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Time for a postgame Look, it's
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you're La Clippers, They're locking in
every game, every night. Adam Osland,

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the Clippers battled, would ultimately fall
late in Denver with a final score

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of one to eleven to one oho
eight in favor of the Nuggets. Welcome

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into your postgame show. I'm Adam
Oslin, coming up on a M.

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Five seventy LA Sports. We'll have
Clippers talk for you. Eight six six

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nine eight seven two five seventy eight
six six nine eight seven two five seventy

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is the phone number. After the
Clippers get outscored nineteen to nine in the

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final six minutes of the ballgame and
come up short. Now they have dropped

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six straight, five straight. With
James Harden, we're rejoined by your radio

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voice of the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez. Carlo, we saw some signs of

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life from this Clippers team offensively,
and that starting unit as well, but

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just wasn't enough. As the Denver
Nuggets have Nikola jokicch the best player in

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the world, and he showed up
late knocking down some big free throws.

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Yeah, he was big, fourteen
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They continue to feed him late.
He continued to go to work late,

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and Adam, you feel like if
you're the Clippers in twenty nine other arenas,

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or I guess there's not twenty nine, but in every other arena in

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the NBA against any other team,
they probably come home with a win.

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With the way they played today,
they were active in transition, they were

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active on the glass, they forced
turnovers, they played with pace. But

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at the end of the day,
they ran into the NBA champions and Nikole

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Jokic, who have been an immovable
object here at home, winning their seventh

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in a row to start this season. I know the message continues to be

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patients and we'll figure it out.
This was a huge step forward and you

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feel like they're knocking on the door
headed to Houston on Friday. Let's hope

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they can build all of this.
Because James Harden was seven to fifteen,

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had twenty one points, ten of
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when the Clippers started to really assert
themselves. But he just looked more comfortable

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and that has to be the biggest
takeaway. Granted in a loss, but

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you wanted to see James Harden play
much better and look more comfortable, and

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he certainly was that tonight. Yeah, he was fantastic. There was a

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clip I saw on Twitter at a
half time where he was telling bones Hieland,

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I got my swagger back, and
it looked that way today. Seven

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for fifteen from the field, twenty
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free throw line, and he was
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I mean we saw him shoot eight
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head coach schron Luce said to do. Be yourself and we'll tell you if

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you're doing too much. Didn't look
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He was excellent for this Clippers team
tonight. A fun one to watch

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out him. A tough finish,
but a lot of positive once again,

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and you feel like heading into Houston, Clippers have to get it done.

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That's the game where it needs to
be put together. Also, how about

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Terrence Man today, he was excellent
on the glass, excellent as an energizer,

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and a great job forcing the issue
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Four offensive rebounds from Terrence Man and
all of them just seem pivotal critical offensive

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rebounds. Love seeing him playing twenty
eight minutes out there. Unfortunately, just

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an off night from Kawhi Leonard.
You brought it up. But if he

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just has his average game tonight,
doesn't even have to be great. The

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Clippers win this one. It's that
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If Kawhi Leonard goes for his regular
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chance at coming away with a win
here tonight, and you feel like that's

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gonna fuel him going into the next
game. But you can also take a

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lot of positive way when Kawhi Leonard's
fine for fourteen from the field and yet

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you're in it late against this Denver
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James hard and Trade, but his
ability to add to your offense not only

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shooting the ball, but passing the
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was big time Clippers fall in Denver
final score one to eleven to oneh eight.

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Clippers now three to seven on this
young season. They return home Friday

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night to take on the Houston Rockets. Tip time for that one's at seven

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thirty. We'll have Clippers campdown for
you starting at six thirty. Carlo Jimenez,

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great call, safe travels back to
Los Angeles, my friend. Thank

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you, Adam Moleson. I'll see
you Friday for another in season tournament matchup.

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No doubt Clippers will look to get
back to their winning ways against the

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Rockets on Friday. Back at Crypto
dot com Arena. More Clippers postgame coming

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up next though. Plus we'll have
Clippers Talk at eight six six nine eight

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Audio Network. Clippers losing Denver one
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They dropped to three and seven on
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five straight. With James Harden show
a lot of heart and hustle coming back

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in this game where they were down
by twelve in that third quarter. James

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Harden played much better, but still
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big, too strong down the stretch, and they outscored the Clippers nineteen to

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nine in the last six minutes in
a game where Kawhi Leonard was just five

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of fourteen from the field, just
struggling with his shot. Right now,

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let's get to some second half highlights
though for you, Clippers were down sixty

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to fifty two at the half.
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really finding himself into the right corner, leaves it off for Harden, step

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back three in the air, rattles
home, James Harden, fear the pier

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Clippers with it left to right.
Here's James Harden into the front court.

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Trailing by two, one minute left
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out. Jubbel drives down the left
side of the lane and gets it off

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the glass and in Harden lets it
roll into the front court. Nine third

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quarter points were him step back three
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nylon. Yeah, we had some
connection issues, but James Garden in that

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third quarter ten of his twenty one
points. He was fantastic getting the Clippers

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back into this one. It was
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Al and Paul George, who led
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cook. In that fourth. Here
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and in Paul George with twenty five. Paul George bounced past to him on

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the right block, pulls the ball
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Working against Kentavious Conwell. Pope takes
a baseline, fades and fires and hits

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George wit twenty seven. George has
been the assassin all night. Down the

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right alley to the ram right in
it, lamp up and in Paul George

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with twenty nine. He's on fire. At the top weest Brook looks,

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finds George of the left flock one
on one with Conavious Conwall. Pope pulls

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up from fifteen bottoms Paul George stuck
on automatic thirty one for PG. Thirteen.

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Yoki the inbound holds it at the
hip, finds Jackson back to Yoki,

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shriveles up on your timeline. George
Tay has taken away Leonard's the steel

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He's got at the top George left
wing, seventeen seconds left, zero step

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right handed, lamp up and end
Paul George with twelve of his thirty five

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in that fourth quarter, But with
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to ninety two with six' oh
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would outscore them nineteen to nine,
and they go on to win one eleven

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to one oh eight. Coming up
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five seventy LA Sports, we'll have
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seventy is the phone number. Clippers
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break a six game losing streak.
Now they'll be back home taking on the

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Houston Rockets Friday night. More Clippers
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This is LA Clippers basketball. You're
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how do you lose a ball game?

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When you shoot forty five percent from
three? You get beat up on the

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interior? Denver had fifty eight points
on the paint, the Clippers just thirty

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four, and Denver controlled the glass
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against Nikol Jokic and they fall one
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some positives, saw some good things, but ultimately six straight losses for the

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Clippers. They're three and seven on
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games so far. With James Harden, he finished with twenty one on seven

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to fifteen shooting, had all twenty
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quarters as he came alive at the
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thirty five thirteen to twenty six shooting
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though we had a weggie and a
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Zubots Big Zoo only playing those last
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know that will be a talking point
coming up on Clippers Talk. Eight sixty

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They were in attack mode. Adam
Astley Clippers were up by seven with

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six minutes left on the fourth quarter, just to get out scored nineteen to

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nine the final six minutes of the
ballgame. And now they have dropped six

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straight, five straight with James Harden
as they lose to the Denver Nuggets in

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Denver one eleven to one eight.
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eight seven two five seventy eight six
six nine eight seven two five seventy is

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the phone number. We'll get to
all your calls tonight, even people who

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just call and then don't want to
talk, and Katie tries to put them

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on hold, but they don't say
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on right away or they're not gonna
hold for two seconds. Maybe a prank

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caller. Do I deserve it?
I don't know. Clippers drop six straight,

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and while you can say there were
some silver linings in this one,

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there were a lot of positives.
James Harden had twenty one by far was

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the most comfortable. He is looking
at the Clippers' uniform and you can say,

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Kawhi Leonard was just five or fourteen. How often does that happen?

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He has his usual game. Clippers
win this one, but you got to

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understand something. Nikola Jokic also was
off. He was eight for twenty three

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the reigning finals MVP still finished with
thirty two, sixteen and nine, but

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eight for twenty three. It wasn't
exactly lighting it up. And I like

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the way the Clippers played him.
They threw Kawhi at him. Paul George,

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PJ. Tucker, Terron's man kitchen
sink approach beats the Zubots early on.

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But I know one of the big
subjects coming out of this ballgame is

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why the Clippers go small for so
long in that fourth quarter. Big Zoo

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didn't come back in until the very
end for that jump ball situation where he

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was out there on the court for
rebounding purposes on free throws after Paul George

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missed a three pointer that would have
tied it was a wedgie. Paul George

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had thirty five and went four of
eleven from the outside, just got stuck

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in between the rim and the backboard. There was a jump ball between Yokich

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and a Beata Zubats and Denver would
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game. In the game where Reggie
Jackson would get a little revenge on the

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Clippers seven of eleven from the field, eighteen points, four assists, and

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blue pass Terrence Man on the perimeter
for a big lay up. Late Clippers

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offense failed them in some ways late
their defense and rebounding just because they're so

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small out there. I'm not faulting
the effort whatsoever. The guys who were

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out there played so hard late.
It's just tough when you're throwing three guys

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at you that are small, So
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misses, which he was. Well, who's gonna be there to box out

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the guys whose defenders left them to
help guard Jokic. So if it's not

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one thing, it's another. Right
now, Clippers just can't get over the

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hump. I like the fight,
I like the heart. I like Paul

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George being that aggressive. I love
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There was a point I was getting
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where he had a quick nine points
that in that second quarter he went about

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I want to say, four minutes
without putting a shot up, and it

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carried over into the third quarter.
So ultimately I want to say he went

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about eight in game minutes without taking
a shot, and I was saying,

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he's deferring again. He has to
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on anyone's toes, Harden, and
then he caught fire to end that third

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quarter. He had a three pointer, he got to the basket for a

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layup off the glass, and the
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quarter thirty two to twenty four,
after being down by twelve, and they

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were tied heading into the fourth,
and James Harden was a huge part of

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that. He had the step back
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problem was Aaron Gordon responded and hit
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off to end the third period.
You could say that's the difference in the

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ballgame. Clippers lost by three,
he hits a thirty two footer and he

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has absolutely torched the Clippers since he
came to Denver. Gordon finished with twenty

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but effort plays, hustle plays.
Remember they didn't have Jamal Murray tonight.

