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Clippers fall in Game six in Dallas by a final score of one fourteen to
one on one to the Dallas Mavericks, and with that they're twenty twenty three,
twenty twenty four season and playoff campaign come to an end. Welcome into
your postgame locker room show. I'm out a Oslin. Coming up, we
will have Clippers Talk on the Patriot AM eleven fifty eight seven seven five to
two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five to two zero eleven fifty. But
first let's get back out to Dallas and get back to your radio voice of
the Clippers in Carlo Jamenez. Carlo, we identified some of the issues early
on in this one. Of course, I show'll get a lot of calls
postgame regarding PJ. Tucker, but the clippers inability to stop possessions with the
Dallas Mavericks continually getting offensive rebounds for on one possession in the first quarter.
In fact, those extra shots they were able to get up and also just
that hustle they showed they were the tougher team in this series overall. After
Game one, has just felt like Jason Kidd was able to get more out
of his guys, and of course no Kawhi Leonard from the Los Angeles Clippers
outside of two games where he was limited, and those effort plays and that
level of physicality Dallas was able to show tonight kind of exemplifies how this series
went. It's a great point at them. I think, really Dallas was
able to be the more physical team. They're more aggressive in the paint,
they got down hill, they kept momentum. The Clippers led for about thirty
seconds all game. But Dallas really, I mean, they had control of
this game from start to finish. Clippers fought, I mean, there's no
doubt about it. They fought time and time again. But you're right,
those mistakes that plugged them all regular season plugged them again here in the postseason.
The fast break points, the offensive rebounds, I mean, Dallas's playoffs.
Franchise high was fourteen, they had eighteen and this one twenty one second
chance points. It was a season. It was a game of flashbacks to
a season of mistakes for the Clippers, and poetically ended kind of the way
the whole season went. The Clippers playing from behind, playing with fire and
unable to finish and come back, something they had relied on, maybe too
much throughout this season, those comebacks down the stretch. Yeah, we talked
about it. This game was certainly a microcosm of the season. If you
hadn't watched a Clippers game, you got a lot of what they went through
this season in the forty eight minutes of this game, six where the rebounding
wasn't good enough, where they had turnovers at inopportune times. The overall number
not that big at nine, but to start that third quarter when you have
to start fast, and they were given the basketball right back to the Dallas
Mavericks after both squads were tied up at fifty two at the half. The
Clippers had battled back down thirteen in the first half. But to your point,
when you're always in that uphill battle, it takes a lot out of
you and the Clippers to some degree. I felt like they ran out of
gas. Guys were playing heavy minutes late in this one, but they put
themselves in that position. They got down big early on and the Dallas Mavericks
were a better squad in this game one hundred percent. And credit their their
group able to make moves at the deadline that got them. PJ. Washington,
who had a huge impact in this game four to eight from three,
two steals. Daniel Gafford maybe his best game of the series with thirteen points.
Those two combined for twenty seven on a day where you lose Maxi Kleba
to a shoulder injury in the first quarter of the ballgame. Impressive stuff from
Dallas. They Kyrie irving pure magic in the second half series, but really
today twenty eight points in the second half. He had been shooting fifty percent
from three and fifty six percent for the field in second halves this season.
Incredible game from Kyrie. And and for the Clippers, you look towards next
year, which has more question marks than answer. Is no doubt on what
they will do, but an impressive, impressive game for the Dallas Mavericks,
who played with a lot of heart, A lot of spirit and were the
more physical team in the games they won. The Clippers losing Game six and
their season comes to an end at the hand of the Dallas Mavericks one fourteen
to one on one was your final. The one answer we do have going
into next season, Carlo Jimenez, is where the Clippers will be playing.
I've said for a long time, the into a Dome can't come soon enough.
Their next ballgame will be played there, and on a day like this,
I'm hoping Clipper Nation can take some solace in that fact. We're going
to the Dome. The Dome is home, Adam. Let's go. Oh
turn in the page, new court, new logo, all new and hopefully
all good for the Clippers, Adam. And I'm sure you'll talk about it
a little bit, but the two one three era, we'll see if it
continues. Kawhi Leonard, though he'll still be in a Clipper uniform, and
Kawhi Leonard is healthy and playing, there's a lot of confidence in whatever Clipper
team is out there. Well, Carlo, I want to congratulate you and
thank you on the job you've done in your first year as the radio voice
of the Clippers. It's been an honor to work next to you, and
I'm ready to run it back with my friend. Let's go at him.
I want to thank you, Thank Katie Newton, Brian dansel Blake, where
big brother, Jake Warner, so many people who helped us throughout this.
It was is an honor to call you guys coworkers at first, and I
am so proud, and it is an honor to call you all friends now,
Adam, can't wait, can't wait? Can't wait is the great no
E would say, Let's do it again in the dome. Let's do it
again. Carl it my friend. I love you, Safe travels back.
I'm sure I'll see you soon, all right, Love you too, Adam.
Have a good one. Enjoy those callers. Coming up next, we
will have Clippers talk on the Patriot AM eleven fifty as they lose by thirteen
in Dallas in Game six, and you're listening to the Patriot AM eleven fifty
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go on the iHeartRadio app. The Clippers lose Game six one, fourteen to
one oh one in Dallas to the Mavericks and their season comes to an end.
Welcome back into your Clippers postgame locker room show. I'm at a Mosland
coming up on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. We'll have Clippers talk for you.
Eight seven seven five to two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven, five
to two zero eleven fifty. We can talk about PJ. Tucker starting.
