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The game is over. Paul George
money in the pain, but the postgame

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reaction has just begun. Kawhi Leonard
is so smooth in the mid range.

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This is Clippers locker Room, a
recap of today's game and a look ahead

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on your hope for LA Clippers basketball
at now your host, You, sir,

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are a bad man, Adam Ausley. The Clippers went in Shytown one

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oh eight to one oh three over
the Chicago Bulls. Welcome into your post

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game show coming up. You'll hear
from the head coach and the players.

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We'll get the second half highlights.
But first back ass of your voice of

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the Clippers in Noah Eagle, Noah, only fitting that Kawhi Leonard puts on

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a Jordan like performance at back in
Chicago. Oh yeah, he was awesome

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at thirty three points, five assists, five steals. Just ridiculous effort on

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both ends of the floor. But
again, it was the defense that really

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stood out to me. Just found
a way to impact the game at the

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highest level on the defensive end,
which is what he's done from day one

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since he got to San Antonio and
embarked on this unbelievable NBA journey. That

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he's had. He is He's just
that guy Pal simply, he is that

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guy Pal. He's just him.
He is Himothy, whatever, himy,

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neutron, whatever you want to call
him. That's what he does. Thirty

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three points, but he did it
on twenty four shots, and whenever they

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needed something from him like that,
that big three in the fourth quarter,

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Clippers couldn't make it three all night. Step back puts them up three after

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they just led by one, and
then you know, Chicago has chances late,

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steal, rip, all the little
things, rebound, just everything the

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Clippers needed. He's there to provide
it. And the Clippers win a game

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where they're twelve of forty four from
the outside, they find another way to

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win. I thought Norman Pale at
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those two free throws late, we're
used to Oh, he was awesome today.

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Twenty seven points overall. You mentioned
the twenty in the first half,

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four rebounds, four assists, three
of seven from three, So he was

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with the one guy. Him and
Kauai actually went a combined six or thirteen

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from three. So the rest of
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that's the difference. Right there.
So those two guys had it rolling.

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You knew how to find. They
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of them. You add in PG
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of the one oh eight for the
Clippers. It was just an overall team

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effort. Those four guys got it
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something that did get in there.
Even Robert Covington in his eight minutes,

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provided some good energy, good spark
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confidence when he did get his opportunities. I just liked what I saw overall,

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and I thought this was a well
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And it's funny because the Clippers did
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deficits so quickly in the first half, you almost forget that they were down

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nineteen in this game and Chicago wasn't
missing and the Clippers weren't making. But

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that's the grid of this team.
And when they've got Kawai and PG now

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they are fifteen and seven on the
year, they're hard to beat. When

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they've got those guys out there,
and when they don't turn the basketball over

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in a game, where they shot
twenty six free throws. The Clippers ended

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up getting sixteen more shots up than
the Chicago Bulls in this one. Yeah,

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it's just that's how you have to
do it. If you're going to

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find a way to win in a
game that you shoot just twenty seven percent

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from three, you have to find
a way to dominate in the shot category

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and maybe more importantly, dominate the
turnover category. Points off turnovers, total

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turnovers. Chicago turned it over twenty
times twenty four points off turnovers for the

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Clippers. The Clippers turn it over
only eight times three in the second half,

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eleven points off turnovers for the Bulls. That's a thirteen point difference and

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a five point Clipper win. That's
huge, big time clutch victory for the

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Clippers. Up next, they'll be
in Milwaukee taking one couper Thursday night late

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starts off on the East Coast.
That is the good stuff, good well

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hunting reference there seven pm start.
We'll have your Clippers camp Dad, three

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game shows starting at six, No
what ego, great call, safe chapels,

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my friends tat to you on Thursday. I think Janis would probably agree

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when I say, can't wait its
coming up next we got second highlights.

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Kawhi Leonard will's the Clippers to a
victory down the stretch. They win one

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o eight to one oh three in
Chicago over the Bulls. And you're listening

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to the Los Angeles Clippers radio MS
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boat I used to so I did
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me up right here, yo,
yo, the sun don't shine forever.

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Clippers win in Chicago one o eight
to one oh three over the Bulls.

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Business. Welcome back into your post
game show. I'm Adam Oslin coming up

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on a M five seventy LAS Sports. We'll have Clippers talk for you eight

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six six nine eight seven two five
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five seventy or tweet at me at
follow Adam A. Clippers were down by

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four at a half, but they
were down by nineteen in that second quarter,

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made a fast and furious run where
they tied the game five minutes later,

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just to be down by four at
fifty eight to fifty four twenty four

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minutes into this one. But Kawhi
Leonard, he had eleven points in the

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first half and started to get it
going in the third letter top of the

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key, drives Meil cats in the
paint and slams with the right hand.

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Kawhi Leonard has been mister third quarter
six thirty five and go on the third

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Levine driving right. Had it stripped
George scooped up the loose ball. No

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real numbers, so we'll get left
to right anyway. Chelle's hit Leonard to

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the rim, bakes it in with
the right Kawhi with fifteen. George with

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another assist his sixth sixty seven sixty
six pull up hop Kawhi Leonard that is

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smooth from the near side shot corner
ties the game at sixty nine. Caruso

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gotta get it in. Caruso bounces
Levine with a tough catch, ripped away,

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fluttered with a steel up ahead Leonard
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steel of the night and the claw
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Well we zoomed ahead there, but
yeah. Kawhi Leonard also very good down

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the stretch in the fourth quarter,
had twelve points late there and the Clippers

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would hold on to win this one
one oh eight to one oh three.

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Kawhi an unbelievable performance. Thirty three
points on twenty four shots plus five assists

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plus five steals a couple of blocks
in this one as well. Also with

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the Clippers, they got twenty seven
off the bench from Norman Powell, who

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had twenty of those twenty seven points
in the first half, first player off

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the bench for them to have twenty
points and a half since Monster trans Monstrez

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Harold did so in twenty twenty.
Clippers have now won six of their last

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seven and sixth straight with the two
one three connection Kawhi Leonard and Paul George

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playing. Also, their longest streak
of the season with those two together was

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during that five game winning streak.
All Right, more postgame coming up,

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including the Clippers being in Milwaukee on
Thursday taking on Janis and Dnan Koumpo in

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the Bucks. They don't get much
easier. We'll preview that ball game right

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here on the Los Angeles Clippers Radio. That one. You're going, Oh,

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Paul George, LA Clippers Basketball.
Continue Pis in his paints as he

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carries the three on the home of
your LA Clippers. Nothing can stop me.

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I'm all away up. Clippers win
by five in Chicago. Final score

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one oh eight one oh three in
favor of your Los Angeles Clippers, as

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Kawhi gives them thirty three and has
a clutch steal late on Zach Levine to

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seal it. Welcome back into your
post game show. I'm Adam Oslin Clippers

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have won six of their last seven
now, the only loss coming when they

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were missing six guys on Sunday against
Cleveland. Next up for them, they'll

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be taking on jannat Dena Kompo and
the Milwaukee Bucks. They just got a

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victory tonight after they were tired with
Charlotte at the half. They went on

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to win one twenty four to one
fifteen over the Hornets, one of the

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best teams in the East, won
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Greek freak. Not gonna be easy. Tip time for that one's at seven

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Ousley Kawhi Leonard with an MJ like performance

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in the United Center and the Clippers
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over the Bulls. Welcome into your
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Well, he's at the podium right
now. We'll hear from him in just

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a bit. The head coach Ron
Lou the player's postgame plus William Updyke from

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Clips and Dip will join me.
Big time victory for the Clippers, Just

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as you thought they might lose some
of that momentum they had after losing on

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Sunday missing six key players to the
Cleveland Cavaliers and stay, Kawhi Leonard ripped

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back that momentum and took the game
away from Zach Lavine and the Chicago Bulls

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late with that steal, as he
had twelve of his twenty three points in

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the fourth quarter to finish with thirty
three, five steals, five assists in

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two blocks. Just a virtuoso performance
from one of the best players of his

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generation, any generation. He's a
top seventy five player all time. But

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I asked you this after the victory
over the Atlanta Hawks. Are we seeing

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the best version of Kawhi Leonard once
again? Coming off a severe injury,

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Just like after the one in San
Antonio, he comes back and wins a

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championship in Toronto, plays better than
ever during that playoff run. Then he

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was playing his best basketball during the
twenty twenty one run by the Clippers to

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the Western Conference Finals before tearing the
right acl comes back a year later and

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is playing you can at least argue
some of his best basketball in the regular

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season that he ever has before.
Because this was Kawai's eleventh straight game with

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at least twenty four points scored.
That's the longest such streak in his career.