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So as the Clippers are still trying
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that's fair they are. It's also
fair to point out Denver was missing

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their second best player and they're still
just a well oiled machine. They hit

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big shots, they played championship basketball
late, and they outscored the Clippers nineteen

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to nine in the last six minutes. Kawhi had some good looks and missed

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a lot of them. Now,
I do think Aaron Gordon is probably the

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best defender in the league on him. I've been telling people this for a

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while. He's become extremely underrated with
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doing for the Denver Nuggets as the
third or fourth option. He's their hustle

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guy, and he's doing the little
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your best player. Kawhi in thirty
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points and he was the one that
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I want to say it was really
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tell Kawhi wanted it bad because he
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He knew he'd been struggling. Now, credit Kawhi forgetting the hustle steal late

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that could have won the game for
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you gotta try and find other ways
to win. Kawhi was battling,

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he was playing big. He had
five steals. Incredible, but I thought

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of each the Zubats had the best
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though he went two for eight,
I don't even care. He missed a

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couple of bunnies in the first core
and then started to really find his sea

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legs, but defensively and the way
he cleaned the glass thirteen boards, seven

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offensive rebounds in twenty six minutes.
He and Terrence Man did work on the

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boards. Terrence Man and a Visa
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rebounds. That's what's tough. They
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six, fourteen to six when it
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up getting thirteen more shots up because
the Clippers only had ten turnovers to fourteen

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for the Nuggets and then lost.
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from two. They shot it great
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than from two tonight and lost.
It's gonna happen when you take naturally more

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two pointers. But it's a frustrating
one because you thought if they got this

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win, what it would do for
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came through with some clutch threes.
I told you if you follow me at

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follow out of May on X.
PJ. Tucker has been one of my

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favorite players, and when they got
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think the Clippers are onto something.
There is no Nikola Jokic stopper doesn't exist.

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Maybe David Robinson in the nineties or
a Keem somebody like that would have

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done better against him. He doesn't
see as many bigs today. But I

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pulled video and put it at follow
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PJ. Tuckerdeing him up last season
with James Harden in Philadelphia, and he

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caused a few problems for Jokic here
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they switched it up, changed levels, gave jokicch different looks. It's not

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a fluke that he went eight of
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To lose a game where he's eight
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Though. If you're a Clipper fan, you got the poor performance from Jokics.

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You got the hustle, the heart, the energy, the effort that

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the Clippers needed on the boards defensively, and he's still lost by three.

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Now, you can make the argument
they're not running on all cylinders, but

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this was a game within reach up
seven with six minutes left and they lose

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one to eleven to one oh eight. Well, we have a moment.

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A Zubots, I want to say, picked up three of his four fouls

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on that third quarter and the Denver
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throw line. They attempted thirty two, but I was a little bit surprised

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he didn't come in sooner later in
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to throw multiple bodies at Jokic,
which leaves other guys wide open. And

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I feel like a Visa Zubats,
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as you could ask for against Jokic
at times two he gets up for these

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games the Baltic players a Visa Zubats. Remember, I don't know if it

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was last season or the season before, as I'm trying to digest this one,

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but he had that thirty two point
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Jokic had forty in the Clippers loss, but he was going toe to toe

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with him for a little bit,
and I thought he played well. But

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doesn't come back in late Clippers stayed
small. There's logic to it. That's

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what got him back into the game. PJ. Tucker played well. I

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like a lot of the moves coach
Lou made. When the game starts to

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slow down, you put Harden in
there over Russ. Late. Love Russ.

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He had his moments, but just
four of twelve shooting. Was making

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effort plays six boards, three assists, two steals. But as the game

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gets slowed down, more methodical late
in the ball game, Yeah, I

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like that move. Having James Harden
in didn't work out. He missed a

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layup late. Just could be him
knocking off the rust. Just kissed a

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little too hard off the glass and
the Clippers were right there. But it

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doesn't matter in the loss column.
It's a l all the same. They

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have lost six straight, eight five
straight with James harden to start things off,

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Let's go with Tajus and Walnut.
Taj just here on clipperstock without a

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Mason. What's up, hey,
Adam? You know it's it was an

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encouraging loss. I know it's our
six to one in a row, but

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it's aw some good things. Finally, it felt like and a little bit

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more. You know that they had
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Hey, if they had played like
this against the Grizzlies, they win

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that game. If they had played
like this against Brooklyn, they win that

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game. Unfortunately, they played their
best game against the Denver Nuggets. It's

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a good thing in some ways they
rose to the occasion. They were down

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twelve. It looked like they were
just gonna be in an uphill battle the

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entire time. But it's all the
much more disappointing when you're up by seven

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with six minutes left and can't find
a way to pull it out. Yeah,

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I agree, Before I make a
couple of points, Adam, did

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you see like in the third quarter
it felt like Zubuck was just getting terrible

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calls when he was Yokich where Jokic
would just turn and kind of like hook

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his arm and then jump into him. It happened a few times, and

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there were some tough calls in this
game, not just with Big Zoo,

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but also Norman Powell guarding Reggie Jackson
where they're like holding hands. It was

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awkward, it was weird. They
didn't get a great whistle, But I'm

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not gonna blame it on that.
No, I just yeah, there's just

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a few Uh. I just remember
that third quarter and it felt like Zoo

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got a little deflated and they had
to pull him for that. Yeah.

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Yeah, And then I liked the
aggressiveness Paul George and and uh, it

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just seemed like I wish that when
Harden came back in the game, he

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was utilized a little bit more where
he was kind of creating. But it

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felt like since Paul George had the
hot hand, they were letting him go.

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But towards the end, it felt
like they were settling from the perimeter,

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and I would have liked to see
Harden kind of created and then like

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Paul George of Kawhi on the receiving
end of the passes or Hardened take it

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to the rim, because he actually
was getting to the rim, he just

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missed a few layups and that would
have changed the game as well. I

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just think that, you know,
we ended up settling for those long outside

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shots and it was kind of like, you know, he was in rhythm

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and he went with it. But
I definitely think that's why you bring Hardened

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in to create those easy shots for
especially for Harden. And I mean for

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PG and Kawi. And lastly,
I love Terrence Mann's activity, but I

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felt like there were a handful of
times where he was wide open by the

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three point line and he just was
looking to pass. I would like to

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see him a little bit more aggressive
when he has a wide open three.

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He's a good shooter just to you
know, shoot it. Yeah, that's

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what I saw from the game.
Adam, all right, Tay, just

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appreciate the phone call. I agree
with you. He's a thirty eight three

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point shooter for his career. It
it's all part of guys being worried about

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stepping on each other's toes. You're
out there with four Hall of Famers or

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three, depending on who's out there, might make you think more about taking

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that three point shot. But Terrence
Man just has to show that confidence that

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game six down twenty five against you, the Utah Jazz type of confidence he

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does. He's too good to only
take one shot. I applaud him because

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he doesn't care and he's out there
playing in some ways like Aaron Gordon and

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I mentioned him doing all the little
things for the Denver Nuggets, but he

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also does a lot more for you
offensively. Eight to twelve twenty points,

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but Terrence Man five assists to just
one turnover, six boards, but four

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of them offensive rebounds. Like,
they have no shot in this game without

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Terrence Man. And it could just
be he's not that comfortable yet because he

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hasn't been in rhythm. He hasn't
taken that many shots since he returned.

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I want to say this was just
game three for him. Back, let's

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go to Brad and mission via Brad, you're on Clippers sock without a mazen.

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Hey, thanks for taking my call. Yeah, Reddy Jackson, right,

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he's a Clipper for about three years, and he was a difference maker

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for them a little bit. I
was wondering the Clippers didn't they could use

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a few more wings, right,
you know, like forwards, Well,

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they traded all of them. They
traded Marcus, they traded Roco, they

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traded Nicholas Batoom And yeah, there
is a dearth of wings right now on

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this Clippers team. Right. And
and the thing also was that you know

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that that Shotty made it the third
quarter, right, You're right, that

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was the different in the game,
because Ady, all it would have been

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the Clippers would have been have been
up by three. I hate you know

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what, though, Brad, I
did bring it up like that, But

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I hate myself for bringing it up
like that and approaching it like that,

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because the truth is, everything plays
out differently if it's not a tie game

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there, So you can't say for
certain and just tack on those three points

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at the end and say, see, that's that's the difference in the ball

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game. No, because if the
score is different, you're playing different.

