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the third quarter. Steph Curry would finish with thirty eight and the Golden State
Warriors would finish off the Clippers with a twenty two point comeback that started with
three minutes and fifteen seconds left in the third quarter. They go on to
defeat your Los Angeles Clippers one fifteen to one oh five. Welcome into Clippers
Talk. I'm Adam Oslins. Coming up on the show. We'll get to
your phone calls here at eight six six nine, two seventy. We'll also
here from the head coach, Seron Lou postgame actually momentarily here on the show.
And well you know him as LA Clippers Film on Twitter. That's not
his real name, believe it or not, it's Justin Wilson. But he
does fantastic work and really gives the details. You know the details on ESPN
that little show they do where Phil Jackson will break down old Chicago Bulls film,
you'll see Peyton Manning breakdown film. I think it's only on an espen
plus, but it's cool to see it from that perspective. And Justin Wilson
is one of the best out there when it comes to sifting through film and
finding out what's really happening out there on the floor, and we need his
wisdom on a night like tonight where the Clippers again, we're up by twenty
two with three minutes in fifteen seconds left in that third period, and then
the Warriors went out school were them in the next fifteen minutes by thirty two
points. Golden State hit seven threes in the fourth quarter, and step only
had one of them. He only had five points in the fourth. It
was the others for them. As Shack loves to say, Wanna Maker hit
a big three pointer. Eric Pascal had seven of his twelve points in the
fourth quarter. Steph got them going, He got them in rhythm. He
gave them confidence in that third quarter with his nineteen points and made the Warriors
believe they could win. And then the rest of the guys followed suit in
that fourth quarter, even without him, they went on a big run to
start it, and it looked like the game from Wednesday night for a second,
where all of a sudden the Clippers were down. Two minutes into the
fourth they were down six, but unlike what happened Wednesday, where they were
able to stem the tide a little bit and lock down the Golden State Warriors
with great defense late, where they only gave up four points in the last
four minutes of that game Wednesday night, they gave up thirty four points total
in the fourth quarter tonight while scoring just eighteen and Kawhi Leonard had a couple
of buckets. But as hot as Paul George was early in the game,
or he had twenty three points through three quarters, he would have just two
more points in the fourth quarter. But I'm not even looking at the starters
for what happened in this one, because Serge Ibakapa played really well, had
nineteen points, seven boards, went one of two from distance, did hit
a big three pointer in the fourth quarter when they were down six. He
and Luke Kennard hit back to back three pointers to tie the game. I
believe at ninety seven, but then the Warriors would go on another run.
But Nicholas Batoum was good again, started off really hot. He also hit
a three point in the fourth quarter, but he had seven of his ten
points in the first quarter. Got things going, plus six assists, six
rebounds, two steals, does a little bit of everything. He was a
plus ten out there in thirty minutes, which means in I guess, eighteen
minutes he didn't play. The Clippers were somehow outscored by twenty five. Patrick
Beverley a plus fourteen in a game they lost by ten. He was good,
had seven points doing the little things, had three offensive rebounds. We've
seen this over and over again throughout his time as a Clipper. You better
get a body on him late in the game because he's going to be diving
in there for boards and loose balls among the trees at times. Two and
overall, Paul George, who did start five of five from distance, finished
five of seven from three. Still had twenty five points. He had seven
assists. He's been playing that point forward under head coach Toronto lou But the
bench has been struggling the last week when the Clippers have lost. You look
at the starters, they're a plus and the plus minus and the bench and
two guys in particular who uncharacteristically are just not rhythm right now, not playing
good basketball. I didn't expect Marcus Morris to hit the ground running the way
he did Wednesday night with his twelve points and starting three of three, and
tonight looked like a guy whose timing was off. Marcus Morris in just a
second game back, one of seven, two points a Visa Zubots, though
in their losses in their last five games overall, he hasn't taken a lot
of shots, but he was one of four. He had one nice sequence
I believe it was in the second quarter where he had a block on one
end, Luke Kennard would get a layup on the other and then Canard would
feed him for a nice spin move in the lane and a floater off the
glass by Vitsa zu Bots. But those were his only two points and he
was a minus twenty six out there. Sweet Lou Williams three of six from
the field, a minus twenty five. Lew and Zoo haven't looked like themselves,
and I think there's an adjustment period going on. Especially with that second
unit. The starters look great. Nicholas Batoum has really solidified and crystallized one
of the best starting units in the NBA that was really good last season.
