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if you want to get on early four Clippers stock. But first we get
out back to Carlo Jamenez in Orlando. What a gritty victory wants again by
this Clippers team. Carlo. It started on the defensive end. They got
just enough stops down the stretch and then two point three took them home.
Oh my goodness, Adam, just how you want to draw it up.
You rely on your defense, You hold Orlando to forty four percent from the
field, thirty four percent from three. You get it done in the paint,
fifty two points in the paint. You had more points in the paint
than Orlando, who is eighth in the NBA in points in the paint,
and Adam, it wasn't pretty. The Clippers didn't do everything right, but
it's not about that. It's about getting gritty rins. It's about showing that
mental toughness. The Clippers are one of the best teams this season at coming
back down ten. They never trailed by more than five in this game.
They were able to hold their own and every time Orlando went on a run,
whether that was thirteen oh, whether that was eleven ozer, whether that
was ten oh, the Clippers responded and it was two to one, three,
answering the call time and time again. What a performance by the Clippers.
What a way to get it done back to back games on the road.
Now you head to Charlotte with all the confidence in the world. This
team looks like they're turning into that true form we were all waiting for come
playoff that Paul George had five points with about four minutes left in this ball
game until he got that layup, then the three pointer, and then the
fade away over Jonathan Isaac. An impossible shot, but that's what superstars do.
Even when you're having an off night. You gotta believe in yourself.
You gotta have confidence, and nobody else was taking that shot. That was
all PG thirteen. Yeah. He caught the ball in the right corner.
Ty Lou looked at him, held his hand parallel to the hardwood, hit
high on the right side, and said, hang on, let's wait,
Let's let this shot clock dwindle down. There was about four seconds left between
shot and game and Paul George hit that shot with five point one. You
cannot draw it up any better for the Clippers. What a closing play by
Paul George. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George lead this team in clutch points and
they put this team on their back down the stretch. It was a fun
performance to watch because of the grit, because of the energy, because Adam,
they didn't have to come down double digits. They played with that intensity
and focus for almost the entire night. It was a fantastic win by the
Clippers in what felt like a playoff style environment. The seventh largest crowd in
Kia Center history here tonight. What a game, and the playoff claw may
already be activated early with just nine games left in the regular season. After
that fifteen point third quarter, but then the turnaround fade away down one over
Jalen Sugs with thirty five seconds left, and then the defense by him on
the other end leading to that steal from James Harden. I mean, so
so good his ability defensively four steals, two blocks for Kawhi Leonard and this
team as a whole, they were great down the stretch. I love a
Viza Zubats closing at him. You've talked about it. Seven for ten with
nine rebounds. He had fourteen points in this ball game. And look,
the Clippers couldn't rely on the three point shooting. And you look at the
fourth quarter stats. Clippers were one for eight in the fourth, Orlando was
one for seven. Nobody could hit a bonus distance bucket all fourth quarter.
And I think that's what gives you the most confidence in this win, Adam,
is we've talked about what is this team struggled? Why have they not
been shooting well? And something that's been brought up and rightfully so is you
know what, the three point shooting, especially on wide open looks, just
hasn't been there. But even tonight, even tonight, when it's not there,
when you only make eight threes, they've made eight threes in quarters this
season. When you make eight threes and forty eight minutes, you still get
it done. It's all about finding ways to win when it comes to playoff
time and you can tally another way to win. On the resume of the
Clippers, they're forty sixth, but just as good as every other one and
back to back character building and defining victories after coach Lou called them out for
being soft as they weren't playing great once they got punched in the face,
they weren't fighting back. The last two ball games the Clippers have responded to
their head coach. These are the type of victories you want to see down
the stretch of the regular season. You just if you're to looking about experiences
to give you confidence and to help you learn how to execute late in games.
There is none better than this one night here in Orlando. None better
to teach you how to respond to run, and none better figure out how
to win ball games. When you're a little sloppy with a basketball and when
threes aren't falling, your game, your way. A gritty, grinded out
performance by the Clippers once again, carried by two, one to three.
It's just it's it's such a confidence builder for this team on the road in
the third toughest place to play in the Eastern Conference. What a win.
And you got Charlotte waiting in the wings, a chance to continue the momentum,
Adam, coming home when you play Denver in three games. The Clippers
will be in Charlotte on Sunday. Tip time for that contest against the Hornets
is at three pm. We have your pregame show starting at two pm.
