against New Orleans when the
Clippers are down by nineteen in the first quarter and went deep into his bench,
and I wonder if this was an opportunity for them to get more minutes
and prove themselves and make up for what happened Thursday night. Obviously it didn't
work out that way, but Marcus Morris played thirty seven minutes, played heavy
minutes out there and at times looked very good. But with he and Reggie
in a bit of a funk the last week or so, Reggie and extended
shooting slump right now, it's gonna be tough to win ballgames for this team.
Those are the two top guys right now. That's the way it is,
option a, option one, a one, however you want to put
it. Those are the two top scores, and if they're not leading them,
if they're not being overly effective, it makes it tough for everybody else.
Unfortunately, Clippers lose one on one to ninety four and sent Antonio,
we'll take a quick break, we'll come back. We'll preview Monday's game afternoon
contest on MLK Day on Monday, Clippers back and down town Los Angeles taken
on the Indiana Pacers twelve thirty tip time, eleven thirty pre game. Clippers
losers of two in a row now and called by seven in San Antonio.
This is Clipper stock. I'm at a Maslin and you're listening to Amy seventy
Sports. Yo, hope. This is LA Clippers basketball corner three for the
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Many offendial this barn. Clippers go three sixteen from the field in the final
nine minutes and they lose one on one to ninety four in San Antonio.
Welcome back into Clipper Stock. I'm at a Maslin. Clippers next game coming
up Monday back in town town, Los Angeles against the Indiana Pacers. I
thought this was interesting. I see this from Andrew Griffe of the La Times
does great covers for the LA Times with the Clippers Clippers and one hundred plus
shots and twenty one plus offensive rebounds. Well, those are good numbers.
In fact, teams this season when they achieve those goals in those categories,
when you get up that made shots, when you gather that may offensive rebounds,
teams were six in two entering tonight. Now they're six in three after
the Clippers lose, even though they ended up with one hundred field goal attempts
twenty one offensive rebounds. And Andrew Gryf, also speaking with a Mere Coffee
post game, said, to paraphrase a Mere Coffee, he felt the Clippers
took good shots despite their long scoring draughts, but when it wasn't working,
he was it was because of the same things Nicholas Batoum talked about earlier this
week. The ball wasn't moving side to side. You gotta have that Ariana
grande side to side ball, you just do. Clippers, they weren't playing
hot potato. They weren't sharing the sugar enough, and they paid for it
late, not generating enough open looks. The last seven minutes and twenty three
seconds they scored just two points. Almost seems impossible. I double checked it.
It's true. Clippers lose by seven in San Antonio. I gotta figure
things out quickly because the road ahead is a treacherous one. They have a
home game coming up Monday, MLK Day. After that, it's eight straight
the Grammy road trip. Where are the Grammy's happen or not? Clippers are
going to be on the road for eight straight, So that makes you zero
in on Monday's game against Indiana. And they've struggled over all this season.
They are fifteen and twenty eight one and nine their last ten. Hey,
san Antonio was also one of nine their last ten and had lost five straight.
Doesn't matter. Clippers are in no position to overlook anyone, but they
gotta dig deep and find a way to get a victory Monday against the Indiana
Pacers again, tip time at twelve thirty Clippers Countdown at eleven thirty AM.
Before we get out of here, I do want to thank the Clippers organization,
Noah Eagle, Brian Seamen, Mike Retello, Jamie Moggio with Valley Sports
on the simulcast today? Did I mention Ralph Lawler? I know he wasn't
on the simul cast, but I always gotta get Ralph from there back here
in Burbank, Katie Newton until Monday at eleven thirty AM with their Clippers Countdown
show. Sorry, Colin, I'm Adam Osen We'll talk to you then.
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