WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:06.200 Time for a postgame. Look, it's your La Clippers. This is Clippers 2 00:00:06.280 --> 00:00:09.919 Locker Road, brought to you by Cedars Sinai, the official health partner of 3 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:15.000 the LA Clippers, and by Patschonga, official travel casino of the LA Clippers. 4 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:19.239 Breaking down today's action with the pre and post game voice. If you're 5 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:23.600 La Clippers, they're locking in every game, every night. Adam Osland, 6 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:30.000 the Clippers couldn't hit anything in the fourth quarter and then Abra cadabra they pull 7 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:34.240 out the magic trick on the Orlando Magic and win one Hunter to ninety seven 8 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:39.320 thanks to Kawhi Leonard and Paul George with clutch buckets late. Welcome into your 9 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:43.600 postgame show. I'm at a Oslin eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty 10 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:47.000 if you want to get on early four Clippers stock. But first we get 11 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:53.200 out back to Carlo Jamenez in Orlando. What a gritty victory wants again by 12 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:56.719 this Clippers team. Carlo. It started on the defensive end. They got 13 00:00:56.759 --> 00:00:59.719 just enough stops down the stretch and then two point three took them home. 14 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:02.719 Oh my goodness, Adam, just how you want to draw it up. 15 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:07.000 You rely on your defense, You hold Orlando to forty four percent from the 16 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:10.359 field, thirty four percent from three. You get it done in the paint, 17 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:12.280 fifty two points in the paint. You had more points in the paint 18 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:15.760 than Orlando, who is eighth in the NBA in points in the paint, 19 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:19.000 and Adam, it wasn't pretty. The Clippers didn't do everything right, but 20 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:23.599 it's not about that. It's about getting gritty rins. It's about showing that 21 00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:26.400 mental toughness. The Clippers are one of the best teams this season at coming 22 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:30.760 back down ten. They never trailed by more than five in this game. 23 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:34.560 They were able to hold their own and every time Orlando went on a run, 24 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:37.159 whether that was thirteen oh, whether that was eleven ozer, whether that 25 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:41.239 was ten oh, the Clippers responded and it was two to one, three, 26 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:46.799 answering the call time and time again. What a performance by the Clippers. 27 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:49.560 What a way to get it done back to back games on the road. 28 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:53.040 Now you head to Charlotte with all the confidence in the world. This 29 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:59.319 team looks like they're turning into that true form we were all waiting for come 30 00:01:59.359 --> 00:02:04.519 playoff that Paul George had five points with about four minutes left in this ball 31 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:07.280 game until he got that layup, then the three pointer, and then the 32 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:15.199 fade away over Jonathan Isaac. An impossible shot, but that's what superstars do. 33 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:17.400 Even when you're having an off night. You gotta believe in yourself. 34 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:21.759 You gotta have confidence, and nobody else was taking that shot. That was 35 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:23.759 all PG thirteen. Yeah. He caught the ball in the right corner. 36 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:29.000 Ty Lou looked at him, held his hand parallel to the hardwood, hit 37 00:02:29.159 --> 00:02:31.599 high on the right side, and said, hang on, let's wait, 38 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:36.439 Let's let this shot clock dwindle down. There was about four seconds left between 39 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:39.280 shot and game and Paul George hit that shot with five point one. You 40 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:46.080 cannot draw it up any better for the Clippers. What a closing play by 41 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:50.520 Paul George. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George lead this team in clutch points and 42 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:55.240 they put this team on their back down the stretch. It was a fun 43 00:02:55.280 --> 00:03:00.599 performance to watch because of the grit, because of the energy, because Adam, 44 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:02.560 they didn't have to come down double digits. They played with that intensity 45 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:07.639 and focus for almost the entire night. It was a fantastic win by the 46 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:13.400 Clippers in what felt like a playoff style environment. The seventh largest crowd in 47 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:17.000 Kia Center history here tonight. What a game, and the playoff claw may 48 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:22.639 already be activated early with just nine games left in the regular season. After 49 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:27.759 that fifteen point third quarter, but then the turnaround fade away down one over 50 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:31.000 Jalen Sugs with thirty five seconds left, and then the defense by him on 51 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:36.280 the other end leading to that steal from James Harden. I mean, so 52 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:43.360 so good his ability defensively four steals, two blocks for Kawhi Leonard and this 53 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:46.719 team as a whole, they were great down the stretch. I love a 54 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:50.159 Viza Zubats closing at him. You've talked about it. Seven for ten with 55 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:53.240 nine rebounds. He had fourteen points in this ball game. And look, 56 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:57.000 the Clippers couldn't rely on the three point shooting. And you look at the 57 00:03:57.000 --> 00:04:00.800 fourth quarter stats. Clippers were one for eight in the fourth, Orlando was 58 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:04.080 one for seven. Nobody could hit a bonus distance bucket all fourth quarter. 59 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:08.039 And I think that's what gives you the most confidence in this win, Adam, 60 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:11.039 is we've talked about what is this team struggled? Why have they not 61 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:14.520 been shooting well? And something that's been brought up and rightfully so is you 62 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:16.279 know what, the three point shooting, especially on wide open looks, just 63 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:19.839 hasn't been there. But even tonight, even tonight, when it's not there, 64 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:24.399 when you only make eight threes, they've made eight threes in quarters this 65 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:28.639 season. When you make eight threes and forty eight minutes, you still get 66 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:31.399 it done. It's all about finding ways to win when it comes to playoff 67 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:35.360 time and you can tally another way to win. On the resume of the 68 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:40.199 Clippers, they're forty sixth, but just as good as every other one and 69 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:46.079 back to back character building and defining victories after coach Lou called them out for 70 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:49.120 being soft as they weren't playing great once they got punched in the face, 71 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:53.839 they weren't fighting back. The last two ball games the Clippers have responded to 72 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:56.920 their head coach. These are the type of victories you want to see down 73 00:04:56.920 --> 00:05:00.439 the stretch of the regular season. You just if you're to looking about experiences 74 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:05.199 to give you confidence and to help you learn how to execute late in games. 75 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:10.120 There is none better than this one night here in Orlando. None better 76 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:13.439 to teach you how to respond to run, and none better figure out how 77 00:05:13.439 --> 00:05:15.560 to win ball games. When you're a little sloppy with a basketball and when 78 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:19.519 threes aren't falling, your game, your way. A gritty, grinded out 79 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:24.319 performance by the Clippers once again, carried by two, one to three. 