Carlo Man his great call as always safe travels. We'll talk to you on
Sunday. Talk to you Sunday, Adam. Let's go Clippers, back out
it. What'll win? The Clippers come through in the clutch again. They
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Orlando one hundred to ninety seven on a very good and a very defensive Magic
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Clippers talk for you. Eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven
seven five to two zero eleven fifty. But first second half highlights. Clippers
lay at the half fifty two to fifty. In that third quarter a complete
takeover by the Claw Kawhi Leonard. Leonard leaves the George stops straight away,
pops the three. Paul Ty poor Kawhi back to Leonard left the logo Dam's
right twice. He takes it down the right alley, pops it jumper from
the right elbow and sticks it. There's your shot at the Mouslin Clippers.
Third fight at the Apple. Leonard finishes and he'll leave with some food.
Leonard right wing three cash me out Kawhi Oh. Leonard steps into it and
ferries it Kawhi Lenna with fifteen points in that third quarter, and the Clippers
led eighty five to seventy seven heading into the fourth, but things got dicey.
They went six minutes without a point. They couldn't find their offense,
but then late when you needed them most down one. Multiple times it was
Paul, George and Kawhi Leonard taking ova frank wing. George flies by bank,
Carroll rais it up with the right hand and stops the run the George
talking about a right wing three. Now he'll try it for the pie.
Pulls up. George on the right wing, finds Leonard deep on the left
side, puts it on the deck double team, almost loses it, gets
it back with ten to shoot down the right Outley spins against Benk Carroll free
fades and Freeze frames it in. Leonard on the right wing retreats with the
right handed dribble switched on by Suns one on one cross over the left hand,
stops right over with five spins, fades, fires, pits Leonard once
again this superstore, making it his moment. George right wing with five,
turns the corner into the pain dating and firing Pimon. Paul George gives the
Clippers a three point lead. There's your final PG thirteen with the fade away
over one of the best, if not the best defender in the league in
Jonathan Isaac and the Clippers win one hundred to ninety seven in Orlando over the
Magic. Coming up next, we'll get to your post game box score.
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one hundred to ninety seven. I made a promise to my mama Dad,
I blessed with some grandkids. Clippers come through late. It's never too late
to show up. In the final seconds of the fourth PG thirteen, he
was three for thirteen and Paul George still had the confidence to take and make
that shot over. Jonathan Isaac finished with twelve points those last two his best
two just four fourteen. Who cares game winning bucket Kawhi Leonard before that put
them up by one a fade away on Suggs. He had nine fifteen in
the third quarter alone. Big Zoo came through fourteen and nine. My player
to watch on seven of ten shooting off the bench. Norn Powell with some
key buckets. They had the Powell Rangers out there late and the Clippers needed
fifteen points in the fourth. That's it to win the ball game. As
they held the Orlando Magic under one hundred, they win one hundred to ninety
seven. A wise man once said, is the law. Welcome back in.
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in attack mode. Adam Osley now down to six. George right wing with
five turns the corner into the paint, fading and firing Kilon Paul. George
gives the Clippers a three point lead, one hundred and ninety seven, five
point seven a play of the fourth, there's your sweet string music. The
Clippers win one hundreds and ninety seventy in Orlando over the magic. Welcome into
Clippers Talk. I'm at am Oslin eight seven to seven zero eleven fifty eight
seven seven five two zero eleven fifty after the second straight game by your La
Clippers where they were down by five with under five minutes left and came through
with the victory. Who coming up here in the show. You're gonna hear
from Coach Lou and Kawhi Leonard post game. Can't say enough about the claw
The last couple of ball games playoff type stuff. I thought in this contest
against Orlando. It was the best he had looked movement wise in three weeks
a month. He looked fresh. He had pop out there, burst on
offense, on defense causing that turnover by Man Carrol with James Harden getting the
steal late. But just another tough, gritty, digging out of the dirt
type of victory for the Clippers. These are the type of character building wins
you can build off of, we said after the win in Philly, after
coach Lou called him out for being soft. That was exactly what they needed,
the exact type of win. They go from losing those type of ball
games in two straight contests where they got punched in the face and didn't fight
back, to then facing adversity down five hundred five minutes left and somehow,
some way finding a way to get the victory and finding the bottom of the
net from their superstars, Kawhi Leonard showed up huge, best player on the
floor, twenty nine points, eleven boards, led them in rebounding, five
assists, four steals, two blocks. Are you freaking kidding me? I
almost swore looking at that box score twelve of twenty one shooting When he got
back into the fourth quarter. He started cold, but then got the clutch
bucket over sugs with thirty five seconds left to put him back up one.
After that, they were down by one, and then Paul George, who
was three of thirteen, he got the basketball with five seconds left and took
a tough, high degree of difficulty fall away fatal whale for Jonathan Isaac.