But with Sergebaka now in there at center and with Nicholas Battoum in there as
someone else who's a playmaker and just keeps the ball moving, they look even
better than they were last season, and their net rating would tell you they
have been. And Marcus Morris didn't want to get in the way of that
and sacrifice minutes in his game to make sure they kept humming offensively and defensively
with that starting unit. And you have to give him a ton of credit
for that. This is someone who was averaging twenty points per game last season
before he came over to the Clippers with the New York Knicks and shooting forty
three percent from distance. And he's willing to come off the bench now and
as he said, do whatever it takes for this team to win, as
he appreciated the Clippers making sure he got paid what he was deserved where he
had coming with the four year, sixty four million dollar contract this offseason.
But Reggie Jackson, who has played well at times, just played in six
minutes, was well. Scored zero points, zero rebounds, zero assists.
He struggled out there. Terrence Man was out there for just a second.
Luke Kennard, as I'm going through the bench and this box score. He
did play eighteen minutes. He did hit a big three pointer in the fourth
quarter, but he still only attempted five shots. I'm just looking for him
to be more aggressive. He was a minus twenty two. Give him time.
He hadn't played basketball in a year. I've been a broken record with
that. But I do think he's gonna get things going when he gets in
rhythm. And overall, that's where it takes for this second unit to get
going. They have to build up that continuity with multiple guys who used to
be starters and Aviza Zubos and Marcus Morris now working with Lou Williams, who
has been a six man over and over again with the Clippers, they have
to gel the starting unit again. They were fantastic, but when the Golden
State Warriors made their run, it came against the second unit. And we
heard earlier even in the pregame, Tylo was talking about now we have to
find and figure out rotations. It's one thing to get healthy, which this
was just the second game so far this season were and it's only ten games
where the Clippers had their entire squad everything at Tyler's disposal. It's one thing
to have that. Now you've got to figure out rotations and where guys fit
and who fits best next to one another. And Tyler was gonna be able
to optimize lineups. That is something he is spectacular at. If you go
and look at his time with the Cleveland Cavaliers, a lot of people say,
well, you had Lebron James. Look at everything he did late in
games, playing guys like Richard Jefferson over Kevin Love. He has no fear
of somebody's name who maybe doesn't match his game anymore and the politics of the
game and having to play that guy. No, no, no, no.
He's gonna put the best roster out there at all times. So the
Clippers do have work to do. The second unit is certainly a work in
progress right now. Well, I'm more Clippers talk coming up next to eight
six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two
five seventy. But as mentioned already, La Clippers film is coming on.
Yeah, there's a lot. Is it trending? This is a big deal.
I don't know if I've heard him on a show. He hasn't been
on Clippers Talk before. Justin Wilson will be here next. He's already combed
through the tape. He knows what went wrong tonight. One of those things.
By the way, once again, the turnovers killed the Clippers. That
was a key coming into this contest. They had nineteen and they had seven
turnovers in the fourth quarter. Sometimes it's not even about the total amount,
it's when they come. And they came at the most inopportune time when the
Golden State Warriors were clicking on all cylinders and they would finish twenty of forty
one from distance. Clippers lose after being up by twenty two two Golden State
by a final score one fifteen to one oh five. More Clipper stock coming
up next right here on the M five seventy l a sports clitter there.
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Clippers basketball on the official home of your La Clippers. Yo. Here we
go, yo scenario, Here we go yo. Steph Curry gets nineteen of
US thirty eight points in the third core. The Clippers let go of a
twenty two point lead with three minutes and fifteen seconds left in the third,
and they would lose by ten to the Golden State Warriors in Game two of
their mini series up in San Francisco. Welcome back into Clippers Stalk. I'm
Adam Oslin eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six sixty nine
eight seven two five seventy is the phone number? Or get to me at
follow Adam a coming up. You'll hear from the head coach to Ron Lou
But get to this man on Twitter at La Clippers Film. It's Justin Wilson,
one of the best follows, a guy who I've followed and argued with
and debated with at times because that's what we do on Twitter. But I
hold his analysis in great regard. He goes through tape like it's the Supruder
film. He's the dark room guy, He's the mastermind that breaks down film.