80 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:29.439 It's just it's it's such a confidence builder for this team on the road in 81 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:33.560 the third toughest place to play in the Eastern Conference. What a win. 82 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:38.319 And you got Charlotte waiting in the wings, a chance to continue the momentum, 83 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:42.839 Adam, coming home when you play Denver in three games. The Clippers 84 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:46.319 will be in Charlotte on Sunday. Tip time for that contest against the Hornets 85 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:50.079 is at three pm. We have your pregame show starting at two pm. 86 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:55.360 Carlo Man his great call as always safe travels. We'll talk to you on 87 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:59.360 Sunday. Talk to you Sunday, Adam. Let's go Clippers, back out 88 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:02.600 it. What'll win? The Clippers come through in the clutch again. They 89 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:08.399 win one hundred to ninety seven in Orlando over the Magic And you're listening to 90 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:14.079 the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. LA Clippers Basketball is on the two one 91 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:18.720 three Era continues. You're listening to the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio 92 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:26.000 Network. There we go Clipper Nation back to back big time victories on the 93 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:30.240 road, or your superstars show up big when needed. Most Clippers win in 94 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:36.399 Orlando one hundred to ninety seven on a very good and a very defensive Magic 95 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:43.279 team as they get big buckets from Kawhi and Paul George late. Welcome back 96 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:46.079 in I'm Adam Osland coming up on the Patriot Am eleven fifty. We'll have 97 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:50.399 Clippers talk for you. Eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven 98 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:56.360 seven five to two zero eleven fifty. But first second half highlights. Clippers 99 00:06:56.399 --> 00:07:00.000 lay at the half fifty two to fifty. In that third quarter a complete 100 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:04.480 takeover by the Claw Kawhi Leonard. Leonard leaves the George stops straight away, 101 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:11.439 pops the three. Paul Ty poor Kawhi back to Leonard left the logo Dam's 102 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:14.199 right twice. He takes it down the right alley, pops it jumper from 103 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:16.680 the right elbow and sticks it. There's your shot at the Mouslin Clippers. 104 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:21.040 Third fight at the Apple. Leonard finishes and he'll leave with some food. 105 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:26.920 Leonard right wing three cash me out Kawhi Oh. Leonard steps into it and 106 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:34.600 ferries it Kawhi Lenna with fifteen points in that third quarter, and the Clippers 107 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:41.959 led eighty five to seventy seven heading into the fourth, but things got dicey. 108 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:46.079 They went six minutes without a point. They couldn't find their offense, 109 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:51.240 but then late when you needed them most down one. Multiple times it was 110 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:57.079 Paul, George and Kawhi Leonard taking ova frank wing. George flies by bank, 111 00:07:57.079 --> 00:08:00.959 Carroll rais it up with the right hand and stops the run the George 112 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:03.879 talking about a right wing three. Now he'll try it for the pie. 113 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:07.959 Pulls up. George on the right wing, finds Leonard deep on the left 114 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:11.399 side, puts it on the deck double team, almost loses it, gets 115 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:15.360 it back with ten to shoot down the right Outley spins against Benk Carroll free 116 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:20.439 fades and Freeze frames it in. Leonard on the right wing retreats with the 117 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:24.399 right handed dribble switched on by Suns one on one cross over the left hand, 118 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:30.639 stops right over with five spins, fades, fires, pits Leonard once 119 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:35.519 again this superstore, making it his moment. George right wing with five, 120 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:41.039 turns the corner into the pain dating and firing Pimon. Paul George gives the 121 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:46.799 Clippers a three point lead. There's your final PG thirteen with the fade away 122 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:48.840 over one of the best, if not the best defender in the league in 123 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:54.639 Jonathan Isaac and the Clippers win one hundred to ninety seven in Orlando over the 124 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:58.559 Magic. Coming up next, we'll get to your post game box score. 125 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:01.840 We'll get to Clippers Talk on the Patriot AM eleven fifty as well as you 126 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:07.360 are listening to your postgame locker room show right here on the Los Angeles Clippers 127 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:11.480 Audio Network. They want to bring a banner with them to the into It 128 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:18.919 doll More LA Clippers Basketball on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers winning Orlando 129 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:24.080 one hundred to ninety seven. I made a promise to my mama Dad, 130 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:31.000 I blessed with some grandkids. Clippers come through late. It's never too late 131 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:35.519 to show up. In the final seconds of the fourth PG thirteen, he 132 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:41.320 was three for thirteen and Paul George still had the confidence to take and make 133 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:46.600 that shot over. Jonathan Isaac finished with twelve points those last two his best 134 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:54.600 two just four fourteen. Who cares game winning bucket Kawhi Leonard before that put 135 00:09:54.639 --> 00:10:03.000 them up by one a fade away on Suggs. He had nine fifteen in 136 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:07.440 the third quarter alone. Big Zoo came through fourteen and nine. My player 137 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:11.919 to watch on seven of ten shooting off the bench. Norn Powell with some 138 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:18.679 key buckets. They had the Powell Rangers out there late and the Clippers needed 139 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:22.120 fifteen points in the fourth. That's it to win the ball game. As 140 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:28.320 they held the Orlando Magic under one hundred, they win one hundred to ninety 141 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:33.679 seven. A wise man once said, is the law. Welcome back in. 142 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:37.639 This is your Clippers postgame show. Clippers next contest coming up Sunday in 143 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:41.120 Charlotte. Well, if your pregame show is starting at two as they take 144 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:45.159 on the Hornets outside of Los Angeles, we are leaving you until then. 145 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:48.879 Coming up next on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. We got Clippers talk. 146 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:56.559 Can't be stopped now, this is this bad. This has been LA Clippers 147 00:10:56.639 --> 00:11:01.919 basketball really good on multitude of levels. I'd miss a moment all season long 148 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:07.080 on their official home Join us next time on the LA Clippers Audio Network. 149 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:11.080 Hello Clippers fans, if you're gonna go for it, if that's what you 150 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:16.080 want to do, you do Welcome the Clippers Talk. Your first chance to 151 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:20.879 react to all the action of Clippers basketball. Do it to hear every episode. 