We can talk about Paul George, the moves you're looking for this off season.
We'll recap some of what happened this year as well, but pertain to
this game. It's quite simple. Kyrie Irving had twenty eight of his thirty
points in the second half. They had the better duo no Kawhi Leonard,
a whole lot of problems for the Clippers. Luka Dancis finished with twenty eight,
just nine of twenty six. They defended him well, one of ten
from the outside, but the Clippers were eight for thirty one from three,
and their three points shooting really fell off a cliff a few months ago.
They never really recovered after that twenty six and five run first fifty games of
the season. Best three points shooting team in the league, and they never
were able to recapture that, and that's a big part of their offense.
But credit to Dallas Mavericks. I tried to do my best to be fair
and balanced. And lets you know, going into this series, how the
Dallas Mavericks were playing and how they were a different ball club, much better
defensively since the trade deadline. Some people mocked it, mocked Luca said,
Kyrie Irving isn't a playoff performer anymore. Well, he just did the Clippers
in twenty eight of his thirty in the second half, and their defense lived
up to the hype, holding the Clippers to one hundred and one points as
their offense for the most part in this series failed them, which I think
coming into it would have been unexpected for most people to hear coming out of
it, they weren't good enough on that end. The effort was there.
Defensively, I thought they did flip a switch there. They went from being
a bottom three defense the final couple months of the season to looking like a
top ten defense one to fourteen even in this game. That's your average NBA
points in a game this season. With the pace they play out with a
three point shooting going on, not even that bad of a number. Game
five got a little bit out of hand, giving up one twenty three but
one hundred and eleven points in the Clippers Game four victory, and they lost
two games Game two where Dallas had just ninety six points, in Game three,
where Dallas had just one hundred and one points. Those games were very
winnable, especially Game two. They had Kawhi Leonard. He looked better in
that one. Clippers didn't get it done down the stretch, and they laid
an egg in Game five and put themselves in this position where coming into this
one full disclosure, I thought they were either gonna have a gretty victory or
lose big. Unfortunately the former in this case. Mavericks led by the many
as twenty four rig of the ladder, I was good, those too confused
Dallas led by as Manius twenty four, they went by thirteen. The Clippers
made a little bit of a run towards the end, but it was a
tie ball game at the half, and the Clippers had Pjchucker in the starting
lineup. He ended up a minus fourteen in the ballgame. But it was
strange to me as everyone was perplexed by him getting the start after not playing
consequential minutes at all in this series. And not only did he start in
the first half, but after the Clippers went on a run to end the
second quarter to tie the ball game at fifty two at the half, he
still started the third quarter, and that's when things started to unravel. I'm
not putting in on one guy, but he was a minus twenty one heading
into the fourth. No one else was worse than a minus ten out there.
Just didn't seem to work. That move. Gotta be honest about that.
Coach lou going with his rider or die guys. I guess went out
the way he wanted to this season. But strange move in a Game six,
a must win ball game. We'll talk about it on Clippers Stock eight
seven seven five to two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five to two zero
eleven fifty. I don't know if that was the difference, but to start
that third quarter, I was looking for Norman Powell to be in the starting
lineup in place of him, because that's how they got the game tied up
at the end of the second quarter. We'll get into this a little bit
more coming up here again. We'll be on the Patriot eleven fifty with Clippers
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of May Clippers season comes to an end. The Dallas Mavericks are moving on
to take on the OKAC Thunder and Round two as they win Game six one,
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Continue to sick to more NBA playoff basketball right here on the LA Clippers
Audio Network. Clippers fall in Game six one, fourteen to one oh one
to the Dallas Mavericks, and their season has ended, once again, unceremoniously,
once again without the Larry O. B once again without Kawhi Leonard on
the floor for the final game of the playoffs. It is disappointing. It
is frustrating, discouraging, incomprehensible in some ways. The two to one three
era likely over to some degree, and if in twenty nineteen, five years
later, in twenty twenty four, someone would have told me, oh,
they will have won three playoff series total after bringing in Kawhi and Paul George,
I would have said, your nuts, your line, there's no way
the world must have ended. I get a Clipper Nation, I'm down bad
with you. They lose by thirteen. It could be Paul George's PG thirteen's
final game as a Clipper, six for eighteen, two of ten from three
eighteen points, did have eleven boards, five steals, but had fourteen of
his eighteen in the first half. Couldn't find it in the second half.
James Harden five was sixteen, did have thirteen assistan one turnover, but sixteen
points on sixteen shafts not good enough. Terrence Man liked his fight was Zubat's,
same as last game. Russell Westbrook finished the last five games of this
series, going six for forty two from the field, as he finished with
six points in nine minutes and was just honestly struggling to a degree. I
don't know if I've seen shooting wise in a playoff series. Gotta be honest
about that. Norman Powell led them with twenty. Norman Powell was very consistent
all season long and after getting off to a slow start in this series,
much better the last four games. But the difference Kyrie Irving has thirty,
Luka Doncic has twenty eight. They combined for fifty eight points and meanwhile,
Paul George and James Harden combined for thirty four. It's about the stars the
dudes. In the playoffs, Clippers don't have their number one option and the
other two stars didn't play above their heads the level they needed to for the
Clippers to survive in this series against a very good Dallas Mavericks team that I
said, if they don't have Kawhi Leonard will likely beat the Clippers, and
that is what happened. We can talk about it eight seven seven five to
two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty outside of Los
Angeles, leaving you till next year. Clippers will open the End to It
Dome that will offer some new hope. Expect some major changes across the board.