Justin. I appreciate you coming on Clippers Talk tonight. How are you?
I'm better now? Thanks that at intro, Like that was really great,
man. I'm glad to be on. I'm glad to be on you
got it. I'm glad you're on tonight because I can't explain all this.
So the Clippers blow what was a twenty two point lead, and I know
a lot of Clippers fans are having flashbacks to what happened last season in the
playoffs and even before that in the regular season. And there have been times
already this season where they had let go of big leads but they held on
to win. Anyways, I'm thinking about the Lakers game, and of course
the game against the Phoenix Suns and against the Denver Nuggets on Christmas. What
do you see on film and what's the reasoning behind some of these leads slipping
and tonight it really came back to bite them naturally. It's it's because the
team is cursed, right, like this is some sort of like bubble bubble
PTSD like shout out Mike. He told me, he told me to mention
that, like it's no, no, in all seriousness, you know,
it's it's a it's a process. So, first of all, almost all
teams give up big leads when you're up by that much. And Steph Perry
is one of the fourteen greatest players of all times, so like some of
that is just his greatness, you know, other other things, O other
stuff like it's game ten and Tyron lewis tinkering with lineup, seeing what works
and what doesn't, and that combination of tinkering along with Steph being a flamethrower
led to what happened tonight. I think I think there are some things that
the Clippers do that predispose them to avalanches of sorts. We can get into
that, but yeah, I think, Okay, well, I think so
the Clippers are near the bottom of the league and free throw attempts and shots
at the rim, and what that means is they take a lot of They
have a lot of great shooters, but they take a lot of tough shots.
So when teams get on runs like this, they have a hard time
stimming that run because none of their guys gets shots easy, and their two
best players aren't really all that dynamic off the dribble to get to the rim
and maybe get a easy to maybe get a foul or something like that.
That doesn't explain everything, but it does kind of lend itself to runs because
you're gonna go hold right and Paul George. I mean, he's had a
great start to the season, but once again he had two free throw tempts
tonight and only took seven threes. And so I think moving forward, like
that's something that is the Clippers may have to like look that, that's something
that doesn't make me feel easy. Like I'm sorry to be long winded here,
by the way, their lack of ability to get to the rim and
their two best players constantly taking and making tough shots as great shooters as they
are, makes me uneasy for a playoff series against like a good team,
a really good team or something like that. That's really the only thing through
the first ten games that I'm like, really really concerned about. When when
you just like look at the take, like the Warriors were like coming down
the stretch, they had a great run to night, Like in the middle
of the run, Paul George is dancing with the ball at the top of
the key. He had no he was not going downhill. He ended up
with a shot clock violation. Kawhi Leonard was like at the three point line
dancing with the ball, and it's like we don't have anybody. We don't
have those guys aren't dynamic enough to get to the rim, and that's kind
of where Lou Williams is supposed to help out, but he hasn't had the
greatest of starts to start the year. So those are just things that they're
gonna have to like address, and they're gonna have to find a way to
get around that. One of the ways that I've mentioned on Twitter that they
can get around that, in particular Paul George is to take more threes.
