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The game is over. Paul George
money in the pain, but the postgame

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reaction has just be gone. Kawhi
Leonard is so smooth in the mid range.

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This is Clippers locker Room, a
recap of today's game and a look

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ahead on your hope for LA Clippers
basketball at now your host, you,

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sir, are a bad man.
Adam Ouslin, the Clippers and the twenty

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twenty two twenty twenty three regular season
with a victory in Phoenix one nineteen to

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one fourteen, where they will be
next weekend for a first round four five

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matchup in the Western Conference. Welcome
into your post game show. I'm Adam

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Oslin coming up second half highlights,
plus you'll hear from the head coach and

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the players. But first, back
out to Phoenix with your voice of the

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Clippers in Noah Eagle. Well,
that sense of urgency came in the fourth

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quarter and Kawhi Leonard had twelve of
his twenty five down the stretch. Now,

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Kawhi was spectacular. Russell Westbrook,
how about that performance in the fourth

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quarter and the overall they put up
thirty seven and the four thirty four in

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the third, seventy one points in
the second, half after they scored seventy

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two in the second half yesterday against
Portland. This was just a game where

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okay, you needed to have it, and the Clippers recognized that and before

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it was too late they found a
way through. They just battled. It

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never felt like they were out of
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big key. Just felt like they
were getting out worked, which was frustrating,

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but they ended up out rebounding on
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in this game fourteen to twelve more
second chance points. They had sixty eight

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points in the paint to fifty for
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Despite turning it over three more times, they only had two fewer points

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off turnovers. Fifty three bench points
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of them coming from Norman Powell.
This was just a huge win in so

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many ways. And again Pale goes
over three from Downtown. He takes this

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next week, he gets that three
point stroke back look out because the Clippers,

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they I know, even maybe without
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right there as the deepest team in
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same about out themselves with though I
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proved a lot Terrence Ross obviously is
a mainstay in the NBA and has been

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for a long time. Saving Lee
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and nine assists in this game played
forty four minutes. Josh Akogi has

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played really good basketball over the course
of this season. So they've got guys

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that've got bodies. But the Clippers
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if anybody's gonna get his team prepared, it's Torontolu, the chiropractor, making

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all the right adjustments in a seven
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post game. He had nine of
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in that fourth quarter. And yeah, even without the three pointers falling for

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him, he's still get into the
charity stripe. He's still turning the corner

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on guys and getting into the basket
at will. Yeah, that's the big

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key. It's not really anything all
that sexy or complex. It's really just

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straight line drives. Nobody can stop
him right now. Couples, maybe a

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crossover, one change of direction,
then just boom right to the basket and

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when he gets in there, he's
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You know, he's under size six
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He's sturdy, and he can get
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thought that he was great once he
recognized okay, shots still not fallen.

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Let me find a way to get
to the basket again. And ever since

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Toron lu challenge him saying can you
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looked to do that every single time
he's touched the basketball. So early first

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round preview, Phoenix has only had
Kevin Durant for about a handful of games.

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What have you seen when he's been
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DeAndre Aden and CP three. Well, look, Kevin Durant is arguably the

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best plug and play player in the
entire NBA, playing and simple, and

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all I'm seeing is that he's Kevin
Durant righting along next to Devin Booker,

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and he's not really causing any rift
with what he already did saying with DeAndre

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eight news. Maybe getting less touches
than he did before, but if he

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rebounds and he plays hard and runs
rim to rim, he know that Chris

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Paul is gonna find him eventually.
You know, Chris Paul's not looking at

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score necessarily unless he has to.
But when the situation calls for it,

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he's gonna go out there and he's
gonna score with the basketball. So it's

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a it's a tough team to face, no doubt about it, but they're

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not impossible to be and they've only
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three of them, which is ironically
the same amount of games James Harden,

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Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Durant played
before the playoffs two years ago. Now,

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a lot of people would say,
if those guys didn't get hurt,

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if James Harden and Kyrie Irving don't
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maybe goes to the NBA Finals.
If Kevin Durant has a couple inches shorter

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foot, that's a team that maybe
goes to the NBA Finals. And you

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can say that that's great, But
that's the concern for Phoenix as well,

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is that they haven't had a ton
of time on the court because of injury,

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and so you're all getting back out
there. Sure, you have the

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week off year, you can try
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just be healthy and play your game. But it's easier said than done,

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and it's a team that's going to
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fly. And if the Clippers are
solid, and again that's a big key.

