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their first loss of the season, losing by two in Utah with a final
score of one twenty to one eighteen. Welcome into your postgame show. I'm
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Let's get back to your radio voice of the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez from Delta
Center and the Clippers were a three pointers short on a night where the Utah
Jazz hit sixteen of them from winning this ballgame. Carlo, it was a
tough one down the stretch was a tough one down the stretch. Credit Utah.
They came out of that loss against Sacramento saying, hey, we need
to shoot more threes. We need to make more threes. They did that.
They hit sixteen after hitting just nine. They shot thirteen more than they
did on Wednesday, and they beat the Clippers to the fifty to fifty balls.
They hit thirty three points from the second chance. They had sixteen off
turnovers. At the end of the day, Adam, we were talking about
it. I feel like as this game went along, the Clippers were going
to steal this game if they were gonna come away with a win. They
didn't play their brand of basketball. The defensive intensity that we saw in Game
one wasn't there, the rebounding wasn't there. It was gonna be an ugly
win. And at the end of the day, the ugly win caught up
to them. Yeah, you said it. Those bad habits they can catch
up to you. Offensive rebounds by the Utah Jazz it was marketing with a
big one in the fourth quarter those threes from Olanic, but a Clippers killer
in Jordan Clarkson hitting that three pointer late. That was the eventual backbreaker.
Yeah, Clarkson was good tonight. That was his third three of the ballgame
to go for his thirteen points wory. Marketing was just excellent for this team,
and the Utah Big came away with thirty five points and Adam I go
back to a play where Marketing ran in transition and Utah had about four or
five tip ends right at the rim, and Marketing got one to go,
and you just felt like, man, the Clippers are right there. But
the only person rebounding for most of that second stretch was Russell Westbrook, and
he was involved in everything, but no one else really around the basketball.
And unfortunately Russ couldn't get that turnaround fade away to go at the buzzer there.
Kawhi Leonard would miss a three point or late that would have put him
up by one. It wasn't meant to be. Kawhi did have nine of
his twenty five points in that fourth quarter. I thought Norman Powell was especially
special in the fourth with fourteen of his twenty points, albeit in a loss,
but it was good to see Norm dig himself out of that shooting slump.
Carlo, Yeah, he was excellent on the offensive end and excellent on
the defensive end as well. I would not be surprised if we see Norm
finish a lot more games this season, because every time you saw I had
the ball, it was Chris Dunn going at Norman Powell, and Dunn didn't
score his first points till the fourth quarter. He finished two for seven from
the field in his eighteen minutes. Norm stood up to the challenge and put
the clamps on. There's a lot of good to take away from today.
You battled on the road, you fell behind early to come back, but
for a team that looked to turn the page to be a new team,
to not fall behind in those deficits and clean up things like offensive rebounding.
Felt like we saw last year's Clippers a little too much tonight. Yeah,
regrets little bit, especially on the glass. Seventeen offensive rebounds in the victory
for the Utah Jazz as they win one twenty till one eighteen over your Los
Angeles Clippers, who return home on Sunday to be met by the ninth or
eighth Wonder of the World, whatever you want to call them, Victor Webbin
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another fun. One didn't end the way we wanted, but boay, wait
did we have fun? Clippers fall one till one eighteen, Thank you Bart
Scott. They fall by two in Utah. Coming up next, second half
highlights. Clippers lose a heartbreaker against the Jazz. Eleven straight regular season losses
in Utah. We talked about in the pregame it is a tough place to
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Clippers lose late in Utah to the Jazz, final score one twenty to one
eighteen. Clippers outscored them by four in the fourth quarter, thirty five to
thirty one. That thirty one is still too big of a number when you're
in that uphill battle. Down ten early in the period, welcome back into
your postgame show. I'm Ada Osland, coming up your final box score,
and yes we will have Clippers talk tonight. If I've already thrown you on
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We'll get to all of you. And guess what, we got a pair
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we'll get to some second half highlights. Bart Scott hasn't left yet. You
can't either. Clippers were down at the half sixty three to fifty four.