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That is saying something I said it
about a week and a half ago.

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You better throw this guy back in
the top five conversation right now,

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because it's happening now. We're talking
top three. With the way he's ended

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up playing this entire month of January. Could be Player of the Month,

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could come down between him and Lebron
James. But the Clippers have won six

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of seven and they're starting to round
into form with twenty eight games left to

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go, and this is such a
critical road trip. But as I've told

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you all season long, nothing is
more important than the return of Kawhi Leonard

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to form to that elite level because
they can't win a championship unless he's playing

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this high level basketball. And we
saw it again him just willing them to

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a victory. Clippers didn't have a
great fourth quarter. They had some bad

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turnovers where Paul George was trying to
get it to him and then eventually found

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him for a jam, and Kawai
had four dunks, just like he did

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against San Antonio recently. He is
getting up. If you put the side

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by side video before and after now
the ACL tear, it looks like he's

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jumping as high as ever. It
is unbelievable to see him play this well

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this soon this season after missing twenty
of the first twenty five games, And

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to anyone who still thinks the way
they load managed him or not playing him

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on back to backs was the wrong
move, how can you say that when

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the results are him back at that
twenty twenty one level this soon. He's

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playing this well, has this must
bounce athleticism, turning the corner on guys,

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and the mid range looks better than
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also, the one thing you could
get better at when you have lower leg

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injuries because you can't do much else, is refine you're shooting. And we're

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starting to see that a little bit
because over the last eleven games now Kawhi's

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shooting over fifty five percent from the
field over forty five percent from three,

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scoring thirty per game. The efficiency
is off the charts. This is special

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and it could turn out to be
a special season because Kawhi learn has returned

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to form for this team. But
the will to win that he has in

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him, that steal late and he
had two of his five steals in the

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fourth quarter, it's just that's what
he does. He has the highest rear

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winning percentage in the history of the
league in the regular season, started in

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San Antonio, then Toronto, and
he's brought that mentality to the Clippers and

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gives them a chance to win it
all because well, he's one of the

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best players in the league. And
not many have a better playoff resume than

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Kawhi Leonard. Ever, not many
players take their game to another notch like

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he can ever in the history of
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the playoffs, the forty five spot
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Game six on the road, is
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And I'm ready for more of it, and he looks ready himself.

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Plays the season high forty minutes.
Clippers were not messing around early in that

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fourth quarter when they led by one
heading into the fourth, and there were

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some big shots in the third by
Kawhi two where he had ten of his

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thirty three, but also to end
the third a three pointer from Terrence Man,

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who had a rough ball game overall
shooting wise, and a three pointer

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from Nicholas Patoum, who had a
tough one. You win a game where

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you go twelve of forty four from
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twenty four from three, that's un
heard of. Let me tell you how

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rare that is, because I retweeted
it from Justin Rousseau, who is at

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Fly by Night on Twitter. The
Clippers took forty four three point attempts to

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Night only made twenty eight percent of
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their three point takes. Teams were
one in twenty seven all time prior to

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Tonight's game when they shot under thirty
percent from three of at least forty takes

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from the outside, when their opponent
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Now it's happened twice. The Clippers
just did it. They were miserable from

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distance throughout pretty much the entire ball
game. They had great looks, they

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couldn't get them to go. Over
the last twenty games outside of the game

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against Cleveland, which just seems like
an outline or we gonna throw out considering

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who was unavailable, They've been shooting
over forty percent from the outside over the

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last twenty games, best in the
league, and they go with twelve forty

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four. Luke Kennard was oh for
five. I don't know if he's ever

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gone over five from three in a
game. They gave him good look after

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good look in the first quarter,
he couldn't get him to go. It

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was just baffling. Nick Batoum had
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to go late in the fourth.
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he was two for nine, Paul
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one for three. But even in
a game where I would say Paul George

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struggled overall with just sixteen points after
having twelve of those in the first half,

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he scores just four points in the
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backup. Now you got Norman Powell
who can get it going and just can

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score it will in bunches. He
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first player off the bench for the
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a twenty point first half off the
bench since Montrez Herald did it back in

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twenty twenty. Norman Powell finishes with
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with two clutch free throws. Late. He was ten up ten from the

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line and the Clippers took care of
the basketball. They have just eight turnovers

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total. Paul George had a rough
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five turnovers. Gotta be better that
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inexcusable. It can't happen. It's
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George usually gives you once a game. But it just can't. It's too

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easy of a pass to make.
Just get it over the defender. He

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threw it right to him. But
he made up for it two possessions later

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with a nice pocket passed to Kauai
for one of his fourth rowdowns and he

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got up threw it down with two
hands. I'm just in awe watching the

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bunnies. The bounce that Kauai has, the explosiveness but they have eight turnovers

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to twenty for the Chicago Bulls,
partly because of those five steals from Kawhi

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Leonards. So in a game where
the Clippers shoot under forty percent from the

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field, under thirty percent from the
outside to a team that shot fifty percent

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from the field of fifty percent from
three, you know what the difference is

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taking care of the basketball and therefore
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The Clippers ended up taking sixteen more
shots than the Chicago Bulls, and there

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were money at the free throw line. They attempt at twenty six free throws,

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they hit twenty two of them.
The only guy that missed was a

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Visa Zubas, who had some really
big moments in that second quarter where it

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looked like the Clippers defense just wasn't
showing up. Gave up thirty two in

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the first were down of the first
quarter, down by nineteen, and all

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of a sudden, they get Big
Zoo involved and the defense gets better too,

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and he had a play where he
had a block on one end and

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then ended up getting a tip in
on the other. But the Clippers came

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back to tie it down nineteen within
a five minute stretch just absurd. You

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cut into a lead down nineteen in
five minutes. That shows you the potential

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of this team when they need it, when they have to have it.

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But I'm telling you the terminator,
Kawhi Leonard just said, come with me

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if you want to win. Because
the Clippers weren't very good in that fourth

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quarter, but they were better than
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I just love this type of victory
because it was gritty and it showed

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Kawhi Leonard once again telling everyone who's
not listening and Brian Winhorse and guys who

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are saying, oh, he doesn't
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no, he might be better than
ever. I don't know how he does

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it coming off these serious injuries.
But the machine you can rebuild him.

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He can't be stronger. It's Kawhi
Leonard. That's just what he does,

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somehow, some way, just pulling
them across the finish line late and they

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win one Oho eight to one oh
three. They're two and one on this

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six game road trip. They're going
to Milwaukee on Thursday night. Let's start

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with Lenny in Inglewood. Oh,
Lenny, what's up? Man? Sorry?

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Man, I'm with you. Hear
me, I got you now,

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the good, the bad and the
other. The good. Obviously, Kawhi

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is like you said, man,
he he is proving the daughters and the

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naysayers who questioned the strategy of keeping
him out, including you know some times,

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including a lot of people e clip
the nation. But wow, it

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says him about a guy who knows
his body. He knows his capabilities,

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and he knows he knows his body, and he listens to the doctors and

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the experts too, like what concept? Why don't we go with that?

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Hope, we're just well. Back
in my day, guys used to play

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like this. Why why don't we
go with that instead? I agree?