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They've got to be solid on both
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absolutely be in every one of those
games in that series. And so then

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it just comes down to who wants
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shot makers? Clippers got one of
the best and Kawhi Leonard we saw it

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again today and he's talked about it
forward. He's on the court. He

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feels like they can win against anybody
out there, and we talked about it

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a little bit. But this Clippers
team has thrived in an underdog role when

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they're not supposed to win. Phoenix
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game series with home court advantage with
Kevin Durant, but the Clippers back against

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the wall. You don't want to
go up against a team like this,

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no that again, we saw it
these last several games, whether it was

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the Lakers, the Portland Trailblazers,
or the Phoenix Suns. Back was against

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the wall. After that Pelicans lost
last weekend, it felt like this team

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was going to the play in tournament. It just did because that game meant

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so much, not just for tiebreaker, because they didn't have the tie break

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here anyway, the Pelicans already claimed
it. But it was more so that

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if the Clippers had won that game, they create so much distance between themselves

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and the Pelicans, and ironically it
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It would have forced Phoenix that probably
play everybody to secure that fourth spot.

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Instead, there was so much on
the line today as a result,

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and my point being, after that
game, I think so many people were

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dejected. So many people felt like, oh, that's it this team,

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They've just put themselves in too deep
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recover from it. Well, guess
what, back against the wall all the

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way at the bottom of the hole. Not only do they dig themselves out

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of it, not only do they
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do it in style. Coming back
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these last two games, and withstanding
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that always is the battle for LA. I think that it's really impressive that

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they showed ways and wills just to
find ways to get the victories. Now

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it's about, okay, can you
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have that extra gear. Certainly Kawhi
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So now it's about going forth,
putting forth your best foot And I

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think the Clippers they know what's at
stake. They feel like their backs against

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the wall regardless, and they also
know the longer they play, the more

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chance that Paul George can return.
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strength, no doubt. Clippers riding
a three game winning streak into the postseason

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where they will see the Phoenix Suns
in Phoenix next weekend in the four five

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matchup. Clippers win today one nineteen
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final game of the regular season.
Noah Eagle, great calls in this one,

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doing Yeoman's work, going back and
forth between ball games. Once again,

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just having your head on a swivel
like that. Unbelievably impressive. We

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will talk to you next weekend in
the playoffs. Noah Eagle, Let's do

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it, yeah, listen, I
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of twelve years now the Clippers have
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to be. Can't wait out of
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next. Clippers are postseason bound and
they know their opponent in the Phoenix Suns,

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who they took down today one nineteen
to one fourteen. More postgame show

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coming up next right here on the
Los Angeles Clippers Radio Network. Clippers finish

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out the regular season with the victory
they win one nineteen to one fourteen over

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the Suns in Phoenix, who they
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Western Conference matchup in the four five
series. Welcome in. This is your

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Clippers post game show. I'm Adam
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eleven fifty. We'll have Clippers talk
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Let's get to your second half highlights. Clippers were down at the half

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in this one. It was fifty
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luster, low energy basketball, and
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in the third quarter and it looked
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the Suns would take it right back. They led by four heading into the

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fourth at eighty six to eighty two, but the Clippers needed this one to

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secure their spot has a top six
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the stretch all the law from Westbrook
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He slams with two. Leonard was
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oh two, one hundred. Leonard
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right back down on a Kobe,
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hand. Kawhi Leonards got nineteen points
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Leonard from the free throw line just
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phase from fifteen. He hits Kawhi
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got twenty three. Leonard crossing back
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into the paints all the way in
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off the window of the left hand. Kawhi Leonard, Mister fourth quarter is

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taken over. Kawhide took him home
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against the Phoenix Suns with those twelve
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to win one nineteen to one fourteen
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will be coming up next weekend in
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Clippers avoid the play in tournament.
We saw it happened last year. Didn't

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work out in that situation. They're
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It'll be against the Suns with Kevin
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two ball clubs from the twenty twenty
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be going up against an old friend
too in Chris Paul More Clippers postgame coming

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up next right here on the Los
Angeles Clippers Radio Network. The Clippers claim

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the five spot in the West after
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the Phoenix Suns, who they will
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four or five matchup with Phoenix having
home court advantage over the Clippers. Welcome

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back into your post game show.
I'm Adam Oslin. Coming up on the

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Clippers end this one. It wasn't
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Sun's thirty seven or twenty eight in
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up huge a putback slam, another
hustle player that he put it back in