He only took seven threes tonight, and that's not enough. If you're gonna
take two free throws you need to take you need to be up there with
like twelve threes. I'm looking at it now. That was something I talked
about coming into the season as well. PG thirteen has to get to eleven
plus three pointers per game because he is like a six nine Steph Curry at
times. Right, Steph Curry took fourteen three pointers tonight, fourteen just from
him alone, and for a team that is desperately starving to take more threes
because we're like, once again, we're like sixteen seventeenth in the league and
three point attempts, we are starving to take more threes. Paul George is
the one player on a team to me who has the handle and a size
to get more than seven eight threes up. And he's and if he's going
to be this anemic from a free throw at tem perspective, he's got to
take more threes. Otherwise, when you get deep in the playoffs, into
the second and third round, it's just a tough diet to live off of,
and it just decreases your championship profile in your championship chances. You're listening
to Justin Wilson here on Clippers Talk AKA at Clippers Film on Twitter, Clippers
lose one fifteen to one oh five to the Golden State Warriors after they led
by twenty two or three minutes left in the third quarter. Your point is
taken very well about the free throw shooting, especially in a game like tonight
where they only got up thirteen free throws. But what's a little bit perplexing
is the last two seasons they led the league in free throw attempts. But
you mentioned Lou Williams, he Anna Vitzas Zubots have uncharacteristically struggled the last week
now and when they're not going and Marcus Morris just came back, but that
bench just looks very different. How long do you think it's going to take
for the second unit to come together and start to build some chemistry, because
right now it's been the major reason to me why they've relinquished some of these
leaves. It could it honestly could be a while. You could see Tyron
lu like tinkering with the bench in real time this year. He sometimes staggered
Kauai with the bench. He sometimes staggered Paul George with the bench. You
know, it's gonna take a while. It's gonna take a while. And
Mark, this is only Marcus Morris's second game back, and he he he
should be a big fixture off the bench as well. It's it's gonna take
a while. I am kind of like, I don't I don't want to.
I don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater with Lou because
it's only been ten games. But I am kind of concerned as far as
how he fits in with that unites. It doesn't appear to be that clean
right now. But the best version of Blue still provides something that the Clippers
desperately need, which is downhill play, playmaking and things like that, but
yeah, he he and Zoo have been probably the biggest disappointments for the Clippers
to start the year. I mean, I think they were both like a
minus twenty six and a minus twenty five tonight, and like plus minus don't
always tell the story, but it kind of looked that way tonight. And
yeah, if they aren't going to be the dynamic second unit guys for us,
it makes things a whole lot tougher, and it makes ty Lou's job
a whole lot tougher as far as how does he integrate the starters with the
second unit. But another great Lucas on Twitter kind of brought up something that
was very interesting to me, is like the starters have been so great this
year that breaking that up is it's hard. It's hard. It's hard to
break that up. And but you may need to for the second unit to
not be a train wreck, because tonight they were an absolute train wreck and
they were a big reason why the avalanche hit for us. But yeah,
to answer that question, I don't know, but it's gonna be a while.
It's gonna be a while. And this is a process. It's only
game ten. It's a process. I know. It felt like Game eight
versus a Denver Nuggets. But like, this is a process. This is
a process, and this is not trust the process with a team tanking for
draft picks. We're talking about a TV here trying to build to a level
where they win a championship, the first ever in franchise history. Justin Wilson
is my guest here on Clippers Talk. He's at LA Clippers Film on Twitter,
Justice In or Justin In. Moving to some of the positives here,
what have you seen on tape so far that it is just vastly different in
the way that toronlu runs his offense. Well, he's giving Paul George a
lot more liberty as far as a playmaker. He's giving Kawhi that too,
but much more, much more. He's putting a ball in Paul George's hands
a lot more. And he's having a trickle down effect with the starters.
He's doing a whole lot of like just elbow action with Paul George, letting
Paul George play pick and roll. He's integrating Nicholas Battoon really well. He's
alligned Nicholas Battoon to initiate some plays. So I think if if nothing else
like, he's showing himself to be a lot more flexible offensively than honestly Doc
did in years prior, at least from my vantage point, I think a
lot of the principles that they had last year though, are still there.
But I just think the biggest thing that jumps off is how he's using Paul
George and Kawhi Leonard as playmakers. And Doc did that a little last year,
but I think Tyler was leaning almost all the way into point guard Paul
George, and even though the Clippers are six and four, it's had a
great effect on the team, and it's a big reason why Paul George has
gotten off to the start that he has once again follow him at La Clippers
Film. If you're not already he is. Justin Wilson, Justin, I
did your style. Thanks for letting me take you away from whatever you got
going on on Friday night to come on here on Clipper's Talk. Let's do
it again in the next couple of weeks, My friend. I appreciate it.