That would be the ultimate game winner for this Clippers team to win one hundred
to ninety seven. Jonathan Isaac is one of, if not the best defender
in the league right now. If he didn't know when he is healthy,
he's insane. He's a force on that end. They had the right guy
on Paul George. They had a guy with the basketball who couldn't hit anything,
who was ice cold till the last four minutes of the ball game where
he scored seven, including that bucket, and they couldn't stop him. And
the Clippers got enough stops on the other end outside of Moe Bagner, who
had ten of his twelve points in the fourth quarter, and I thought single
handedly was gonna beat the Clippers as they went ice cold, ice cold the
Clippers in that fourth quarter. We've seen this before. They went almost six
minutes without a fuel goal, from the nine to fifty mark without a point.
From the nine to fifty mark to the four fifteen mark, they did
not score. They were reeling. It was ninety four to eighty nine Orlando
after the Clippers were up by eight heading into the fourth until Paul George got
an easy one, saw the ball go through the hoop on a little layup,
attacked, then got a three pointer, and then Kawhi Leonard a bucket
man. Caro responded, it's ninety seven to ninety six. Teams were getting
stops on both sides, but that Kawhi turned around, fade away, spin,
move on. I said, it wouldn't matter if it was Jalen Suggs
or to R L Sugs t Sizzle. There's no defense for that shot from
Kawhi Leonard. That's MJ ninety six type of game, mid range mastery.
Same with Paul George. They are tough shot takers and makers. I couldn't
be more proud of PG coming through after a miserable game where if they had
lost, it would have been on his shoulders James Harden's. I mean those
two guys combine to go seven for twenty six, and the Clippers still won.
You hold a team to ninety seven you play defense like that, shots
can come and go. But if you play consistent, gritty, hard nosed
defense and get back to that mindset, that's all coach Lou wanted. That
was supposed to be their identity last last twenty three games. Coming into this
one, they were twenty ninth defensively and they just held Orlando under one hundred.
Orlando was the third best defense on the season, the Clippers a third
best offense. Something had to give. It was the Clippers stepping up.
It was their defense and timely shots. Late, Orlando had lost two in
a row. They're fighting to hold onto the five spot in the East.
I thought with their last two losses, tough losses at home, it was
gonna be a real difficult time for the Clippers. You knew they were gonna
get the Magic's best shot. They wanted to bounce back desperately. They played
with a sense of urgency and intensity out there, and the Clippers matched them.
I said it early on. Even though the Clippers had some bad turnovers,
they ended up with sixteen of them. I felt like they were matching
the intensity and the defensive effort by the magic. They led fifty two to
fifty at the half. Then it was a Kawhi takeover in the third with
fifteen of his twenty nine points. Scored more than half his points in that
third quarter. Other guys didn't have it. They got big Zoo going a
little bit. My player to watch, Thank goodness. Still wish they used
him down the stretch more give him some looks. My god. It was
a monster. But these are the down and dirty type of victories you remember
with nine games left in the regular season, that you can draw from a
reservoir of confidence to say we've been here before, we'll get through it.
It was a playoff type of victory, back to back playoff type victories for
the Clippers on the road in tough environments, and they came through. What
did I say before they left on the road trip, I said, you
know what, this might be the best thing for him. They had lost
five straight games at home. Maybe they go out on the road and band
together and come together as a team and have that US against the world mentality.
Looks like they're getting it. They'll be in Charlotte on Sunday to start
things off. More in Inglewood. Now, Morris, what's up here on
Clippers stock here on the Patriot Amalem fifty? When the Clipper's going to show
ye how they row? Ya got another game on Sunday, Make it Sunday.
Everybody's gonna say, hey, when a nice player's got a real nice
team, and we can back that thing up. Man, were in a
playoff roun back that thing up like a real fat woman. We can back
that thing up. Getting in the building at them. We need crazy people
in the building at them when they come back. The Clippers got to know
we behind them. Man. The crowd that you beat tonight in Orlando,
that wall they hear us Listen, they was talking about that was the sixth
largest crowd that Orlando ever had. And you know who played in Orlando before,
and but they were there tonight and Orlando's in a dog fight just like
the Clippers, and the Clippers did it. Adam. You know what the
Clippers need. They need a fan base to go act crazy. We're supposed
to be going to the game sitting down, bougie, were supposed to be
hit the game acting like we crazy and lost our minds, screaming for our
team. Letting them know we behind them. If you give anybody some think
that the better be to somebody that's gonna act crazy when they get in there
at them. If they just gonna sit down, they have things, don't
give him to him, all right? So you got to give away some
tickets between now and the end of time. I'm paying for mine to night
or whenever you're gonna give him away, all right, So uh, I'll
call you again. But I'm proud of these guys, man. They finally
figured it out. Man. And I'm gonna give a shout out to Coach
lit on this and man, he wait, the right had confidence in Paul.