Interested to see what happens this summer. We'll talk about those possibilities coming
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they were in attack mode. Adam Osley Brown bets the rebound of Boston back
to Kobe in the corner, jumps in the air, looks for help,
skips it highland the right wings, three off the left side of the ram,
last in the rebound, and now we'll do it. The Clippers fall
in six here in twenty twenty four, their season ends in Dallas as they
are defeated one fourteen one oh one and dropped the opening series four games to
two. And you hear the PA announcer Aaron Dallas MAVs win the final game
of the season. The Clippers get twenty from Norman pal eighteen from Paul George,
seventeen and eleven from each to watch George also a double double. This
the first time the Clippers have lost this season when George has a double double
six for Westbrook on two for seven. Meanwhile, for Dallas it was Kyrie
Irvan in the second half. He was really a man with magic in his
hands, twenty eight points in the second half. Luca had twenty eight on
the night, And for Dallas they were able to get it done at home,
the first time they were able to close out a series in this building
since two and eleven when they took down Oklahoma City and went to the finals,
of course, defeating the Miami Heat in that series. Well, it's
been an absolute pleasure. Couldn't ask for a better Clipper community. In year
one, Clippers fall in this one. The final season record fifty three and
thirty four, thirty one and twenty five, and they dropped round one in
six to Dallas. Well, as we learned in cocktail, if you use
a drink, everything ends badly. Otherwise it wouldn't end. Carlo Jimenez on
the call there. As the Clippers season comes to a close, they lose
Game six one, fourteen to one on one in Dallas to the Mavericks who
are moving on to take on the OKC Thunder. Welcome into Clippers Talk.
I'm at a Mosland eight seven seven five to two zero eleven fifty eight seven
seven, five to two zero eleven fifty. We will get to your phone
calls. We will have Will Updyke and Charles maclaurn, We'll hear from coach
lou and what's more of an exit interview. Now to this season as it's
come to its unfortunate conclusion once again, the Clippers going out without Kawhi Leonard
able to play in the final game for the fourth straight season, unbelievable.
Honestly, it's it is hard to imagine a scenario this difficult when you go
back to twenty nineteen when two to one three was put together, when they
traded Sga who's now waiting for Luka Dancic in the second round. And I'm
not second guessing it because every GM in the NBA would have done that move.
He traded for Paul George to make sure Kawhi signed with you. Kawhi
Leonard for the four straight season, either hasn't been available to start a playoff
run or to end a playoff run. That is hard to believe. Clipper
Nation, so we can all be in community. I'm right there with you.
It's going to be a struggle tonight. Looking for positives. The one
that comes to mind right away is the end to a dome next season.
But right now, heads will be haying low as the Clippers season comes to
an end in six games to a Dallas Mavericks team that I thought the Clippers
at least could compete against and have a chance against, even without Kawhi Leonard.
And you could say they won two games without him. The two games
he tried to play, especially Game three, he was a fraction of himself,
a shell of himself, not sure he should have been playing Game two.
There was some hope, but I tried to warn people it's not about
him playing that first game, it's about how he responds afterwards. He didn't
respond. His knee didn't respond the way they wanted it to. You could
see it in game three. Credit him trying to go. Eventually they shut
him down. After that one. Lawrence Frank said, enough, the season
is shutting down an era, maybe shutting down of Clippers basketball the two and
three era the blink of an eye. We're five years in and they have
won a total of three playoff rounds. One round in the Bubble against Dallas,
one round against Dallas in the first round the year after, and the
second round against the Utah jass That's it five seasons. So I think it's
fair to say it's been a failure because of extremely bad luck with the right
knee of Kawhi Leonard, who is still on a three year extension. Now
we're hoping it's nothing more serious than the inflammation that for whatever reason, unfortunately
they couldn't get under control over a month, going back to his last game
of the regular season in Charlotte, where he played sixty eight games and looked
like a damn MVP candidate this year, and of course Clipper's luck, he
gets hurt right before the playoffs after looking to be all the way back,
and then some from his twenty twenty one form coming off the ACL and then
last year the meniscus. This year inflammation tough. Tough to see a path
forward right now, difficult to know what the next step is as the Clippers
just had a game where they started PJ Tucker, a guy who I believe
only played at the end of Game five after they were down thirty so inconsequential
minutes, and he got the start, and he was a minus twenty one
after three quarters. Interested to hear from coach lew on that decision. Obviously
it's going to be second guest. We'll face it head on. I was
shocked we had law murray on as it became known live that it was going
to be PJ. Tucker in the starting lineup, not Russ, not Norm
PJ Tucker. I don't know if that's the reason they lost the game,
but I think it's obvious it didn't help. A lot of guys didn't play
well enough. Paul George six of eighteen. This could be his last game
as a Clipper. He's got an option he could pick up for about fifty
million for next season, but he'll likely become a free agent. James Harden,
He's an unrestricted free agent. Russell Westbrook I believe is as well.
Or it's a team option. And Russ ended up going eight for his last
forty two from the field in the last five games of this series. To
coach lose credit. He only let him play nine minutes in this game.