In the third quarter, though after leading them with sixteen points in the first
half. Paul George was cooking George straight away, with Collins rocking back and
forth, dribbling with left hand Clarks in the switch. George a three yacht
see Paul George from downtown. We got a one possession ball game, seventy
four to seventy one, George wit twenty three. Tonight, Clippers will move
the other way seventy six seventy one the Utah League. Georgevin's the man of
the hour down the right alley fades right handed, lamp up and end.
Paul George is on fire. Seventy six seventy three, Utah George went twenty
five, Clippers down by three with the ball, George step back right wing
three. Why not Paul George cannot be stopped? Twenty eight points and the
Clippers down three seventy nine seventy six. Paul George had fifteen points in the
third quarter alone, and after trailing by as many as fourteen, the Clippers
had cut it to eighty nine to eighty three heading into the fourth. And
how about Norman Powell. We were looking for him to come around, knock
off a little bit of rust early season rust. It's been a pattern with
him in his career, and he stepped up in a huge way in the
fourth quarter, giving the Clippers a chance. Here come the Clippers. Highland
pushing left wings, thought about a three stops the dribble, wait for his
teammates to catch up, pal right corner three, got it. Norman Powell
with some string music and the Clippers back within seven ninety seven, ninety nine
to twenty five to go. Fourth quarter. Hyland finds me toom thought about
a left wing three into the corner for Pala tax Alane gets by Tucker right
handed, flutter up and in Norman Palell makes it a one point game.
Ninety nine ninety eight well eleven two Clippers run Norman, Powell, Storm and
Norman with fourteen of his twenty points in the final period. Kawhi had nine.
In the fourth. Paul George hit a big three, as did Nicholas
Batoom, but none bigger than the shot hit from distance by Jordan Clarkson that
would put the Utah Jazz up. Too late, Clippers got off a tough
possession Kawhi Leonard Along three pointer bounced into the hands of Russell Westbrook trying to
turn around fade away as the buzzer was going off, not to be in.
The Clippers fall one twenty to one eighteen in Utah to the Jazz coming
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of the next hour. Next though final box score Clippers lose one twenty to
one eighteen in Utah. They're one and one on the season, take their
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LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers take their first l of the season. They
lose in Utah for the eleventh straight time in the regular season. Final score
one twenty to one to eighteen in favor of the Jazz. Jordan Clarkson would
knock down a huge three late to put them up by two. I took
a tough three, bounced off the ram Russell Westbrook had an opportunity, couldn't
get it to go, and the Clippers are one and one on this young
season. After the Utah Jazz this is a staggering number. Got up nineteen
more shot attempts than the Clippers in this one. That is tough to overcome.
It's almost shocking that the Clippers were in this game and leading late.
The Jazz got up those nineteen more shots, mostly because seventeen offensive rebounds to
just six for your Los Angeles Clippers. Clippers was sixteen tur and overs,
leading the fifteen points. Jazz with fourteen turnovers leading to sixteen points. You're
a leading score. Paul George finished with thirty six, had a big three
late wasn't enough. Kawhi Leonard twenty five had nine of his twenty five in
the fourth quarter off the bench. Norman Pale had fourteen visit twenty in the
fourth. With the Clippers fall late in Utah by two, final score one
twenty to one eighteen. Clippers next game coming up Sunday. I'll be back
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You hear me right now, your host on your home For the Clippers,
they were in attack mode. Adam Osley Utah knockdown threes early and they
knocked down a backbreaking game winning three against the Clippers late. It was Jordan
Clarkson Clipper Killer and the Clippers take their first loss of the season. They
lose by two final score one twenty to one eighteen. Is the Jazz get
their first win of the season. Welcome into Clippers Talk. I'm out a
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Arena. But there's just a lot to sort through in this game from the
Clippers, and by no means was it a well played ballgame by the Clippers.
This was more the same of what we saw last season, and I
gotta say it's disappointing because they had a chance with their early season schedule,
going against the Magic, going against Utah tonight, the Spurs, in between
both those teams to start the season. Four Now to really get off on
the right foot, to erase all that bad taste you'd have in your mouth
post game after so many games last season. Now, Clippers came out,
didn't play the right way in the first quarter. Granted, Utah was hot
from the outside, and there's not much you can do with some of those
three pointers. I'm thinking about Kawhi Leonard all over thht on one in the
far side quarter in the first half that he knocked down right in his face.