Plaul George couldn't throw a ball in the Pacific Ocean and one of them
pullum big. If we had the lake, he couldn't hit it. But
the coach still had enough in him, confident with Paul. Come on,
man, and he hit it. And you know, quiet straight up Superman.
That's a bad breathery right there. But you know something, madam,
one guy ain't gonna do it. It takes a team, okay, and
coffee Coffee really showing me something. Well, the whole team, zoo box,
the zoop anyway, they did a good job. They going someplace.
I ain't scared. All these other guys they're gonna call you if they're gonna
be scared. I ain't never been scared. The trip is gonna do it
this year. I I'm telling you, so let me get off. You
know, I'm fanatic. I don't give Everybody says, take another call Morrison
and would formerly of Long Beach calling his shot, stay in his case,
making the case that I should get him some tickets. I'll work on it.
I'll work on it. Morris. You're right. If anyone deserves them
right now, it's you. Mark and Huyton bch. You're gonna disagree with
that. After that call for Morris starting with the parody of back that you
know what up? No, not at all, hey. In fact,
I was going to call you in but you changed the number when you went
to eleven fifty. I couldn't remember the number, and so I couldn't call
in the last two games to give my expertise opinion. Well, so the
floor is yours basketball, you're lining. You know the people were always saying,
well cook, looking at the glass half empty, and look at the
glass half full. And I say, well, we've had the glass half
empty for those five games that we lost. We just need to get a
smaller we went on the road. That's my philosophy for the night. Get
a smaller glass than you went. Smaller glass. Clippers didn't have to use
the glass late, but those in saying buckets from Kawhi and Paul George,
and they win one hundred to ninety seven in a defensive slugfest against one of
the better teams in the league. After starting the All Star Break one for
nine against teams above five hundred, on this road trip, they're two and
zero in tough environments against teams above five hundred. Can't let up now in
Charlotte on Sunday, if you want to hold onto that four spot. We'll
update you on the NBA standards. Coming up, the Clippers come through and
come up clutch again. I'm Adam Aleslan and you're listening to Clipper stock here
on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. Every Clipper game all season long, they
didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to the LA Clippers Audio Network streaming on
the iHeartRadio lap Clippers expressing themselves in Orlando. Coming up in crunch time again,
down five with under five minutes left PG and co what shots late?
Both fadeaways? Nothing you could do about it. If you're the magic from
two to one three, those are your stars. That's what it has to
be. They got to carry this over into playoff basketball. We'll see if
it translates. But I love the way this Clippers team has responded since coach
flu called him out for being soft and given into the opponent when they have
taken it on the chin with a couple of runs late in ball games over
the last weekend against Philly, against Indiana. Now they bounce back with a
win in Philly, a win in Orlando, both good ball clubs, both
tough environments. Clippers don't care, kaw I don't care. Unbelievable third quarter
and then turn around fade away one of the biggest shots right before Paul George
knock one down two. Let's pause ten seconds. Station identification here on Clippers
Talk on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. This is LA Clippers Basketball AM eleven
fifty k ev Los Angeles about an iHeartRadio station. I tweeted it out early,
but I fellow out of may Kawhi was looking different. He had something
extra, some juice. Was turning the corner on guys good defenders, was
getting by Ben Carro, was getting by Cole Anthony. It's just you can
see it. The ramp up has begun. The Clippers playing like they know
they only have nine more games to tune up before the playoffs, like they
know the Pelicans want home court against them in the first round. Let me
update you on the standings. The Clippers now a game up on the Pills,
Clippers in the four spot, Pills right up behind him in the five
spot. Clippers two and a half games up on the Dallas Mavericks in the
sixth spot, but the Clippers hold the tiebreaker against Dallas two games to one.
This season, Phoenix three games behind the Clippers. Clippers are two and
zero against them so far. They have two games remaining against them. Sons
in that seventh spot, Kinks three and a half behind the Clippers, Clippers
two and one against them so far. They win the final game they'd had
the tiebreaker against them. It's coming up in Sacktown at the end of this
four game road trip. This is Clippers Soccer Madam Moslin, Mitch and and
Jyzzy got an idea. What Mitch wants to talk about? Mitch, what's
up? How's it going on? I guess I have the crow. When
you only see the box scar. You know that that Alenta team reminds you
of New Orleans and they they're up in common at Orlando. Okay, Orlando,
I got you Orlando. Yeah, on the Magic they kind of reminded
the Pelicans. Good team at Williamson. Guy, he's coming on a stroll.
But it's still a chance for Kawhi get the m v P. I
was wrong about PJ. I hope he signing. And you think that we
sit the MVP question, You think that's a chance to get the third seed?