He was on a tighter and tighter leash, the worse he got. But
it goes back to this team was built around Kawhi Leonard and when he's there,
everything could fall into place. Roles are defined, the pecking order is
defined, and he's a killer in the playoffs when he's available. And we
have to keep putting that caveat in there because I can't spin it any other
damn way. Kawhi Leonard has been my favorite player going back to San Antonio
days, because of his defense, his stoic demeanor. He's a hard ass,
he's tough, he rises and meets the moment. He's a two time
Finals MVP. He brought the Toronto Raptors their only championship, and we thought
he was going to be able to do the same for the Clippers. And
so far five years in, every season has ended with heartbreak and outside the
bubble, every season has ended with him not being able to play. He's
on a three year extension. I don't think he's going anywhere. We just
hope for better health. But I understand where the cynicism comes from, mentioning
it Paul George consistently inconsistent for a star, for a MAX player. Love
the guy, don't know if he'll be back. Thought James Harden was probably
their best player in this series outside of my X factor Vita Zubats, who
had seventeen and eleven almost a double double in the first half. So just
got up eleven shots. Amazing to me. Amazing to me that you have
a game one that you win with the Viza Zubots getting seventeen shots and the
most he got in the game the rest of the series was twelve. Never
will understand that Never will understand their propensity to go away from Big Zoo.
There's an easier path to victory when jumpers aren't falling a Vita Zubats has to
be more involved. He's still twenty seven, he's still under contract. Really
hoping they make him more of a focal point next year. Well, we
have a moment. Let's pause ten seconds for station identification. Here on the
Patriot M eleven fifty, this is LA Clippers Basketball AM eleven fifty k e
IV Los Angeles about and iHeartRadio station. So there was a report earlier today
from Adrian Warzharowski that said, regardless of the outcome of this series. Coach
Lou Well the Clippers were looking to make him an offer, a contract extension.
I don't think it's a coincidence that after Darwinham was let go by the
Lakers that that news dropped. Seemed like they want to make sure that Coach
Lou knows he's their guy. He has one more year left on his deal.
Sounds like that could be ripped up and reworked into an extension. But
I know a lot of people tonight are gonna be asking why PG Tucker in
that spot, Why guy who hardly played this season, was you're in case
of emergency break glass player in Game six and a must win game in Dallas.
I found it to be a head scratcher, a little bit confounding.
I also love coach Lou. I don't know if there's a better coach out
there. I think he and Eric Spolstra are the best two guys. Every
guy has their buying spots, every guy has their favorites. I think we've
seen that a little bit with Coach Lou the past couple of seasons. But
if this team's healthy, I feel like he gives you the best chance to
win. Can they ever be healthy. I don't know at this point.
It was Einstein's definition of insanity, you know it. But they don't have
a lot of options. I believe in the front office they could get creative.
But if your solution tonight is trade Kawhi, let Paul George go start
over and weep over SGA, maybe gains to the Western Conference finals, that's
not much of a solution because I don't know if there's anything they can do
with the Kawhi Leonard situation, his health and the extension. Now, players
typically don't get healthier as they get older. Might just have to cross our
fingers when you sign the extension. That night, Lawrence Frank said everybody can
get injured, but not everybody can be a top five player when they're available.
That's true. It's just the timing and how unfortunate it is after the
season he had, and I know Kawhi wants to play more than anyone,
and he's more devastated and frustrated than anyone, and it's just unfortunate he wasn't
able to go in this series and be himself. The two games he played
that wasn't Kawhi Leonard. Game three that looked like a guy who lost his
basketball powers. I don't know if he should have been playing. There was
some talk and murmurs of well, maybe the Clippers are better without him.
They're gonna win the series without him. Marvin in downtown La ask me if
I believe. I try to be straight with you, Yeah, I don't
know if he can win this series without Kawhi Leonard. Guys, I've seen
Dallas. I saw the moves they made at the trade deadline. Some people
called him nobody's like the clip cast. Guys, the Clippers were going to
sweep and Kawhi Leonard was going to be fully healthy. That didn't work out.
Sadly, I wish it was true. I really wish we weren't in
this situation. Once again, here's the hope. Steve Balmer. I believe
in Steve Balmer. I believe he is committed to building a sustainable winner that
can get to the top of the mountain, and he won't rest until that
happens. That's the one thing you just have to hang on to. The
guy just built an arena with his own money. He's committed. He's here.
We've heard him say there could be years where they're not as talented,
but they're never going to bottom out. He wants a competitor. You're in
and year out. Clippers are the four seed this year. We'll see what
roster moves and how they construct it and how that transpires moving forward. Now
a lot of decisions to be made. But I can't stress it enough.
You went from having the worst owner in sports to ten years ago getting Steve
Balmer, who I believe and call me a company man. All you want
is the best owner because he's passionate about his team. He delegates, he
doesn't meddle. He puts the right people in charge. And the reason the
Clippers have come up short is simply because bad luck with injuries. You have
a chance to get Kawhi Leonard, you do it every time. No one
could have foreseen this. Again, no one's more frustrated than Kawhi. No
one wants to be out there more than him. All season long, he
was talking about trying to take this team to a place they had never been.
Felt like there was some unfinished business with him tearing his aco in twenty
twenty one, when I fully believed that if that doesn't occur, that misstep
Joe ingles the Clippers win it that season. But no use harping on it.
Can't look back, have to move forward. Who let's start things off
with Javier and Lahabra heights here on Clippers Talk after their twenty twenty three twenty
twenty four season comes to an end. Welcome in, Javier Alwa's up that
thank you for taking on call like always. And I told you this a
couple of years ago. I had seen the writing on the wall. I
mean, now worrying. What twenty twenty four and since twenty nineteen? What
is it? Just one Western Conference finals? Me disappointment? I mean this
is honestly you You compared TYLERU with Eric Spostra in the same not in the
same planet, Adam, how can you compare them? Tyler won a championship
because he had Lebron, Kevin Love and Kyrie how their expolser winning championships?