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The bad obviously that fourth quarter and
man didn't really have a game. But

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book, man, the ugly is
the elephant in your room. Here to

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remember that play called waiting for Godard, Well it's waiting for Kennard. And

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I'm man, what is going on? He hasn't put together three money consisting

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games all year money. He literally
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He's played four games since he returned. I'm not that worried about it.

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And in one of those games he
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bad game tonight. It's an outlier. Well, let's just hope, man,

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because like I said, we're not
gonna go deep if if we don't

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have the We got the best deep
ball shooter in the game. And if

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he doesn't show up come May and
June, it's gonna be the it's gonna

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be a sad song because we need
him when we go deep, and it's

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just not gonna happen. Pyle is
phenomenal there every night, and uh,

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you know, we just uh we
need canar man. He's got to be

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consistent. Wasn't good against Cleveland either, just like Nard. I mean,

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well, you allow the game off
of it, but I'm just saying overall,

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I mean, the dude hit twenty
seven points on eleven shots. Ain't

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nobody else doing that in the NBA. I mean the only days Post was

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on the team with You're appreciate to
the choir. I've been talking about Norman

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Powell since they got him. I
thought he was the perfect fit next of

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these two guys. Nobody scored more
points off the bench since early November than

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Norman Powell. He's got a great
chance to win six Man of the Year

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Award. I'm just saying I wouldn't
overreact to Luke Kennard. You just missed

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three three weeks and came back the
last four games. He's still over the

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last month and a half shooting forty
seven percent from three. All right,

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all right, but we need him, man, we did like I said,

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we need him. We're not gonna
go deep if the deep ball man

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don't show up. I agree.
Here. Here's the good news, though.

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Even when he misses, guys usually
load up and his gravity pulls the

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defense his way and other guys get
slashing lanes or open shots because of it.

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But I don't know if he's ever
gone over five from three before.

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This is a it's a throwaway,
I'm telling you, all right, because

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man, the shots of the to
be there doing what he's doing. Could

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George George doing what he's doing attacking
the rim. The shots are gonna be

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there, deep moll Man, he
gotta step up, bruh. He had

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three shots in the first couple of
minutes, good looks and just couldn't make

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them. But it's just it's one
game. He shouldn't from three the last

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month and a half taking them right
at least he's taking them. You're right,

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okay, all right, man,
let's do it all right. Let

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I'm with you. I appreciate the
phone call Clippers when one o eight to

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one oh three in Chicago over the
Bulls, double Bulls. Kawhi Leonard has

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thirty three points in the win.
You know I mentioned this on Twitter.

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I was wondering what's gonna happen,
first, Zach Lavine wakes up or the

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Clippers three point shooting does Zach had
nine of his eighteen in the third quarter,

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but then got fouled on a three
point or late and only made one

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of the three free rose. The
Clippers survived shooting twenty seven percent from the

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outside. It's unbelievable. But it's
Kawhi Leonard's that defense, those hands,

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He's getting a swiping score or swiping
slam. It seems like every single game

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now the defense is back to it's
all there, and that's what gives them

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the potential to win a championship.
So if you can play this bad offensively

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and still win a ball game against
a good ball club that was that hot,

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that tells you the potential of this
Clippers team as well. More Clippers

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Dock coming up next right here on
the up by seventy OLiS force get me

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on the court and I'm troubled.
Last week messed around and got a trip

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in double freaking brothers everywhere like in
jay, I can't believe today. Good

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day, Sorry forgot smaller. Everybody
can't go downtown Diamond District junors like Yo's

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I got kilburn n about smoking.
Children's on the boat, just smoked listening

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in the music at the Buyer Rowans
children Boat. Clippers come back down nineteen,

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win by five. GWI Leonard has
thirty three and they take down the

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bowls one o eight to one oh
three. I mentioned that quick turnaround down

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nineteen. They had it tied up
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In the third quarter, that zach
Levine stretch where he started to catch fire

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and had nine points in the third
the Clippers went from being down seven so

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then up three two minutes later.
So they had these quick offensive explosions within

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a game where they were down multiple
times, down big by nineteen. Good

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to see it. Welcome back into
Clipper stock. I'm out of Maslin eight

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

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is the phone number. Let's go
to Rex in La Rex here on Clippers

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stop. Hey Adam, Wow,
what a win. I am sorry about

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the bluetooth earlier and I had to
quote Kendrick Lamar take it off. Anyway,

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I wanted to just comment on how
insane we are we have been in

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the past. I think now it's
going back five years or so. I

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don't know what is with this team, the resilience. Never see this to

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amaze me. I want just to
like, if you have a reason why

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we have just been so resilient even
before Kwai and PG. We're actually afraid

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we're going to fall off with them. According to my knowledge, I think

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that we were afraid we were going
to be a little too cocky or whatnot.

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But that did not happen, and
we stayed resilient even after the lou

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William Montras Herald era. And I
think Terence Man was a good bridge between

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those eras, keeping him over because
he embodies some of that resiliency. Typically

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in a big comeback, he's a
catalyst and you know his mentor being Patrick

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Beverly, he would help rally the
squad. But yeah, exactly, I

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was gonna say, I feel like
Terrence Man started interrupted. I feel like

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Terrence Men is definitely I would just
say, like Patrick Beverly is exactly like

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you said, his student. He
gave him over everything he had and now

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turns Man's using I would say he's
better Patrick Beverly if correct me if I'm

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wrong, But he does a lot
of things Beverly does. Plus I would

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like to say more now because he's
just well, he's a better scorer.

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Certainly, he's better at getting into
the basket, getting in transition, being

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a slasher like that, and helping
other guys get involved. I've really liked

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what I've seen from him in the
starting lineup outside of his shooting. You

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know, he just had a rough
ball game overall. He Lukeannard and Nicholas

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Batoum, but Terrence Man still hit
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They needed one and he hit it, and Nicholas Batoum hit a big

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three point at the end of the
third, and then he had a big

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one in the fourth and it gave
them I want to say, yeah,

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an eight point lead was six eight
left. Clippers were up ninety nine to

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ninety one. After that, Saint
Nick three pointer off and assist from who

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else Kawhi Leonard just knowing how to
balance wouldn't take over, went to get

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other guys involved. But after that, Demarrow wrote, DeMar de rozen started

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to get things going. He had
a big dunk, went to the free

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throw one, only made one of
two, but then hit a jumper and

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he would end up with a big
turnover. Late. I want to say

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it was Norman Powell on him as
he went to the floor, and he

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might have pulled the chair on him. He might have pulled the old you

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know, Dennis Rodman on Karl Malone
like him like move where DEMARDA Rosen was

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looking to back him down and eventually
there was too much space there and he

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slipped and turned the basketball over.
So the Clippers had to withstand runs from

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the Chicago Bulls as well to pull
this one out. And I mentioned those

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clutch free throws from Norman Powell late
that was huge. But anything else here,

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Rex, Yeah, I mean I
just want to say, let's go

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Clippers, and I would like to
call back in the future. Rex.

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This is your first phone call on
Clipper stock. Yes, Sir Adam,

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don't make it the last. My
friend, you'd be killing my vibes.

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To quote Kendrick Lamar on the way
out, appreciate it. Thanks for the

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phone call. All right, let's
go to Ali Une in Lancaster. Ali,

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you and I hope I pronounced your
first name right there? Ali?

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And what's up? Yeah? Hi, how you doing? Thank you to

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taking my call? What's up?
What did you think of the ball game?

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Yeah? It was a good not
good game. The win is win.

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That's how you always say, right, Yeah, I think it matters

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how you play and who you beat
and all that. And it's impressive to

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me that the Clippers could shoot this
poorly. The Bulls could be that hot

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and they still find a way to
win. They took care of the basketball

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and that was the difference in this
one. Along with Kawhi Leonard, Yeah,

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I would say this. I was
lucky, but scup play against Middlewaukee.

405
00:30:57.680 --> 00:31:03.119
If you go Lessen forty Norway,
it would compete them. You know.