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with six points. Six of his
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Pallid twenty nine, nine of his
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and Kawhi Leonard with twelve of his
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shooting coming in the final stretch and
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By the way Kawhi Leonard getting some
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ramping up their defensive intensity, they
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period. After trailing by four entering
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a victory even after going five of
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They've yet to see this team With
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weekend, starting with Game one in
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are leaving you until then. Coming
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to go to the NBA Finals.
I believe it in my heart. This

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Well. In Game zero of this upcoming

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seven game first round series, the
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their first round opponent, They just
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the Sun and Phoenix, because they're
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Western Conference playoffs next weekend. Oh and

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they needed to get this victory down
the stretch because, as Minnesota did go

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on to eventually win, it was
a back and forth game between them and

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the Pelicans, and one possession game
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fourth quarter could have gone either way. And if the Clippers had lost and

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the Pelicans had come up with the
victory, Clippers would have got bumped back

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down into the play in against the
Lakers. So Kawhi Leonard steps up late,

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we'll hear from him post game and
the head coach coming up. As

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Kawhi had twelve of his twenty five
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say seven minutes when he returned in
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a season high fifteen boards, two
six assists, did have four turnovers,

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some bad ones. The Clippers as
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game. But it wasn't just him. In the fourth, Russell Westbrook huge

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energy, momentum shifting type of plays, hustle plays a huge putback dunk with

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the right hand alb to Kawhi Leonard
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twenty five in the fourth. When
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the fourth, it was touch and
go. It was close. Even with

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Phoenix and their backups out there.
They didn't play kd. They didn't play

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Devin Booker, nor CP three or
DeAndre eighton. Clippers didn't even get a

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look at that team all season long, as Kevin Durant came in at the

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trade deadline. They haven't seen this
version of the Phoenix Suns or playing it

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close to the chest. And they
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the fourth spot, and I think
they wanted to see the Clippers, or

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they want to see the Clippers in
the first round. It was between them

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or the Golden State Warriors taken on
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chose the Clippers with the lineup they
put out there today. Granted, those

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guys played very well and the Clippers
just weren't good enough, especially the first

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half. They took a lead early, up by six in the third quarter,

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but then gave it back again,
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It was scary there. As you're
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Minnesota Timberwolves game, I'm sure Adam
Silver got what he wanted on this final

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day of the NBA season. Teams
going hard because their placed in the standings

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was uncertain. It was still up
in the air. Teams had to fight

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down the stretch. Clippers had to
do that. They come through, They

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win by five, and they are
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a showdown against the Phoenix Suns next
weekend in a first round matchup that again

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feels more like a Western Conference finals
type of matchup considering the amount of talent

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on both sides. The question is
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can return for this first round series. Obviously, that's a huge wild card

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right now, but the Clippers have
won three in a row. They certainly

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have gotten Kawhi Leonard back to full
strength. This was the second time he

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played the second game of a back
to back and has just been unbelievable since

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January seventh, since he got back
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Here is what Kawhi Leonard has been
able to do. He's been averaging

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this is just absurd, twenty seven
point per game, seven boards, and

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four assists. But it's the shooting
splits that really tell the story. Fifty

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three percent from the field, forty
seven percent from the outside, ninety percent

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from the free throw line. Damn
near fifty fifty ninety splits, And they're

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gonna need him to be at his
best. And in that playoff mode,

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Kauai always seems to find where he
plays. And I said this during the

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twenties twenty one playoffs before he went
down with the ACL tear, no one

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was playing better. The guy who
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though, was Kevin Durant, then
a member of the Brooklyn Nets, now

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with the Phoenix Suns. So a
big matchup between those two. But who's

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gonna be guarding Devin Booker who's gonna
be on Chris Paul? Are he and

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Russell Westbrook former teammates gonna be going
back and forth as the starters. We're

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gonna see some Terrence Man on Chris
Paul. The matchups very intriguing. I

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felt like a Visa Zubots and have
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DeAndre Ayton and a lot of their
matchups over the years, including before he

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went down with a knee injury in
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Remember it wasn't just not having Kawhi
Leonard and the Clippers still took him

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to six games, but they lost
Big Zoo a couple of games in who

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played well? Who does well?
In that one on one conversation between him

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and DeAndre Ayton, the battle of
the Bigs. So this has all sorts

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of storylines and it's going to be
a battle in the first round Clippers and

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Sons starting next weekend. Let's start
with Mike in La here on Clippers Talk.