No, No, they have they have basically no shot. Nine games
remaining, and they're they're technically they're technically only four and a half games back
of the OKAC Thunder, who have dropped to the three spot. Currently they're
tied with Minnesota. But the problem is, Okay, see is the tie
breaker, So really they're down five and a half games to Oka. See.
It's not going to happen with nine games left. You're not making up
that much ground. There's no way I'll sail before I talked to you Sunday.
All right, Mitch, appreciate it. Kawhi a chance for MVP.
Likely not it is going to Nicola Jokic. They finished with the number one
seed, He's getting it. If Oka See finishes with the number one seed,
Sga is getting it. Lucas still somewhat in the hunt. They're nine
to one their last ten games. The Dallas Mavericks. You never know.
They could hop above the New Orleans Pelicans and we could have the third matchup
against Dallas and want the last four years between them and the Clippers. I
would not enjoy seeing Luka, Doncic and Kyrie irving in a playoff series.
But then again, there's no good team you want to play right now.
You want to play Zion and the Pelicans. No, But I guess the
good news is everybody's gonna have a tough opponent in the first round in the
Western Conference. It's just what it is. It's as deep and as stacked
with talent as ever. Speaking of talent, Kawhi Leonard leading the Clippers,
I mean that third quarter scoring fifteen of there I believe thirty three points.
He had a three first had a nice dish to PG for a layup,
but he was fouled on the play, just couldn't get any rhythm even at
the free throw line. He made him, but it didn't translate to making
field goals until later. Then he had a Kawhi fadeaway, a Kawhi block
on Franz, a rear view contest in the third, a Kawhi put back
after a big Zoo mess miss, another three from Kawhi a three to put
him back up by three in a tie game late in the third, the
defense on Cole Anthony and then finding a mere Coffee for a three. Coffee
has quietly come through with some really crucial shots the last couple of games,
with him getting more play late in games for this Clippers team, but that
three to put him up eighty two to seventy six by a mere Coffee after
the Kawhi Leonard defense on Cole Anthony to get the miss, and then he
assists to a Mere Coffee big shot there. Kawhi then got found and went
to the free throw line, knocked two down, and the Clippers had just
enough cushion at eighty five seventy seven heading into the fourth quarter to absorb a
run by not Franz but Moe Wagner. Well, Wagner's more problems. He
had ten of his twelve points in the fourth. I thought he was gonna
be the Clippers undoing the thorn in their side, the guy that comes out
of nowhere. And I'm not saying he's not a solid player. We've known
about him in LA for a long time, of course with the Lakers,
and he's good. But he had two points heading into the fourth and finished
the game with twelve points. The Clippers could do nothing about it. They
couldn't score on the other end. Another deep drought, but they made him
when they mattered most, first Kawhi, then Paul George found his offense late
in the fourth quarter. You gotta stick with it. That's the lesson.
You can't curl up into the fetal position. You can't be a shell of
yourself on and all night, off night. You have to continue to shoot
it. Shooters got to shoot. Paul George was three for thirteen before making
that shot over Jonathan Isaac, and he had nothing in this ball game.
Now, I will say this part of the reason he was playing spectacular defense.
Paul George was doing trench work. Near the basket. Wasn't just big
zoo on the interior, Paul George, We've seen it over the last week
or so, so much better defending at the rim. But he entered the
fourth being one verse seven from the field. Because this can't even be right.
I refuse to believe this, but it's true. He got up seven
shots in the fourth, which I appreciate. Keep fire. The law of
averages is in your favor. When you're that good of a player and you
start one for seven, that just means they're gonna start to fall. And
he ended up three for seven in the fourth. But I think when three
for his last four ended up with seven points in the fourth quarter and the
Clippers hold on to win one hundred to ninety seven in Orlando over the Magic,
We'll take your phone calls when we get back. We'll hear from coach
lou eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero
eleven fifty. How do James Harden and Paul George combine to go seven for
twenty six and you still win the ballgame in Orlando? How you ask you
play defense? You hold the Magic to just twenty points in the fourth,
you hold him to nineteen in the first quarter. Clippers started strong, finished
strong, win not looking so soft. Now this team's starting to harden up
coming up. As I mentioned coach Lou you'll hear from in postgame. Clippers
win by three thanks to two to one to three in Orlando. This is
Slippers Talk on the Patriot Am eleven fifty. LA Clippers basketball is on the
two to one three Era continues. You're listening to the LA Clippers on the
LA Clippers Audio Network. It was in Dame time, it was Kawhi time,
it was PG thirteen time. In Orlando, Clippers win one hundred to
ninety seven thanks to two to one three showing up late, Kawhi showing up
great throughout it. Paul George was one for seven entering the fourth, but
goes three for his last four, including the game ceiling shot, and the
Clippers showed off what they can be, who they can be on the defensive
end when they feel like it. We know it's there, We know they
have the personnel. I want to give a shout out to Mason Plumbley,
who I thought gave him some really good minutes in this ball game, just
twelve, but eight points, was a plus four, had four boards.