152 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:26.720 Subscribe to Clippers Talk on iHeartRadio or wherever you podcast infernation. You hear 153 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:30.559 me right now, your host on your home For the Clippers, they were 154 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:35.519 in attack mode. Adam Osley now down to six. George right wing with 155 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:39.879 five turns the corner into the paint, fading and firing Kilon Paul. George 156 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:45.440 gives the Clippers a three point lead, one hundred and ninety seven, five 157 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:50.399 point seven a play of the fourth, there's your sweet string music. The 158 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:56.440 Clippers win one hundreds and ninety seventy in Orlando over the magic. Welcome into 159 00:11:56.480 --> 00:12:01.879 Clippers Talk. I'm at am Oslin eight seven to seven zero eleven fifty eight 160 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:07.960 seven seven five two zero eleven fifty after the second straight game by your La 161 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:13.919 Clippers where they were down by five with under five minutes left and came through 162 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:18.159 with the victory. Who coming up here in the show. You're gonna hear 163 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:22.120 from Coach Lou and Kawhi Leonard post game. Can't say enough about the claw 164 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:28.559 The last couple of ball games playoff type stuff. I thought in this contest 165 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:35.200 against Orlando. It was the best he had looked movement wise in three weeks 166 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:41.559 a month. He looked fresh. He had pop out there, burst on 167 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:48.399 offense, on defense causing that turnover by Man Carrol with James Harden getting the 168 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:56.600 steal late. But just another tough, gritty, digging out of the dirt 169 00:12:56.799 --> 00:13:01.799 type of victory for the Clippers. These are the type of character building wins 170 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:05.120 you can build off of, we said after the win in Philly, after 171 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:09.960 coach Lou called him out for being soft. That was exactly what they needed, 172 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:13.440 the exact type of win. They go from losing those type of ball 173 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:20.879 games in two straight contests where they got punched in the face and didn't fight 174 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:26.080 back, to then facing adversity down five hundred five minutes left and somehow, 175 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:31.039 some way finding a way to get the victory and finding the bottom of the 176 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:37.879 net from their superstars, Kawhi Leonard showed up huge, best player on the 177 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:43.879 floor, twenty nine points, eleven boards, led them in rebounding, five 178 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:48.480 assists, four steals, two blocks. Are you freaking kidding me? I 179 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:54.039 almost swore looking at that box score twelve of twenty one shooting When he got 180 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:58.279 back into the fourth quarter. He started cold, but then got the clutch 181 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:01.240 bucket over sugs with thirty five seconds left to put him back up one. 182 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:05.399 After that, they were down by one, and then Paul George, who 183 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:11.759 was three of thirteen, he got the basketball with five seconds left and took 184 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:18.759 a tough, high degree of difficulty fall away fatal whale for Jonathan Isaac. 185 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:22.759 That would be the ultimate game winner for this Clippers team to win one hundred 186 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:26.120 to ninety seven. Jonathan Isaac is one of, if not the best defender 187 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:30.320 in the league right now. If he didn't know when he is healthy, 188 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:35.120 he's insane. He's a force on that end. They had the right guy 189 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:39.360 on Paul George. They had a guy with the basketball who couldn't hit anything, 190 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:43.639 who was ice cold till the last four minutes of the ball game where 191 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:48.120 he scored seven, including that bucket, and they couldn't stop him. And 192 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:54.919 the Clippers got enough stops on the other end outside of Moe Bagner, who 193 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:58.559 had ten of his twelve points in the fourth quarter, and I thought single 194 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:03.720 handedly was gonna beat the Clippers as they went ice cold, ice cold the 195 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:11.519 Clippers in that fourth quarter. We've seen this before. They went almost six 196 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:15.279 minutes without a fuel goal, from the nine to fifty mark without a point. 197 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:22.519 From the nine to fifty mark to the four fifteen mark, they did 198 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:30.120 not score. They were reeling. It was ninety four to eighty nine Orlando 199 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:33.600 after the Clippers were up by eight heading into the fourth until Paul George got 200 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:37.559 an easy one, saw the ball go through the hoop on a little layup, 201 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:43.039 attacked, then got a three pointer, and then Kawhi Leonard a bucket 202 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:50.240 man. Caro responded, it's ninety seven to ninety six. Teams were getting 203 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:54.240 stops on both sides, but that Kawhi turned around, fade away, spin, 204 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:58.200 move on. I said, it wouldn't matter if it was Jalen Suggs 205 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:03.559 or to R L Sugs t Sizzle. There's no defense for that shot from 206 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:07.519 Kawhi Leonard. That's MJ ninety six type of game, mid range mastery. 207 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:14.759 Same with Paul George. They are tough shot takers and makers. I couldn't 208 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:18.960 be more proud of PG coming through after a miserable game where if they had 209 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:23.120 lost, it would have been on his shoulders James Harden's. I mean those 210 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:29.559 two guys combine to go seven for twenty six, and the Clippers still won. 211 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:34.200 You hold a team to ninety seven you play defense like that, shots 212 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:40.120 can come and go. But if you play consistent, gritty, hard nosed 213 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:44.080 defense and get back to that mindset, that's all coach Lou wanted. That 214 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:48.519 was supposed to be their identity last last twenty three games. Coming into this 215 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:52.639 one, they were twenty ninth defensively and they just held Orlando under one hundred. 216 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:59.919 Orlando was the third best defense on the season, the Clippers a third 217 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:03.400 best offense. Something had to give. It was the Clippers stepping up. 218 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:11.480 It was their defense and timely shots. Late, Orlando had lost two in 219 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:15.200 a row. They're fighting to hold onto the five spot in the East. 220 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:21.000 I thought with their last two losses, tough losses at home, it was 221 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:22.799 gonna be a real difficult time for the Clippers. You knew they were gonna 222 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:29.720 get the Magic's best shot. They wanted to bounce back desperately. They played 223 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:33.799 with a sense of urgency and intensity out there, and the Clippers matched them. 224 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:38.119 I said it early on. Even though the Clippers had some bad turnovers, 225 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:45.279 they ended up with sixteen of them. I felt like they were matching 226 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:51.440 the intensity and the defensive effort by the magic. They led fifty two to 227 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:55.839 fifty at the half. Then it was a Kawhi takeover in the third with 228 00:17:55.960 --> 00:18:00.920 fifteen of his twenty nine points. Scored more than half his points in that 229 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:04.839 third quarter. Other guys didn't have it. They got big Zoo going a 230 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:07.599 little bit. My player to watch, Thank goodness. Still wish they used 231 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:11.440 him down the stretch more give him some looks. My god. It was 232 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:18.200 a monster. But these are the down and dirty type of victories you remember 233 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:22.240 with nine games left in the regular season, that you can draw from a 234 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:26.599 reservoir of confidence to say we've been here before, we'll get through it. 235 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:32.599 It was a playoff type of victory, back to back playoff type victories for 236 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:37.359 the Clippers on the road in tough environments, and they came through. What 237 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:38.920 did I say before they left on the road trip, I said, you 238 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:44.319 know what, this might be the best thing for him. They had lost 239 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:48.000 five straight games at home. Maybe they go out on the road and band 240 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:52.799 together and come together as a team and have that US against the world mentality. 