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Mike, what's up? Well,
you know all season everyone's been saying,

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just wait for the playoffs. Everything
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Come, the playoffs, come the
playoffs, and you know, we've

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played with fire, but we got
there, so you know, now it's

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time to uh now it's time to
make good on the wet talker. I

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agree with you to an extent.
The Clippers basically, either they're a flip

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the switch team or they're an inconsistent
team that is likely going to be taken

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out in the first round by a
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team that we thought they could be, that they've showed flashes of all season

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long, are they're going to be
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think if they, you know,
wind up not performing well in the first

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round and being a quick guy,
I think there needs to be some major

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changes made in the off season because
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obviously Paul George is injured in that
you know, you can't understand how

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important that is or you can't overstate
I'm sorry to overstate how important that is.

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But just given what we've seen this
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if they become a quick out,
I think we really need to look

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at we can talk about there.
If we can talk about that, if

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we get there, Mike, who
do you think is the X factor?

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In this series for the Clippers,
Terrence Man, he's the difference maker if

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they win this series. Terrence Man
is gonna have a huge impact, I

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think so yeah, I like that
call. I think he need to have

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a huge impact to witness series well, and he can on both ends of

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the court. We've seen Terrence Man
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career high happened against the Utah Jazz
in the second round when he scored thirty

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nine points. The Clippers came back
down twenty five in the second round,

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and Terrence Man has shown him the
ability to rise up in big moments.

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But I think his defense, in
particular on Chris Paul could change the complexion

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of this series. He's done a
very good job against him, as is

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the Viza Zoobots. When he's in
drop. He has been preventing CP three

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from getting to his spots that right
elbow. Chris Paul loves it. He's

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money in the mid range there and
they have mid range masters. They're calling

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him the mid range Mafia in Phoenix
between CP three, Kevin Durant and Devin

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Booker, those guys can kill you
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So tough to stop. Clippers obviously
have Kawhi Leonard on that end to

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also score buckets at will in the
mid range, but without Paul George,

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at least for now, we don't
know what his status will be heading into

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the first round series. We got
an update from him yesterday. Still no

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timetable on his return going through the
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But I think one of the guys
has to be Norman Powell. He has

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to be great. An efficient twenty
plus per game is what he's going to

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have to average the Clippers to take
down the Phoenix Suns. It's just what

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it is. I've talked about it
a lot. Coming into this season.

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I thought Norman Powell would prove to
be the third most important player on this

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Clippers team. And there's an argument
for other guys in there, Nicholas Batoum.

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Of course, it beats the Zoobots
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the Clippers without Paul George are gonna
need more consistent scoring to just take all

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the offensive burden or some of it
at least off the plate of Kawhi Leonards

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without Paul George, who maybe out
at least to start the series. We're

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looking for an update. We got
audio from coach Lou coming up. I'm

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guessing because we got it yesterday.
There's not gonna be anything that's transpired or

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any new news with regarding Paul George. But Norman Powell, to me,

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he's been really good the last couple
of games now, maybe peeking at the

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right time, and we saw how
good he was playing in January, in

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February before he went out with that
right shoulder injury. This was someone who

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was in the six minute of the
year conversation, maybe at the top of

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it. But the last three games
now Clippers won them all. Twenty seven

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against the Lakers, eight of fifteen
shooting, twenty three against Portland yesterday,

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seven to fourteen, twenty nine on
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This is who he has to be. An efficient twenty plus a game

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score and a guy who gets to
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people talked about rather preferring a three
six match up against the sacrament Or Kings,

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and if the Clippers had lost it, turns out they would have got

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that. But it was too close
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Timberwolves to really know what was going
to happen there. But as much as

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people liked that matchup against the Kings, who are less experienced out there obviously

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haven't been to the playoffs since two
thousand and six, style of play didn't

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really for the Clippers in that series
because the Kings want to get up and

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down. Clippers are basically a bottom
ten team in pace. They've been better,

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they've played faster since bringing in Russ. They're closer to around fourteen.

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But the Suns they're a slower paced, more methodical team out there. The

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Clippers are comfortable playing at that tempo, so that's an advantage if you're looking

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at some of these early matchups and
stylistically how these two teams match up against

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one another. Considering the Clippers have
never taken on this Phoenix team with Kevin

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Durant, there's something there. But
the good news is not being in the

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plan. Five days off, more
rest and more preparation and strategizing by the

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tactician who is head coach Ron Low. All Right, we'll come back.