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So it's there's a butterfly effect there. It's not necessarily just oh, that

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shot from Aaron Gordon. Otherwise you
could say any three pointer or earlier in

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the game also was the difference.
Right, that's cried. Yeah, Suster

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didn't go in. I think they'll
get Kawhi will get more of those mid

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rated jumpers going again like he always
does. Yeah, I agree. Kawhi

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Leonard off night five or fourteen,
and I'm looking to see what he was

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in the fourth quarter. Kawhi missed
three shots in the fourth quarter on Sunday

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against the Memphis Grizzlies, and he
ended up one for three in the fourth

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quarter tonight, so it's not like
he took a lot, but shots he

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typically makes, they were there for
him. Love the hust on that steal.

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Though in a Jokics pass to Reggie
Jackson, you don't often see Jokics

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pass intercepted like that. Kawhi is
more than just a score out there.

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Appreciate the phone call, Brad.
Let's go to Kyle in La. Kyle,

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you're on Clippers stock without Maas and
what's up? Hey man? How's

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it going at him? First of
all, I'm with you on Tucker,

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all right, the guy is a
dog. There isn't a player in this

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league that wants to see him defensively. I just I don't care if he's

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thirty nine. I love that we
have him. He showed a lot of

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heart tonight. I think, honestly, like a lot of our guys showed

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a ton of heart tonight. Loved
what they were doing, even Zoo,

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who have been pretty damn hard on
lately. To be honest with you,

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but I thought this was his best
game of the season for Big Zoo.

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Even though he went two for eight
from the field, he missed him easy

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ones early. I don't even care. Thirteen boards, seven offensive rebounds,

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I saw him hustling, I saw his

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heart. He made some really nice
also out of the short role. Yeah,

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yeah, I mean as far as
what our guys did, I was

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super happy today for the first time
in a couple of games. The thing

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which I think I'm kind of precios
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which we all suffered through last season. Yep. And what to me,

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the starting lineup still says about that. And to me, my issue is

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the motivation behind that decision, like
why are you part in RUSS together?

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You are some egos and if you're
serving some egos, that means that these

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guys were not having conversations, but
we hope they were backdoor and talking about

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what this thing was going to look
like. And that's the thing that still

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I can't it's still you know,
I'm unsettled about it. We still don't

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believe Kyle. I'm confused by it
too. When you're saying we want to

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split them up as much as possible, but they're also in the starting backcourt

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together, it just seemed like a
little bit of a mixed message. Now

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it could just be the only way
to get both of them to over thirty

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minutes a night is likely to start
them. It would be hard not to

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if you're not getting that first stint
out there now. Russe only played twenty

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four and I commend coach lou for
taking them out about midway through the fourth

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quarter. I don't think that's what
did the Clippers in whatsoever. I think

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when the game slows down, that's
not when Russ is at his best at

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all. Yeah, and I'm totally
with you, and you've said many times

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the starting lineup is not that big
of a deal. But I will say,

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when you're setting an identity and you're
setting a tone for your team,

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the starting lineup does mean a little
something. That's fair, and it's just

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what I'm seeing here. Yet I'm
just not seeing them looking ahead. I'm

404
00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:56.680
seeing you know. I feel like
we all kind of assume they all talk

405
00:30:56.759 --> 00:31:00.039
to each other, you know what
I mean, Like they all had a

406
00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:03.880
conversation at some point and said how
this is going to go? Because let

407
00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:07.000
me ask you this one last thing, how would this have gone if he

408
00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:11.559
had just gone up to him,
if Ty had just gone up to James

409
00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:15.759
right at the beginning, said we
are so happy you're here. But Russ

410
00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:18.000
earned it. So he's going to
start for us, and you are going

411
00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:22.960
to run the second unit, and
you are going to be James Harden.

412
00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:26.200
We want you to be exactly who
you are. Could he be who he

413
00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:32.440
is if he's not starting, though, it seems like an even if it

414
00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:37.160
doesn't work. Even if it doesn't
work, though, then in a couple

415
00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:41.200
this ten or fifteen game thing that
he's trying to do, then you say,

416
00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:45.640
look, Russ, we tried.
James is the better basketball player.

417
00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:51.720
We need him in the starting unit. But right now, what he's done

418
00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:53.920
is he's put both of them in
a situation where one of them has to

419
00:31:53.960 --> 00:32:00.000
be the loser. This is not
healthy for our team. In my opinion,

420
00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:07.000
I understand the point. I think
the first mistake was saying James is

421
00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:08.920
going to play off ball. Russ
is going to have the ball in his

422
00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:15.319
hands, because obviously he can't play
off ball. That's not his strength.

423
00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:17.440
So to get more out of Russell
Westbrook, he's got to have the ball

424
00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:21.680
in his hands. But the truth
is he's the second best playmaker on the

425
00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:25.000
team. James Harden is the better
playmaker, and he's not even getting started

426
00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:28.640
yet with some of the stuff that
he can do. I saw a few

427
00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:31.680
different pick and rolls that should have
been executed, and it wasn't on James

428
00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:36.279
Harden. It wasn't on James Harden. He had guys set up and ready.

429
00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:37.960
Well, I think James Harden's great. I'm sorry to in rug you.

430
00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:43.000
I think James Harden's great. I
am I think that what's happening here

431
00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:50.759
is TYLERU wants so badly to start
James Harden, but unfortunately they had a

432
00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:53.799
conversation with Russ. Because Russ earned
it, and he earned his starting job

433
00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:59.200
and he gave us a well I
forgot his contracts, like four million dollars,

434
00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:04.319
some crazy contract. He earned this
right. And so now Tyler's trying

435
00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:06.519
to figure out how do I juggle? It's how do I juggle? If

436
00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:08.440
he's doing the same sheets, that's
sorry, doing the same stuff he did

437
00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:15.079
with Marcus Morris last year. I
need to show you for six weeks that

438
00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:17.920
you're not working. No, you
don't. You're the head coach. Here's

439
00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:22.119
what I'll say, Kyle. If
guys are willing to sacrifice, it has

440
00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:27.960
to be more than just saying that
word sacrifice. It has to be actions

441
00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:34.759
out there. And look, maybe
the starting lineup is the correct configuration and

442
00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:38.759
we're all wrong and coach Lou knows, or maybe it is just going to

443
00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:43.839
take time and eventually, with seventy
two games left, there will be changes

444
00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:46.160
in the starting lineup. But I
appreciate the phone call, Kyle. You're

445
00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:53.440
a smart listener, great analysis there. I trust Coach Lou. I also

446
00:33:54.039 --> 00:34:00.359
see things sometimes that make me scratch
my head too. I have to give

447
00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:07.799
you my opinion on what I saw
tonight. I can't just because I haven't

448
00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:10.400
even heard from Coach Lou yet.
Well here from a postgame. We're looking

449
00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:15.119
for that audio. But I gotta
give you my opinion on these things.

450
00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:21.840
And I find the starting lineup a
little bit conflicting. They said pregame,

451
00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:25.760
well, on made shots, we're
gonna get the ball in James Harden's hands

452
00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:30.320
after a make, but off of
miss anybody who gets it, bringing up

453
00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:37.039
the court so that way they can
still play fast. But they originally said

454
00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:39.880
he's gonna play off ball. Then
they said James Harden's going to the team's

455
00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:45.960
gonna play through James Harden. It
just seems like we can't get on the

456
00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:51.840
same page. But there was progress
tonight. I thought it was better overall,

457
00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:57.000
and I think the highest ceiling with
this team is James Harden being the

458
00:34:57.039 --> 00:35:01.159
third best player, the third option. Some of those layups that he missed,

459
00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:04.719
and he made some too, but
that one he missed about two thirty

460
00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:07.800
left that would have put him up
by four. I think those will start

461
00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:13.079
going in once he gets his timing
and rhythm back. Before we take a

462
00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:15.639
break here, Carlos and Southgate.
Carlos, you're on Clipper stock with that.

463
00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:22.199
Amlson. Hey, how you doing, Carlos? What's up? Hey?

464
00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:22.679
No much? How you doing?
You know what? I was just

465
00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:27.840
wondering. I did not like the
like like the last five minutes of the

466
00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:32.119
game they lost. No, it's
just it's just no, It's just that,

467
00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:35.480
you know what. I just felt
like he should have brought in Tubac

468
00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:37.000
and he should have just brought him
in, you know what I'm saying.

469
00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:42.719
I felt like this was Sueboch's best
game of the season, and he could

470
00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:46.280
have banging bodies with Joker with the
Joker because the Joker was actually killing us.

471
00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:49.920
And that's how they make the comeback. You know, one day,

472
00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:52.760
if you look at the last six
minutes of the game, that's exactly how

473
00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:55.239
they made a comeback. They missed
a lot of shots but then they also

474
00:35:55.280 --> 00:36:00.119
had these bigger guys getting all the
offensive rebounds, and I was thinking,

475
00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:05.199
where's where's subacat And he never brought
it me in the game. I don't

476
00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:07.719
know, maybe it's just maybe I
was just it's just my opinion. I

477
00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:10.119
just felt like he should have just
brought it in. No, I was

478
00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:15.119
wondering about that too. I thought
Zoo had his best game of the season,

479
00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:19.840
and while the small ball got you
back into it, I could see,

480
00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:22.679
just like I'm saying with bringing in
James Harden for Russ, once the

481
00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:25.320
game slows down late in the fourth
quarter, I could also say, yeah,

482
00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:29.599
the game slows down, put into
Viatza Zubots. That would make sense

483
00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:32.639
to me too. I'm trying to
see how many offensive rebounds the Denver Nuggets

484
00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:37.440
ended up with in that fourth quarter, and I believe it ended up being

485
00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:43.320
three. They had three at the
end of the third quarter total, and

486
00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:49.280
they had three offensive rebounds in the
fourth quarter alone, so alone second chance

487
00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:52.559
points, they ended up going four
to six with thirteen second chance points.