406
00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:06.799
Yeah, I'm with you on that. Milwaukee is going to be a

407
00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:11.920
tough challenge. Joanness and Denni Kompo
is still playing at an MVP level.

408
00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:15.640
But I don't expect the Clippers to
shoot this poorly from three. I mean

409
00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:23.440
this is certainly Yeah, what's that? I said? Not back to back

410
00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:26.079
weekend now, not in back to
back games, And Luke Kennard and I

411
00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:30.079
appreciate the phone call. Al Yun
going over five. That just tells you

412
00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:34.880
he's due. Nicholas Beatum going two
of nine, he's due. The team

413
00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:40.599
going twelve of forty four. They're
much better than this, and I think

414
00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:45.960
they will be. But winning six
of seven now and their last six games

415
00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:51.359
with Kawai and Paul George out there, this team has turned a corner.

416
00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:56.079
I think now. The road trip
is still treacherous. The road trip is

417
00:31:56.559 --> 00:32:00.519
dark and full of terror. We
brought that up last time. And they

418
00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:06.200
still have three games left and their
toughest test will come Thursday in Milwaukee.

419
00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:10.720
Obviously, but I like the Clippers
chances with the way they've been playing,

420
00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:15.480
and especially because Kauai. I'm not
gonna say he's peaking, but he's on

421
00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:20.880
a run. He's on a special
stretch. I can say, the best

422
00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:24.119
scoring stretch of his career, eleven
straight games of twenty four or more.

423
00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:30.400
First time he's ever done that.
All Right, let's go to Let's we

424
00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:34.799
got a quill in Carson, A
quill what's up. You're on Clippers stock

425
00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:37.839
without Amassin. What's going on?
Adam glad to be back on the show.

426
00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:40.319
I haven't talked to you in a
while. Well, let's not do

427
00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:45.480
that again, man. I just
have something on my mind and I had

428
00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:47.559
to call and share it with you. I'm gonna be honest with you.

429
00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:52.519
I'm I'm a die hard Clipper fan, been down with the Clippers a long

430
00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:59.799
time. But this was the first
time that we had our Superstars league,

431
00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:06.039
and I begin to cringe. And
the reason why I was cringe because what

432
00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:12.880
I've noticed is a trend. Every
time we have both of our superstars played

433
00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:22.039
at the exact same time, we
never play hard until recent this stretch of

434
00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:28.759
six or seven games. Now they're
finding their stride and now playing hard at

435
00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:32.640
a high level. But in the
beginning, every time they both will play,

436
00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:37.839
it will be a soft game,
and it makes me cringe. Adam,

437
00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:44.319
Well, I'll say this. I
think there's a sense of urgency that

438
00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:49.160
wasn't there earlier in the season,
or even just three weeks ago, because

439
00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:52.640
they put themselves in a position.
They're four games above five hundred, and

440
00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:57.960
you can start to see the finish
line and you can start to see where

441
00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:00.680
you stack up in the West,
how close you are to being the three

442
00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:06.839
seat. They know they got to
get wins, So I think there's something

443
00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:10.559
to that, A Quill, What
you're talking about here? Yes, Yes,

444
00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:15.199
I love our squad, I love
our chances, and I'm gonna go

445
00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:22.599
back to my wish list. I
wish I wish your five self way to

446
00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:30.280
go back and get star boy A
Quill. Yes, they don't have Paul

447
00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:36.079
George and Kauai. Thing that.
It doesn't make any sense. That level

448
00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:39.519
of time travel doesn't work. I
know, I know, I know,

449
00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:43.840
Hey, Quill, let me know
ahn SGA wins a playoff series, just

450
00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:49.159
let me know. Let me know. I love SGA, But let me

451
00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:54.320
know when he wins a playoff series
as a number one option. What are

452
00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:58.079
we talking about. I know he's
having a great year. I know he's

453
00:34:58.079 --> 00:35:00.880
having a great year. But you
know a thing he's changed in a seven

454
00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:05.480
game series. I know, I
know, I know. But I love

455
00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:09.880
that guy, man, I love
that guy'll do I love Paul Georgia Kawai.

456
00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:15.239
Though I love the chance the Clippers
have of winning it all. What

457
00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:22.719
about our backup center that's in New
York now Isaiah Harten sign yeap, how

458
00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:25.719
do we let him go? They
couldn't afford him. He got eight million

459
00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:29.960
per year. They could only pay
him six at the mid level exception.

460
00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:36.719
Oh man, hey, I hate
that guy. Leave them too, Adam.

461
00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:39.760
I'm not gonna hate on anybody getting
their money. He earned it.

462
00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:44.400
He hasn't been playing much though.
We'll see what happens with him at the

463
00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:50.920
trade deadline. I wouldn't be shocked
if he ended up somewhere else. I

464
00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:54.599
know a lot of Clipper Nation they'd
love to see him back in a uniform,

465
00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:58.639
backing up of eats the zoo Bots
once again, because he was such

466
00:35:58.639 --> 00:36:00.960
a spark off the bench. He
was so good for this team, playing

467
00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:06.599
hard all the time. But yeah, a different level of energy from the

468
00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:10.280
Clippers. And there's also just better
rotations right now. I think overall they've

469
00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:15.519
been tightening things up there. They've
only been playing nine nine man rotations lately.

470
00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:21.360
We'll see if that changes in the
future, because guys are still out.

471
00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:25.239
No Marcus Morris, no John Wall. Not easy to figure out stuff

472
00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:29.239
like that. Okay, let's go
to Jose and Downey before we break here.

473
00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:34.000
Jose, what's up are you doing
man, great wind, great wind.

474
00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:39.239
I gotta say, I love seeing
them close it out on the defensive

475
00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:44.480
side, not letting the Bulls get
a shot off in the last possession.

476
00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:49.960
They had plutch defense down the stretch. They had to lock them up.

477
00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:52.960
I mean, Chicago only shoots.
They only score one hundred and three points,

478
00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:55.960
I should say, and it's because
of all the turnovers they gave away

479
00:36:57.039 --> 00:37:01.039
so many possessions. They were shooting
the ball really efficiently when they got them

480
00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:07.880
up, but they had twenty turnovers, right and then after the first half

481
00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:12.239
where they just could the Clippers couldn't
buy it three. I was happy to

482
00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:15.360
see them step in, drive the
lane, get those files, get themselves

483
00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:20.920
in the game, and then limit
their three point shots in the second half.

484
00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:24.119
But taking the right three point shots
when they had to, well,

485
00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:28.199
I'll say this, the three point
shots I thought they took in the first

486
00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:30.360
half, or the right shots too. There was good process. If you're

487
00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:34.800
getting wide open threes and you're a
forty percent shooter, you gotta let it

488
00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:37.800
fly. I'm sorry. Eventually the
odds are gonna come back in your favor.

489
00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:40.880
That is a part of the Clippers
offense. Drive kick, swing,

490
00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:45.880
find an open man for a three
pointer. They just weren't falling. They

491
00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:49.840
got a couple of big ones in
the second half to go. In fact,

492
00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:53.280
they ended up I want to say, they only hit three three pointers

493
00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:58.119
in the first half, so they
ended up hitting nine in the second half.

494
00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:01.440
But yeah, they took a lot
of them. They did. But

495
00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:07.000
if you're getting those good looks,
you gotta take those shots. Yeah,

496
00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:09.760
that's true, that's true. That's
what that's what design is. But I

497
00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:15.599
just sometimes I dread those threes when
they're just not falling. But oh yeah,

498
00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:16.840
we all don't like them when they're
not falling, but when they are,

499
00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:22.480
the Clippers offense is a machine who
can stop this team. So you

500
00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:27.679
know, it's a quick question before
you have to hang up, what do

501
00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:32.000
you think they do in the trade
deadline with maybe Marcus Morris and uh Covington

502
00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:39.639
especially hearing out there that Ibaka might
be available, or Harkenstein even willing to

503
00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:44.880
maybe let them go for a second
round. I'll touch on that on the

504
00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:47.039
way back after the break. Thanks
for helping me with the t's there,

505
00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:52.320
I'll say in downy, appreciate you. Eight six six ninety eight seven two

506
00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:54.519
five seventy eight six, six ninety
eight seven two five seventy is the phone

507
00:38:54.599 --> 00:39:00.280
number. Clippers win one oho eight
to one oh three over the Bulls in

508
00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:04.119
Chicago. They're two and one so
far in the six game road trip.