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We'll get to your more of your
phone calls eight seven seven five two zero

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eleven fifty eight seven seven, five
two zero eleven fifty four or five matchup

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is set Clippers in that five spot
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Not gonna be easy. Coming up
next, you'll hear from Coach Lou

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and Kawhi Leonard post game after they
win in Game eighty two one nineteen to

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one fourteen, closing out this regular
season on a three game winning streat.

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Because the Clippers head into the playoffs
and you're listening to Clippers stock here on

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the Patriot AMLM fifty. Clippers will
open up the first round of the playoffs

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in Phoenix against the Suns, and
the four or five matchup Game one will

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be next Sunday. Don't have a
time yet, but Game one Clippers and

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Suns coming up April sixteenth, next
Sunday. Welcome back into Clippers talk after

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they close out the season with a
one nineteen one fourteen victory over the Suns,

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who played no one, showed none
of their hand out there, didn't

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need to. They put themselves in
that position where we're gonna be in the

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fourth spot no matter what, and
they basically chose their opponent, not playing

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their starters, not playing their stars
against the Clippers likely meant the Clippers were

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going to win. It was a
lot tougher than we thought it was going

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to be, and that meant the
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Here we go. Let's go to
Mitch in New Jersey. Mitch,

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what's up your on Clippers side?
Without I'm as oh, man, I

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don't know how you're doing again,
Hi, Match, what's up? Apparently

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bros? They really make things tough. They really liked the start a bit

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poorly without the intensity. They gotta
do it, and we're gonna need this

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five days off, Let's have a
hopefully our three hall of famis be complaining

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together, meaning Paul, George and
I say we're gonna get to the finals,

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or at least to the Western Conference
finals. And this would be the

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first time I would speak to you
in June with I hope that happens.

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I hope if it he's talking to
you in junals. Let's get that we

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need. We need a lot of
rests coming weeks. It's gonna be I

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appreciate the phone call. Match,
Yes, hope to be talking to you

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in June. First things first,
Clippers taken on what many people consider to

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be the favorites in the West in
the Phoenix Suns since they brought in Kevin

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Durant. And we don't have an
update yet on Paul George. I don't

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think we're getting another one today.
Got it yesterday and there was still no

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timetable on his return. Uh Tasius
and Walnut Jesus, what's up? You're

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on Clipper stop without Himstin Kay,
I don't know how you've been. It's

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been a while. What's good.
It's been a while, two months because

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because my dad had a heart attack
and he's in the hospital for a month.

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I'm to hear that after Yeah,
well it was it was. It

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was just we've got to watch some
Clipper games later on, and they gave

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him a cardiac bear to hug,
and they asked him what to name it,

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and he named it the Clipper.
So we're fames, we're following,

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We're following it, Alo following along. He kept watching an even when he

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wasn't feeling well, He'd see Steve
Bomber smiling and jumping up and down and

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brought a smile to his face.
So are you saying this Clippers season actually

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had a Clippers fan having a heart
attack, but he's okay, I know

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right, oh man, it was
really the I know, what can we

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say? But got married after and
been following along here and there, but

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it's been crazy. But just wanted
to call in and say, you know,

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it's gonna be tough obviously and if
we don't have PG, but it

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feels like, you know, we
have very little room for error here.

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And I mean a couple of things
that seemed evident that to win would be

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that we gotta not allow them second
chance points, so we gotta be rebounding

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the ball well and all that eight
and then all of them get offensive rebounds

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and then two. It just seems
like we got to be able to hear

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a three point shot to win these
this series. Like we can't be called

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because as we hit the three point
shot, we were tough to beat.

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Even so, it seems like with
Batom, Terrence Men, Eric Gordon Kawai,

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like if a couple of them can
stay hot from the three point Braine

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and we have a good chance to
still win. Tholder the two keys,

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I think right now, Nah,
they're both really good points. I think

406
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that battle and matchup between eighton and
it beats a Zubots could swing things one

407
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direction or the other depending on who
gets the best of the of the guy

408
00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:34.319
next to him. Vietsa Zubats,
though has played well against Deansreden. I

409
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will say that for him. And
then the three point shooting. Aside from

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this game where they went five of
twenty three, you know, the Clippers

411
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post All Star Break last twenty one
games, best three point shooting team in

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the league, they were right back
to being just under forty percent. That's

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a huge part of their game.
And you know, as good as Devin

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Booker is, as good of a
shooter of he as he is with his

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shooting form that looks, you know, perfect beautiful Ray Allen esque, He's

416
00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:08.799
only a thirty five percent shooter from
the outside for his career. It's kind

417
00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:12.640
of stunning. He can get hot, he can get scorching hot. He

418
00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:18.440
can score seventy points on you.
He's done it before. But that's someone

419
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who isn't an elite three point shooter. Obviously, Kevin Durant is CP three.

