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a final score one seventeen to one at twelve in favor of Boston. Welcome
into your Clippers Talk. I'm Adam Oslin to eight six six nine eight seven
two five seventy eight six six, nine eight seven two five seventy is the
phone number after the Clippers fall. Well. They lose two straight for just
the second time all season. They are now ten and two after a loss.
They've been really good following a loss, and they had a tough one
against Milwaukee late where they went scoreless in the last four minutes and much has
been made about that. We'll get into that. We'll also get to your
phone calls, get to me at follow Adam ay and hopefully we'll have some
postgames sound from the head coach t lou But it was another struggle at times
in the fourth quarter. However, they didn't have Kawhi Leonard in this one,
who was a late scratch with a back spasms, and we found out
about that right before tip off. At first he was just not going to
start, but then it turned out he was not able to go. And
then Marcus Morris, who hopefully is okay, he took a big blow to
the back of the head near the neck area right at the end of the
first half and the Clippers were up one. He did not return in the
second half, and they were still up one going into that fourth quarter.
But some of this was I felt like they just they ran out of gas.
They didn't have enough fresh bodies, and they still got some great performances
even on a night like this in a loss from somebody like Reggie Jackson,
who went for his season high twenty five points, went five of six from
three, hit big ones. When their offense was stalling out midway through the
fourth he hit a big three pointer. Pat Bev hit a big one,
Paul George would hit one, but by my account, was one of four
from distance in the last couple of minutes of the game. And yes it
was during crunch time, clutch time, last five minutes within five points.
Now. The Clippers ended up putting up a twenty three spot in the fourth
quarter. Total Boston had twenty nine, but it was their lowest point total
in the game for a quarter, and some of the shots were just tough
looks. A couple of them from PG thirteen from distance were just real tough
three pointers that were heavily contested either by Kemba Walker and I think Jason Tatum
was a defender with one of the multiple three pointers under the one minute mark
late in the game when the Clippers were trying to climb back. They were
down by as many as eleven in the fourth quarter, and they had their
chances, but they settled. I thought for some tough shots, I thought
PG thirteen could have gotten some better looks. And coming into this one,
he was well predominantly just taking three pointers. There has been so far this
season when they get down to crunch time where he was two of nine from
the field and crunch time last five minutes of a ball game within five points.
Granted it's just twenty minutes so far on the season. It's not a
huge sample size at all, but I did notice eight of his nine takes
within those parameters have been three pointers. Now he's hit two of them.
Now after this game, he's hit three. But that means with taking four
three pointers late, going one of four is three of twelve on three pointers
late in games in a close game, last five minutes, within five points,
three of thirteen overall, But he's he's settling for threes a little bit
out there. I think it's a case by case basis. You have to
look at all of them in context. And he did hit a big one
to bring them within two with eleven seconds left off a nice slip screen,
go screen, whatever you want to call it, with him working together on
the perimeter with Reggie Jackson to make it one fourteen to one twelve. But
unfortunately Boston they'd hit their free throws. Daniel Ties hit both of his PG
thirteen would put up another tough one of twenty eight footer. Now, he
had a good look. That one just didn't fall. I like that play
he got open on Jason Tatum. It just didn't go down. But people
have been making a lot out of this team in the last five minutes of
games that are tight, but also just in the fourth quarter in general,
and I think a lot of it is overblown and exaggerated, and people are
overreacting and thinking this is the same as what happened last year against the Denver
Nuggets, and it's not. Because their sample size for crunch time clutch time
games this season coming into this one, well, they played the second fewest
amount of minutes out of any team in the league during that time. There
were only at thirty eight minutes coming into this one. They played a couple
more late, so maybe they're about forty forty one forty two. Now.
It's not enough to make any long reaching conclusions about where this team is at
late in games and how they're executing. But I would say it's interesting that
PG thirteen is looking for the three ball all the time there in overall,
if you look at net rating in the first quarter of their great second in
the league, in net rating, that is the plus minus after you take
offensive rating with defensive rating in the second quarter of their eighth, so they
drop a little bit in the third quarter. They're great again their second,
but in the fourth quarter this season, and this is a big sample size.
Now we're past the halfway point for the Clippers. This was game thirty
seven. They're twenty first in net rating and fourth quarters, So there is
something to that. Am I concerned? Am I worried? Now? They
have tlu he's the master of adjustments. And just last season, if you're
looking at that clutch time number for teams, well, two teams that weren't
very good in that area or were average to bad were the Lakers. They
were sixteenth during the regular season in crunch time last five minutes of a game
within five points. They go to the finals, they win the whole thing,
and the Miami Heat meet them there and I think they were twenty six.