Thought Russell Westbrook had his moments too, got pulled after taking a tough three
pointer early in the fourth, but five points, four assists, two turnovers,
but he found Mason Plumbley played with some peppinist step. Of course,
Norman Powell ten points all needed in twenty six minutes. It was a low
scoring affair and Kawhi led everyone with twenty nine. Paulo ban Caro had he
was one for six in the first half, I want to say, had
four or five points and finished with twenty three. They got his best eventually.
Franz Wagner had that ridiculous takeaway and then the dunk on Paul George.
It was kind of back and forth with guys yamming on one another with huge,
ferocious dunks at the basket. Big Zoo had one. He was fierce.
He had a bad first stint in the first quarter, I would say,
was frustrated, got into it the referees, came back into the second
quarter, got his head on straight and really surged where I want to say
he had six and four boards in the second quarter alone, finished with fourteen
to nine. You can turn around a bad performance very quickly there. Early
on in the ballgame. The Clippers needed him to. Terrence Man didn't play
huge minutes once again, it was a mere coffee closing or at least getting
more minutes, I believe in the second half than Terrence Man. They went
Powell Rangers late, so the starters, but instead of Man, Norman Powell
out there to spread the floor, to have more shooting, to have more
offense. But these are those type of victories, a feather in your cap
win. I don't forget these ones, especially with just nine games left in
the regular season. Things weren't going their way. It wasn't their best performance.
Paul George was four or fourteen, James Harden was just three of twelve,
one of seven from the outside. Two of the big three didn't have
it, of course Kawhi always does. But you got to generate a different
way to win when you don't have your best what else can you do?
Thought there were some really bad turnovers out there by the Clippers, but that
steal by James Harden off the great defense from Kawhi Leonard late where he had
his hands up ready for a deflection. The no look steal by him a
no look passed by a Vita zubats by the way in the first quarter where
he was trapped in the far side right corner and didn't have a look at
one of his teammates and just heave did it Hail Mary's style granny shot behind
his head. Paul George saved it from going into the back court and got
fouled. It was really fortunate for the Clippers. One of the more comical
plays of the season that worked out in their favor. I couldn't forget about
that one. Let's hear from coach Lou post game after the Clippers toughed it
out, bought through adversity, was there down five under five minutes left,
two one three. This is the type of seasoning you need during the regular
season to get ready for the playoffs. Here was coach Lou post game,
and job, build eleven point lead, playing good basketball, and then we
just get comfortable, you know, and turn the ball over careless passes.
And we had think we had three turnovers in that stretch, a bad shot
and then a bad defensive play, you know, and allowed them to get
back in the game. And so you know, we just can't we can't
do that and turn them all over seventeen times. You know, for a
good off of the team like we are, you just can't do it.
And so you know a lot of those are careless turnovers. You know.
I don't think anything they done they did was really affecting us, But we
just gotta be better, you know, taking care of the basketball. But
like I said, I love our defense tonight. I thought we did some
good things. I thought coming out in the third quarter, making adjustment of
switching their pick and roll kind of slowed down their triggers a little bit and
got them a little stagnant. Zoo did a good job with that. And
overall, like another tough, gritty win for us, you know, coming
down the stretch, keeping our composure, getting down late in the game,
but finding a way to win the game. And so that's what you got
to do if you want to be a good team, find a way to
win, survive. In advance, it's March madness. Clippers are now,
oh I want to say nine and seven in March with one game remaining,
right, Katie, last game in March for them is on Sunday. So
sixteen games through through nine and seven, the best they'll be ten and seven
in these seventeen games in thirty one days. Yeah, it's been that type
of schedule for the Clippers. Evergreen phrasing right there. It's always been like
that for them. It's been unbelievable, especially the second half of the season
post All Star Break. But he mentioned there, you're up by eleven in
that third quarter. The Clippers go on a nine to zero run to start
the third I thought they had a chance to put the game away right then.
I know it wouldn't be easy against Orlando by the nine to twenty one
mark. So they're doing big work early in the third quarter after just being
up by two and a half. They're up sixty one to fifty. Then
at Kawhi, really bad turnover to Gary Harris where he has a take foul.