420
00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:29.000
He knocks down his shots from the
outside. I think those two things

421
00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:33.920
you brought up tageous, but also
the depth the bench favors the Clippers in

422
00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:38.519
this matchup. I'll be careful there
because the Phoenix Suns playing their backups today

423
00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:45.079
played very well. But when you
have Roco Terrence Man, Mason Plumley,

424
00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:51.160
Bones Highland, Norman Powell coming off
the bench, that's a big advantage.

425
00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:56.319
The Clippers have to win those second
unit stints, those minutes there with those

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guys. When Kawhi is off the
floor, I'm guessing they're gonna stagger he

427
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and Russell Westbrook, but they have
to find a way to load up whenever

428
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Kevin Durant isn't out there, and
they're probably gonna stagger him and Devin Booker.

429
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But you got to take advantage of
those minutes and win the bench battle

430
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Clippers versus the Phoenix Suns. Oh, let's see who else do we have

431
00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:19.240
here? Damien in La Damien,
what's up? You're on Clipper stock with

432
00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:26.799
that him? Austin TRIPLEA. What's
up? Man? Another basketball brunch heart

433
00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:30.000
attack right there? Man. You
know, I thought this is gonna be

434
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a little bit easier, so but
I'm happy that they got indicative of how

435
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the entire season is gone. It's
nothing comes easy for this Clippers team,

436
00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:42.680
including a first round matchup against the
Phoenix Suns. But maybe that's just the

437
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way they have to do it.
I mean, it's par for the course,

438
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for for being a clipper, you
know, as a clipper since ninety

439
00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:53.920
nine, I can tell you every
win that I've ever witnessed has been hard

440
00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:57.240
spot. You know. I can't
remember, you know, too many times

441
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when it wasn't. So I'm actually
happy. I like the matchup. I

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like us against the Suns, and
I like it in the first round because

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I think we have an opportunity to
punch him in the mouth and catch him

444
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slipping. I think that they messed
up by thinking that, you know,

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by being worried about Steph Curry and
everything that they're doing down there and not

446
00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:20.920
worrying about this team, basically what
I believe to be a sleeping giant,

447
00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:22.960
you know, and they're gonna wake
up, start playing both ends of the

448
00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:28.160
floor. We have two way guys
coming off the bench. The problem.

449
00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:31.839
Miles Bridges was always the guy on
the Sun that I was worried about.

450
00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:37.720
I know that DeAndre Aiden if you
get after him early, he will fold

451
00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:39.960
late, and I've seen him do
that. The greatest thing that I think

452
00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:43.519
that we have Adam going into it
is. We have a secret weapon.

453
00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:45.960
You've called him the legend killer,
the giant killer. The whole team is

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00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:51.759
like that. How many times this
season did we take the best punch from

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their best player and still go out
and win the ball game? Luca?

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00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:59.359
You know, Jokis went out there
and did some damage. We had guys

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come out there in serve us,
but they still left with an el Well,

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00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:06.240
they never beat Denver this year,
so I don't know what you're talking

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00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:07.279
about that. Oh no, I'm
sorry, I'm sorry. It wasn't.

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00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:09.359
It wasn't Denver. I must have
been dreaming. I was, which we'll

461
00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:13.759
think? Am I better? I
was trying to think of people, but

462
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I remember that. You know,
we played well against Jokis, and I

463
00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:21.759
think that if we if we met
him, that Zoo would have a much

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00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:23.000
better game against Yoke. I think
you'd step up to the challenge. But

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I like the fact that you can
throw your best guy at us and he

466
00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:30.480
could go for fifty doesn't mean you're
gonna win the ball game. Well,

467
00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:35.400
we did see that with the Golden
State Warriors recently, where Steph Curry went

468
00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:38.759
for fifty and the Clippers still won. Granted they didn't have Andrew Wiggins,

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and he's gonna be back, it
looks like. But the Clippers do have

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00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:47.720
one of the worst records going up
against teams above five hundred this season for

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00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:52.440
a playoff contender, they may have
the worst. So they are either that

472
00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:55.960
sleeping giant, that team that can
flip a switch and play their best when

473
00:33:55.960 --> 00:34:00.559
their best is required come playoff time
next weekend, or they're gonna get bounced

474
00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:06.160
in the first round by a more
talented Phoenix Suns team. It's one or

475
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the other. One or the other. Rubber is meeting road for the Clippers.