488
00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:57.159
Clippers were just four of twelve for
their thirteen second chance points. But Carlos,

489
00:36:57.480 --> 00:37:00.880
it's a good point, Uh,
I'm interested to hear from coach lou

490
00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:04.639
I'm sure he was asked about that
post game heavy As the head that wears

491
00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:07.920
the crown, it's not easy when
you have to make all these decisions and

492
00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:09.880
the guys who got you back into
it, you can make the argument,

493
00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:13.960
yeah, we're gonna ride with them. They got us into this. It

494
00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:20.440
was trading defense and rebounding for offense. It was working until it didn't late.

495
00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:23.280
And yeah, we'll look for that
postgame audio. We'll get back to

496
00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:27.599
your phone calls. Eight six six
nine eight seven two five seventy, Marvin

497
00:37:28.159 --> 00:37:31.159
Roman, Sean Morris will get to
you all. Eight six six nine eight

498
00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:39.639
seven two five seventy. Clippers have
lost six straight, five straight with James

499
00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:45.960
Harden. This is like a roar
shack test tonight. Is it just a

500
00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:50.119
loss to you all the same or
do you see any progress? Do you

501
00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:55.559
see them getting closer to clicking in
offensively with James Harden. I'm Adam Oslin

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the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers
fall one eleven to one oh eight in

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Denver to the Nuggets. Make it
six straight losses, five straight with James

513
00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:58.400
Harden do you see positives? Do
you see them turning the corner or do

514
00:38:58.480 --> 00:39:04.320
you just say, hey, it's
another loss? Was a matter. I

515
00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:08.280
personally feel like you can learn things
in losses that eventually lead to wins later

516
00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:14.599
on. I think that's a fact. You can also have wins where you

517
00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:17.519
develop bad habits that lead to losses
later on. I thought, for the

518
00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:23.480
most part tonight the Clippers played the
way they need to and are getting closer

519
00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:30.320
to running on all cylinders with James
Harden. But the wins do need to

520
00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:32.960
come when you're three to seven.
Next game coming up for them Friday night

521
00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:37.760
at home against a Rockets team that
has taken off to start off this season.

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Eight six six nine eight seven two
five seventy eight sixty six nine eight

523
00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:47.159
seven two five seventy is the phone
number. So I'm looking at the final

524
00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:52.840
game log and how many of those
offensive rebounds late were consequential that led to

525
00:39:52.960 --> 00:40:00.360
putbacks. Aaron Gordon had won off
a Jokic miss a big I don't get

526
00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:06.440
three forty seven mark to bring the
Nuggets within one, and then Jokich also

527
00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:09.239
missed a layup, got the offensive
rebound, got to go to tie the

528
00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:14.239
game at one oh two at the
two to twenty five mark of the fourth

529
00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:20.039
quarter. So two pretty big,
significant offensive rebounds where Zubats isn't out there,

530
00:40:21.199 --> 00:40:24.199
And I'm not saying it's an easy
decision, but I do think it's

531
00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:30.440
a storyline tonight, and we're talking
about because Zubats hasn't been trusted late in

532
00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:35.440
games for years and I haven't really
understood it, and I thought he was

533
00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:37.400
having a really good game. I
know he had those three fouls in the

534
00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:43.199
third, but he was at four. You could bring him in late.

535
00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:52.079
And I thought with his seven offensive
rebounds, his thirteen boards overall, his

536
00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:57.599
presence and impact was felt tonight.
But just played about ten seconds in the

537
00:40:57.599 --> 00:41:01.159
fourth quarter and was involved in that
jump ball that eventually led to the three

538
00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:05.039
point win for the Denver Nuggets.
All right, let's go to Roman in

539
00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:07.559
Santa Clarita. Roman, you're on
Clipper stock without a MAS and what's up?

540
00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:12.320
How you doing? I just I
called a couple of weeks ago.

541
00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:15.840
I'm a lifetime Lakers fan, but
I've been watching you guys and you know,

542
00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:20.199
like evaluating your team because I think
you guys have made some good moves.

543
00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:22.199
Definitely, James Harden, I think
we'll bring you. Know, everybody's

544
00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:25.360
bringing up James Harden. Does he
start? Does he does he go to

545
00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:30.079
the second unit? But I think
your offense has to go through James Harden.

546
00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:34.400
That's the reason you got him.
Things weren't things weren't clicking the other

547
00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:37.480
way. And you know, being
a Lakers fan and having Russell Westbrook on

548
00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:40.119
the Lakers at one time, you
know you've seen that that he does have

549
00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:45.119
to have the ball. But he
offers a whole lot more than just his

550
00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:47.199
scoring. I mean, he's a
triple he was a triple double machine.

551
00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:52.239
He can rebound, he can do
other things that will help you guys not

552
00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:54.480
having to just run the offense through
him. I agree with that, but

553
00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:58.639
Roman, let me point this out. In the starting lineup, having two

554
00:41:59.639 --> 00:42:05.400
non shooters out there with Zubots in
Westbrook can be problematic. And that's why

555
00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:08.880
they do say at least, and
we'll hear the audio a little bit,

556
00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:14.400
they're trying to split them up.
You just can't have that many non shooters

557
00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:16.880
on the floor in today's ballgame.
And when the Clippers open things up,

558
00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:21.480
it was because the spacing on the
floor in the second half, and that's

559
00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:24.519
what I'm sure coach Lou saw with
a Viza Zubots off the court when they

560
00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:29.239
made their run. It was because
the spacing was wide open. And that's

561
00:42:29.239 --> 00:42:31.199
how you can get James Harden to
operate better. That's how you get Paul

562
00:42:31.239 --> 00:42:36.239
George going off like this. That's
how you would have hoped Kawhi Leonard could

563
00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:38.679
have found his shot. So it's
not as simple. There's always a trade

564
00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:43.519
off with big men when you have
bigs out there like a Vita Zubots who's

565
00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:45.280
not a shooter. When you have
Russell Westbrook out there who's not a shooter,

566
00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:51.199
they're not being guarded the same way. Guys just sag off of them

567
00:42:51.239 --> 00:42:53.599
and it clogs up the paint and
it creates problems for your offense. So

568
00:42:54.159 --> 00:42:58.400
you could say, well, why
wasn't a big out there you get those

569
00:42:58.440 --> 00:43:01.519
rebounds. Well, if he is
out there, your offense could be uh

570
00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:07.400
congested on the other end. So
there's always a trade off there unless you

571
00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:15.360
can shoot everything. Having a down
game, Yolkic having a down game wasn't

572
00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:19.519
just because he was having bats.
You know, you said they played excellent

573
00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:22.760
defense on him. They did,
and in the in the you know,

574
00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:25.559
I would even say, because he's
a throwback type center, you have to

575
00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:30.360
go the way the throwbacks back in
the nineties, back in the you know,

576
00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:32.559
early two thousands, where you have
a big body like Zubak in there

577
00:43:32.599 --> 00:43:37.159
and allow him you know, three
fouls. Oh well in the fourth quarter,

578
00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:39.039
let him go in there. If
he gets picks up a couple more

579
00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:43.639
fouls, that's fine, you know, but get a body in there on

580
00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:46.159
him and a lot like you said, those two rebounds that they scored,

581
00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:50.079
that can turn into six points,
that can turn into nine points, and

582
00:43:50.159 --> 00:43:52.000
we can't we can't allow that.
You gotta you gotta allow somebody to be

583
00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:55.679
in there. They turned into four
points in a game where they lost by

584
00:43:55.719 --> 00:44:00.400
three offensive and that's and that's the
difference. And PJ. Tucker did amazing.

585
00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:06.960
He's an amazing defender. Man did
amazing. I Kawhi was all hustled

586
00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:08.880
tonight, so I think he had
an excellent game even though he wasn't shooting.

587
00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:13.960
Paul George did what he was supposed
to. And I think you're right

588
00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:16.920
about James Harden. They have to
give him the opportunity to just take those

589
00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:20.400
shots and say, you know what, where you're looking for something, nothing's

590
00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:22.159
open. Take control and take those
shots. Because if Russell Westbrook's not on

591
00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:27.159
the floor, then there's no there's
no h you know, there's no conflict

592
00:44:27.159 --> 00:44:29.719
there the other if the big guys
are not open or they're having an off

593
00:44:29.840 --> 00:44:32.599
night, then take your shot,
because that's that's when he starts get going.

594
00:44:32.679 --> 00:44:36.960
Everybody starts get starts to get going
on every team he's ever been on.