They get the free throw and the ball, get the layup. Oh
now it's sixty one fifty four. James Harden misses a three pointer. Then
James Harden has a bad turnover Ben Carrow buckety one fifty six and one,
and you go from being up eleven to being a four point game. Another
hard and turnover. That was I think the Franz Wagner Steele I was thinking
of the dunk on Paul George and it's sixty one to fifty nine Clippers timeout.
You go from being up eleven at the nine to twenty one mark of
the third quarter at sixty one to fifty to it being sixty one to fifty
nine a minute and a half later, and you got to call a timeout.
So, as always, there are things to clean up. But what
did I say and what did Carlo and I talk about coming back in after
that timeout? They need a silencer shot right now to stem the tide of
this run. And it was Kawhi Leonard with the jumper and the third two
of his fifteen points in the third quarter. That is that championship grit,
a guy who's been there before. Yeah, they made a run. We
have to answer it right now. We can't let the floodgates open up and
let this game get away from us, like what happened against Indiana, like
what happened against Philly back at home last weekend. Guy has been different the
last two games. What he did against Philadelphia down the stretch with the and
ones, the blocks, I know one of them didn't count, but still
impressive. And then tonight I'm not gonna call it hero ball, but it
was heroic. He was taking the right type of shots and he was missing
early in the fourth quarter. It looked like that third quarter where he emptied
the tank and maybe he didn't have much left. He comes back in with
the Clippers having given up what was a ten point lead after they score forward
first with Mason Plumbley early on the fourth quarter. Thanks were going to hell
in a hand basket pretty quickly there, but they were only up by six
when Kawhi re entered the game four. Mayson Plumbley at the seven to fifty
five mark and Kawhi couldn't get a shot to go early. Missus went at
the six fifty two mark. Jumper, Missus is a three pointer at the
five to forty mark, Missus a nine foot step back at the four twenty
seven mark, but then it's oh James Harden now picks him up. He
gets the layup his first bucket of the fourth at the four to fifteen mark.
Clippers are down by three, so they were down by five. Then
a three pointer and it's a tie game. Just big shots from Paul George
after the night he was having. Both guys got to help each other out
In those situations, they're not always going to be hot at once. Kawhi
the hot hand of the third Paul George was struggling throughout the game, but
when Kawhi started off cold, misses his first three shots in the fourth quarter,
it was Paul George getting a couple to go, then Kawhi got a
jumper. Clippers are up by one, down by one, as Ben Carro
answered, that's the type of flow in rhythm you want to see to a
game where you say, oh, both teams fighting, both teams playing with
desperation. This is playoff type basketball. This prepares you for those moments.
Because Orlando didn't go away, just like Philadelphia didn't go away. They were
answering runs by the Clippers. They were hitting threes. Maxi was great for
them in the fourth. Just back and forth, and you gotta know you're
gonna be in those fights. This one's gonna take. You take their best
shot, keep pushing forward and respond. And the Clippers have the last two
games. Now we'll see if they can build on this. They will be
in Charlotte on Sunday. We'll take a quick time out, we'll come back.
Clippers win one hundred to ninety seven in Orlando over the Magic eighteen and
seven in the Clutch. Now in the last five minutes of games within five
points since December first, one of the best marks in the NBA. Who
that was a fun one. More Clippers stock next here on the Patriot amulm
fifty. They want to bring a banner with them to the Into It Dawn.
More LA Clippers basketball on the La Clippers Audio Network. The Clippers were
so good defensively against Orlando. They moved up two spots with their defensive rating
since the Grammy road trip. Their last twenty four games, they go from
twenty ninth defensively to twenty seventh. It's progress step in the right direction.
I really thought there might be a point tonight when the Clippers win almost six
minutes without making a field goal, without making a point, without getting a
point in the fourth quarter that I was gonna have to say one step forward,
two steps back. Should have had this one in Orlando, but instead
the Clippers just gutted it out. They win one hundred to ninety seven.
I'm Adam Oslin. This is Clippers talk. Here on the Patriot AM eleven
fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is the phone number. Clippers
next game coming up in Charlotte on Sunday against the Hornets. Not exactly the
level of competition that the Clippers have been going up against over their last four
ball games. Doesn't matter. You can't afford to slip up right now.
The Hornets are eighteen fifty five, one of the worst teams in the league.