476
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Now. All the talk of just
get to the playoffs, just get

477
00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:16.400
to the playoffs, they have arrived, and they're taken on the Suns and

478
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one of the most talented teams roster
wise, certainly on the top end that

479
00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:25.320
we have seen in years now adding
Kevin Durant. But the last time out

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00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:30.280
against Phoenix, you're reminded me of
that ball game. It was right before

481
00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:36.000
the All Star break and the Clippers
had a lot of success and Booker and

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00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:39.880
CP three, Andy andre Aden,
they all played in that game and the

483
00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:44.920
Clippers won one sixteen to one oh
seven, and there was a wrinkle I

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saw that I didn't expect, and
it was Eric Gordon on Devin Booker,

485
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and he played them really well.
Booker was just six of sixteen from the

486
00:34:54.599 --> 00:35:00.480
field, one of six from the
outside, had just nineteen points. Gordon

487
00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:02.880
did work in that game, showed
me something defensively that he's still got it

488
00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:07.760
at thirty four. And if he's
in the starting lineup, I think he's

489
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gonna be matched up against Booker.
Then it will likely be Nicholas Batoum and

490
00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:17.400
Kawhi Leonard starting off against Kevin Durant
giving him different looks, Russell Westbrook going

491
00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:23.800
up against CP three and eighton and
Zubos battling in the paint. All right,

492
00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:27.559
let's hear from the head coach post
game though, as we get a

493
00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:31.880
hurry here after the Clippers win one
nineteen to one fourteen in Phoenix in game

494
00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:36.199
eighty two, as we'll now have
a seven game series between these two in

495
00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:42.440
the first round, a little hell, you know, and then up down't

496
00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:45.760
oh man, just I don't know. I ain't talking about this game is

497
00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:49.119
over. We in the playoffs.
I want to focus on that, and

498
00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:51.880
we didn't play our best game.
We know that. But whatever is behind

499
00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:55.320
us. We got to focus on
the bigger pitching. Everything's zero. What

500
00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:59.920
do you died this team to do
for the first practice of the playoffs?

501
00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:04.320
First of all, just understand what
we're trying to do defensively. You know,

502
00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:07.480
we know a tough team. Well
coach mine does a hell of a

503
00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:09.719
job, one of the best coaches
in our league. And so we know

504
00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:14.440
with KD, with Book, with
CP, you know, they definitely execute.

505
00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:16.639
So we gotta be tight with our
game plan, understanding what we're trying

506
00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:19.679
to do, what we're trying to
take away. We can't have a lot

507
00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:22.800
of breakdowns, and we've been having
breakdowns. You know. It's last couple

508
00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:24.079
of weeks. You know, we
haven't been a sharp defensivelyels we need to

509
00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:28.679
be. But hopefully we four or
five days to prepare, we should be

510
00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:30.400
a lot better. Is that a
physicality thing or is it something else?

511
00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:37.480
It's a physicality and a mental thing. I saw bones and plumbly got into

512
00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:39.280
a little bit on the bench between
third and fourth quarters. Everything cool.

513
00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:42.840
Yeah, if you ain't getting the
right fight, then I don't know.

514
00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:45.480
It's a big game. So if
they ain't right, do something to fix

515
00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:47.440
it. And at the lascarnments.
We took off and played a lot better,

516
00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:50.960
So maybe we should do that more
off to that's about to say,

517
00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:53.760
I like guys getting them do it
on the bench. But if it were

518
00:36:54.599 --> 00:37:00.639
they worked it out, it's okay. Everything's good. And you were happy

519
00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:04.119
at the professional approach yesterday. Then
you guys played like three to the first

520
00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:07.599
three course day. What makes you
think that, you know, come playoffs,

521
00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:10.519
that's gonna switch. The flip's gonna
switch. You guys can beat Oh

522
00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:14.800
yeah, no flip. I mean
we gotta be ready to play or we'll

523
00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:16.360
be going home, you know.
And so we understand that, we understand

524
00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:21.559
what's the stake, and we know
we're facing the good team. But you

525
00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:23.679
know, eighty two games, you
know, it's a long season, guys

526
00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:28.199
in and out of rotation, a
lot going on, and so for me,

527
00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:30.239
I just want to just you know, thank my coaching staff. You

528
00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:31.480
know, it's been a tough year
for us. You know, all year

529
00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:37.039
just grinding and you know, Kawhi
missing thirty games, PG missing thirty games,

530
00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:39.519
Norm missing twenty five, like it's
just been a roller coach over season.