Do tell he's gone to Adam's gone to final, Jimmy Butler, Adam,
He's gone to Yeah in the East, They're not getting out of the West
with that team. He didn't he got the first round. Anyways, listen,
forget about Tyler. I mean, if you want to say he's a
good coach. Why did he start PJ. Tucker? He should have started
Norman Power. No, Powe was a plus six, Tucker was a minus
twenty one, like you said, by the end of the third quarter,
he should have started Powell. And then I think you mentioned Zubac. The
first game he was dominated. He should have went back with him and he
didn't. Got a good coach, Come on, Adam. And I'm not
saying he's I'm not say he's a back coach, Adam, but don't compare
them to Eric's sculture. There's no way netting, Adam. You know what,
Like you said, Kaw, I want to play. I understand he
doesn't want to play, but you know what is not working out. There's
a reason the letter. So what's the solution, Javier. I'm looking for
solutions tonight, not just airing of grievances. And if you're gonna tell me
to hold on, I'm just gonna throw you on hold. So what's the
solution? Do you have one, Javier? What's the plan? I do?
You know what I do? You know? What's just your arena?
Go with young players, Adam. These players are old Paul George. How
they gonna get the young players. You know many draft picks they have not
a solution. Well, that was a frustrating first start. We're off on
the wrong foot here on Clippers Talk. I just need something realistic, attainable,
tangible, something that can actually be donekauh. I just got three year
extension. I don't think he's going anywhere. We'll take a quick time out,
We'll go somewhere, we'll get back to you. Eight seven seven five
two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty. Look,
if you want to vent, and I let him vent talking about coach Lou
and some of the moves, that's fine. But at some point gotta keep
it moving. I don't just want a woe is Me type of show tonight
to end this season. You gotta be some positives. There gotta be some
solutions for this looking hard for him. Right now, you're listening to Clippers
stock. You're on the Patriot Am Love fifty, Bill Mavericks and the Clippers.
This is the NBA Playoffs on the La Clippers Audio Network, stream US
anywhere you go on the iHeartRadio app. I've tried to be as honest as
possible. Over a month ago when I said I was concerned about Kawhi Leonard
and his right knee, and people came after me and said, it's just
gamesmanship. They're just lit managing him before the end of the season. And
I came back at you and said, yeah, I'm pretty sure if he
was healthy, he would have played that game against Denver. It was a
big one. They won it anyways without him. Never bought into that it
was just load management. Well, unfortunately I was right. I tried to
set up this series fairly by the way the Dallas Mavericks had been playing post
trade deadline. Their defense, they're turned around on that end. PJ.
Washington, Daniel Gafford, Hey, Washington had four threes in this game.
They brought those guys in. They had been a top ten defense the last
thirty five games of the season. I wasn't trying to set you up for
disappointment, and I wasn't trying to give you false hope. I was trying
to give you the God's honest truth. So when something like this happens,
you're not looking at me like you're listening to me. Going But Adam,
you said everything was fine and the Clippers were gonna win four. No,
I'm trying to keep some credibility whatever I got. Be honest with the analysis.
I thought it was concerning with Kauhi. I felt like they couldn't win
the series without him. That's what played out. It's unfortunate. Hey,
welcome back in the Clippers stock. I'm out of Maslin eight seven seven five
to zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five to two zero eleven fifty And yeah,
even Luka Doncics and Kyrie Irvings defense was better heard about it figured it
must have been better. It was do the Clippers win this series with Kawhi?
Of course, I think that my series prediction with him was Clippers in
six with a healthy Kawhi. But we've been saying that a lot the last
five years. If under the assumption that he'll be healthy and every playoff run,
it's not his fault. His body is betraying him. No one is
more frustrated than him. He's the one whose legacy, unfortunately, I'm sure,
is going to be hurt by the way some people talk about him and
being injury prone, and that's what you might remember instead of a two times
Finals MVP and a guy trying to lead the Clippers now to their first ever
championship. If they could get one damn run with Kawhi Leonard healthy, it
could happen. He's that good. That's the hope into a dome and you
got Steve Baumer. That's what I can offer you tonight. I know a
lot of people are gonna be in a dark place, especially after the highs
of this year, them going twenty six and five. The piece is fitting
perfectly with James Harden and then for things to fall apart at the end of
the year because of a similar fate injury to Kawhi Leonard, Morris and Inglewood.
I'm sure I'll bring some positivity here. Morris, what's up? But
I like to know when are they gonna be opening up into a statement.
They're gonna have an open house in August sometimes h Adam. Yeah, it's
called a Bruno Mars concert. That'll be the opening. I don't I don't
know. I don't know. They're gonna do some tours or anything like that.
I don't have the information on that. But it's going to be the
best place in the world to watch a basketball game, period. I love
it that you add, all right, Morris, appreciate you as always.
Eddie and Rancho Kook. What's up Eddie? Hey Adam? How you doing,
Bud? Are you've heard like I'm okay, I'm I don't want to
become numbs to this stuff. But it's a similar story. The cliche we're
seeing this movie before. I hate when people say that, but I guess
it's appropriate here. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Clipper curse,
all these things, Clip's gonna clip all that stuff that's coming out tonight.