Nah, I appreciate this. This was we were talking. We were
talking beforehand. This This is kind of cathartic in a way. I know.
It feels I know, it feels like it's really bad to like give
up the type of lead that we did and lose in a fashion that we
did. But it really is just game ten and like we got a long
way to go, and you know, you can't beat you can't become the
NBA champions in the first ten games. Keep the faith. We got a
long way to go. This is going to be right. Adversity builds character.
Justin I appreciate it. Man. We'll talk to you soon. Alrighty,
thank you. Coming up next, we'll take a quick break here on
Clipper Stalk. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone
number. I think Morris just called in. We'll have some more positivity from
him, no doubt, and you'll hear from the head coach toron lou Clippers
lose Game ten of this regular season one fifteen to one oh five two Steph
Curry and the Golden State Warriors. More Clipper Stalk, I'm Adam Oslin and
this is a five seventy LA Sports coming on next. After leading by twenty
two with three minutes left in the third quarter, the Clippers would lose by
ten in Game ten of the regular season to Steph Curry and the Golden State
Warriors with the final score of one fifteen to one oh five in favor of
the Dubs. I mentioned Steph Curry there. He had five of his nine
three pointers in the second half, but in that fourth quarter he only had
five points. It was the role players, the ancillary players who got hot
and I think got confidence after Steph Curry got them back into the ball game
with his nineteen point third quarter. You saw Kent Baysmore hit a big three
pointer late in the game, and the Clippers couldn't hold back the flood,
unlike what happened Wednesday night when they overcame that adversity when they were down six
all of a sudden in the fourth quarter and would hold on to win that
ball game by seven. The Golden State Warriors put up thirty four points in
the fourth quarter of this one. Let's go to Morris in Long Beach.
Morris, you're on Clippers stock with Adam Moslin. How are you? Oh?
Pretty good, my brother. I'm not worried too much. You know,
it's tough to beat somebody back to back in the NBA, and you
know the Clippers that built for the playoffs. I'm gonna tell you what I
see is different about this team. The guy at a five. Now they
can shoot the three, and that's going to become very important. May to
run. And I thought the Clippers did a great job with Curry against Craig
first six quarters. So when he got to that third quarter of this game,
right, you know, you can't keep the great ones down. You
know, forever he got off for a minute, he shows you why he's
the best shooter in the game. But I wouldn't fIF too much, but
the stuff to beat these guys back to back in the NBA, and we're
gonna be okay, have a good one, Okay, my friend Morris.
I appreciate the phone call. As always, Steph Curry not just the best
shooter in the game, the best shooter of all time. Off the bounce.
I don't think one of his nine made three pointers was a catch and
shoot shot. They were all created by Steph and some of them were ridiculous.
Plus he had eleven assists in the ball game. At some point you
tip your cap. But again, he only had five of his thirty eight
points in the fourth quarter. The Clippers had their opportunities, but they only
put up eighteen points their quarter low happened to come at the worst time.
Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven
two five seventy. Let's go to Tages. Tages is a thousand elks Tages.
I forget wal Nut, Walnut, my bad Tages. How are you?
I know it's a tough loss, got to do all, you know,
shook up, but you know it's disappointing. But you know, I'm
just reminding myself. It's early on. We got a new coaching staff,
a bunch of players that are playing together for the first time, so it's
gonna be a process. I see one dilemma that Tylou has now because when
Marcus Morris comes since he came back, that means one player is going to
lose minutes, and today it seemed like it was Reggie Jackson. So if
you don't have Paul George in with the second unit, your playmaker playmakers are
pretty much gonna be Lou Williams and Luke. But if Luke is still a
little tentative and not as a aggressive as he can be so far, it
really puts you know, the second units makes some very stagnants, so I
think coming in they thought Luke would help with that playmaking and and I think
he will pick it up still, but it is a dilemma of where now
who's gonna lose minutes now with Marcus coming on the bench, So I think
that's something that's gonna have to be monitored by lou and and maybe he's gonna
want Paul George with the second unit. So we'll just have to see.