531
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But to for our coaching staff and
stay with it and continue to compare

532
00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:46.440
prepare these guys where we have,
and then the guys in the locker room

533
00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:51.639
for fighting every single night, you
know, playing through adversity, playing through

534
00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:54.679
tough times, and you know,
getting here and solidifying the fifth position that

535
00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:57.920
means a lot. Says a lot
about our guys in the locker room.

536
00:37:58.159 --> 00:38:00.239
So I'm just happy with that.
Overall. What has it been like to

537
00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:05.239
start the year with this title,
expertations and in the final minutes of the

538
00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:07.199
season you might be in the playing
you might not ending on how things go

539
00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:10.639
at Minnesota New Orleans. It's what's
that rived in life. It's been tough,

540
00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:14.920
you know, Like I said,
it's been hard. It's been a

541
00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:17.920
hard road. And you know,
we get two best players miss sixty games,

542
00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:22.199
you know, and just trying to
figure it out. And then you

543
00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:24.559
can make a trade and you you
acquire four new guys with twenty one games

544
00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:27.880
left in the season. With three
new guys with twenty one games left in

545
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the season, and then Russ comes
in with nineteen games in the season.

546
00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:32.519
You know, it's just been it's
been a crazy year. And so I'm

547
00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:36.159
just proud of our guys. Like
I said, I'm proud of our coaching

548
00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:38.199
staff for just sticking in there,
and now we start a new season.

549
00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:43.199
So I'm excited about the task at
hand. I know our guys in locker

550
00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:45.519
room are as well, and so
we got to be better than we have

551
00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:49.880
been over the course of the last
week or so. Coach Loup post game

552
00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:52.559
there, we'll take a quick time
out. Clippers win one, nineteen to

553
00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:57.360
one to fourteen in Phoenix. But
now it's for real, a seven game

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00:38:57.440 --> 00:39:00.519
series against the Sun's starting next Sunday. Game one in Phoenix coming up next.

555
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More Clippers stock right here on Los
Angeles Clippers Radio Network. Clippers first

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00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:10.199
round matchup is set. They take
on the Phoenix Suns start next Sunday in

557
00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:15.119
Phoenix. Just heard from coach Lou
He said it. They either play their

558
00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:22.440
best basketball now or they're going home. They either put together a more consistent

559
00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:24.480
effort, certainly than what we saw
in this game, or else they're going

560
00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:29.000
home. Can they overcome the bad
habits they've had all season, the lack

561
00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:34.440
of chemistry and continuity out there and
find a way well? And the Clippers

562
00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:36.639
backs are against the wall that seems
to be when they're at their best,

563
00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:40.719
and they are going to be the
underdog in this series against the Suns.

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More Clipper stock next right here,
I'm Los Angeles Clippers, right networking patriot

565
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Hamm. You know what I'm not
scared of. I'm not scared of Phoenix

566
00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:55.599
Dallas, not even in the playoffs. They got Kawaii Irving and in Luca

567
00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:59.519
dont Gold. Clippers. We've got
to set them, Okay, we do

568
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Westbrook. Gonda goes all the way
his energy and his confidence in his good

569
00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:06.039
play. But I'd like to energy
in the confidence we go on someplace in

570
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body. Keep the faith. I'm
killing you. Keep the faith. I

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like your energy and confidence. Clipper
Nation, keep your podcast up to it.

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Tomorrow Podcast P with Paul George.
He's dropping an exclusive update on his

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recovery from the right knee spring.
Before we get out of here, I

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do want to thank the Clippers organization, Noah Eagle, Brian Stephen, Ralph

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Waller, a Big ro Jake Warrener, Katie Newton, the callers, the

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listeners will talk to you guys next
weekend for Game one Clippers and Sons.

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This has been Clippers Talk. A
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