It just doesn't matter. I'm thinking about Lori Marknen from thirty feet out
knocking one down in the face of Norman Powell. There's not much you can
do. You tip your cap. But Utah after only taking under thirty I
want to say it was twenty nine in three pointer attempts in Game one against
Sacramento. We talked about it with Carlo Jomenez, your radio voice of the
Clippers. They would be hell bent on getting up more threes. Tonight and
they did forty one of them, and they hit sixteen. And it was
that sixteenth that was the difference maker, that was the critical shot of the
ball game, and it was Jordan Clarkson in a game where they were down
one he went for three. Could be part of the reason the Clippers weren't
prepared for that, and they didn't look that prepared on the other end,
they didn't call time out. The official thought they were going to, and
the Clippers didn't, and it looked a little discombobulated. You're down by two.
Kawhi Leonard went for the kill shot three he missed. Russ had an
offensive rebound. It looked like there was enough time for him to kick it
out to Nicholas Patoom on the right wing for an open three pointer, but
instead turn around fade away. Not to be Clippers fall by two in a
game they trailed by ten and early in the fourth quarter, I thought it
was going to be a classic Clippers come back with ten ten left in the
fourth they trailed by ten. Easy for me to say a bit of a
tongue twister after marketing a knockdown two at the line. It was ninety seven
eighty seven, Utah up by ten, I said on Twitter, get Kawhi
back into the ballgame. About twenty seconds later, he was back in and
started to go to work. Kawhi had nine of his twenty five points,
starting with a three pointer in the fourth quarter. Norman Palell got off the
snide. If you're looking for positives and silver linings in a game where the
Clippers lost, Norman Powell finding a shooting stroke after a tough opening night,
after a tough preseason, and the reputation of getting off the slowl starts well.
Norm had just six points entering the fourth. He would finish with twenty.
Had fourteen points in the fourth quarter, big shot after big shot.
A few really nice assists found Mason Plumley for an easy one early in the
fourth after Norm turned the corner multiple times on his defenders and got to the
rim. But the Clippers come up short in a winnable game even with all
the self inflicted wounds. I see fourteen turnovers on one box score. I
see sixteen on another, and that one says official box score. We'll go
with it for now. But too many sloppy turnovers early on in the game.
At the half, the Clippers had ten of them. Make it eleven
just inexcuseable after a game where you had seventeen Wednesday night against the Portland Trailblazers.
You're making it tougher than it needs to be. Utah is talented last
season, they were at the top of the West for a couple weeks early
on, and I knew they would give the Clippers their best shot tonight after
losing to Sacramento. But you can't give them extra opportunities. What happened to
winning the possession battle That was a key talking point throughout the preseason, and
at the half, Utah had already attempted eleven more shots than the Clippers.
By the end of the ballgame, Utah attempted ninety six shots, the Clippers
seventy seven, a nineteen shot difference that's almost impossible to overcome. For the
Clippers to be in that game and be leading late before that shot from Jordan
Clarkson is almost remarkable. They were up one with forty one seconds left when
Utah got the ball, drove down there, set it up and Jordan Clarson
hit that straight away three. They battled back. But I don't like seeing
bad habits like getting down and waiting to have a sense of urgency instead of
hitting first. I have to be honest about that. I know it's a
new season, but there were similarities and some of the same errors, miscusing
problems and issues we saw last season too often that we saw into night's Clippers
game. It wasn't a back to back. They had a day off in
between the victory where they were up by as many as thirty on Portland Wednesday
night. They had time to regroup. They had Bones Hyland, who was
questionable earlier dealing with that ankle injury, look pretty damn good in this one.
Bones had I want to say, ten points in the first half.
Let me double check this. He had twelve twelve points in eleven minutes in
cinndiary. He just is able because when you're running the show, it's not
like anyone else needs to find him for him to get shots up. Bones
brings the ball up to court and he's looking to score, and I'm good
with it. I don't care if Kawhi's out there, Paul George. There
are times where those two need breaks and somebody else has to step up.