595
00:44:37.760 --> 00:44:40.360
Yeah, and Clipper Nation is not
going to like this. But Denver

596
00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:45.880
ended up shooting eleven free throws in
that fourth quarter they got they got to

597
00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:50.880
the line. So to your point
of hey, zoobots picks up a few

598
00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:53.480
fouls, he was at four,
even if he fouls out, even if

599
00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:58.199
he can't defend without fouling. Well, they weren't doing so anyways, So

600
00:44:58.239 --> 00:45:00.599
what is the matter. So put
them in there, get the body on

601
00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:05.000
them, give yourself a chance to
get some of those defensive rebounds that they're

602
00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:07.639
turning into offensive rebounds, and you
know, turn turn those into you know,

603
00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:13.320
turn those into your scoring opportunities instead
of just giving them the fouls to

604
00:45:13.360 --> 00:45:16.360
shoot, you know, shoot shots, eleven shots, you know, two

605
00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:20.239
turnovers to turn into points. I
mean, you're easily fifteen points down right

606
00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:22.400
there, just based on that Roman. You know what I always say with

607
00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:25.400
you, right, you know what
I always say with you. You're my

608
00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:30.119
favorite Laker fan. Thank you.
I appreciate it. I like calling this

609
00:45:30.159 --> 00:45:31.719
show because, you know, like
I like to give us a fresh perspective

610
00:45:31.719 --> 00:45:35.280
because I do, you know,
I'm a ram Sam, but I like

611
00:45:35.320 --> 00:45:37.000
the Chargers because I want them to
do well. I'm a Laker fan,

612
00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:39.880
but I also like the Clippers because
I want them to do well. You

613
00:45:39.920 --> 00:45:44.119
know what I mean, LA good
for the city. Yeah, I'm an

614
00:45:44.199 --> 00:45:45.519
LA fan. I'm a Dodger fan
lifetime. I'm not an Angels fan.

615
00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:50.760
Sorry, that's where you draw the
line. Huh. Yeah, I draw

616
00:45:50.760 --> 00:45:53.800
the line on the Angels and anything
south of us. So all right,

617
00:45:53.920 --> 00:45:57.280
Roman, well let's do it again
on Friday. Okay, I appreciate the

618
00:45:57.320 --> 00:46:00.960
phone call. Yeah, definitely.
Clippers fall eleven to one eight in Denver

619
00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:05.480
to the Nuggets. Here's the point. I think I tweeted it out at

620
00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:09.519
the time, get Zoobots back in
there. But when Russ comes out,

621
00:46:09.719 --> 00:46:14.039
so there's a shooter off the floor, or excuse me, a non shooter

622
00:46:14.599 --> 00:46:16.760
who's off the floor, so you
can afford to have one non shooter on

623
00:46:17.679 --> 00:46:22.239
and that could have been a Visa
Zoo bots. I just wanted to see

624
00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:28.320
Big Zoo at the end close out
the ball game next to Kawhi PG Terrence

625
00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:34.000
Man. Yeah, I think that's
what I wanted to see. Let's go

626
00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:37.320
to Kyle. Ah, I already
went to Kyle. David Encino, Dave,

627
00:46:37.360 --> 00:46:43.360
what's up Aaron clippersock? Alright,
Adam, thanks for taking my call,

628
00:46:43.920 --> 00:46:46.559
and yeah, I wish we could
have finished that game. They were

629
00:46:46.679 --> 00:46:52.679
up for a little while and then
just gonna finish it out. But I

630
00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:57.400
also gotta say thanks for I was
on the listen on the radio and I

631
00:46:57.400 --> 00:47:00.639
got to hear your call of the
game. That was pretty cool at that

632
00:47:00.719 --> 00:47:04.280
time. Didn't expect that to happen
tonight, but we had some technical difficulties,

633
00:47:04.280 --> 00:47:07.280
so I had to jump in for
a second. Hey, it was

634
00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:08.880
a great call. It was a
great call, but yeah, they were

635
00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:14.719
up by seven there and then we
just kind of couldn't finish it at the

636
00:47:14.840 --> 00:47:20.800
end. But it was Yeah,
you have to say there were some good

637
00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:25.599
highlights tonight, but they could finish
that off, and hey, they could

638
00:47:25.599 --> 00:47:31.039
be seven and three instead of three
and seven right now. Yeah, but

639
00:47:31.079 --> 00:47:35.320
they're three and seven and we got
to deal with the reality of that.

640
00:47:35.519 --> 00:47:40.159
Now. Do I think ultimately they're
a team that has the talent that should

641
00:47:40.199 --> 00:47:45.960
be four games under five hundred.
No, They're going through a transitional phase

642
00:47:45.000 --> 00:47:49.559
trying to integrate a huge piece they
didn't have with them in the preseason range

643
00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:52.559
training camp in James Harden, and
there were bound to be growing paints.

644
00:47:53.079 --> 00:47:58.320
They have to figure this out because
their highest ceiling is with James Harden.

645
00:47:58.679 --> 00:48:01.039
This isn't something where oh, just
get rid of him then just go back

646
00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:06.199
to playing Russell Westbrook. No,
pretty sure. James Harden is the guy

647
00:48:06.599 --> 00:48:12.440
that you want next to PG and
Kawhi in playoff games because of his passing

648
00:48:12.440 --> 00:48:15.360
ability. I think he can help
unlock two, one, three and get

649
00:48:15.400 --> 00:48:21.760
the most out of them because les
will be asked of them. And when

650
00:48:21.840 --> 00:48:27.960
James Harden has that dynamic going,
when he's aggressive like he was in that

651
00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:31.800
area much better tonight, it makes
the defense have to make a decision,

652
00:48:32.519 --> 00:48:36.480
Oh, is this guy going to
be a passer right now or is he

653
00:48:36.519 --> 00:48:38.800
looking to score? And that's why
he blows by guys even though he has

654
00:48:38.840 --> 00:48:44.000
lost a step. He's thirty four, But he had layups that were right

655
00:48:44.039 --> 00:48:49.400
there. And it's because of that
pick and roll where I saw him with

656
00:48:49.400 --> 00:48:52.920
a Viza Zubots just using him as
the decoy. He never passed it over

657
00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:57.800
to him and instead dove down the
left alley for a layup. That's what

658
00:48:57.880 --> 00:49:02.400
you want to see, So flashes
and there was a ton of heart and

659
00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:07.360
I don't fault the effort at all
tonight. And maybe if this was two

660
00:49:07.440 --> 00:49:10.639
weeks from now, the Clippers would
have built up enough continuity to beat Denver

661
00:49:12.239 --> 00:49:14.800
who knows, But they also didn't
have Jamal Murray. You got to take

662
00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:19.400
that into account. Dave. Appreciate
the phone call. Oh boy, Sean

663
00:49:19.480 --> 00:49:23.320
and Inglewood Sean, you're on Clippers
sack without a Mausen. Hey, Adam,

664
00:49:24.519 --> 00:49:32.000
I want to say that I listened
to Big Perkins on the ESPN.

665
00:49:32.079 --> 00:49:36.280
I listened to Scheck, I listened
to Kenny, I listened to Berkley.

666
00:49:36.400 --> 00:49:42.280
God help us, I listened to
Reggie Miller. Every person and watched the

667
00:49:42.360 --> 00:49:46.400
game said the same thing I've been
saying for a long time. They're too

668
00:49:46.440 --> 00:49:52.519
small and they're playing too slow,
and so basically that's why I want Russ

669
00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:59.519
to start to get them going fast
no matter what. And then Harden comes

670
00:49:59.559 --> 00:50:05.639
in with this second unit and just
goes full out Harden whatever he does,

671
00:50:05.719 --> 00:50:09.039
and then he builds his momentum.
Then from there, okay, now you

672
00:50:09.079 --> 00:50:15.840
get hardened into his game. So
now you can come back with the first

673
00:50:15.960 --> 00:50:20.559
unit whatever. But Russ has to
start to get them going and or else

674
00:50:20.960 --> 00:50:23.559
you won't have a Rust for the
rest of the game. Rust is gonna

675
00:50:23.559 --> 00:50:29.599
mess with his head Secondly, the
shortest, one of the shortest players that

676
00:50:29.679 --> 00:50:34.960
ever played the NBA loves small ball, and I've been pointing that out for

677
00:50:34.960 --> 00:50:38.519
a last couple of years, and
everybody changed the same thing that I said,

678
00:50:38.639 --> 00:50:43.199
even all the announcers, that Zubac
should have been in the game,

679
00:50:43.519 --> 00:50:47.239
because if Zubac was in the game, then the Joker would have been out

680
00:50:47.239 --> 00:50:52.400
there shooting from distance instead of trying
to back him down. And guess what,

681
00:50:52.639 --> 00:50:57.559
he wasn't hitting his shot tonight.
He really wasn't, so he was

682
00:50:58.199 --> 00:51:02.199
credit the guys who were guarding him
late and making him miss those shots.

683
00:51:02.280 --> 00:51:07.320
Though too, I take your point. I do think the Clippers smalls who

684
00:51:07.320 --> 00:51:13.360
were on him, it was impressive
the amount of energy they expended guarding Nikola

685
00:51:13.440 --> 00:51:16.840
Jokic. I tip my cap to
those guys. I agree. I think

686
00:51:16.920 --> 00:51:22.320
ultimately a beata Zubots. Once Russ
was out of the game, I would

687
00:51:22.360 --> 00:51:27.880
have brought Big Zoo in. I
don't care who was in the game.