They I've lost who six of seven. It's been a tough one for
them. They have been in a perpetual rebuild for some time. Thanks m
J. They're playing for draft picks once again. They've had some unfortunate injuries
and things go against them. Gordon Hayward's no longer there. We know he's
with Okay. See, that's just a game. You have to win it
for the Clippers, period. No excuses come out. Don't look at the
record, don't play the record, play the team. Because on any given
Sunday, in this case, when the game takes place tip off at three
pregame at two against a squad of four hundred and fifty of the best players,
or at least the makeup of that fifteen team rosteries out of a pool
of four hundred and fifty of the best players in the world. You can
be beat. We've seen it this year. The Clippers have lost a game
to Reggie Jackson and DeAndre Jordan when almost everybody was out. For the Denver
Nuggets, speaking of they got them coming up too. That's a big one
in this way. If the Clippers end up in the four spot or the
five, which is very likely at this point with nine games remaining, game
up on the Pelicans right now, who are behind them in that sixth seed.
What you don't want is the Denver Nuggets to end up with the number
one overall seed, because that means if you are lucky enough to get past
the first round and Denver wins their one eight matchup, you're in their bracket
and taking them on in the second round. The defending champs and ooh,
the OKC thunder just came through with a victory. They now move in front
of the Denver Nuggets as the thunder one and got a big victory in fact
over the Phoenix Suns one twenty eight to one oh three. Josh Gideyo has
been playing much better, had twenty three, seven and nine. Kevin Durant
with twenty six and six. They blew out the Suns at home, so
they're at the top of the West. I'm not saying you can take them
lightly. We know who SGA is. They were what two to one against
the Clippers this season, But I think you prefer that matchup overtaking on Nikola
Jokic and the defending champs in the second round lesser two evils. Pick your
poison. So root for oka See to keep winning. Root for the Denver
Nuggets to drop a few games, same with the Pelicans. But the Clippers
can help their own cause if they can beat Denver next week. That's why
I say it's a huge game. Yeah, the Clippers need wins right now,
but they can beat a team that is trying to get the number one
seed. Yeah, that would give him confidence. If you can beat Denver
again and they finally beat them for the first time and I want to say
their last nine tries this season back in January, I want to say at
Crypto dot Com Arena and maybe their best win of the season. And ooh,
look at this getting spicy with it with my driver on the league speaking
in to existence Adam. Denver is currently down seventy seven to fifty four at
home to the Timberwolves, Sjokic playing, He's only six of sixteen. I
don't love that matchup. If I'm the Denver Nuggets in the playoffs, I
know they beat him last season, they beat everybody. But what I want
to see is this. You drop down down to two or three in the
standings. That means they win the first round. Minnesota wins the first round
if they're right next to them in two or three, and they play each
other in the second round, and I think Minnesota would push them because they
have the size, They have guys to throw at Nikoli Jokic. Case in
point. Now, I know Denver's probably gonna come back in this game because
I'm talking about it. But you're down twenty three at home to the Minnesota
Timberwolves right now. I believe they play one more time before the season is
over here. So yes, we're doing a little bit of scoreboard watching,
and yes they are playing them one more time third the last game still in
Denver. This is big, Okay. See one tonight Denver is down twenty
three at home to a team right next to them in the standings. This
is what we need. Clipernation hold on to that four spot and then root
for Denver to drop into the two three. I don't care who's there with
them, whether it's okay See or Minnesota, but I prefer Minnesota because that
would be troublesome. I think all you want is look to play Denver in
the Western Conference finals, to push that back as far as you can.
If you're so lucky to get there, maybe they'll be a little bit more
worn down, maybe someone else will take them out. You just don't want
to have to play him until you have to push it back as far as
possible. I'm telling you, you can win a championship base on path of
least resistance. This stuff matters. But the Clippers they got work to do
themselves. They're in Charlotte on Sunday. They're trying to hold back the Pelicans
from having home court in the first round against them, and it's not gonna
be easy. The rest of the way this is the Pelican can try to
chase them down. Clippers win tonight one hundred to ninety seven over the Magic
in Orlando. Before we get out of here, let's hear from Katie Newton,
our producer. Let's get to Katie's casual NBA corner where she asked me
rudimentary questions or sometimes just off the wall stuff. Yes, so I assume
there's an NBA Hall of Fame. It's a Basketball Hall of Fame, not
an NBA Hall of Fame. So how many Clippers are in the Basketball Hall
of Fame? I think Bob McAdoo Magad's that's such a fun name. Bill
Walton, I think that might be it. All right, But you know,
CP three will be in there, he was a Clipper. Kauhi will
be in there. I think Paul George will be in there, and Blake
Griffin has a case too. We gotta go before you get out of here.
I do want to thank the Clippers organization. Ralph Lawler, Brian Seeman,
Noah Ego, Carlo Jimenez on the call until Sunday with the regame shows
starting at too. I'm got a Moas and Clippers and Charlotte. We'll talk
to you then. So why he was doing his thing? All they want
to do is win in La. I win. I thought they gave everything
they had. I'm very proud of them. This has been Clippers Talk.
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