I've heard it all. It's just bad luck with Kawi's Rightney. It's
as simple as that. So you know, I've been a fan for over
forty years. I'm fifty five years old, Ukay. I became a fan
when the Clippers did the Norm Nixon Byron Scott trade. That's the year I
became a fan. I was a high school kid. Been a fan ever
since. And you know, I'm with you. Five years since the two
one three got put together, it's been a failure. You know, we
have to look at that objectively, honestly, because I remember when they lost
in the Bubble and Lawrence Frank came out afterwards and said, you have to
take a hard look at yourself and the situation and see where you failed.
That is the only way to learn. And I think it's the same situation
right now. Yep. I agree with you one hundred percent on that.
It's it's you know, it's sad to say it being a Clipper fan all
these years, yeah, being a failure. You know, I've got friends
of mine same thing, die hard Clipper fans. We've been season ticket all
as my wife and I for over twenty years. And you know it's sad.
I mean, I mean, I've been I've been this. I've been
down and sad, you know since two nights ago when we were at the
at the last home game. And I'll tell you honestly, going to that
game, the energy in the arena that night, there was no energy.
And you know, I was talking to some of the medical staff on the
team. I don't know if I should even say this, but I know
that my wife and I know them, they're friends of ours. And I'll
be honest with you. Us having to rely, you know, as fans,
having to rely on PG and Harden to pull this out for us,
you know. You know, Adam, again, like you said, objectively,
their reputation in the playoffs. It's never been that good. Yeah,
those two guys. It's been up and down. Fair Yeah, Yeah,
it's been up and down. Harden. You know everywhere he's been, whether
it's been Houston, Brooklyn, Philly now with us. You know, friends
of mine kept on asking me throughout the season, what do you think Harden?
You know, he he's the insurance, you know, in case somebody
was to get hurt. I said, you know what, I'm not going
to say anything till the season he's done. If he I hope he proves
me wrong. During the playoffs, he didn't. Well, look, James
Harden wasn't He wasn't brought in to be the second guy. He was brought
into aid two, one, three without Kawhi. Even if you get out
of this round, you're not going much further. When people were talking about
maybe they're better without Kawhi, he threw off their chemistry, which was absurd
to me. But I know he wasn't looking like himself. But you had
to have this team, Hoole, whoever wins it all is going to have
their stars available for the vast majority of the playoffs. You got it.
No, I agree with you. One hundred percent on that. So you
were thinking you were asking about a solution. Yeah, I agree. I
think I think we're limited on what we can do. I think definitely,
you know, if they can convince, if if pg's willing to go somewhere
else and they can do an extension with him, like a sign and trade,
I think that's they can't do a sign and trade because they're hardcast.
Can they can't? Okay, I don't believe that's an option. I appreciate
the phone call, though, Eddie in some good perspective. Let's talk again
in game one next year, all right, at the end of a dome,
Okay, definitely, we'll be there for the first day. I know
the into a dome will be hyped. Yeah, it's it's tough. Their
last game in downtown Los Angeles with thirty point loss, kind of figure that
would be it. The way that unfolded, I didn't have a ton of
hope for today. I wanted to, but I've watched both these teams.
I knew how good Dallas was. So you tip your cap to the Dallas
Mavericks after Game one. They were the more physical team and their duo outplayed
Paul George and James Harden period Clippers with Kawhi, Yeah, of course I
think they win the series. Neither here nor there, Paul and Rancho Kook,
Paul, what's up here on Clipper stock with that? Amason h Eric
Eric, I'm sorry, I Adam so with solutions, I'm looking at the
top, say twenty five free agents? Are you saying then that Paul George?
You know they re signed him. Obviously Kawhi is on the books,
they don't they can't bring in another top tier free agent. I look at
Boston. They could bring in James Harden because they have his birds rights and
they could go over the cap to bring him back. And I should mention
that when Kawhi Leonard got his extension the first game after that, that night
he did mention polls Game two reporters that he said something to the effect of
pretty sure everybody's for the most part is coming back. So I don't know,
I don't know if what happened in the playoffs changes that, but right,
okay, So I'm just thinking, let's say they move on from James
Harden for whatever reason, It's not gonna work. You're not gonna be able
to bring in another guy who makes thirty five million or forty million, like
James Harden will it doesn't. You don't just lose that and you can plug
in somebody else for that amount of salary. You can go over the cap
for the guys that are already in house. So I appreciate the phone call.
I just got to keep moving here, Sean and Inglewood. Sean,
what's up here on Clippers? Stop for that? Amazon, Hey, my
friend, thank you for the line. First of all, let me apologize.
I called in a couple of games ago, fell asleep. I was
waiting on hold, so well, that doesn't make me feel any better.
Sean. No, well it was alone night. But anyway I'm getting is
something that you talked about. And here's my problem with what happened in twenty
nineteen. When Kuhai made the demand, he made the demand at the last
minute. And so if he had to let the Clippers in on what he
wanted to do when his designs were then they wouldn't have had to give with
me. Tell me how you know it was the last minute. Tell me
how you know it was the last minute. Explain that that's what they did.
No, No, they didn't say that it just happened. When it
happened. It happened on a Friday night during an earthquake. It wasn't there
was no deadline. There was no deadline. He was an unrestricted free agent.