241 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:57.279 Looks like they're getting it. They'll be in Charlotte on Sunday to start 242 00:18:57.319 --> 00:19:02.400 things off. More in Inglewood. Now, Morris, what's up here on 243 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:06.720 Clippers stock here on the Patriot Amalem fifty? When the Clipper's going to show 244 00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:10.079 ye how they row? Ya got another game on Sunday, Make it Sunday. 245 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:12.200 Everybody's gonna say, hey, when a nice player's got a real nice 246 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:15.319 team, and we can back that thing up. Man, were in a 247 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:18.359 playoff roun back that thing up like a real fat woman. We can back 248 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:22.119 that thing up. Getting in the building at them. We need crazy people 249 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:23.920 in the building at them when they come back. The Clippers got to know 250 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:27.119 we behind them. Man. The crowd that you beat tonight in Orlando, 251 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:30.599 that wall they hear us Listen, they was talking about that was the sixth 252 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:36.440 largest crowd that Orlando ever had. And you know who played in Orlando before, 253 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:40.279 and but they were there tonight and Orlando's in a dog fight just like 254 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:42.559 the Clippers, and the Clippers did it. Adam. You know what the 255 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:45.880 Clippers need. They need a fan base to go act crazy. We're supposed 256 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:48.079 to be going to the game sitting down, bougie, were supposed to be 257 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:52.079 hit the game acting like we crazy and lost our minds, screaming for our 258 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:55.519 team. Letting them know we behind them. If you give anybody some think 259 00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:57.599 that the better be to somebody that's gonna act crazy when they get in there 260 00:19:57.599 --> 00:20:00.599 at them. If they just gonna sit down, they have things, don't 261 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:03.559 give him to him, all right? So you got to give away some 262 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:06.920 tickets between now and the end of time. I'm paying for mine to night 263 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:10.119 or whenever you're gonna give him away, all right, So uh, I'll 264 00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:11.519 call you again. But I'm proud of these guys, man. They finally 265 00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:15.039 figured it out. Man. And I'm gonna give a shout out to Coach 266 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:17.839 lit on this and man, he wait, the right had confidence in Paul. 267 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:22.880 Plaul George couldn't throw a ball in the Pacific Ocean and one of them 268 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:26.680 pullum big. If we had the lake, he couldn't hit it. But 269 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:29.240 the coach still had enough in him, confident with Paul. Come on, 270 00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:32.119 man, and he hit it. And you know, quiet straight up Superman. 271 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:33.400 That's a bad breathery right there. But you know something, madam, 272 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:37.200 one guy ain't gonna do it. It takes a team, okay, and 273 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:40.720 coffee Coffee really showing me something. Well, the whole team, zoo box, 274 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:42.839 the zoop anyway, they did a good job. They going someplace. 275 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:45.400 I ain't scared. All these other guys they're gonna call you if they're gonna 276 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:48.279 be scared. I ain't never been scared. The trip is gonna do it 277 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:49.440 this year. I I'm telling you, so let me get off. You 278 00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:56.799 know, I'm fanatic. I don't give Everybody says, take another call Morrison 279 00:20:56.880 --> 00:21:03.480 and would formerly of Long Beach calling his shot, stay in his case, 280 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:07.000 making the case that I should get him some tickets. I'll work on it. 281 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:10.000 I'll work on it. Morris. You're right. If anyone deserves them 282 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:12.519 right now, it's you. Mark and Huyton bch. You're gonna disagree with 283 00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:15.880 that. After that call for Morris starting with the parody of back that you 284 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:21.240 know what up? No, not at all, hey. In fact, 285 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:22.480 I was going to call you in but you changed the number when you went 286 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:26.880 to eleven fifty. I couldn't remember the number, and so I couldn't call 287 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:32.319 in the last two games to give my expertise opinion. Well, so the 288 00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:38.000 floor is yours basketball, you're lining. You know the people were always saying, 289 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:41.039 well cook, looking at the glass half empty, and look at the 290 00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:45.039 glass half full. And I say, well, we've had the glass half 291 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:47.839 empty for those five games that we lost. We just need to get a 292 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:51.640 smaller we went on the road. That's my philosophy for the night. Get 293 00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:56.680 a smaller glass than you went. Smaller glass. Clippers didn't have to use 294 00:21:56.720 --> 00:22:03.079 the glass late, but those in saying buckets from Kawhi and Paul George, 295 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:08.880 and they win one hundred to ninety seven in a defensive slugfest against one of 296 00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:12.319 the better teams in the league. After starting the All Star Break one for 297 00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:15.759 nine against teams above five hundred, on this road trip, they're two and 298 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:23.240 zero in tough environments against teams above five hundred. Can't let up now in 299 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:26.759 Charlotte on Sunday, if you want to hold onto that four spot. We'll 300 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:30.880 update you on the NBA standards. Coming up, the Clippers come through and 301 00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:34.920 come up clutch again. I'm Adam Aleslan and you're listening to Clipper stock here 302 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:41.720 on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. Every Clipper game all season long, they 303 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:47.480 didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to the LA Clippers Audio Network streaming on 304 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:53.799 the iHeartRadio lap Clippers expressing themselves in Orlando. Coming up in crunch time again, 305 00:22:56.160 --> 00:23:04.559 down five with under five minutes left PG and co what shots late? 306 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:10.599 Both fadeaways? Nothing you could do about it. If you're the magic from 307 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:14.119 two to one three, those are your stars. That's what it has to 308 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:19.799 be. They got to carry this over into playoff basketball. We'll see if 309 00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:25.319 it translates. But I love the way this Clippers team has responded since coach 310 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:30.359 flu called him out for being soft and given into the opponent when they have 311 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:33.599 taken it on the chin with a couple of runs late in ball games over 312 00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:38.960 the last weekend against Philly, against Indiana. Now they bounce back with a 313 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:45.200 win in Philly, a win in Orlando, both good ball clubs, both 314 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:52.079 tough environments. Clippers don't care, kaw I don't care. Unbelievable third quarter 315 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:56.920 and then turn around fade away one of the biggest shots right before Paul George 316 00:23:56.000 --> 00:24:02.000 knock one down two. Let's pause ten seconds. Station identification here on Clippers 317 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:07.519 Talk on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. This is LA Clippers Basketball AM eleven 318 00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:15.359 fifty k ev Los Angeles about an iHeartRadio station. I tweeted it out early, 319 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:19.240 but I fellow out of may Kawhi was looking different. He had something 320 00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:25.880 extra, some juice. Was turning the corner on guys good defenders, was 321 00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:33.799 getting