509
00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:09.559
They've won six of seven, six
straight with Kawhi and Paul George out there,

510
00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:13.840
and gets twenty seven off the bench
from Norman Powell. I beats the

511
00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:16.920
zoo bots was a four set times. Get him involved, get him some

512
00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:22.000
easy buckets. They're always better off
for it. Dump it off in a

513
00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:23.760
big zoo. He can go to
work on the block. He with six

514
00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:30.800
of seven, with fourteen and twelve
and three blocks more Clippers stop coming up

515
00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:34.480
next while William Updyke on from Clips
and Dip right here on the Los Angeles

516
00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:38.960
Clipper Tray on Network. Champagne in
the cup song, just the cut song,

517
00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:43.280
Pain, what's the more? Can
I set? The truth of five?

518
00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:47.679
Was doing this, but you did
not have nothing left it. Last

519
00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:52.800
time that I has five chains on
my neck, it was no smat on

520
00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:57.920
my BRep. Last time that I
take send us set and the squartermeil no

521
00:39:58.079 --> 00:40:02.400
sweat. Last time I'm the Street's
voice out West. That's Clippers and the

522
00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:07.840
twenty nine and five as they win
one o eight to one oh three in

523
00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:10.400
Chicago over the Bulls. Welcome back
in this is clippers Stock. I'm out

524
00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:14.519
of Moslin. We'll get back to
your phone calls and just a bid at

525
00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:17.360
eight six six nine eight seven two
five seventy eight six six ninety eight seven

526
00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:22.119
two five seventy. But joining the
show now is William up Dyke from Clips

527
00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:28.719
and did does the pod with myself
and Chuck Mockler. Will Kawhi. Leonard

528
00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:32.320
is all the way back last time
that I checked. I don't know what

529
00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:37.480
else we're waiting for, like outside
of that extra gear he has in the

530
00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:43.280
playoffs, which we obviously can't see
right now, it's all there, Oh

531
00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:46.079
absolutely. I mean the we talked
about a while back, how the three

532
00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:50.199
point shooting was returning, seemed like
his legs were back under him, and

533
00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:52.880
this one he get four dunks.
I mean, it's just yeah, he's

534
00:40:53.280 --> 00:40:58.599
back. He's fully back. Everybody
pokes the bear. He's woken up now

535
00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:01.840
and I can't wait to see that
extra gear. Yeah, that extra gear

536
00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:06.000
is going to be special, but
there is still work to be done before

537
00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:08.079
then. With the way things stack
up in the West. But this was

538
00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:13.320
one of those games where you know, the Clippers were that bad shooting wise,

539
00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:16.639
outside of Kawai Norman Powell, they
still find a way to win because

540
00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:22.840
they created so many turnovers with steals. And you know, Paul George didn't

541
00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:25.239
have his best ball game and he
had sixteen points, but it took him

542
00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:28.920
sixteen shots to get there. I
do think he hit a couple of key

543
00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:31.519
ones early in that fourth quarter when
Kawhi Leonard was on the bench. He

544
00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:36.159
crossed over a crusoe a couple of
times and put him to the floor,

545
00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:40.400
made him touch earth there and also
hit a big jumper. But Norman Powell

546
00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:46.119
and that surge off the bench,
he's become so reliable and consistent. We're

547
00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:49.920
not talking about a hot streak anymore. This is just who he is.

548
00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:54.000
He's been doing this since early November
now, Oh yeah, absolutely. I

549
00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:58.599
mean when your guy who's like the
sixth man up, I mean he can

550
00:41:58.679 --> 00:42:01.360
waltzon to thirty points. He had
ten free throw attempts, like it's just

551
00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:06.519
I mean, it's just easy for
him, which is great to see.

552
00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:09.679
I mean, it just bolsters all
of those lines, It bolsters any lineup

553
00:42:09.760 --> 00:42:15.360
that he's in, especially when Kawhi
and Paul George are both have to rest.

554
00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:20.039
Like he can tread water or even
carve out a leave. Yeah,

555
00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:24.519
Norman Powell at twenty seven points on
eleven shots. Twenty seven on eleven shots.

556
00:42:25.320 --> 00:42:30.440
He had twenty points in the first
goal percentage. It's an unreal He

557
00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:36.039
also had a couple of those fifteen
steals the Clippers ended up with in this

558
00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:37.920
one. But as I was going
out to the break, you know,

559
00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:44.039
Big Zoo in twenty eight minutes with
fourteen and twelve, and the last couple

560
00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:47.159
of games with the two on three
connection out there, they've looked for him

561
00:42:47.239 --> 00:42:52.440
more. And I thought when he
got involved offensively and was more active in

562
00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:57.360
that second quarter, all of a
sudden they got better defensively. He was

563
00:42:57.400 --> 00:43:00.599
a force there. He had that
big block and then hip in on the

564
00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:04.320
other end. But he's six of
seven from the field, Like they have

565
00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:09.480
somebody they can exploit there with the
way he can punish guys on offense.

566
00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:15.760
And I just love seeing it finally
more consistently the last three games next to

567
00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:20.920
Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, he's
been so good. Yeah, I'm glad

568
00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:22.920
you bring up Big Zoo because he
was like a key to me in that

569
00:43:23.159 --> 00:43:29.119
second quarter comeback where they finally started
to turn it around. They went to

570
00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:31.039
him and it started, like I
believe, it was a seven and oh

571
00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:36.639
run, And as good as Kawhi
and Norm Powell had been, they couldn't

572
00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:42.119
get anything else going offensively. I
mean, like the three point shooting terrible,

573
00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:45.559
but to have that in your back
pocket where you're big man cannot only

574
00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:47.559
defend at an elite level, but
there are times when you can lean on

575
00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:52.559
him in certain matchups a little bit
offensively, and that definitely like that.

576
00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:57.000
That to me, like was the
spark that like got everything kind of going.

577
00:43:57.199 --> 00:44:00.159
And I also just feel like there's
a vibe when big how's it going,

578
00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:04.679
Like when Big Zoo is in that
double double territory when he's getting to

579
00:44:04.719 --> 00:44:07.800
eat on the offensive vent. It
picked everything up, and I do feel

580
00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:10.119
like it's another one of those things
that's sort of contagious for this team.

581
00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:14.840
Yeah, he had six of his
fourteen points in that second quarter where things

582
00:44:14.920 --> 00:44:17.960
started to turn down nineteen for the
Clippers. Of course they've been there before,

583
00:44:19.119 --> 00:44:22.480
but a lot of this season has
been Okay, they're down big,

584
00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:24.519
they make a comeback, but then
they come up short in the fourth quarter,

585
00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:30.119
not in this one because Kawhi Leonard
and his clutch play late. But

586
00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:32.119
I did just get a call on
this. I'm gonna pass this question off

587
00:44:32.159 --> 00:44:36.559
to you because I did ask Chuck
this the other night too, a caller

588
00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:38.960
asking what moves do you think could
come with the Clippers. I just want

589
00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:43.760
to know what camp you're in right
now? Will with should they stand pat

590
00:44:43.840 --> 00:44:46.079
and see what they have here with
this squad that we thought on paper was

591
00:44:46.159 --> 00:44:51.360
a championship team, this roster they
put together coming into this year. Do

592
00:44:51.480 --> 00:44:54.280
they still need a traditional point guard? Do they need that backup big more?

593
00:44:54.800 --> 00:44:58.400
How do you see it right now? With the trade deadline just about

594
00:44:58.639 --> 00:45:04.440
a little of our week away?
Wow? I mean my thing is I

595
00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:08.920
thought we should stand pat and now
with the way that Kawhi Leonard is playing,

596
00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:12.639
I just feel like you should take
the biggest swing that you can.