Norm was great in the fourth quarter and Coach schlu rode the hot hand,
but bones, especially in the first half where he was five for five and
knocked down two three pointers to get those twelve points. He was helping keep
the Clippers in it. There were some tough performances though by their front court
Aviza Zubots and Mason Plummeley were not good enough tonight. Big Zoo was my
player to watch. Finished with six points and two rebounds in nineteen minutes.
That can't happen in a game you're getting dominated on the glass. Mason Plumbley
really struggled. Was a minus eleven out there, just three points in twelve
minutes for boards. People are asking me on Twitter because Marketen had multiple offensive
rebounds on that tip in late That was a huge possession with forty six seconds
left that put him up one seventeen to one sixteen before Paul George knocked down
a couple of free throws to put the Clippers back up one eighteen to one
seventeen. People were saying, well, why is it zooing there? Why
is it Mason Plumbley, Well, rewind what I just said twenty seconds ago.
They didn't play well enough, They didn't earn those minutes late they put
coach Luna position where you had to just lean into offense because if we're not
getting boards anyways with our bigs, then we're just gonna try to go four
offense. Catch back up in this game by playing five out with wings and
guards and scores, and it worked, but they couldn't get to that ball.
I know Paul George was there battling Marketing, who had a great game
thirty five points. I think he was Zach chick On. This was he
most improved player of the year. Last year when Utah was thriving, market
In was an absolute beast. He had a career year. He was that
good and he was the most improved player. It's gonna be hard for him
to do that two years in a row because he set the bar so high
and just came out and knocked down five three pointers and finished with thirty five
and twelve. Walker Kessler, who worries me, he only had four boards.
John Collins, though, also had twelve and five offensive rebounds, just
like Marketing. That's the area. When you look at field goal attempts ninety
six to seventy seven in favor of the Utah Jazz, well, they had
two less turnovers and they had eleven more offensive rebounds than the Clippers eleven.
Just brutal. I don't know how you overcome that disparity of seventeen to six
in the offensive rebounding category. Clippers almost did, but they looked like they
were trying to get by on talent alone tonight, if I'm being honest,
and that's not a great sign. That's what we dealt with last season too
often. And while Russ, I thought had some really good moments and was
a part of that fourth quarter and was crashing boards and as a small you
give him credit. He had a big block too, was making the effort
there. He had five turnovers, all five came in the first half.
But he's the floor general. He played thirty seven minutes. He played as
many minutes as Kawhi and Paul George. Paul George had just two turnovers.
Kawhi had just won. Russ is your traditional point guard now setting to the
table. He can't have five turnovers to forress. It's gonna be tough to
win on nights like that. Just four points. By the way, I
thought he showed some heart and some hustle, and I need to see that
play again, by no means, am I putting it on one guy,
But it looked like Nicholas Batum was calling for the ball on that offensive rebound.
Give him credit for that, Russ's It's not even arguable he's the greatest
rebounding guard I think ever. But but toom, the first thing I thought
was the three pointer he hit to tie the game at Madison Square Garden last
season where the Clippers eventually won in ot He's got that quick trigger release from
distance. And I'm not sure if there was enough time or if Russ knew
if there was enough time late, but it would have been interesting to see
if Nicholas Patum got that shot attempt as he was wide open from three.
Clippers lose by two in Utah to the Jazz eleventh straight loss in the regular
season. In Utah told you the free game tough place to play, no
matter how talented they are. If you're talking Stockton and Malone or Darren Williams
and Carlos Boozer, or Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, or guys like markt
In and Jordan Clarkson and thht Tonight, always a tough place to play.