Sean, can we stick to the facts tonight, please, my friend,
please, can we deal with things that actually happened? Sean. Remember
they were following him the church and everywhere, but there was yes, because
they were waiting for him to make a decision. But there wasn't some deadline
where he went out on Twitter and said this is the date or this is
when free agency. I'm going to make my decision. Jehan, He thought
about it. It wasn't a rash decision. He thought about it. That's
the truth. I understand that. Can I finish well? If you understood
it, why did you just say the opposite. That's where I'm confused.
I understand your point that you're making, but I don't have to agree with
it. I'm saying there, I've heard what was kid, and he was.
He was straddling the fence for such a long time, and when he
finally made his decision, he put pressure on the Clippers, so the Clippers
gave up a haul. Yes, that part did happen. That didn't mean
it was a quick decision. That did not mean it was a quick decision.
Sean, there's a difference. There's nuance. They gave up a little
bit more, a whole lot more than what they should have gave up for
Paul. George. Well, I didn't hear from you that night when it
happened saying that. So I'm going to say this is a revisionist history,
and I get it. It's frustrating, Sean, but I can't live in
the past like this, and you visit a trade that every GM in the
history of nbagms would have made. I just can't. Nobody at that time
thought SGA would have sent to this level this quickly. Certainly nobody would have
thought five years later the Clippers would have won three playoff series total. Nobody
would have thought Kawhi Leonard and his right knee would have this much trouble.
So you want a Monday morning quarterback. It's just weak because I remember the
show I did right after it happened on Saturday, and I didn't hear anyone
say they gave up too much, not a one. Because you made the
move for Paul George to get Kawhi Leonard, who had just won Finals MVP
and was the unanimous at that time. Believe it or not, he was
the unanimous number one player in the world. People say he took the crown
from Lebron James. That's the talk that was out there. Go look it
up. Anything else is just revisionist. We'll take a quick time out.
I really try not to get that frustrated. Maybe I should have taken a
call from Sean who disagrees with the actual things that happen. If you want
to live in your own world, cool, but it wasn't a rash or
quick decision by Kawhi And going back to that, what's the point? What's
the point right now? How does that improve the team now? How is
that a solution? You want to feel like I told you so well,
Nobody told me that. In twenty nineteen, Nobody Clippers lose by thirteen and
their season comes to an end. They fall in Game six and Dallas the
Mavericks coming up. We'll have it from Chuck Macklin, Will Updyke. Let
me get into the PJ. Tucker decision and actual things that can change moving
forward. I'm at a Moslims here listening to the Patriot amleven fifty Back to
more of the NBA playoffs. I'm the La Clippers to your network, Clippers
Mavericks continues now stream us anywhere you go on the iHeartRadio app. Clippers season
ends on a sour note once again, Kawhi Leonard unavailable and that's how another
playoff run ends. Clippers lose Game six one, fourteen to one on one
in Dallas to the Mavericks, Welcome back in the Clipper stock. I'm at
a Maslin. You're listening to the Patriot AM eleven fifty eight seven seven five
two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is the phone
number you hear the music. We got Chuck and Will on one phone.
We're gonna make this work. Two guys, one phone. It can be
done. Let's start here with Will because he picked up first and I did
call his phone number. Not a lot of pleasantries tonight. I know everybody's
down and defeated. We've been getting a lot of calls about it. But
Will, I just want to get your reaction. So the situation when PJ.
Tucker starting tonight, how surprised you were. I had low murray on
pregame as it was announced, and it was mouth agape. There were no
words, just the move. How it played out, is that the reason
they lost the game? How'd you see it? All? Right? So
I want to say that I was not surprised by this. As soon as
I heard that there was going to be a change in the starting lineup.
You know, I said this month ago, PJ Tucker, you sucked.
You should start him because there's no other way to hide him. Then there's
no better way to hide him than around your best players. But look,
if there was going to be a change to the starting lineup, it was
either him or Russell Westbrook. And I think that from what we've seen so
far, PJ fit the mold a little bit better for what they needed to
meet. PJ. Tucker is not the reason that they lost this game.
It was once again the same thing that we've seen DROW series, was that
they're offense really failed to ignite. I will say though, we got another
consistent performance from James Harden, who I mean surprisingly, I gotta be perfectly
honest with you, I did not expect this coming into the series, but
was really their best performer offensively. Yeah, I mean he was five of
sixteen, but sixteen points and thirteen assists to one turnover. It's not great
that that ended up being their best player tonight, but he probably was.
He interveats the Zubas, I think were the two best players this series,
their two most consistent guys throughout. Paul George did not finish top two.
In my book, I didn't say it was perfect. You never heard me
say it was perfect. No, you're right, you're right. It's just
it's the best of the worst because it wasn't a good series all around for
a lot of different players. When you talk about so many guys struggling offensively,
collectively, this team really struggled. But I know Chuck's the bigger fan
of PJ. Tucker, so I do want to hear from him regarding him
darting tonight. Charles, how'd you feel about PJ Tucker? Were you surprised?
Shocked? I did tweet out something that was kind of sarcastic, kind
of jokingly. I said, it's either gonna be Norm or Russ or dot
dot dot PJ. Tucker just a guess. Even though I gave like three
of them. That was the joke. I was pretty much going with every
guy I could have been. So how'd you feel about it, Charles?