688
00:51:28.039 --> 00:51:31.079
I just needed Zoo to play some
defense. Well, when Yoker came back

689
00:51:31.119 --> 00:51:37.599
in, they went seventeen to five
in points. It was ridiculous, and

690
00:51:37.599 --> 00:51:42.440
he just not only were they backing
down the other guys that that was trying

691
00:51:42.440 --> 00:51:46.440
to stick Joker. Then nobody was
paying attention to the back cutter. Will

692
00:51:46.559 --> 00:51:50.480
just come in and got it.
They got three or four dunks in that

693
00:51:50.599 --> 00:51:55.519
fourth quarter off the cutter going to
the rim. So it happened because of

694
00:51:55.559 --> 00:52:00.840
all the attention that went Joker's way. I agree with you there, right,

695
00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:04.400
And so the instinct of that smaller
guy is, oh, I have

696
00:52:04.519 --> 00:52:09.280
to go do this. I can't
like defend the basket. And so hey,

697
00:52:09.320 --> 00:52:13.639
these guys, I'm cutting to the
basket because there's nobody there I can

698
00:52:13.679 --> 00:52:17.559
stick me. I'm just gonna slammed
up. So it's a disfunctional thing to

699
00:52:17.679 --> 00:52:22.679
have. Everybody's saying, not just
me, they're too short, okay.

700
00:52:22.760 --> 00:52:28.119
So basically, yeah, there was
a valid effort, I'll give them that,

701
00:52:28.840 --> 00:52:32.639
And there were a few positives.
But Zoo really was affecting the Joker

702
00:52:32.960 --> 00:52:37.039
in this game, and I would
have loved to see him get a chance

703
00:52:37.079 --> 00:52:39.039
to have finished that game. If
he had a came in, I think

704
00:52:39.039 --> 00:52:43.639
they would have won the game.
Look, if you had the lineup I

705
00:52:43.679 --> 00:52:49.639
wanted to see was Kawhi, Paul, George Terrence Man, Norman Poalll and

706
00:52:49.719 --> 00:52:52.599
zoo Bos to close out the ballgame. Eh. You know what, I'll

707
00:52:52.639 --> 00:53:00.079
trade out Norman for James Harden because
you have four shooters there and one big

708
00:53:00.400 --> 00:53:07.199
and you can you can play that
all day long. The spacing's still gonna

709
00:53:07.199 --> 00:53:09.800
be there for you. Offensively,
you can still try to run pick and

710
00:53:09.880 --> 00:53:14.480
roll with Zoobots and Harden, even
though it's been clunky so far, but

711
00:53:14.599 --> 00:53:20.880
that threat is there. I just
yeah, give me Harden, PG Kawhi,

712
00:53:21.639 --> 00:53:25.760
Zoobots and Man, that's the lineup
I wanted to see. Okay,

713
00:53:27.280 --> 00:53:30.599
I got you. And I still
think Terrence Man is just not quite the

714
00:53:30.719 --> 00:53:35.840
Terrence Man we know yet he passed
up a lot of shots as the other

715
00:53:35.920 --> 00:53:38.679
caller brought out. Yeah, and
I think he'll be more aggressive in a

716
00:53:38.719 --> 00:53:44.679
couple of more games. But yeah, they death really need to get somebody.

717
00:53:44.760 --> 00:53:50.199
Hopefully it can snatch your Michael Green. Hey an big Ayson Plumbley has

718
00:53:50.199 --> 00:53:52.719
been out a week and they haven't
done anything. And I know it's been

719
00:53:52.800 --> 00:53:58.159
a huge talking point by Clipper Nation, and I get it. I don't

720
00:53:58.199 --> 00:54:00.800
blame him. I would have thought
they would have picked up Winning Gabriel or

721
00:54:00.880 --> 00:54:07.239
Jamichael Green right after Plumbley went down
it's been over a week, so I

722
00:54:07.239 --> 00:54:09.440
don't know if that's happening. And
Musa didn't get in the ball game tonight.

723
00:54:09.800 --> 00:54:15.760
PJ. Tucker did play really well, but they don't have anything close

724
00:54:15.039 --> 00:54:20.280
to a true backup seven footer right
now and winning Gabriel and Jamichael Green aren't

725
00:54:20.280 --> 00:54:22.719
that, but they are just bigger
bodies out there at six' eight six'

726
00:54:22.800 --> 00:54:29.000
nine, and they could help.
It's it's baffling to me too, because

727
00:54:29.400 --> 00:54:34.679
these games are often won on the
margins and something like that could make a

728
00:54:34.679 --> 00:54:38.280
difference. And to add to that, Adam, there's two roster spots that

729
00:54:38.320 --> 00:54:44.280
they need to feel. Yep,
it's actually the league rule that they need

730
00:54:44.320 --> 00:54:47.079
to feel them. So they should
have filmed well. They brought up Kobe

731
00:54:47.119 --> 00:54:51.639
Brown after sending him down earlier today, but he ended up getting DNP.

732
00:54:51.760 --> 00:54:59.119
Anyways, so they only played eight
guys. They went eight man rotation and

733
00:54:59.159 --> 00:55:02.599
I look for the most part,
it worked. We're having this conversation tonight

734
00:55:02.679 --> 00:55:07.559
because they came up just short.
But you just have to press the right

735
00:55:07.599 --> 00:55:13.480
buttons at the right time. Uh, and that zoo bots move. I

736
00:55:13.480 --> 00:55:20.360
can see why it's being second guest. I can so Sean tonight. I

737
00:55:20.360 --> 00:55:30.320
guess I'm with you is Haley's comment
flying in the sky. I'm with Sean

738
00:55:30.639 --> 00:55:36.280
in Inglewood for once. Sean will
do it again Friday. Okay, yeah,

739
00:55:36.280 --> 00:55:39.519
we're still for enemies, right,
that's a good way to put it.

740
00:55:40.639 --> 00:55:46.960
Best, my best fiend. Thanks
Sean, appreciate you. Marvin in

741
00:55:47.079 --> 00:55:52.559
downtown Los Angeles. Marvin, you're
in Clippers staff withou Amasi. Hey,

742
00:55:52.599 --> 00:55:55.760
I don't good game. Clippers almost
got the win and getting closer to figuring

743
00:55:55.960 --> 00:56:02.480
out twenty one points. Whether we
love him or hate him as a player,

744
00:56:04.519 --> 00:56:07.039
I think he would be better as
a point clard to start the game

745
00:56:07.719 --> 00:56:12.400
rather than Russell Westbrook, even though
he earned it because in Game two of

746
00:56:12.440 --> 00:56:17.960
the Suns last year he paid.
Westbrook and Norman Powell played together good as

747
00:56:19.000 --> 00:56:22.239
a combo because Paul was more of
a shooter and Westbrook is more like a

748
00:56:22.280 --> 00:56:29.519
slasher along with Terrence Mann and Plumbley
when he comes back. And one more

749
00:56:29.599 --> 00:56:34.719
thing, I also want to comment
on the Maps announcer who made disparaging remarks

750
00:56:34.760 --> 00:56:38.039
Brian the Marius about Harden. I
thought it was irresponsible because not even chick

751
00:56:38.119 --> 00:56:43.280
Hern or Robb Lawler, who has
stood that though in an attempt to get

752
00:56:43.280 --> 00:56:46.320
publicity and click well, of course
they wouldn't have. Of course those guys

753
00:56:46.360 --> 00:56:52.119
wouldn't have it, says more about
the Maps announcer. Obviously I heard some

754
00:56:52.280 --> 00:56:57.679
of it. It's whatever, clickbait, but hey, prove them wrong,

755
00:56:58.159 --> 00:57:02.199
prove them wrong, Marvin, Yeah, next time, and quite a hater,

756
00:57:02.480 --> 00:57:05.719
thank you, Adam. There you
go, there you go. I

757
00:57:05.760 --> 00:57:09.159
appreciate it. Mores long beach.
Ne're on Clippers sock after they fall one

758
00:57:09.199 --> 00:57:14.800
eleven to one eight in Denver to
the Nuggets, Adam, Adam, Listen,

759
00:57:14.800 --> 00:57:16.599
we're not gonna lose seventy more games. Okay, we're not gonna lose

760
00:57:16.639 --> 00:57:20.920
seventy more games. But you know
what, every game is a playoff game

761
00:57:20.960 --> 00:57:25.480
to meet. But now every game
is pretty much a playoff game for me

762
00:57:25.599 --> 00:57:29.000
right now. And and I'm gonna
tell you some I'm gonna tell you something.

763
00:57:29.320 --> 00:57:31.960
That Houston game that's not gonna be
a walk in the park. That's

764
00:57:32.000 --> 00:57:36.320
so right, I know it.
NBA team right now and them guys they've

765
00:57:36.320 --> 00:57:38.840
won sixth straight. But I mean, we're making progress. We're making progress.

766
00:57:38.960 --> 00:57:44.199
Hey, guess who they beat?
The Denver Nuggets. They beat they

767
00:57:44.800 --> 00:57:46.920
they're not They're no joke. So
I think they're real. Another not to

768
00:57:46.920 --> 00:57:51.960
goal to all another test this Friday. Uh, I don't see him losing

769
00:57:52.039 --> 00:57:54.199
seventy street. I think they're gonna
get better. Well, they don't need

770
00:57:54.239 --> 00:57:59.559
to lose seventy straight for it to
be a problem. They keep they lose

771
00:57:59.599 --> 00:58:02.400
three straight and all of a sudden
they're three and ten. It can't happen.