But I think they'll get it together, and I have a feeling there they're
gonna go on a little five game winning streak here. Now. They got
the Bulls on Sunday and then I don't think they played until Wednesday, so
they'll have some practice time in between, because right now it's been like every
other day, and they'll get some things worked out. Thanks Adam, Thank
you Tay just from Walnut Bulls on Sunday, Pelicans on Wednesday. Those are
the the next two ball games. Overall, I think it's a good problem
to have, but it does put a lot on the head coach to have
to find minutes for everyone and find the right combinations out there on the floor.
But ultimately, I think Marcus Morris coming off the bench with a Vita
Zoo bots is going to be a great combination. And Lou Williams, he
can be streaky at times. He struggled the last few games, but overall,
I still think sweet Lou Williams is going to pull through for this team.
He's led them in assist the last couple of seasons, and we've seen
at times Lou Ta Zoo has been a great combination early this season, but
they simply look at a rhythm and their timing looks off, and it looks
like they're trying to figure out how to play with new guys on the court
with them as well, gonna take time. We'll take a quick break here.
Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight
seven two five seventy will come back. You'll hear from the head coach,
Shron Lou After the Clippers lose one fifteen to one oh five to the Golden
State Warriors. Clippers run it back Sunday at Staples Center against Zach Levine and
the Chicago Bulls. More on that coming up as well. This is Clipper
Stock. I'm at am Moslin and you're listening to a M five seventy l
A Sports. The Clippers had twenty point leads against the Lakers, Denver Nuggets,
Phoenix Suns, and they would hold on. They would withstand the oppositions
run. But that did not happen tonight when they were up by twenty two
or three fifteen left against the Golden State Warriors. In the last fifteen minutes
of the ball game. Golden State would outscore the Clippers by thirty two and
go on to win one fifteen to one oh five. Welcome back into Clipper
stock. I'm at am Moslin eight six sixty nine eight seven two five seventy
eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. We'll get back to your
phone calls. We'll talk about Sunday's game, but first I want to hear
from the head coach to Ron lou after the Clippers fall to six and four
the season. I would say a little bit of both. I would say
just getting the lead and then not continue to play the way we've been playing
to get the league. I think taking care of the basketball was one.
So they had twenty eight points off our nineteen turnovers all we talked about,
but then also just continue to keep playing the same way. Don't get comfortable
and start taking some bad shots, some questionable shots, and then they get
out and transition was able to make some shots as well. You guys,
obviously the first three times it happens, you guys push back this year and
you've kind of you talked about the resolve, how you were happy to see
that. What was I guess what was different tonight beyond just the quick shots.
I gotta watch it. I thought they're switching made a stagnant. I
think by moving Draymond to the five and be able to switch one through five,
I thought it made a stagnant and so we gotta be better with that.
And that's on me. So we will be better with that. But
we get that, continue to just keep running and playing through it again the
way we have been, even if they do switch. So he's got to
get better with that. Thanks. Okay, let's move over to Tom here.
Hey, Tyer, last game, you guys held Step to one of
his worst games of the season, five or seventeen. You talked about what,
you guys, did you know, crowding him, not really giving him
much room. What happened today that he was able to just go off for
thirty eight. I thought we did a good job, you know, on
the first half. I think he had what do he had fourteen the first
half, and then you know, I think the second half he just got
loose, and you know, he made a couple of deep ones. But
I thought he got a lot more free than he did the first game.
And they ran some different stuff as well to put us in some tough positions,
and we knew that would happened. But you know, I thought overall,
to start, you know, we did a good job on him with
just you know, being aware of where he's at. And then I think
he made two three in that first quarter and kind of got him going a
little bit. I know, last time I asked you about this, the
crunch time offense, you said three and a half quarters of you know,
go to the office and let your stars handle the final half quarter. I
guess, is this something you have to live with when when shots don't go
down, you guys are super stagnant like you did today. No, I
just it's got It's about the shots that we take and that we get.