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lose by two in a very winnable game late in Utah one to one eighteen
as Russell Westbrook got the rebound with about two and a half three seconds left
off the miss from Kawhi Leonard on the left wing and batoom Is wide open
on the right wing. Call for the basketball and Russ tried a turnaround fade
away over Kelly Olinic. He misses. Clippers lose Olynic by the way two
back to back huge three pointers in the fourth quarter. In the threes were
part of the story, but there's not much you can do with some of
that hot shooting from Utah. Kawhi was up on Olynic, had a hand
in his face, far side corner knocked it down, didn't matter. There
are things you can do for hustle wise on the glass, and the Clippers
simply weren't good enough in that area. Where the Jazz finished with thirty three
second chance points on twelve nineteen shooting, Clippers had just eight second chance points
Utah and those seventeen offensive rebounds leading to nineteen more shot attempts did the Clippers
in tonight? They fall one twenty to one eighteen. All right, phone
calls Javier in Lahabra Heights. You're on Clippers talk without Am awesome Lhaber or
just lab Yeah, Lahabor Heights. Heis Adam at the Heights. Yeah,
real quick? You know what everything you mentioned in the last segment, it
was on spot. I mean, what are all gonna say? You just
said it? I mean we've seen this movie last year, Adam, same
the three Things. Turnovers again, sixteen turnovers, second of all, boxing
out, Adam, second chance points unbelievable. I mean they were playing Utah,
Adam. You imagine they're playing Dember Phoenix the Lakers. They need to
know how to box out, Adam. I mean it's not that hard.
I mean, you're you're boxing out in high school ball. Here's the problem,
though, Xavier. Their small guys were it's their bigs, that's who
I put this on. It's plumbly. It's a Visa Zoo boss. They
need to be better there. How does big Zoo get two boards in nineteen
minutes? That's why they weren't playing late. The effort wasn't good enough.
Yeah, you know, and you're right, that's what you said. That's
how they didn't do the last one four or five minutes. And the last
thing, Adam, you nailed it too. How many time out the tit
you have? He did not use the timeout, Adam. He's not going
to take those time off home. Use them, use them, use one
of them. Oh, there's a couple of schools of thought there, Javier.
It's not as simple, is that, Because if you think you have
the matchup advantage, you don't want the Utah Jazz to be able to set
up their defense on the other end. And that's I'm sure what the Clippers
thought they had, and I believe it was Jordan Clarkson on Kawhi Leonard who
settled for a left wing three late. I don't mind that matchup at all.
I don't know if they needed a three pointer, a two ties it,
Kawhi was going for the win. I don't know if that is the
main reason. We can scrutinize the final play all we want, but when
a team gets up nineteen more shots than you, the amount of times you're
gonna win that game is few and far between. It is an extraordinary oddity
to win a game where a team almost takes twenty more shots than you,
exactly. And like I said that before, Adam, like Pat Rdy used
to say when he was forshing the Knicks, the Lakers, and Miami rebounds
wins championships. If the Clippers can find a way to rebound and box out,
I'm not going to go far at him. They have to, they
have to leave. I'm with you here and give Adrian Brody the Emmy,
the Oscar, whatever it is. His portrayal of pat Riley unbelievable. I
can't believe Winning Time got canceled. I'm gonna cancel HBO just because that.
Uh Sean and Inglewood Sean, what's up You're on Clipper stock with that?
I'm awesome, Hi, Adam, First of all, let me disqualify myself
to win the tickets because I won't be there. I can't believe their Sunday.
So hopefully someone else will win and enjoy the gang. And well,
I hope your call is still good. I hope your call is still good.
Sean. Yeah, I hope so too. I hope you like my
call. But I'm not call I'm gonna argue with you, Adam. I'm
just saying that for over two years, we need to have a power forward
that's six' ten in the bow when you're playing Utah Denver if you will
San Antonio. Okay, see, they're gonna have two big guys in there,
so maybe zubak Is brought him out one of the big guys. If
you don't realize the other big guy Roman free or had somebody six to seven
trying to guard, and maybe even the guard that their their nature is not
blocking out Sean. If there was a power forward available that the Clippers could
have easily gotten that can also shoot, because you need shooters on the floor.
You get having a guy there for defensive reasons or just rebounding, that's
great on that end, but if he's a liability on the other and takes
away a shooter you're gonna be hurt on the offensive end. No, you
did. You're taking away what I'm trying to tell you. When you're playing
a bigger teams. Okay, you put this, you put the double big
fen Okay, Dylu will never ever put double big in. You can't.
Really you want Plumbly and viza zoobots out there at the same time. I
would do it for a minute or two, but that's not the point.