772
00:58:02.519 --> 00:58:06.199
They got the Spurs twice coming up, they got Houston, as you

773
00:58:06.239 --> 00:58:09.400
mentioned on Friday, they got to
start stacking wins because, let me tell

774
00:58:09.400 --> 00:58:13.920
you something, this was the easier
part of their schedule and they're three and

775
00:58:14.039 --> 00:58:16.800
seven. Didn't go to State.
Hean't. They lost three games so wide

776
00:58:16.840 --> 00:58:21.880
this year. Uh, they've started
to falter a little bit. I don't

777
00:58:21.920 --> 00:58:24.400
know if they won tonight. I
know there were some ejections in a ball

778
00:58:24.440 --> 00:58:30.320
game, I believe. Yeah,
the West is tough, and the Warriors

779
00:58:30.320 --> 00:58:34.360
did lose by three to Timberwolves.
How many If everybody's going to go through

780
00:58:34.440 --> 00:58:37.639
that, and it's just that when
your team is magnified, I'll see you.

781
00:58:38.559 --> 00:58:42.280
That's a fair point. Everybody's going
to take their lumps. The Clippers

782
00:58:42.280 --> 00:58:46.519
are taking theirs early and they're trying
to figure it out with James Harden right

783
00:58:46.519 --> 00:58:50.880
now, and there was progress on
that end. You got to admit that

784
00:58:51.079 --> 00:58:53.440
even in a loss, this was
by far the best he looked out there

785
00:58:53.519 --> 00:59:00.880
thirty five minutes. By the way, so any high altitude, James Harden

786
00:59:00.920 --> 00:59:02.480
played his most minute so far as
a Clipper. For a guy who didn't

787
00:59:02.480 --> 00:59:08.360
have training camp to have a preseason, that's encouraging. Twenty one points.

788
00:59:09.119 --> 00:59:14.199
Ten of them came in the third
quarter where he was really starting to cook

789
00:59:14.599 --> 00:59:19.519
and find himself and look like James
Harden. My point is this, you

790
00:59:19.599 --> 00:59:22.119
got it in Bolden He and Russell
Westbrook? How do you do that without

791
00:59:22.119 --> 00:59:25.719
them stepping on each other's toes or
getting in each other's way? And here

792
00:59:25.840 --> 00:59:31.239
was coach low On and this was
pre game on Sunday. How he's going

793
00:59:31.280 --> 00:59:37.360
to handle Westbrook and James Harden ty? How do you let James b James

794
00:59:37.360 --> 00:59:40.960
without hurting or stepping on the toes
of Russ? Well, the things you

795
00:59:42.000 --> 00:59:45.280
know with James is just trying to
split those guys up as much as possible,

796
00:59:45.480 --> 00:59:47.679
I think, because you know,
Russ has been great for us over

797
00:59:47.679 --> 00:59:51.199
the last you know, last twenty
games. He was with us and in

798
00:59:51.239 --> 00:59:52.760
the playoffs, and then it started
this season as well. You know,

799
00:59:52.840 --> 00:59:55.840
so both of those guys with the
ball in their hands have proven that they

800
00:59:55.840 --> 01:00:00.199
can they can get things done as
far as making plays or scoring to basketball.

801
01:00:00.280 --> 01:00:04.599
And so I'm just trying to,
you know, split those guys up

802
01:00:04.599 --> 01:00:07.639
as much as possible and to kind
of let those guys have their own unit.

803
01:00:08.400 --> 01:00:14.280
That's the right idea. Now,
you may be scratching your head because

804
01:00:14.280 --> 01:00:16.159
they're talking about splitting them up,
but they're both in the starting backcourd.

805
01:00:16.199 --> 01:00:22.280
But they took out Russell Westbrook early
in the first for Norman Powell, he

806
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was the first guy off the bench. So if you want that energy from

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01:00:25.719 --> 01:00:30.800
Russ to start off ball games,
to play faster, to get the Clippers

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01:00:30.920 --> 01:00:37.360
engine turning, maybe that makes sense
there. You have Russell Westbrook play the

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first three four minutes, get them
into their offense, get them playing at

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01:00:42.360 --> 01:00:45.559
the right pace, and then pull
them and then bring in Powell and then

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bring Russ back in. With that
second unit in the second quarter with Paul

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01:00:49.280 --> 01:00:52.679
George, it eats the Zubo's Terrence
Man and Norman Powell, which I've liked

813
01:00:53.159 --> 01:00:59.800
overall. Clippers fall from one eleven
to one oh eight. Final segment coming

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up next, Chuck Mockler will be
here from Clips and Dip. Clippers still

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01:01:04.880 --> 01:01:08.119
reeling. They've lost six straight,
five and row of James Harden. Did

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they find something tonight that is repeatable
and we'll lead to a win Friday against

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the Houston Rockets back at home?
I hope. So we'll talk with Chuck

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about it next. Not Charles Barkley. You're listening to a five to seven

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LA Sports loading Clippers fully loaded with
Clippers fans. This is LA Clippers basketball.

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You're listening to the LA Clippers on
the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers

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hit just two field goals in the
last six minutes. And for those talking

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about a beata zoobots, this comes
from La Murray. At La Murray,

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01:01:45.480 --> 01:01:51.199
the NU covers the Clippers for the
athletic for the first ten forty eight of

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01:01:51.320 --> 01:01:54.400
zubots minutes off the floor. In
the second half, the Clippers outscored the

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01:01:54.400 --> 01:02:00.000
Denver Nuggets by twelve. Then the
Nuggets outscored the Clippers by ten the last

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half of the fourth quarter. Something
I've been talking about, but don't tell

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01:02:01.800 --> 01:02:07.639
me there's no logic whatsoever. To
playing with out Avisa zoobots. The spacing

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01:02:07.760 --> 01:02:13.239
was there, and they outscored the
Nuggets by twelve in his first eleven minutes

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01:02:13.239 --> 01:02:15.119
off the floor. In the second
half, you hear the music, you

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know what it means. It's a
Clippers or Clips and double Dip episode here

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01:02:20.679 --> 01:02:25.199
on Clippers Talk with Chuck Mockler from
CND. Chuck, thanks for doing this.

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01:02:25.599 --> 01:02:30.760
Are you encouraged or still overly discouraged
because the Clippers lost six in a

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01:02:30.880 --> 01:02:35.079
row now five straight? With James
Harden, I think I'm still a discourage

834
01:02:35.159 --> 01:02:38.960
trade if I'm being honest, Adam, I think I'm still not super excited

835
01:02:39.000 --> 01:02:45.280
about the team tonight. I guess
you know, they lose to the champs.

836
01:02:45.360 --> 01:02:49.000
It was how they were gonna lose
right because of a size issue,

837
01:02:49.039 --> 01:02:51.599
you know what I mean. We
talked about how the Clippers looked good offensively

838
01:02:51.639 --> 01:02:53.679
when they were small. The offense
was there, but it's also kind of

839
01:02:54.199 --> 01:02:59.239
a what's outscore them on the other
end and not really stopped them situation.

840
01:03:00.599 --> 01:03:05.119
The Nuggets had twenty points in the
paint in the fourth quarter alone, which

841
01:03:05.159 --> 01:03:07.119
is a little tough to deal with. But I don't know, I you

842
01:03:07.159 --> 01:03:09.440
know, we play a team that
they should be able to get a win

843
01:03:09.559 --> 01:03:14.760
against on Friday in the Rockets.
But it's just tough. Th three and

844
01:03:14.840 --> 01:03:19.039
seven. Rockets have won sixth straight. Be careful what you wish for.

845
01:03:19.079 --> 01:03:22.880
They're playing very good basketball right now, and the Clippers will have gone seventeen

846
01:03:22.960 --> 01:03:29.719
days removed from their last win when
Friday comes against the Rockets. That feels

847
01:03:29.760 --> 01:03:31.920
like as close as you can get
to a must win this early in the

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01:03:31.960 --> 01:03:36.679
season. I saw this from La
Murray as well. Coach Lou apparently did

849
01:03:36.679 --> 01:03:39.480
not believe the Clippers got the same
calls as the Nuggets did. When the

850
01:03:39.480 --> 01:03:44.199
Clippers were driving to the basket tonight, did you feel like they were getting

851
01:03:44.199 --> 01:03:46.960
a tough whistle out there? Yeah, it was a little goofy. The

852
01:03:47.000 --> 01:03:51.840
game started off. There was a
couple of possessions that started on defense.

853
01:03:51.880 --> 01:03:55.920
I thought they kind of let zoo, you know, go, I guess,

854
01:03:55.920 --> 01:04:00.760
play physical defense against Jokich to kind
of start this game like four minutes,

855
01:04:00.800 --> 01:04:03.239
and then they really clamped out on
everything. I thought the whistle was

856
01:04:03.280 --> 01:04:09.440
definitely, I don't know about definitely. The Freeestowe disparity is tough to see.

857
01:04:09.440 --> 01:04:13.800
Thirty two to twenty four in favor
of the Nuggets, and the Clippers

858
01:04:13.800 --> 01:04:16.960
have kind of been on this other
end so far this year. But I

859
01:04:17.000 --> 01:04:20.000
mean, I think it's a home
whistle. I think you're playing against a

860
01:04:20.039 --> 01:04:24.360
team that does a good job of
getting foul calls, and I guess they

861
01:04:24.360 --> 01:04:27.159
did a good job of it tonight. I wish this wasn't something we had

862
01:04:27.199 --> 01:04:30.119
to, you know, maybe point
our fingers out because of the loss,

863
01:04:30.199 --> 01:04:35.000
but it doesn't help things. Yeah, James Harden did score twenty one.