And you know, I thought, against our switching, we could have just
posted Kawa, you know, a lot more so that's on me. But
you know, if you our first game against another day, just our slipouts
are setting up picks with Steph Curry was good and we was able to get
generated points off that. So we just didn't execute the way we did after
the first game. Hey, let's move over to justin'sso, Hey, coach,
good evening. What do you feel got the Warriors back into this game
late in the third when they went on the run. Was it the turnovers,
the stagnation offensively? You're just like a collection of everything above. I
think it was turnover turnovers. I ain't think we got stagnant too much until
the fourth quarter, but they they came in with a lot of energy.
That bench came in with some good energy. Baysmore was terrific for him.
I'm coming off the bench and was able to attack the basket, getting some
deplections, some steals, and he kind of generated the energy. Put those
guys off the bench. Let's move forward to Thomas. Hey, coach,
you guys the bench has been struggling lately, and the bench struggled in this
second half today, I believe scoring just five points. Is there anything that
you can attribute to that or is that just a matter of guys just not
you know, kind of shots tonight. I gotta watch it. I know
we didn't make shots for sure, and then you know Marcus, you know,
still trying to find his rhythm, you know, coming back one for
seven, you know, trying to work him into the rotation. So you
know, I gotta go back and look at it. But I see,
you know, it's a big difference than the plus minus section from their bench
and our bench. So I just gotta I gotta watch it and see what
happened. Okay, we'll have time for a few more. Let's move over
to four by all right, hey, coach, just to you know,
bounce off of that last question. Over the last three games, the bench
has been scored one forty six eighty four. Is it a matter of trying
to figure out the rotations? Staggering? What are you looking at when you're
when you're watching them play in terms of trying to figure out how to fix
that situation. Well, the first half, you know, we just kind
of went with the five guys off the bench, and it was good for
us in that first half, and then the second half we kind of staggered
PG and Kawhi, like we did in the first game. So just trying
to look at just a different combinations and seeing what works and what's better for
us with that second unit. Okay, the last question's gonna come from Miriam
hey time. Despite the loss, Paul had another pre special game. Really
was cooking early. What are you? I mean, where's this confidence at
right now? Almost? Confidence is great. I think we could have did
a better job of trying to get him free and helping him up with some
more shots, but I thought he did did a great job of just making
the right play in the right pass and he is in the great rhylin right
now. So we got to ride this way what we can. Thanks Time
saw that for you. Hashtag MVPG. Paul George has played like an MVP
so far this season. He's right back to where he was two years ago
when he finished third in fact NBA dot Com. I forget who the writer
was, but they have him third right now in the NBA MVP, jockeying
for position even though it's just ten games in. The guy's shooting over fifty
percent from three. Started this game off five for five, ended five of
seven, had twenty five points, but just took thirteen shots. But you
heard there head coach Tehron Lou he took a lot of that on him.
He put a lot of what happened in this game on him. But I
don't think there's a better coach than the NBA to work with this much versatility
and to get things clicking again with the second unit. As farbot Ess and
Share said, they've been outscored the last three games one hundred and forty six
to eighty four. That obviously has to change. I think it will,
and it starts maybe on Sunday versus Chicago Bulls. Tip time for that game
is at one pm. Who cares about the NFL, They're not king.
This is Clippers basketball we're talking about here. Twelve pm will be your Clippers
Countdown pregame show. Josh Lewin will be our guest play by play man on
Sunday. One of the most accomplished broadcasters in the business, and I do
want to remind you your voice of the Clippers. Noah Eagle will be on
the first ever Nickelodeon telecast for an NFL game. He's in New Orleans as
they're taking on the Chicago Bears. You can at least catch the entire second
half of that game. By the time the Clippers game is over, Clippers
they'll lose one fifteen to one zero five to the Golden State Warriors. They
dropped to six and four on the season. Before we get out of here,
I do want to thank the Clippers organization, Noah Eagle, Brian Semen,
Ralph Lawler, our guest, Justin Wilson at La Clippers Film and Sam
Zia back year in Burbank running all the music, running all the highlights,
running me because I'm dumb and I can't multitask that well. Sam, the
fantastic Sam. Thank you until Sunday, starting at twelve pm with their Clippers
pregame show, I'm out of Oslin. We'll talk to you then