I think I bummed out to say that. I wasn't super surprised, but
I was still confused, if that makes sense. Because the Clippers, it
seems like starting PJ Tucker Tylu wanted to lead in the defense, which is
you know, missing Kwi Leonard is obviously worse. You mean because they've actually
been better on that end than on offense this series. So it didn't make
that much sense. Yes, thank you. Yeah, no, I'm just
interpreting that. I'm not projecting. I'm interpreting, But you're right right,
that's the that's been the issue. Like Will said too, the offense has
been kind of rough and inserting PJ. Tucker into the lineup is not a
way to make the offense any better. But yeah, he did hit one
three. He also looked terrified underneath the rim when he did hit the layup,
but it took him like a weird pump fake. But but having to
start PJ Tucker in game six in a do or die game is what happens
when Kawhi Leonard is hurt and it's what happens when the rest of the roster
partly gets neglected and partly isn't playable in the playoffs. Yeah, that's I
don't know. I'm still a little raw about the whole thing. Uh yeah,
well go on. I mean, Paul George, this could have been
his last game as a Clipper. I said to Will, I think in
this series. Yeah, definitely, James Harden. I think James Harden and
the Visa Zubats were their top two players in this series. Yeah, that's
hard to argue you didn't. I mean, does do you have the most
field goals even made? Just total? I think I don't know who tweeted
that out earlier today, but Zo has the most field goals made obviously on
a way better percent because they're so close. But it was out of here.
It was a goofy season and or sorry, it was a goofy playoffs.
Rotation wise, Daniel Tye not getting any minute at all is after how
he played during the regular season and saved them in a tough time. After
Mason Plumley went down, everybody was wondering who they're going to pick up,
and Daniel Tye like he gave them more than they could have asked for this
year. And outside that fourth quarter in Game four, Mason Plumbley was brutal
in this series, and maybe part of it was because he was on the
floor with Russell Westbrook and those lineups just did not work and Russell Westbrook's shot
did not work. Six. No, I want to get to be the
accurate here because the stands are going to come after me. Eight for forty
two the last five games. That is that might be an all time record?
You do, Yeah, that's that ideal. It's tough. Uh,
you know, Russ isn't the reason they lost. Ultimately, the reason they
lost was just Paul George, not Kawhi Leonard not be there, was Kawhi
not being there, and I feel like everything gets compounded more. But the
Russ performance, it's very difficult to see any positive and he has the backseat
driver and will right now is killing me. Come on, yeah, I
mean, hey, uh, he's laming Paul George. I don't know if
that's fully accurate. Running down George Paul's box scores through those games, through
those six games, okay, okay, fair? Would you say he had
two good games total in this six game series generously, Yet you're giving him
game one and obviously game four. Yeah, So what do you think happens
with Paul George this summer now? Well, George Paul, I don't know,
man. I think that Steve Bomber pays him because he opened a new
stadium. But I would say let him go to Philly and let him see
what those fans think when he has those performances. It's tough to stand behind
him after this series because I've given him a ton of love for what he
did in twenty twenty one, being able to lead them to the Western Conference
Finals without Kawhi Leonard. But it's three years ago now. Two games out
of six is in saying yeah, and we thought they had a real chance
at least when they initially brought in James Harden. That hey, one of
two and three goes down, James Harden next to whoever is left could be
enough. Eh, didn't happen. I appreciate you guys in the work we've
been able to do together in our second season with clips and dip and you
guys coming on with me on clipper stock and doing some double dip all year
long. It's been rough, but I feel like I really genuinely feel like
we've done a decent job. We did our best, We did a decent
job. Adam has been a wonderful season. It was a it was a
horrific ending one that none of us wanted. Well, we're excited to talk
about it on Sunday. Thanks for having us on Clipper Talk. Thanks everyone
who called in too. Yeah, let's go clips Chuck, Chuck Buckler and
Willeff Tyke there. We'll have a clips and Dip YouTube episode for you on
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right here on the La Clippers Audio Network. More salt than Pepper, Uh
tonight, I guess Salta in the house. Shout out Fred Rogan. I
think will be hanging out with him on Monday again. Clippers lose in Dallas
in Game six one, fourteen to one on one. Their season has come
to an end once again. Kawhi Leonard not able to finish off a playoff
series. It's unfortunate. Let's hear from coach Lou postgame. After this Clippers
twenty twenty four playoff campaign comes to an end. You know, so when
you come into a house of environment like this, you can't give up eighteen
offensive rebounds, you know, you got to secure those balls and hit bodies
in which we talked about coming into the series. And then I just thought,
you know, in that first half, I thought Zoo was dead,
you know, after you had to play twenty two minutes in the first half
just to just just kind of get back in the game. We were down
thirteen, and PG and James as well, playing twenty two minutes and caught
up with us, and you saw that, you know, in the third
quarter, you know, into the fourth that you know, we just ran
gas, you know, and so Kyrie excellent performance in the second half,
only having two at halftime and then up with twenty eight. I thought we
did a good job mixing up our coverages, you know, with Luca trying
to keep him up balance. But overall, like I said, I'm proud
of my guys, and you know, I'm happy. I was happy,
you know, with the opportunity, and I'm happy to work the guys put
in to get to this point. Coach Lou their post game talking about the
Clippers errors where it went awry, giving up too many offensive rebounds. They
had four on one possession in the first quarter, they had ten after the
first quarter. The turnovers and the unraveling to start that third quarter also did
them in along with well they went small late. But I could understand it.
As he mentioned, Big Zoo did look a little bit gassed out.
There wasn't boxing out, went to PJ Tucker at the five, didn't work
out. That's what Coach Lou's most comfortable with. We're hoping for better next
season, Clibernation. We are proud to be a part of this organization of
in a small way, proud to be a part of Clipper Nation. Do
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