597
00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:16.039
Like that makes sense too, right. I'm not saying that we'll necessarily get

598
00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:20.559
Fred van Vleied or something like that, but I mean in a game like

599
00:45:20.679 --> 00:45:22.920
this, you know, Luke Kennard
has regressed a little bit since that he

600
00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:28.840
came back from that injury who was
out since was six Marcus Morris. You

601
00:45:28.920 --> 00:45:31.480
know not with the team right now, we're still able to get things done.

602
00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:35.880
So what it does kind of get
the wheel spin in on are you

603
00:45:36.039 --> 00:45:42.360
able to make another move? I
think consolidating, consolidating a guard makes makes

604
00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:45.000
a lot of sense. I'm not
in the camp of like, I don't

605
00:45:45.039 --> 00:45:49.159
want to give up an asset for
a backup center. I just don't think

606
00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:53.800
that it's I don't think that it's
necessary in terms of playoff matchups other than

607
00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:58.320
someone who can just eat up a
few fouls. How do you see the

608
00:45:58.440 --> 00:46:00.840
game Thursday night playing out? This
is the toughest game I think of this

609
00:46:01.000 --> 00:46:06.039
road trip in Milwaukee against the honest
and Dennick COOPO. But the Clippers are

610
00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:09.920
playing so well right now. How
do you feel about the matchup? Man?

611
00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:15.760
The Bucks have had our number,
our number, They've had a lot

612
00:46:15.800 --> 00:46:22.239
of people's numbers, though they got
a rolla decks on them. Look,

613
00:46:22.519 --> 00:46:24.639
I like where the team's at right
now. I think that you know,

614
00:46:24.760 --> 00:46:30.760
we will rebound from this terrible three
point shooting performance. And yeah, I

615
00:46:30.840 --> 00:46:34.960
mean I think they I think they
got a chance. I feel certainly much

616
00:46:35.000 --> 00:46:38.239
more confident than I did a couple
of weeks ago. But yeah, the

617
00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:43.599
Bucks is a hard matchup. Uh
yeah on the road. I don't know.

618
00:46:43.760 --> 00:46:46.559
I think that the Bucks still might
come out on top, but I'm

619
00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:51.280
hoping for a hell of a fight. I at least guarantee the Clippers are

620
00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:53.800
not going twelve or forty four from
three. Again, it could be bad,

621
00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:59.239
but twelve or forty four is just
an extremely bad night from beyond the

622
00:46:59.440 --> 00:47:02.280
arc. Luconard going oh five,
that's not gonna happen. Not what the

623
00:47:02.320 --> 00:47:06.519
looks that they got. All right, Well, I appreciate you coming on

624
00:47:06.719 --> 00:47:10.960
tonight. I believe we'll have a
tripod coming tomorrow with a fat, meaty

625
00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:16.039
preview of that game in Milwaukee on
Thursday with the Clips and Dip crew with

626
00:47:16.159 --> 00:47:21.400
yourself and Charles Mockler as well.
We'll appreciate it tonight, my friend,

627
00:47:22.320 --> 00:47:27.239
Oh why dare coming up? Next
final segment you'll hear from Coach Low and

628
00:47:27.400 --> 00:47:30.639
Kawhi Island, and plus we'll get
back to your phone calls. Clippers win

629
00:47:30.719 --> 00:47:34.280
one o eight to one oh three
in Chicago over the Bulls. And you're

630
00:47:34.320 --> 00:47:37.679
listening to the Los Angeles Clippers Radio
Network here on AMP five seventy o list

631
00:47:37.719 --> 00:47:45.199
cups. Watch Bear with clubbling up
on dubs. It'll be going by the

632
00:47:45.280 --> 00:47:50.719
bar Ussel. Just get smoked cheap, believe me talk slick tickets and next

633
00:47:50.760 --> 00:47:55.480
slip quick Slickers wiel Street happen.
Next Clippers will be in Brooklyn coming up

634
00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:59.360
on this road trip. Next game, though, is in Milwaukee. They

635
00:47:59.400 --> 00:48:02.239
win tonight Chicago one O eight to
one h three over the Bulls thanks to

636
00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:08.320
Kawai's brilliance. He had multiple blocks
in this game that led to layups on

637
00:48:08.400 --> 00:48:13.119
the other end, one in the
first quarter that led to a Paul George

638
00:48:13.239 --> 00:48:16.320
lay up, another in the second
that led to a Norman Powell layup.

639
00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:23.519
Just all world defense while giving you
an efficient thirty three and the last eleven

640
00:48:23.639 --> 00:48:29.440
games. Now it's twenty nine points
while shooting over fifty five percent from the

641
00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:35.519
field and over forty five percent from
three as he goes three of six from

642
00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:39.119
distance, and may have hit the
biggest shot of the ball game, a

643
00:48:39.280 --> 00:48:44.480
three pointer when they were up by
one. I want to say it was

644
00:48:45.280 --> 00:48:46.760
late in the fourth quarter. I'm
gonna get the exact time for you,

645
00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:52.079
because it merits that it warrants that. Yeah, Kawhi Leonard. It's one

646
00:48:52.159 --> 00:48:57.679
oh one, one hundred with three
minutes left, and the Bulls made their

647
00:48:57.719 --> 00:49:00.079
pushes. I mean he had a
steal to Martin Rose and two that was

648
00:49:00.159 --> 00:49:05.280
big and got fouled going the other
way. But that three pointer to make

649
00:49:05.320 --> 00:49:07.519
it one oh four, one hunch
or did you give them just a little

650
00:49:07.559 --> 00:49:12.760
bit a breathing room? Huge for
this Clippers team. If there was a

651
00:49:12.800 --> 00:49:15.320
big play down the stretch, it
was mostly just Kawhi Leonard making it.

652
00:49:15.840 --> 00:49:21.079
But two free throws also when they
were only up by one by Norman Powell,

653
00:49:21.480 --> 00:49:24.880
who ended up ten for ten from
the free throw line. Clippers win

654
00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:29.880
by five in Chicago. Let's hear
from coach Lou before you get back to

655
00:49:29.920 --> 00:49:35.239
your phone calls post game. Just
a critical, gritty type of ball game

656
00:49:35.280 --> 00:49:37.559
where the Clippers didn't shoot it well, they just found ways to pull it

657
00:49:37.599 --> 00:49:43.000
out though are down nineteen in the
second quarter. Shooting really wasn't there all

658
00:49:43.079 --> 00:49:46.400
night. Defense, I thought Zu
did a good job, and then you

659
00:49:46.480 --> 00:49:49.559
know it's tough with a picking pop
five. You know, a guy us

660
00:49:49.639 --> 00:49:51.840
on the run, on the move
can come off, you know, down

661
00:49:51.920 --> 00:49:53.960
screens and shoot threes. And then
we went small, and I thought a

662
00:49:54.039 --> 00:49:57.280
small unit really did a good job
of getting us back in the game.

663
00:49:57.639 --> 00:50:00.639
Norman Powell, I thought Roco was
great. I thought Ni go He didn't

664
00:50:00.679 --> 00:50:04.199
shoot the ball well, but defensively
he was really good, and so defensively

665
00:50:04.280 --> 00:50:06.000
it got us back in the game. He was able to get out in

666
00:50:06.079 --> 00:50:07.519
transition, get a couple of easy
ones, and it kind of got us

667
00:50:07.559 --> 00:50:12.840
going. He got a normal He's
done this so many times. I'll score

668
00:50:13.000 --> 00:50:17.519
entire teams, bench units, and
he had such a big second quarter getting

669
00:50:17.559 --> 00:50:22.719
to the free throw line, beating
his band repeated league, how much of

670
00:50:22.760 --> 00:50:25.920
an advantage is that when you know
that who girls of how games starts,

671
00:50:25.960 --> 00:50:30.320
you got a guy who can not
just outscore the entire teams to be able

672
00:50:30.320 --> 00:50:32.360
to get hot quickly, Like yeah, I mean he's instant offense, you

673
00:50:32.440 --> 00:50:36.559
know, like Vinnie Johnson, you
know, just just come in the game.