by Ben Carro, was getting by Cole Anthony. It's just you can 322 00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:38.880 see it. The ramp up has begun. The Clippers playing like they know 323 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:42.720 they only have nine more games to tune up before the playoffs, like they 324 00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:48.640 know the Pelicans want home court against them in the first round. Let me 325 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:52.279 update you on the standings. The Clippers now a game up on the Pills, 326 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:53.920 Clippers in the four spot, Pills right up behind him in the five 327 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:56.920 spot. Clippers two and a half games up on the Dallas Mavericks in the 328 00:24:56.960 --> 00:25:03.079 sixth spot, but the Clippers hold the tiebreaker against Dallas two games to one. 329 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:07.759 This season, Phoenix three games behind the Clippers. Clippers are two and 330 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:12.160 zero against them so far. They have two games remaining against them. Sons 331 00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:18.359 in that seventh spot, Kinks three and a half behind the Clippers, Clippers 332 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:22.359 two and one against them so far. They win the final game they'd had 333 00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:26.759 the tiebreaker against them. It's coming up in Sacktown at the end of this 334 00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:30.599 four game road trip. This is Clippers Soccer Madam Moslin, Mitch and and 335 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:34.359 Jyzzy got an idea. What Mitch wants to talk about? Mitch, what's 336 00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:40.839 up? How's it going on? I guess I have the crow. When 337 00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:44.480 you only see the box scar. You know that that Alenta team reminds you 338 00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:51.319 of New Orleans and they they're up in common at Orlando. Okay, Orlando, 339 00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:56.079 I got you Orlando. Yeah, on the Magic they kind of reminded 340 00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:59.559 the Pelicans. Good team at Williamson. Guy, he's coming on a stroll. 341 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:03.319 But it's still a chance for Kawhi get the m v P. I 342 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:07.640 was wrong about PJ. I hope he signing. And you think that we 343 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:11.160 sit the MVP question, You think that's a chance to get the third seed? 344 00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:17.119 No, No, they have they have basically no shot. Nine games 345 00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:23.680 remaining, and they're they're technically they're technically only four and a half games back 346 00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:27.480 of the OKAC Thunder, who have dropped to the three spot. Currently they're 347 00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:30.759 tied with Minnesota. But the problem is, Okay, see is the tie 348 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:34.279 breaker, So really they're down five and a half games to Oka. See. 349 00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:37.799 It's not going to happen with nine games left. You're not making up 350 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:42.039 that much ground. There's no way I'll sail before I talked to you Sunday. 351 00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:45.400 All right, Mitch, appreciate it. Kawhi a chance for MVP. 352 00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:48.599 Likely not it is going to Nicola Jokic. They finished with the number one 353 00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:52.920 seed, He's getting it. If Oka See finishes with the number one seed, 354 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:59.640 Sga is getting it. Lucas still somewhat in the hunt. They're nine 355 00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:03.039 to one their last ten games. The Dallas Mavericks. You never know. 356 00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:07.640 They could hop above the New Orleans Pelicans and we could have the third matchup 357 00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:12.240 against Dallas and want the last four years between them and the Clippers. I 358 00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:18.519 would not enjoy seeing Luka, Doncic and Kyrie irving in a playoff series. 359 00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:22.160 But then again, there's no good team you want to play right now. 360 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:26.480 You want to play Zion and the Pelicans. No, But I guess the 361 00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:30.720 good news is everybody's gonna have a tough opponent in the first round in the 362 00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:34.480 Western Conference. It's just what it is. It's as deep and as stacked 363 00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:41.599 with talent as ever. Speaking of talent, Kawhi Leonard leading the Clippers, 364 00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:48.680 I mean that third quarter scoring fifteen of there I believe thirty three points. 365 00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:55.720 He had a three first had a nice dish to PG for a layup, 366 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:59.839 but he was fouled on the play, just couldn't get any rhythm even at 367 00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:03.839 the free throw line. He made him, but it didn't translate to making 368 00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:08.880 field goals until later. Then he had a Kawhi fadeaway, a Kawhi block 369 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:15.440 on Franz, a rear view contest in the third, a Kawhi put back 370 00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:22.680 after a big Zoo mess miss, another three from Kawhi a three to put 371 00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:26.440 him back up by three in a tie game late in the third, the 372 00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:33.720 defense on Cole Anthony and then finding a mere Coffee for a three. Coffee 373 00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:38.559 has quietly come through with some really crucial shots the last couple of games, 374 00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:42.920 with him getting more play late in games for this Clippers team, but that 375 00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:48.039 three to put him up eighty two to seventy six by a mere Coffee after 376 00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:52.279 the Kawhi Leonard defense on Cole Anthony to get the miss, and then he 377 00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:57.359 assists to a Mere Coffee big shot there. Kawhi then got found and went 378 00:28:57.400 --> 00:29:00.519 to the free throw line, knocked two down, and the Clippers had just 379 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:06.480 enough cushion at eighty five seventy seven heading into the fourth quarter to absorb a 380 00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:15.640 run by not Franz but Moe Wagner. Well, Wagner's more problems. He 381 00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:18.839 had ten of his twelve points in the fourth. I thought he was gonna 382 00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:22.799 be the Clippers undoing the thorn in their side, the guy that comes out 383 00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:26.839 of nowhere. And I'm not saying he's not a solid player. We've known 384 00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:30.519 about him in LA for a long time, of course with the Lakers, 385 00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:34.599 and he's good. But he had two points heading into the fourth and finished 386 00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:38.119 the game with twelve points. The Clippers could do nothing about it. They 387 00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:45.200 couldn't score on the other end. Another deep drought, but they made him 388 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:49.759 when they mattered most, first Kawhi, then Paul George found his offense late 389 00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:53.279 in the fourth quarter. You gotta stick with it. That's the lesson. 390 00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:57.279 You can't curl up into the fetal position. You can't be a shell of 391 00:29:57.359 --> 00:30:02.440 yourself on and all night, off night. You have to continue to shoot 392 00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:07.400 it. Shooters got to shoot. Paul George was three for thirteen before making 393 00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:14.200 that shot over Jonathan Isaac, and he had nothing in this ball game. 394 00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:21.559 Now, I will say this part of the reason he was playing spectacular defense. 395 00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:27.640 Paul George was doing trench work. Near the basket. Wasn't just big 396 00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:32.319 zoo on the interior, Paul George, We've seen it over the last week 397 00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:37.880 or so, so much better defending at the rim. But he entered the 398 00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:49.160 fourth being one verse seven from the field. Because this can't even be right. 