The point that is your point. No, it's not, and it sounds
like a bad one. You're not playing those two guys at once. With
Russ on the floor, there's three non shooters right there. I didn't you
argue with you had played for the team today, they would have won this
game. They lost the game on the board. Have you watched Diabate in
the preseason at all, Sean, Have you even watched him? Do you
think he's earned minutes to be out there boards? He will fight on the
boards better than anybody else. I can't showing Sean, Sean. Robert Covington
fights on the boards and he's almost as big as Mussa Diabate and he's there
starting powerful. He's too small for this team, for this line up.
He's too small. Get a Viza zoo that's too small, Sean, is
a Visa zubas too small? He had two boards. He's playing one center.
There's other centers on the floor and the Utah. You're playing Utah playing
Golden State. Sean, here's what you're telling me. And no, no,
no, Sean, I'm gonna take you at your word. You say,
if Mussa Diabate is out there, so Musa Aviza, Zubos, Kawhi
PG, and Russell Westbrooks. You're starting five. That's three non shooters on
the court. Sean. No, I took your point. Take mine.
That's three non shooters on the court. It's just Kawhi and Paul George.
That's what you want. You don't consider a Viza zoobots, Russell westbrook and
Mussa Diabate non shooters. No. See, first of all is anchored in
Okay. We know that. Okay, So you need at least shoot from
outside. What are you talking about? What are you talking can shoot from
the outside, Sean, you don't even know the player. I'm sorry,
Oh my god. I can't argue with people that have no idea the scouting
on a player Musa Diabate has shown nothing to tell you that he can shoot
from the outside. Hell, he's been missing layups, floaters, everything.
I love him. He's young, he's developing, that's the point. But
saying you should start him because you're going up against the Utah Jazz and they
have some bigs, great gang rebound. If you want that advantage on the
offensive side of that switch ability and having more shooting, you have to give
something up defensively. In theory, Clippers just need a better effort crash the
boards. They know they're going to be undersize some nights. That's not an
excuse for Vitza Zubas to have two boards, for Robert Covington to only have
two all George had four, Kawhi had nine. There's your leading rebounder.
He tied Russell Westbrook with nine, Kawhi with those three offensive rebounds too.
Yeah, tough one. Sean Jose and Downey Jose. What's up? You're
on clipperstock Hey, and how you doing. I gotta agree with everything you
were saying in the last segment. It just looked like last year the effort
and yeah, all that talk that we heard in the preseason about gonna fight
for the fight for the ball, get to the ball first. Our defense
is gonna be elevated, and we were missing and that lack of effort.
We can't start the game like that, especially against these young teams. Our
track record against these young teams in the last four years have been horrendous.
They need to, like you said, they just need to come out with
the effort. Even if you put in the effort and you're not making all
your shots, I don't think it so hot because once they get hot early,
that confidence goes up and they're gonna take these threes, these Levis threes
or shots like they did in the second half or in the fourth quarter,
that one in the game. I completely agree, Jose. I say it
all the time. You let a young team or a lesser team get confidence
early. It doesn't matter if you put a hand up late. They're already
hot, they're in a rhythm. It's too late. That is Coach Low's
point. Start the game with physicality hit first. Clippers were down thirty three
to thirty after the first quarter, but I want to say they were down
by as many as eight to ten midway through the first They had to battle
back bones came in gave them some life there towards the end of the first
quarter. It was the opposite of what we saw against Portland, where they
shrunk the floor. They bothered them with their length. I didn't like the
effort out of the gate. Dre let it run. Clippers lose one twenty
to one eighteen to the Utah Jazz on the road, their first loss of
the season. We'll get back to your phone calls. I got a pair
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for that one's at six. Clippers countdown starts at five. Please don't call
me talk about Mussa diabat tonight. I just if the Clippers are relying on
Mussa Diabate to save them on the boards, then they've already lost. He's
not ready yet. He had a great game his first stint against Portland,
and after that it looked like deer in the headlights at times. He's a
young player. It's understandable he'll get there, and he plays a lot in
the G League. Still seasoning. Clippers fall by two tonight in Utah.