674
00:50:36.679 --> 00:50:37.559
He can get it going quick,
and he can get to the free

675
00:50:37.559 --> 00:50:39.840
throw line, he can make threes, he can tack down, he'll get

676
00:50:39.880 --> 00:50:43.599
to the basket, and so he
was huge for us tonight. I think

677
00:50:43.639 --> 00:50:45.599
he's scoring with that small unit really
helped us to get back in that game

678
00:50:46.000 --> 00:50:50.119
and to be down I think four
at halftime. That was huge after being

679
00:50:50.159 --> 00:50:52.440
down nineteen. So his play was
really good, like I said today off

680
00:50:52.519 --> 00:50:57.400
the bench, and it has been
for a while when when Reggie was struggling

681
00:50:57.400 --> 00:50:59.840
shooting the ball like he was,
what would made you want to stick with

682
00:51:00.039 --> 00:51:01.880
And it was kind of clus because
I know he can make big shots down

683
00:51:01.920 --> 00:51:05.679
the stretch. And then I just
thought we needed a ball him to initiate

684
00:51:05.719 --> 00:51:08.400
the offense. I thought he did
a good job picking PG up full court,

685
00:51:08.559 --> 00:51:10.880
you know, and trying to wear
him down, and so I just

686
00:51:10.960 --> 00:51:15.400
thought we needed a traditional point guard
in the game to just kind of initiate

687
00:51:15.480 --> 00:51:16.960
and get us into our stuff.
And like I said, Kawhi got some

688
00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:20.079
really good shots down the stretch and
he didn't make, but then he made

689
00:51:20.079 --> 00:51:22.400
the big three and then the big
two. But we got him to her

690
00:51:22.440 --> 00:51:25.639
spots, got him the ball,
and pgs some shots too that he normally

691
00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:30.519
makes. And so I just felt
that just orchestrating the offense, really getting

692
00:51:30.559 --> 00:51:32.280
us into our sets, and whether
we make the shot or not, just

693
00:51:32.320 --> 00:51:36.079
getting good possession every time. And
I thought we did that for the most

694
00:51:36.079 --> 00:51:37.920
part, outside like two possessions in
that fourth quarter. So some things we

695
00:51:38.000 --> 00:51:40.199
gotta continue to keep working on.
But it was a big win for us.

696
00:51:43.079 --> 00:51:45.920
You know, like the fourth quarter
against Atlanta, it wasn't pretty.

697
00:51:46.039 --> 00:51:51.800
They didn't run away with it up
one heading into the fourth and they led

698
00:51:51.920 --> 00:51:55.280
by eight, and then Chicago battled
back to have it to within one.

699
00:51:57.000 --> 00:52:00.239
But the Clippers did enough. They
made those plays when they needed to.

700
00:52:01.360 --> 00:52:07.719
So those are type of victories you're
gonna remember where and maybe the Atlanta game

701
00:52:07.960 --> 00:52:13.320
even had an effect on this one. It just happened on Saturday. Okay,

702
00:52:13.800 --> 00:52:15.760
you're on the road, you're in
the lines. Then things aren't going

703
00:52:15.840 --> 00:52:20.239
your way. The crowd is back
into it. Demarduo's and starting to heat

704
00:52:20.320 --> 00:52:23.639
up now and Kawhi calms him down. He hits a big three pointer.

705
00:52:24.199 --> 00:52:28.920
The Clippers get some steals, they
hit free throws down the stretch because they've

706
00:52:28.960 --> 00:52:32.480
been there and done that. Poisonder
noise. That's big for this team.

707
00:52:32.519 --> 00:52:37.920
You'll hear from Kawuhi coming up here. But first, Morrison, Lombach,

708
00:52:37.000 --> 00:52:43.840
Morris, what's up in the National
Basketball Association? What do they call the

709
00:52:43.920 --> 00:52:50.599
guy that has more steals than fouls? Kawhi Leonard they call him. They

710
00:52:50.719 --> 00:52:53.480
call him the claw baby. They
call him the Claw, and I guarantee

711
00:52:53.519 --> 00:52:57.039
it. I haven't done no research
on this. I love fact checking,

712
00:52:57.079 --> 00:53:00.159
but I don't have no access to
this kind of inflammation. I don't think

713
00:53:00.159 --> 00:53:04.599
the guys ever suited up in the
NBA and had more steals than he had

714
00:53:04.639 --> 00:53:07.239
fouls at him. I ain't trying
to be no company man on this one.

715
00:53:07.440 --> 00:53:08.960
But when I heard Noel talking about
that, when I said, what

716
00:53:09.719 --> 00:53:13.800
I mean, come on, man, and then to show you how how

717
00:53:13.880 --> 00:53:16.239
it is probably is true. It's
probably true. The man had five steals

718
00:53:16.840 --> 00:53:20.920
tonight, I said, you might
not want to ask him that question.

719
00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:22.880
More so after the man already had
five steals. He really had no five

720
00:53:22.920 --> 00:53:27.519
fouls to night had five steals in
one game? Gee wiz? I mean,

721
00:53:27.599 --> 00:53:30.440
come on, man, so the
team is ready at didn't have one

722
00:53:30.559 --> 00:53:38.480
foul. You didn't have five steals
to zero fouls. Okay, you ain't

723
00:53:38.519 --> 00:53:42.159
got the fact Chicket, you ain't
got the fact check. We got evidence

724
00:53:42.159 --> 00:53:44.760
tonight on that. We got Adam. Listen, these guys are on the

725
00:53:44.840 --> 00:53:47.440
road. They got some intensity to
him when they get back in town after

726
00:53:47.519 --> 00:53:50.679
they win two more games. On
this though, you're not gonna be all

727
00:53:50.760 --> 00:53:52.679
the fourteen tickets. They're gonna be
the highest ticket in the NBA. At

728
00:53:52.760 --> 00:53:55.800
him, get me in the building. I will stand up. I will

729
00:53:55.840 --> 00:53:59.840
sweep the house for you. Okay, but just get them mushers. Tell

730
00:53:59.880 --> 00:54:01.559
me leave me alone and I'll just
stand up, and you gotta get me

731
00:54:01.599 --> 00:54:04.760
in that building. At him,
come on, man, these guys are

732
00:54:04.840 --> 00:54:07.679
rolling now. And you know a
lot of people were kind of freaked out,

733
00:54:07.760 --> 00:54:09.239
right, but Kawhi is not playing. Kawhi is not playing well.

734
00:54:09.320 --> 00:54:14.119
Something you said a few weeks ago. Ain't nobody running away with the West.

735
00:54:14.440 --> 00:54:16.199
Now we've got two teams that's doing
pretty good and the Clippers that can

736
00:54:16.239 --> 00:54:20.880
be darn good for the three spot. I mean, that's impressive considering where

737
00:54:20.880 --> 00:54:22.800
we were the first ten games of
the year. At him, give me

738
00:54:22.880 --> 00:54:25.440
in them and I got to see
the claud Okay, I'll stand up.

739
00:54:25.440 --> 00:54:28.920
You ain't got to give me on
the floor because you don't think you're gonna

740
00:54:28.920 --> 00:54:30.960
be able to fog you tickets.
Man, when they come back after this

741
00:54:30.119 --> 00:54:34.239
road game, they're not the same
team then left. When they come back,

742
00:54:34.480 --> 00:54:37.159
they won't be the same team that
left. The team that left,

743
00:54:37.199 --> 00:54:39.119
we would have some doubts about the
team that's coming back or we ain't got

744
00:54:39.199 --> 00:54:43.440
no doubts, ain't nobody got no
doubts, no more and no negativity.