399 00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:55.039 I refuse to believe this, but it's true. He got up seven 400 00:30:55.119 --> 00:31:00.000 shots in the fourth, which I appreciate. Keep fire. The law of 401 00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:03.640 averages is in your favor. When you're that good of a player and you 402 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:07.480 start one for seven, that just means they're gonna start to fall. And 403 00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:11.680 he ended up three for seven in the fourth. But I think when three 404 00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:19.079 for his last four ended up with seven points in the fourth quarter and the 405 00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:23.200 Clippers hold on to win one hundred to ninety seven in Orlando over the Magic, 406 00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:26.000 We'll take your phone calls when we get back. We'll hear from coach 407 00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:30.799 lou eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero 408 00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:40.240 eleven fifty. How do James Harden and Paul George combine to go seven for 409 00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:45.920 twenty six and you still win the ballgame in Orlando? How you ask you 410 00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:51.839 play defense? You hold the Magic to just twenty points in the fourth, 411 00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:56.359 you hold him to nineteen in the first quarter. Clippers started strong, finished 412 00:31:56.400 --> 00:32:02.200 strong, win not looking so soft. Now this team's starting to harden up 413 00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:09.240 coming up. As I mentioned coach Lou you'll hear from in postgame. Clippers 414 00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:13.960 win by three thanks to two to one to three in Orlando. This is 415 00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:19.839 Slippers Talk on the Patriot Am eleven fifty. LA Clippers basketball is on the 416 00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:23.119 two to one three Era continues. You're listening to the LA Clippers on the 417 00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:30.039 LA Clippers Audio Network. It was in Dame time, it was Kawhi time, 418 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:35.920 it was PG thirteen time. In Orlando, Clippers win one hundred to 419 00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:40.640 ninety seven thanks to two to one three showing up late, Kawhi showing up 420 00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:47.839 great throughout it. Paul George was one for seven entering the fourth, but 421 00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:52.799 goes three for his last four, including the game ceiling shot, and the 422 00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:57.799 Clippers showed off what they can be, who they can be on the defensive 423 00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:00.839 end when they feel like it. We know it's there, We know they 424 00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:04.720 have the personnel. I want to give a shout out to Mason Plumbley, 425 00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:07.079 who I thought gave him some really good minutes in this ball game, just 426 00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:12.640 twelve, but eight points, was a plus four, had four boards. 427 00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:15.920 Thought Russell Westbrook had his moments too, got pulled after taking a tough three 428 00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:21.359 pointer early in the fourth, but five points, four assists, two turnovers, 429 00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:25.920 but he found Mason Plumbley played with some peppinist step. Of course, 430 00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:31.319 Norman Powell ten points all needed in twenty six minutes. It was a low 431 00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:39.119 scoring affair and Kawhi led everyone with twenty nine. Paulo ban Caro had he 432 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:43.920 was one for six in the first half, I want to say, had 433 00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:47.119 four or five points and finished with twenty three. They got his best eventually. 434 00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:53.079 Franz Wagner had that ridiculous takeaway and then the dunk on Paul George. 435 00:33:54.599 --> 00:34:00.799 It was kind of back and forth with guys yamming on one another with huge, 436 00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:06.359 ferocious dunks at the basket. Big Zoo had one. He was fierce. 437 00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.800 He had a bad first stint in the first quarter, I would say, 438 00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:12.760 was frustrated, got into it the referees, came back into the second 439 00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:16.280 quarter, got his head on straight and really surged where I want to say 440 00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:21.039 he had six and four boards in the second quarter alone, finished with fourteen 441 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:25.920 to nine. You can turn around a bad performance very quickly there. Early 442 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:32.079 on in the ballgame. The Clippers needed him to. Terrence Man didn't play 443 00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:37.639 huge minutes once again, it was a mere coffee closing or at least getting 444 00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:40.760 more minutes, I believe in the second half than Terrence Man. They went 445 00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:45.599 Powell Rangers late, so the starters, but instead of Man, Norman Powell 446 00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:52.159 out there to spread the floor, to have more shooting, to have more 447 00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:58.360 offense. But these are those type of victories, a feather in your cap 448 00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:02.599 win. I don't forget these ones, especially with just nine games left in 449 00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:07.880 the regular season. Things weren't going their way. It wasn't their best performance. 450 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:12.159 Paul George was four or fourteen, James Harden was just three of twelve, 451 00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:15.760 one of seven from the outside. Two of the big three didn't have 452 00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:22.280 it, of course Kawhi always does. But you got to generate a different 453 00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:27.840 way to win when you don't have your best what else can you do? 454 00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:32.760 Thought there were some really bad turnovers out there by the Clippers, but that 455 00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:39.559 steal by James Harden off the great defense from Kawhi Leonard late where he had 456 00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:45.800 his hands up ready for a deflection. The no look steal by him a 457 00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:49.199 no look passed by a Vita zubats by the way in the first quarter where 458 00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:54.760 he was trapped in the far side right corner and didn't have a look at 459 00:35:54.760 --> 00:36:01.679 one of his teammates and just heave did it Hail Mary's style granny shot behind 460 00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:07.039 his head. Paul George saved it from going into the back court and got 461 00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:10.199 fouled. It was really fortunate for the Clippers. One of the more comical 462 00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:15.280 plays of the season that worked out in their favor. I couldn't forget about 463 00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:21.360 that one. Let's hear from coach Lou post game after the Clippers toughed it 464 00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:27.599 out, bought through adversity, was there down five under five minutes left, 465 00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:32.480 two one three. This is the type of seasoning you need during the regular 466 00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:36.880 season to get ready for the playoffs. Here was coach Lou post game, 467 00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:39.440 and job, build eleven point lead, playing good basketball, and then we 468 00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:43.760 just get comfortable, you know, and turn the ball over careless passes. 469 00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:46.519 And we had think we had three turnovers in that stretch, a bad shot 470 00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:50.639 and then a bad defensive play, you know, and allowed them to get 471 00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:52.880 back in the game. And so you know, we just can't we can't 472 00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:54.800 do that and turn them all over seventeen times. You know, for a 473 00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:58.679 good off of the team like we are, you just can't do it. 474 00:36:58.800 --> 00:37:00.840 And so you know a lot of those are careless turnovers. You know. 475 00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:06.119 I don't think anything they done they did was really affecting us, But we 476 00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:08.239 just gotta be better, you know, taking care of the basketball. But 477 00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:10.679 like I said, I love our defense tonight. I thought we did some 478 00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:14.800 good things. I thought coming out in the third quarter, making adjustment of 479 00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:16.559 switching their pick and roll kind of slowed down their triggers a little bit and 480 00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:21.800 got them a little stagnant. Zoo did a good job with that. And 481 00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:23.519 overall, like another tough, gritty