They're twenty third in clutch time during the regular season. So how much
can you really extrapolate from it? How much can you put into it?
If I had the Petros some money, I r I'd say now much.
But it is something worth monitor overall, though, the Clippers gave a great
effort. Not having Kawhi Leonard in this one unexpectedly to start off the game,
and then not having Marcus Morris, who had ten points in the second
quarter alone in the second half at all, and they were going back and
forth with made threes. As Brian Steman would say, dueling Banjo's. Boston
was on fire. They went sixteen of thirty two from distance. The Clippers
were great two eighteen of thirty eight. But every time the Clippers hit one,
it felt like the Boston Celtics responded, and they did for the most
part, and they would win by five late, just as Milwaukee won by
five late on Sunday. Clippers dropped to twenty four and thirteen on the season,
final score one seventeen to one twelve in Boston. Their last game before
the All Star Break is coming up Thursday. More on that, we'll get
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Clipper Stuck. I'm Adam Moslins and you're listening to a five seventy LA Sports.
Without Kawhi Leonard, without Marcus Morris in the second half, and with
Boston having Jalen Brown back, the Clippers would fall by five in Boston by
a final score of one seventeen to one twelve. Welcome back into Clippers stock.
I'm at a Moslem to eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy
eight six six nine, eight, seven, two, five seventy is the
phone number if you would like to get on. I felt like the Clippers
fought and they played some really sound basketball for the most part. They only
had nine turnovers, but so did Boston and the Clippers. Nine turnovers turned
into fifteen points for the Boston Celtics, who had ten fast break points.
Meanwhile, the Clippers only got seven points on Boston's nine turnovers, so they
weren't able to take advantage and capitalize at as much as Boston did when the
Clippers were sloppy with the basketball. Over All, though nine's a great number,
we're still though, looking for this team, Speaking of nine, to
get to the free throw line more often. In the first half, there
were some good signs because PG thirteen actually got some calls his way, but
he would attempt just three free throws total. The team nine, they would
go eight of nine. They're great when they get there. They shoot the
best percentage at the line in the league. They just don't get there enough.
And the Clippers they were moving the ball even without Kawhi Leonard, who's
one of the one of their playmakers. He and PG lead them and assist
this season. They still had twenty eight assists on their forty three made shots,
so they assisted on about sixty five percent of their makes, just under
that. And the ball movement was really good. I thought Nicholas Batoum,
who had three assists, had some nice passes. Paul George led them with
four turnovers or excuse me, four assists. Actually, you know, we'll
give credit to Reggie Jackson there. He had seven and twenty five points,
maybe his best game scoring wise as a Clipper, going five of six from
distance. Talk about stepping up and stepping into that starting lineup and giving them
a boost when they needed it. I just wasn't enough. But still you
like to see that next man up mentality from somebody like Reggie Jackson who all
seasoned long. It's stay Reggie, stay ready. And Noah Eagle brought up
a great point. They didn't have path Pat tonight. That really could have
helped because once Marcus Morris went down, you know, they didn't have a
lot of bigs to go to. I Vita Zubots was solid overall eight and
ten. I thought he was really good. Early in that fourth quarter.
He and Robert Williams were really battling out there. Robert Williams has been playing
much better. He finished with thirteen and eight on four or five shooting,
had a big offensive rebound late, had a couple of lobs his way.
He's got the ups. We knew that when he was coming out. I
think it's Alabama. But overall, the Clippers only got thirty points off their
bench. That has been really good over the last month. They've been the
best bench in basketball. But when you're asking so many guys to have to
step into a starting role or just take more shots. And Marcus Morris before
he got hurt, and we hope he's okay. Thoughts and prayers to Marcus
Morris because he was diagnosed with a concussion and it looks scary at the end
of that first half, and he had just heated up. He had all
ten of his points in that second quarter. He got it going. So
without Kauai, multiple guys were able to supplement some of the scoring. But
there's only so much you can do to make up for a loss, like
not having Kawhi Leonard out there. Clippers lose one seventeen to one twelve in
Boston against the Celtics. Their next game is coming up in Washington, and
that's our last game before the All Star Break. They're taking on a team
that's been playing much better in the Washington Wizards. They're trying to squeeze their
way into the tournament, either the mini tournament between the seven and ten seeds
or get that eighth seed. Get that seventh seed out right. And they
do have the best scorer in the NBA right now if you go by average,
it's Bradley bo getting thirty three per game. Plus Russell Westbrook is there.