You're listening to a five to seven LA Sports. They want to bring a
banner with them to the into it dull more LA Clippers basketball on the LA
Clippers Audio Network. Yeah. I mean, the Clippers lost tonight because they
didn't get bords. But if Musa Diabate has to start for that to change,
I think you're gonna run into some other problems. Clippers lose one twenty
to one eighteen to the Utah Jazz in Utah. Frustrating one just game two.
But let me tell you the Clippers schedule. What's the line from Game
of Thrones The night is dark and full of terror. It's treacherous and full
of terror. It's not exactly tiptoeing through the tulips in a few weeks.
So you have to win the games that are winnable against lesser competition. And
this looked like the Clippers regressing and resorting back to some of the play we
saw last season where they just weren't locked in enough, weren't aggressive enough consistently.
And yeah, there were good performances. Paul George fifteen points in the
third quarter, had ten straight from him at one point, Kawhi Leonard nine
of his twenty five in the fourth, but took a tough three pointer.
Russ got the rebound with three point three seconds left. Now, for all
those just blaming Russ and saying, well, you got to see that,
Nicholas Batoum is calling for the basketball. I brought it up to and he
is. But it's tough in the moment to know exactly how much time is
left. By the time he gets to the floor off the rebound, it's
already almost a two seconds situational basketball though, and he took a tough fade
away over Olenk. It was short and buttoom is calling for the ball.
I trust Batum with that shot implicitly, He's hit it too many times.
One of his first games is a Clipper, we started calling him Saint Nick.
I think it was against Denver. Had a big shot against Phoenix from
distance his first year with the Clippers. Mentioned the shot against New York last
season to get them into overtime with zero time left on the clock, and
he got it off and they eventually won that one. Welcome back in the
Clippers stock, I'm out of Moslin eight six six nine eight seven two five.
Seventy of the phone numbers still got a pair of tickets to give away
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min Yama and the San Antonio Spurs and Greg Pofovich Omar on Long Beach.
What's up here on clipperstock with that Amasen? Yeah, man, tough low
tonight man, tough low, Ah, I want to get to where let's
talk about tonight man, how are we going to move on in the center
position? Because that is key? That is key, move on about be
about I mean after Zubab It's like we need help down there. Plumb Plummy
didn't even show up tonight. Like look, look, Omar, plumbly had
a bad night. Zubat's had a bad night. I get it, you're
frustrated, but these are your guys. Gotta you gotta roll with them.
I mean, Zoo's coming off a game where he had twenty twelve and four.
You're right, man, But it's tough, man. We got to
get over the hump. We're finely healthy as a unit. Tough one slip
away, tonight, tough one slip away. No, it's a good point,
Omar, and stay on hold for me. You're in the running for
the tickets, all right. Stay on hold, Omars, all right,
because you don't know how many games you're gonna get where the Clippers are this
healthy with Kawhi and Paul George, they've won seventy percent of the games they've
been out there together as Clippers. Unfortunately, they've only played in about thirty
three percent of the total amount. It's somewhere around three hundred and thirty games
available over the last four seasons. You gotta get wins there. And I
just didn't like those same bad habits popping up like whack them mole, Clippers,
fix one thing, you plug a hole there, A new league starts
in the ship. You have to get better performances from Viatz Zubots and Mason
Plumbley though. That's what they are there for games like this where teams are
big, strong and crashing the boards. Jose and Southgate, you're on Clippers.
South of that amasen Jose, what's up? I don't I visually missed
one game and all I'm here as we got to move on from our centers.
What happened at him? But shout out, iHeart radios. I was
at a drunking treat, but a shout out part of the mans French first
on the board. That was the first one for me. But from what
I heard, whenever I put the little heads phone in, don't highland,
he was going off. So that's good. Some consistency and Norman Powell got
it going, which that was good. Like you said, preseason, first
game was looking so good. But I don't say you four no, you
know we wanted to start five to note, come on now, but that
would the Lakers game. I get where you're going with Dudek, say with
your chest, stay with your chest. You know when to start? How
about four and one, because that's what's going to have to be now that
they lost tonight. I'll take that because I was gonna say, but you
know, on our team to stay in the seat and start the season.