win for us, you know, coming 482 00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:27.519 down the stretch, keeping our composure, getting down late in the game, 483 00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:29.880 but finding a way to win the game. And so that's what you got 484 00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:32.119 to do if you want to be a good team, find a way to 485 00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:37.360 win, survive. In advance, it's March madness. Clippers are now, 486 00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:46.199 oh I want to say nine and seven in March with one game remaining, 487 00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:52.800 right, Katie, last game in March for them is on Sunday. So 488 00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:57.800 sixteen games through through nine and seven, the best they'll be ten and seven 489 00:37:57.840 --> 00:38:01.920 in these seventeen games in thirty one days. Yeah, it's been that type 490 00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:09.239 of schedule for the Clippers. Evergreen phrasing right there. It's always been like 491 00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:14.920 that for them. It's been unbelievable, especially the second half of the season 492 00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:19.000 post All Star Break. But he mentioned there, you're up by eleven in 493 00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:22.239 that third quarter. The Clippers go on a nine to zero run to start 494 00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:27.159 the third I thought they had a chance to put the game away right then. 495 00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:30.519 I know it wouldn't be easy against Orlando by the nine to twenty one 496 00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:35.159 mark. So they're doing big work early in the third quarter after just being 497 00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:38.280 up by two and a half. They're up sixty one to fifty. Then 498 00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:43.519 at Kawhi, really bad turnover to Gary Harris where he has a take foul. 499 00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:47.480 They get the free throw and the ball, get the layup. Oh 500 00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:53.599 now it's sixty one fifty four. James Harden misses a three pointer. Then 501 00:38:53.679 --> 00:39:01.960 James Harden has a bad turnover Ben Carrow buckety one fifty six and one, 502 00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:07.320 and you go from being up eleven to being a four point game. Another 503 00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:12.960 hard and turnover. That was I think the Franz Wagner Steele I was thinking 504 00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:16.840 of the dunk on Paul George and it's sixty one to fifty nine Clippers timeout. 505 00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:24.440 You go from being up eleven at the nine to twenty one mark of 506 00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:31.920 the third quarter at sixty one to fifty to it being sixty one to fifty 507 00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:37.519 nine a minute and a half later, and you got to call a timeout. 508 00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:42.239 So, as always, there are things to clean up. But what 509 00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:45.800 did I say and what did Carlo and I talk about coming back in after 510 00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:51.760 that timeout? They need a silencer shot right now to stem the tide of 511 00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:58.039 this run. And it was Kawhi Leonard with the jumper and the third two 512 00:39:58.079 --> 00:40:05.400 of his fifteen points in the third quarter. That is that championship grit, 513 00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:07.400 a guy who's been there before. Yeah, they made a run. We 514 00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:12.920 have to answer it right now. We can't let the floodgates open up and 515 00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:16.960 let this game get away from us, like what happened against Indiana, like 516 00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:22.239 what happened against Philly back at home last weekend. Guy has been different the 517 00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:25.719 last two games. What he did against Philadelphia down the stretch with the and 518 00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:30.400 ones, the blocks, I know one of them didn't count, but still 519 00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:36.679 impressive. And then tonight I'm not gonna call it hero ball, but it 520 00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:40.440 was heroic. He was taking the right type of shots and he was missing 521 00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:46.360 early in the fourth quarter. It looked like that third quarter where he emptied 522 00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:54.119 the tank and maybe he didn't have much left. He comes back in with 523 00:40:54.199 --> 00:41:00.239 the Clippers having given up what was a ten point lead after they score forward 524 00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:05.360 first with Mason Plumbley early on the fourth quarter. Thanks were going to hell 525 00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:07.920 in a hand basket pretty quickly there, but they were only up by six 526 00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:13.639 when Kawhi re entered the game four. Mayson Plumbley at the seven to fifty 527 00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:21.079 five mark and Kawhi couldn't get a shot to go early. Missus went at 528 00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:23.599 the six fifty two mark. Jumper, Missus is a three pointer at the 529 00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:28.280 five to forty mark, Missus a nine foot step back at the four twenty 530 00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:32.559 seven mark, but then it's oh James Harden now picks him up. He 531 00:41:32.599 --> 00:41:37.159 gets the layup his first bucket of the fourth at the four to fifteen mark. 532 00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:42.039 Clippers are down by three, so they were down by five. Then 533 00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:47.000 a three pointer and it's a tie game. Just big shots from Paul George 534 00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:53.360 after the night he was having. Both guys got to help each other out 535 00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:58.480 In those situations, they're not always going to be hot at once. Kawhi 536 00:41:58.519 --> 00:42:01.800 the hot hand of the third Paul George was struggling throughout the game, but 537 00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:06.039 when Kawhi started off cold, misses his first three shots in the fourth quarter, 538 00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:09.519 it was Paul George getting a couple to go, then Kawhi got a 539 00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:14.920 jumper. Clippers are up by one, down by one, as Ben Carro 540 00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:20.119 answered, that's the type of flow in rhythm you want to see to a 541 00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:22.800 game where you say, oh, both teams fighting, both teams playing with 542 00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:28.760 desperation. This is playoff type basketball. This prepares you for those moments. 543 00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:34.519 Because Orlando didn't go away, just like Philadelphia didn't go away. They were 544 00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:38.199 answering runs by the Clippers. They were hitting threes. Maxi was great for 545 00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:43.880 them in the fourth. Just back and forth, and you gotta know you're 546 00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:49.440 gonna be in those fights. This one's gonna take. You take their best 547 00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:54.760 shot, keep pushing forward and respond. And the Clippers have the last two 548 00:42:54.840 --> 00:43:00.599 games. Now we'll see if they can build on this. They will be 549 00:43:00.760 --> 00:43:06.360 in Charlotte on Sunday. We'll take a quick time out, we'll come back. 550 00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:21.400 Clippers win one hundred to ninety seven in Orlando over the Magic eighteen and 551 00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:25.239 seven in the Clutch. Now in the last five minutes of games within five 552 00:43:25.239 --> 00:43:30.800 points since December first, one of the best marks in the NBA. Who 553 00:43:31.239 --> 00:43:36.960 that was a fun one. More Clippers stock next here on the Patriot amulm 554 00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:40.000 fifty. They want to bring a banner with them to the Into It Dawn. 555 00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:46.480 More LA Clippers basketball on the La Clippers Audio Network. The Clippers were 556 00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:52.599 so good defensively against Orlando. They moved up two spots with their defensive rating 557 00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:57.559 since the Grammy road trip. Their last twenty four games, they go from 558 00:43:57.719 --> 00:44:02.039 twenty ninth defensively to twenty seventh. It's progress step in the right direction. 559 00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:08.199 I really thought there might be a point tonight when the Clippers win almost six 560 00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:12.320 minutes without making a field goal, without making a point, without getting a 561 00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:16.239 point in the fourth quarter that I was gonna have to say one step forward, 562 00:44:16.320 --> 00:44:22.719 two steps back. Should have had this one in Orlando, but instead 563 00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:28.440 the Clippers just gutted it out. They win one hundred to ninety seven. 