745
00:54:43.599 --> 00:54:45.840
And you know the brother calling burning
abou kawai kawai. But about Canard going

746
00:54:46.280 --> 00:54:50.480
oh for five, no problem.
That means he went three for eight the

747
00:54:50.599 --> 00:54:54.199
last two games. Is that right? Uh, it's somewhere in that range.

748
00:54:54.360 --> 00:54:58.960
I'm not worried about Luke Kennard one
bit one game where he went oh

749
00:54:59.039 --> 00:55:01.400
for five, it's not gonna happen. Telling you if he goes over for

750
00:55:01.480 --> 00:55:04.800
five to eight, that means he's
gonna have when them games where he's gonna

751
00:55:04.800 --> 00:55:07.840
shoot lights out, because that's just
how this business is. But Adam hit

752
00:55:07.920 --> 00:55:10.000
me in there, man, I
will stand up. I'll sweep the fourth

753
00:55:10.039 --> 00:55:14.400
for you guys, because when they
get back to Los Angeles after this road

754
00:55:14.440 --> 00:55:15.960
trip, because they're about to make
a statement, don't let him beat Milwaukee.

755
00:55:16.679 --> 00:55:20.519
And then I'm not worried about Brooklyn. Detroit beat Brooklyn. That's gonna

756
00:55:20.519 --> 00:55:22.199
be a big game against Milwaukee.
Right, But they got himself bad to

757
00:55:22.239 --> 00:55:27.480
combo is the chiropractor got self from
him and no trade nobody. We got

758
00:55:27.559 --> 00:55:30.000
the team that you got, right, now we're gonna win with him or

759
00:55:30.039 --> 00:55:34.360
we're gonna lose with him. We'll
wait for the off season, Okay,

760
00:55:34.360 --> 00:55:36.760
Adam, give me that building.
Man, I'll talk to you later,

761
00:55:37.599 --> 00:55:40.119
Morris, not about begging. I
think I've done it before when he went

762
00:55:40.199 --> 00:55:45.039
through this and we got him in. It'll happen at some point, Morris,

763
00:55:45.320 --> 00:55:47.760
I promise. But they're still on
the road for another week. Jose

764
00:55:47.960 --> 00:55:54.920
and Southgate before we hear from Kauai. Jose, what's up, dumb?

765
00:55:57.039 --> 00:56:00.400
Oh man, I gotta emphasize that
second part there, but whatever. Oh

766
00:56:00.599 --> 00:56:04.440
look, Adam, you know usually
me, do you save me for last?

767
00:56:04.480 --> 00:56:06.559
I'm a hot take, But today
I want to listen to you.

768
00:56:06.639 --> 00:56:10.719
But at the same time, I
can't because we just want tonight and to

769
00:56:10.880 --> 00:56:15.480
be honest, Thank you are Heart
Radio. Thank you Ralph Lawler. You

770
00:56:15.559 --> 00:56:17.559
know what I'm gonna say, Adam. We're on this, like said,

771
00:56:17.760 --> 00:56:22.320
when we come back, practics are
out of this. We're out of this,

772
00:56:22.400 --> 00:56:28.000
all right, Adam. Let's go
Clippers. I'mn't sure what he said

773
00:56:28.000 --> 00:56:30.000
there at the end, but I
liked it somehow. All Right, Clippers

774
00:56:30.079 --> 00:56:37.519
win by five thanks to the man
with the five longest fingers. Kawhi Leonard.

775
00:56:37.280 --> 00:56:42.519
Is that princess broad I forget long
fingers and four fingers, three fingers

776
00:56:42.679 --> 00:56:46.239
like an introl Kawhi Leonard with five
steals? How about that? And they

777
00:56:46.360 --> 00:56:51.360
win by five? And here he
was post game with Jamie Maggio. Yeah,

778
00:56:51.360 --> 00:56:53.840
because Christina pink was in the championship
game. Are night finish yer?

779
00:56:54.119 --> 00:56:59.320
Close game? Definitely towards the end. Take me through those last few minutes

780
00:56:59.360 --> 00:57:02.280
and how you guys we're able to
close this out? Getting stops down in

781
00:57:04.360 --> 00:57:07.719
limited him the one shot, getting
that rebound, coming down with pace and

782
00:57:07.840 --> 00:57:10.800
making shots. I'm not sure who
got that steal at the end? Was

783
00:57:10.840 --> 00:57:15.400
it you were Nico? I grabbed
the ball, but out of like Zach

784
00:57:15.480 --> 00:57:19.960
Lavinia's hands, but Nico end up
getting a loose ball. You finished with

785
00:57:20.039 --> 00:57:23.440
a game high thirty three points.
But the team collectively had a very slow

786
00:57:23.519 --> 00:57:27.679
start shooting the ball, some wide
open looks that just we're not going How

787
00:57:27.719 --> 00:57:30.440
do you guys shoot yourself out of
a slow start like that? Just keep

788
00:57:30.480 --> 00:57:32.960
a talking to pain, trying to
get to the free ball line and knowing

789
00:57:34.000 --> 00:57:36.880
that we're getting good looks and keep
shooting the wide open shots. So you

790
00:57:36.880 --> 00:57:39.920
guys have no one six of the
last seven games. Are you closer to

791
00:57:40.039 --> 00:57:44.400
where this team needs to be or
wants to be? Uh? No,

792
00:57:44.679 --> 00:57:47.079
we know we had a slow start. Assault we got a lot of catching

793
00:57:47.159 --> 00:57:51.519
up to do, but we're making
the right starts all right, quite thank

794
00:57:51.559 --> 00:57:57.039
you. I love Kawai, the
never satisfied chasing perfection. He always said,

795
00:57:57.079 --> 00:57:59.119
no, we can get better.
We can get better, We can

796
00:57:59.159 --> 00:58:02.000
be much better, can be more
consistent. But they're seven and three their

797
00:58:02.119 --> 00:58:06.639
last ten games. They've won six
of seven, and all six of those

798
00:58:06.760 --> 00:58:09.320
victories coming with the two one three
connection out there. Clippers in the fourth

799
00:58:09.360 --> 00:58:13.960
spot currently in the West, a
game and a half back of the Sacramento

800
00:58:14.119 --> 00:58:16.239
Kings, who are in the three
spot. They still play them two more

801
00:58:16.360 --> 00:58:21.000
times. Those are gonna be huge
games. But just like that, the

802
00:58:21.079 --> 00:58:24.000
Golden State Warriors in the five spot, in one game back of the Clippers.

803
00:58:24.280 --> 00:58:28.159
They've started to pick things up.
They've won three in a row.

804
00:58:28.719 --> 00:58:34.880
That's the longest losing or winning streak
in the West right now. Three not

805
00:58:35.039 --> 00:58:37.880
so much teams have beat each other
up. Coming up there on Thursday,

806
00:58:37.960 --> 00:58:43.079
the Clippers are taking on the two
seed in the East, the thirty four

807
00:58:43.199 --> 00:58:47.960
and seventeen Milwaukee Bucks and Janison Dina
Kompo, the Greek Freak should be a

808
00:58:49.000 --> 00:58:52.239
good one. Tip times seven PM. We'll have Clippers countown for you at

809
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six on Thursday. Before we get
out of here, I do want to

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thank the Clippers organization, Noah Eagle, Brian Semen, Ralph Waller, s

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Big Brothers, Jake Warner, Ahead
engineer, producer, Katie Newton. Here

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in the bank, the callers,
the listeners until Thursday night, starting at

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six with their pregame show. I'm
Adam Oslin. We will talk to you

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Sunday. All those churches are us. Join and you could be great.

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This has been Clippers Talk, a
postgame conversation about your LA Clippers with Adam

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Oslay. If you like the show, subscribe to Clippers Talk on the iHeart

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Radio app or wherever you podcast.
They have the best tap. This team

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has those championship ingredients. They have
some of that DNA. You can see

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it. This is Clippers Basketball.
Join us next time on the LA Clippers

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