So it's not going to be easy, and we don't know who's going
to be available yet. More on that coming up. I'll try to get
you audio from the head coach, Toron lou after the Clippers lose by five
in Boston. This is Clipper Stock. I'm out of Maslin and you're listening
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of your LA Clippers Don't down. Clippers losing Boston by five and they fall
one seventeen to one twelve to the Celtics. They dropped to twenty four and
thirteen on the season, still twelve and seven on the road. Their next
game is a road game in Washington, DC. They're taking on the Wizards.
That's on Thursday, final game before the All Star break. Let's go
to Jose in south Gate. Jose, you're on Clippers. Stop with Adam
Maslin. How are you? I'm good. I was trying to let somebody
else call in before me, but it sounded like just meet you tonight.
But all I wanted to say was leg First of all, juanin and not
playing. I get it. We don't want to show our full hand.
Second of all, you said it doctor and praise and Marcus Morris. That's
all that replayed. That's the first thing I thought was concussion. Third all
that we need a point guard. We need to run though, Ready Jackson
and stay ready. Let's go Okay, Florence was sports was Luba playing good?
Oh Patrick? Everybody missed that free throw? And then Paul Joys.
It was a tough look. But guess what that's at least an All Star
reserve type of LEUK. You should have made it. We should it weren't.
Let's go Clippers. Thank you for the phone call. Say in south
Gate, it was a good look. PG thirteen has knocked that down in
the past for this team. Remember the game winner he had in a similar
situation coming off a screen against OKAC in his first home game, I want
to say, first or second home game as a Clipper back at Staples Center.
And they got that win over the OKAC Thunder. But it was always
going to be an uphill battle because no Kawhi Leonard, no Marcus Morris.
In the second half, I thought there were some tired legs out there.
Paul George played forty minutes, Reggie Jackson played thirty seven minutes. I want
to say both those are seasoned highs for both of those players. Richard in
Norwalk, Richard, what's up? You're on? Clippers? Stop without in
Oslin, Hey, how's it going? Man? A little frustrating. It's
a little frustrating watching the Clippers play. It seems like our closers are not
closing. It seems like they're not coming through in the clutch. I think
it's time for a trade. I don't know what you guys think. I
think we little panic button. I think I hit that a couple of times.
Right this year, we're probably by far the worst team and clutch time,
man, you know it's time for a trade. Time to trade one
of the guys we don't use down the stretch. I don't understand how it's
just all Georgias. Why. I know those are the main players. But
Lou Williams could shoot too, you know, Richard. That's all I got,
man, I appreciate the phone call. Yeah, they've been more successful.
And my friend Farball just put this on Twitter, and we've talked about
this, but they're more successful when they're swinging the ball late. When but
Tom had that big three pointer against Phoenix. That was an open look.
That was a good look. And the Clippers are very capable of generating looks
like that. But maybe a little bit too much Iso Ball. We'll see.
I trust in this coaching staff. I trust in these superstars. More
Clippers stock coming up next here on AM five seventy LA Sports for LA Clippers.
Clippers lose by five late in Boston by a final score of one seventeen
to one twelve. Before we get out of here, let's hear a little
bit from coach Tlu post game. Hey, coach Tough lost there. I'm
gonna ask you how concerned you mentioned earlier pregame that only a portion of your
offense was installed. How concerned are you with this fourth quarter inability to get
off good shots? And will you install the rest of your offense kind of
correct this issue. What's your thoughts on that make the player move to basketball?
That simple? Yeah, we've been doing a whole forty eight I mean
forty two minutes before. All right, continue to keep making place, but
we got twenty eight assists and then you know, we just gotta keep moving
the ball, keep driving, attacking the paint, not taking bad shots and
making plays like we've been doing. But it looks it looks a lot different
there late in the game. Coach. Okay, hey, okay, okay,
look look forward to them improvement. Yeah started, Thank you. I'm
looking forward to our two. There was the head coach postgame. Sorry we
couldn't get to all of that postgame audio for you. An abbreviated version of
Clippers stuck, But no doubt we'll get after it on Thursday when they earned
DC taking on the Washington Wizards. Tip time is at four pm. We'll
have Clippers countdown starting at three pm before we get out of here. I
do want to thank the Clippers Organization, Noah Eagle, Bryan Seaman, Ralph
Lawler, the Colors, the listeners until Thursday with their Clippers Countdown shows starting
at three pm. I'm at a Moslem If we will talk to you then