564 00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:30.679 I'm Adam Oslin. This is Clippers talk. Here on the Patriot AM eleven 565 00:44:30.719 --> 00:44:37.840 fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is the phone number. Clippers 566 00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:42.519 next game coming up in Charlotte on Sunday against the Hornets. Not exactly the 567 00:44:42.599 --> 00:44:47.000 level of competition that the Clippers have been going up against over their last four 568 00:44:47.039 --> 00:44:52.920 ball games. Doesn't matter. You can't afford to slip up right now. 569 00:44:52.239 --> 00:44:58.039 The Hornets are eighteen fifty five, one of the worst teams in the league. 570 00:44:59.719 --> 00:45:07.039 They I've lost who six of seven. It's been a tough one for 571 00:45:07.119 --> 00:45:14.960 them. They have been in a perpetual rebuild for some time. Thanks m 572 00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:21.280 J. They're playing for draft picks once again. They've had some unfortunate injuries 573 00:45:21.320 --> 00:45:23.800 and things go against them. Gordon Hayward's no longer there. We know he's 574 00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:27.079 with Okay. See, that's just a game. You have to win it 575 00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:32.400 for the Clippers, period. No excuses come out. Don't look at the 576 00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:39.159 record, don't play the record, play the team. Because on any given 577 00:45:39.239 --> 00:45:43.440 Sunday, in this case, when the game takes place tip off at three 578 00:45:43.639 --> 00:45:50.880 pregame at two against a squad of four hundred and fifty of the best players, 579 00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:54.320 or at least the makeup of that fifteen team rosteries out of a pool 580 00:45:54.360 --> 00:45:58.119 of four hundred and fifty of the best players in the world. You can 581 00:45:58.159 --> 00:46:00.719 be beat. We've seen it this year. The Clippers have lost a game 582 00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:06.440 to Reggie Jackson and DeAndre Jordan when almost everybody was out. For the Denver 583 00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:13.599 Nuggets, speaking of they got them coming up too. That's a big one 584 00:46:13.920 --> 00:46:19.400 in this way. If the Clippers end up in the four spot or the 585 00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:23.679 five, which is very likely at this point with nine games remaining, game 586 00:46:23.760 --> 00:46:27.360 up on the Pelicans right now, who are behind them in that sixth seed. 587 00:46:28.960 --> 00:46:32.800 What you don't want is the Denver Nuggets to end up with the number 588 00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:37.199 one overall seed, because that means if you are lucky enough to get past 589 00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:44.639 the first round and Denver wins their one eight matchup, you're in their bracket 590 00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:49.440 and taking them on in the second round. The defending champs and ooh, 591 00:46:49.480 --> 00:46:53.400 the OKC thunder just came through with a victory. They now move in front 592 00:46:53.920 --> 00:47:00.800 of the Denver Nuggets as the thunder one and got a big victory in fact 593 00:47:00.840 --> 00:47:04.840 over the Phoenix Suns one twenty eight to one oh three. Josh Gideyo has 594 00:47:04.840 --> 00:47:07.960 been playing much better, had twenty three, seven and nine. Kevin Durant 595 00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:12.679 with twenty six and six. They blew out the Suns at home, so 596 00:47:12.760 --> 00:47:19.719 they're at the top of the West. I'm not saying you can take them 597 00:47:19.800 --> 00:47:24.639 lightly. We know who SGA is. They were what two to one against 598 00:47:24.639 --> 00:47:30.920 the Clippers this season, But I think you prefer that matchup overtaking on Nikola 599 00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:37.360 Jokic and the defending champs in the second round lesser two evils. Pick your 600 00:47:37.400 --> 00:47:44.679 poison. So root for oka See to keep winning. Root for the Denver 601 00:47:44.760 --> 00:47:49.239 Nuggets to drop a few games, same with the Pelicans. But the Clippers 602 00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:52.719 can help their own cause if they can beat Denver next week. That's why 603 00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:57.679 I say it's a huge game. Yeah, the Clippers need wins right now, 604 00:47:57.719 --> 00:48:02.119 but they can beat a team that is trying to get the number one 605 00:48:02.159 --> 00:48:08.679 seed. Yeah, that would give him confidence. If you can beat Denver 606 00:48:08.840 --> 00:48:14.079 again and they finally beat them for the first time and I want to say 607 00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:19.559 their last nine tries this season back in January, I want to say at 608 00:48:19.559 --> 00:48:23.719 Crypto dot Com Arena and maybe their best win of the season. And ooh, 609 00:48:23.760 --> 00:48:29.280 look at this getting spicy with it with my driver on the league speaking 610 00:48:29.320 --> 00:48:34.920 in to existence Adam. Denver is currently down seventy seven to fifty four at 611 00:48:34.920 --> 00:48:45.960 home to the Timberwolves, Sjokic playing, He's only six of sixteen. I 612 00:48:45.960 --> 00:48:51.400 don't love that matchup. If I'm the Denver Nuggets in the playoffs, I 613 00:48:51.400 --> 00:48:54.920 know they beat him last season, they beat everybody. But what I want 614 00:48:54.960 --> 00:49:01.119 to see is this. You drop down down to two or three in the 615 00:49:01.159 --> 00:49:07.519 standings. That means they win the first round. Minnesota wins the first round 616 00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:10.719 if they're right next to them in two or three, and they play each 617 00:49:10.760 --> 00:49:15.880 other in the second round, and I think Minnesota would push them because they 618 00:49:15.880 --> 00:49:19.920 have the size, They have guys to throw at Nikoli Jokic. Case in 619 00:49:19.960 --> 00:49:22.440 point. Now, I know Denver's probably gonna come back in this game because 620 00:49:22.440 --> 00:49:27.280 I'm talking about it. But you're down twenty three at home to the Minnesota 621 00:49:27.320 --> 00:49:31.320 Timberwolves right now. I believe they play one more time before the season is 622 00:49:31.360 --> 00:49:35.079 over here. So yes, we're doing a little bit of scoreboard watching, 623 00:49:35.119 --> 00:49:39.440 and yes they are playing them one more time third the last game still in 624 00:49:39.519 --> 00:49:47.800 Denver. This is big, Okay. See one tonight Denver is down twenty 625 00:49:49.360 --> 00:49:53.719 three at home to a team right next to them in the standings. This 626 00:49:53.800 --> 00:49:59.920 is what we need. Clipernation hold on to that four spot and then root 627 00:50:00.400 --> 00:50:02.960 for Denver to drop into the two three. I don't care who's there with 628 00:50:04.039 --> 00:50:10.079 them, whether it's okay See or Minnesota, but I prefer Minnesota because that 629 00:50:10.119 --> 00:50:16.239 would be troublesome. I think all you want is look to play Denver in 630 00:50:16.280 --> 00:50:21.880 the Western Conference finals, to push that back as far as you can. 631 00:50:22.119 --> 00:50:25.079 If you're so lucky to get there, maybe they'll be a little bit more 632 00:50:25.199 --> 00:50:30.920 worn down, maybe someone else will take them out. You just don't want 633 00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:37.199 to have to play him until you have to push it back as far as 634 00:50:37.239 --> 00:50:42.800 possible. I'm telling you, you can win a championship base on path of 635 00:50:42.960 --> 00:50:49.719 least resistance. This stuff matters. But the Clippers they got work to do 636 00:50:49.800 --> 00:50:52.280 themselves. They're in Charlotte on Sunday. They're trying to hold back the Pelicans 637 00:50:52.280 --> 00:50:58.280 from having home court in the first round against them, and it's not gonna 638 00:50:58.320 --> 00:51:00.519 be easy. The rest of the way this is the Pelican can try to 639 00:51:00.599 --> 00:51:08.079 chase them down. Clippers win tonight one hundred to ninety seven over the Magic 640 00:51:08.199 --> 00:51:12.239 in Orlando. Before we get out of here, let's hear from Katie Newton, 641 00:51:12.280 --> 00:51:16.480 our producer. Let's get to Katie's casual NBA corner where she asked me 642 00:51:17.079 --> 00:51:22.880 rudimentary questions or sometimes just off the wall stuff. Yes, so I assume 643 00:51:22.920 --> 00:51:27.320 there's an NBA Hall of Fame. It's a Basketball Hall of Fame, not 644 00:51:27.360 --> 00:51:30.199 an NBA Hall of Fame. So how many Clippers are in the Basketball Hall 645 00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:37.199 of Fame? I think Bob McAdoo Magad's that's such a fun name. Bill 646 00:51:37.239 --> 00:51:42.239 Walton, I think that might be it. All right, But you know, 647 00:51:42.320 --> 00:51:45.679 CP three will be in there, he was a Clipper. Kauhi will 648 00:51:45.719 --> 00:51:47.679 be in there. I think Paul George will be in there, and Blake 649 00:51:47.719 --> 00:51:53.639 Griffin has a case too. We gotta go before you get out of here. 650 00:51:53.679 --> 00:51:57.519 I do want to thank the Clippers organization. Ralph Lawler, Brian Seeman, 651 00:51:57.599 --> 00:52:00.480 Noah Ego, Carlo Jimenez on the call until Sunday with the regame shows 652 00:52:00.480 --> 00:52:02.760 starting at too. I'm got a Moas and Clippers and Charlotte. We'll talk 653 00:52:02.800 --> 00:52:07.440 to you then. So why he was doing his thing? All they want 654 00:52:07.480 --> 00:52:09.519 to do is win in La. I win. I thought they gave everything 655 00:52:09.519 --> 00:52:13.880 they had. I'm very proud of them. This has been Clippers Talk. 656 00:52:14.119 --> 00:52:17.960 The official postgame reaction of the LA Clippers God bless Paul George. Are you 657 00:52:19.119 --> 00:52:22.760 not? It's a change. Don't miss an episode all season LAW. Go 658 00:52:22.840 --> 00:52:25.239 to wherever you podcast and subscribe today. Well up the show. I got 659 00:52:25.280 --> 00:52:29.320 joined the iHeart Radio. You guys are great. Thank you for joining us 660 00:52:29.320 --> 00:52:32.119 for another exciting broadcast of LA Clippers basketball.