864
01:04:35.039 --> 01:04:40.800
He had that surge near the middle
towards the end of the third quarter,

865
01:04:41.840 --> 01:04:45.800
and for the most part, if
there's something to be encouraged about is the

866
01:04:45.800 --> 01:04:48.719
fact that he looked more like James
Harden, right. I mean, ultimately,

867
01:04:48.760 --> 01:04:54.039
for this Clippers team to get on
track and to look like a dominant

868
01:04:54.079 --> 01:04:57.880
elite team and turn this around,
they need James Harden to be great.

869
01:04:58.320 --> 01:05:01.000
And I thought we saw enough flash
of that to say, hey, they'll

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01:05:01.000 --> 01:05:05.320
get this going eventually. Here it's
still there. They just still got to

871
01:05:05.360 --> 01:05:11.760
develop that chemistry totally. If you
look at James Harden's shot chart tonight for

872
01:05:11.800 --> 01:05:15.280
the Clippers, I think he made
his first bucket as a Clipper inside zero

873
01:05:15.360 --> 01:05:17.480
to three feet to night he made
three of them. It was the first

874
01:05:17.519 --> 01:05:20.880
three he made in his tenure here, so you love to see the three

875
01:05:20.920 --> 01:05:25.639
level scoring. He had a mid
range bucket. He had like some threes

876
01:05:25.679 --> 01:05:29.280
too, Like that's what you want
from James. And he also there's a

877
01:05:29.320 --> 01:05:33.159
pass he found Norm with for a
three pointer that is I think it was

878
01:05:33.159 --> 01:05:36.639
the second quarter or something like that. But like we saw glimpse of what

879
01:05:36.800 --> 01:05:42.920
James Harden can and really really needs
to bring to this team. We just

880
01:05:42.960 --> 01:05:45.760
kind of need everyone to do everything
right at the same time, which I

881
01:05:45.800 --> 01:05:49.320
do think is a time issue,
you know, just all more time together

882
01:05:49.360 --> 01:05:54.639
issue and not necessarily something to be
super worry about. But again they are

883
01:05:54.679 --> 01:05:59.079
still three and seven, so the
winds need to come pretty quickly. The

884
01:05:59.159 --> 01:06:02.400
main subject to Night on Clippers talk
was of Viza Zubots not returning to the

885
01:06:02.440 --> 01:06:08.480
ballgame, at least playing significant minutes
late in that fourth quarter. Were you

886
01:06:08.559 --> 01:06:12.119
screaming at the television saying, bring
a Viza Zubots back in. We need

887
01:06:12.159 --> 01:06:15.199
more size because I thought overall,
I know he was two for eight,

888
01:06:15.239 --> 01:06:18.039
he missed some bunnies early, but
I thought his rebounding and he was just

889
01:06:18.079 --> 01:06:25.000
a force in the pain. I
thought he was great well, and even

890
01:06:25.000 --> 01:06:28.440
if you don't love Zoo, you
still I think want I'm out there at

891
01:06:28.519 --> 01:06:32.000
your other option is like Paul George
with no help, or you know,

892
01:06:32.320 --> 01:06:36.599
Norm Powell, or even PJ.
Tucker. Right like TYLERU brought Tucker out

893
01:06:36.639 --> 01:06:40.039
for the last two minutes, and
then it looked like he was going to

894
01:06:40.079 --> 01:06:43.119
close the game and then brought Norm
back in, which I guess I had

895
01:06:43.159 --> 01:06:45.039
more of an issue with, maybe
because I kind of assumed he wasn't going

896
01:06:45.119 --> 01:06:47.159
to bring you in. I don't
know if that's a good thing that I

897
01:06:47.239 --> 01:06:51.719
assumed that or not, but it
is a It is something to kind of

898
01:06:51.800 --> 01:06:57.039
scratch your head out when it comes
to needing a stop versus getting a bucket.

899
01:06:57.159 --> 01:07:00.719
But I think if you've watched his
Clippers team under tie, you kind

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01:07:00.719 --> 01:07:04.519
of know in those situations he kind
of leans towards get a bucket. So

901
01:07:04.599 --> 01:07:10.760
I can see where Tylu was doing
it from his end of the logic puzzle,

902
01:07:11.239 --> 01:07:14.760
but I think I agree with most
people who maybe wanted to see doing

903
01:07:14.840 --> 01:07:18.719
there for the last little bit.
Kawhi Leonard was five of fourteen, just

904
01:07:18.800 --> 01:07:25.519
fifteen points, and he's been very
up and down, mostly down since the

905
01:07:25.599 --> 01:07:29.920
trade, since that game against the
Lakers where he was out of this world

906
01:07:30.000 --> 01:07:32.599
with those eighteen first quarter points,
had thirty eight overall, scored all their

907
01:07:32.639 --> 01:07:36.599
points in overtime. They lost,
but Kawhi looked spectacular. Do you have

908
01:07:36.639 --> 01:07:43.639
any concerns right now with Kawhi Leonard
just struggling to this degree where last couple

909
01:07:43.639 --> 01:07:46.119
of games five of fourteen, six
of sixteen, he's got a seven to

910
01:07:46.199 --> 01:07:50.159
sixteen game in there. That to
me a lot of it just you look

911
01:07:50.159 --> 01:07:54.639
at the attempts. It's not enough. Like he's a rhythm player too.

912
01:07:56.440 --> 01:08:00.360
Yeah, he is a rhythm player. You're totally right about that. I

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01:08:00.800 --> 01:08:03.480
you know, I think he's one
hundred percent. We came into the season,

914
01:08:03.519 --> 01:08:05.719
you know, before this hard and
trade, guys were playing a little

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01:08:05.719 --> 01:08:10.639
bit faster from the eye tests and
things like that, and Kawi was getting

916
01:08:10.719 --> 01:08:14.000
up there. But it is a
bit of an older team and learning the

917
01:08:14.039 --> 01:08:17.119
new system. I think things will
they don't look as good that loss in

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01:08:17.479 --> 01:08:20.920
you know, maybe losing that little
quarter of a step. It looks a

919
01:08:20.960 --> 01:08:25.079
little more pronounced, you know,
when you're in the mix of a six

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01:08:25.119 --> 01:08:28.239
game losing streak. But I think
he's going to bounce back. I don't.

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01:08:28.640 --> 01:08:30.600
Let's not pretend like we're going to
be shocked when the Clippers going around

922
01:08:30.680 --> 01:08:34.399
it come times with Kawhi playing very
well, that's a good point. He

923
01:08:34.479 --> 01:08:41.640
is Chuck Mockler at Chuck Mockler on
x He is one of the three hosts

924
01:08:41.920 --> 01:08:46.439
of C and D Clips and Dip. We will have the Triumphant trifecta tripod

925
01:08:46.560 --> 01:08:50.680
whatever you want to call it tomorrow
on YouTube for you guys, Chuck.

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01:08:50.760 --> 01:08:55.560
Thanks for staying up late tonight.
Yep. Hey, here's to getting a

927
01:08:55.560 --> 01:09:02.279
win soon please. Yeah. Clippers
fall one eleven to one eight in Denver.

928
01:09:03.560 --> 01:09:10.000
This is the last segment, right, no more, Well, I'm

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01:09:10.039 --> 01:09:15.800
worthless coming back after this. We'll
finish off with some phone calls. I'm

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01:09:15.800 --> 01:09:19.760
at a Maslin and this is a
seven ELA Sports. They want to bring

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01:09:19.800 --> 01:09:25.800
a banner with them to the into
It doll More LA Clippers Basketball on the

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LA Clippers Audio Network. Postgame,
coach Lewis said, quote, I still

933
01:09:31.159 --> 01:09:34.159
have confidence and what we can do. PJ. Tucker came in tonight and

934
01:09:34.159 --> 01:09:38.199
did a really good job of guarding
Jokic. Yeah, I did. I'm

935
01:09:38.199 --> 01:09:43.439
definitely encouraged by what I saw tonight, will come out of this. That's

936
01:09:43.439 --> 01:09:49.279
what you need from your leader,
your head coach. Clippers have an opportunity

937
01:09:49.279 --> 01:09:54.399
Friday to start to turn things around. Saw some flashes, some good signs

938
01:09:54.399 --> 01:09:59.359
tonight, but ultimately a loss.
Nonetheless, they fall in Denver one eleven

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01:09:59.399 --> 01:10:01.279
to one eight to the Champs.
Before we get out of here, I

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01:10:01.279 --> 01:10:05.039
do want to thank the Clippers organization, Noah Eagle, Ralph Lawla, Bryan

941
01:10:05.159 --> 01:10:11.039
Seaman, Carlojmenez on the call,
Big Brother, Jake Warner, Katie Newton

942
01:10:11.079 --> 01:10:14.399
in the bank, the callers,
the listeners. I medam Oslin. We'll

943
01:10:14.399 --> 01:10:15.920
talk to you at Friday at six
point thirty with Clippers pre game as they're

944
01:10:15.920 --> 01:10:20.680
taking on the Rockets. So why
was doing his thing? All they want

945
01:10:20.720 --> 01:10:24.760
to do is win in La.
I win. I thought they gave everything

946
01:10:24.760 --> 01:10:28.119
they had. I'm very proud of
them. This has been Clippers Talk,

947
01:10:28.359 --> 01:10:32.079
the official postgame reaction of the La
Clippers. God bless Paul George. Are

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01:10:32.119 --> 01:10:35.880
you not? It's just changed.
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01:10:35.920 --> 01:10:40.319
go to wherever you podcast and subscribe
today. Well up the show. I

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01:10:40.319 --> 01:10:43.359
got you on the iHeart Radio.
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us for another exciting broadcast of LA
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