But you know that first loss is the one you hate to get, but
also you're waiting to get. That was the team to get the emotions going.
Now, how was gonna say one thing? But you know how it
goes with me. A season's Clippers Jose in Southgate appreciate you, but we
don't hear from Omar enough. Omar coming to the game on Sunday night,
Clippers taken on the San Antonio Spurs. Omar, hold on for us,
Stay on hold, We'll get your information. We'll get you those tickets.
We want to see you at Crypto dot com arena. It is a big
one, to say the least, especially after the Clippers lose tonight. Congratulations
though, Listen to every Clippers game on AM five seventy LA Sports all season
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by the way, are in section one eleven, row thirteen. I
think you'll be close enough to see the seven foot five wonder of the World,
Victor wibin Yama. It's gonna be a good time. Clippers, though,
need to win ball games because the godlet shows up in a couple of
weeks from now. Just playoff team after playoff team after elite team after championship
team. They'll see the Denver Nuggets early in the season and these are the
ones you look back on. I can remember last season some of the games
they lost early on that would come back to bite them. A couple of
games to ok se in Oka see early in the season. Good team,
but Clippers have more talent okay see. This season definitely a problem. They
lost two games to the Orlando Magic. Those things come back to haunt you.
So if I sound harsh or overly critical because the Clippers lost by two
in Utah, it's just because I'm looking at the schedule and I know how
much tougher it's going to get, and they're not even close to entering the
teeth of their schedule. I set it for a long time now. The
softest part of their schedule is at the beginning of the season, included tonight's
game in Utah. You don't overlook anyone. I knew Utah would be tough
and it would probably come down to the fourth quarter, but the Clippers made
it tougher on themselves, down ten with ten ten left, and they just
didn't take advantage of the talent disparity and having Kawhi Leonard and Paul George,
and it looked like they were just showing up late when they needed to to
have another Clippers comeback instead of imposing their will from the opening tip. And
that's what's frustrating and a little bit discouraging tonight. We'll see what happens Sunday
against Victor wemben Yama. Before we get out of here, Omar, you
stay on hold. Don't you be going anywhere. We're gonna get you those
tickets. I do want to bring in Zach attack. Our producer did a
fantastic job tonight, and we're gon call this one in one. Zach gets
a question towards me, I gotta throw one back at him. Zach,
what do you got hit me? My question is about Robert Covington. Okay,
Roco, A lot of fans were upset with the lack of playing time
he got last year. Why are we going there tonight? I mean,
come on, see you no seeing him? These first two games this season,
he's been underwhelming. I but do you look you're box score watching?
Do you think underwhelming? Yeah? He can pastic game one? Then why
are we complaining about rebounds? Why do we have people like Sean calling in
about Diabate getting playing time instead of Roco? Well, Shawn's nuts and I
love him, but he always he wants to play three bigs, forget the
two towers. He wants to go back to nineties NBA ball and doesn't realize
those guys would get stretched out on the other end, on the perimeter,
and therefore they wouldn't be getting boards anyways because they're not close to it.
Roco was great, I thought in Game one, contesting everything at the rim.
He only played twenty minutes to Night one of three four points, just
one board, So to your point, a few different guys were off,
but I'm not worried about it. Roco in the starting lineup until Terrence Man
returns, and maybe it's by committee after that. All good. Before we
get out of here, do you have a question for me, I got
a question for you. Yes, guy, you'd least like to fight on
the Clippers roster because you are a mooe Thai expert and you're undefeated. Yeah,
unlike the Clippers. Right now, I would have to say, Kawhi.
It makes sense. He's got those hands. He's like a He was
in that terminate commercial, very scary, oh with the red eye with the
red eyes. Yeah, got come with me if you want to win.
That's usually what I like to use with Kawhi the terminator. Good answer,
Thank you, Zach. Before we get out of here, I do want
to thank the Clippers organization. No At Eagle, Ralph Lawler, Bryan Seeman,
Carlo Jmenez on the call, Big Brother, Jake Warner, the callers,
the listeners, Oh maar, hold on, we'll get to you.
We'll see you at crypto dot com. Sunday night, Clippers one in one
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