1 00:00:10,839 --> 00:00:13,279 Are we on? Are we connected? All? Right? Now we're going 2 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:18,519 what's going on? Clips fans? We are clips and dip. I'm William 3 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:23,719 Updyke joining me as Charles Mackler from a moving vehicle. We're shut to talk 4 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:29,359 about the clippers insane win in Dallas to tie up the series against the Mavericks. 5 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,359 No Kawhi Leonard in this one, which is maybe better than getting a 6 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,240 forty percent of a Kawhi Leonard, but we were able to have PG and 7 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,479 Kawhi step up in it, or sorry, PG and Harden step up in 8 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,759 a huge way. I love what you said before we get into the craziness. 9 00:00:44,799 --> 00:00:49,320 That was almost maybe the most disappointing playoff game for a second for the 10 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,640 Blipperson. You're totally right, it's way better to have It's unfortunate, but 11 00:00:53,759 --> 00:00:59,479 having Kawhi rest is better than having Kawhi not be functional on the court. 12 00:01:00,119 --> 00:01:03,799 Well, and look, we'll get into that actual game and our reactions here 13 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,439 just a sec. But on the Kawhi thing, I mean, I thought 14 00:01:06,439 --> 00:01:08,680 the nicest thing and obviously I'm not saying that the team was better off without 15 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,920 Kawhi, but I thought one of the nicest things about them taking game one, 16 00:01:12,079 --> 00:01:18,040 is they really bought themselves some time for Kawhi Leonard, who continue to 17 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,959 arrest. I wasn't expecting to see him game two, I thought, optimistically, 18 00:01:22,239 --> 00:01:25,040 you know, they had bought him an extra week of rest time, 19 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:29,920 which you know, we still don't know what the full timeline is for gonna 20 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:33,040 be for him to return, if he is able to return. We're still 21 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:37,959 told there's no structural damage on me swelling, but it feels like this is 22 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,599 now a setback that maybe wasn't necessary, especially when you're getting the types of 23 00:01:42,599 --> 00:01:47,319 games that we were able to get from Paul, George and Harden in this 24 00:01:47,359 --> 00:01:51,120 one. So Clippers went up big early in this one. A lot went 25 00:01:51,239 --> 00:01:56,000 right Dallas went I want to say, oh for ten for their first for 26 00:01:56,359 --> 00:02:00,159 their first ten three point attempts, which is super super Brewe Again, this 27 00:02:00,239 --> 00:02:04,640 is one of those situations where as much as I'd like to, I can't 28 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,039 obviously credit all of that to the Clippers defense, especially given how the MAVs 29 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:13,639 were eventually able to regain a lead in this one. In you know what 30 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:19,120 was just in classic Clippers fashion, a high type of stress and anxiety game. 31 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,680 We adam joining in right now I'm gonna I'm gonna bring him in, 32 00:02:24,319 --> 00:02:30,439 Adam. What's going on the birthday boy, Jeffy. Guys stand, I 33 00:02:30,479 --> 00:02:35,400 thought I was gonna be responsible for this. I thought I was gonna have 34 00:02:35,439 --> 00:02:40,000 to apologize because on our pregame show when Clippers rewind in a segment where we 35 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:45,319 go back in time for a big Clippers victory, guess where we went back 36 00:02:45,319 --> 00:02:50,240 to a thirty one point come back in twenty nineteen against the Golden State Orders 37 00:02:50,719 --> 00:02:53,800 that I thought, Oh my god, it's about to happen to them. 38 00:02:53,479 --> 00:02:59,560 The Dallas Mavericks were about to tie the biggest playoff comeback at NBA history. 39 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,000 I couldn't have it, and apparently neither could Paul George or James Harden. 40 00:03:04,039 --> 00:03:07,919 That shot by Paul George, that three is the biggest shot of the season, 41 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,360 one of the biggest shots of his life. He had twenty six in 42 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,439 the first half, had just two points in the second half at that time, 43 00:03:14,879 --> 00:03:19,840 and took the toughest shot possible and got it to go. This was 44 00:03:19,879 --> 00:03:24,039 a legacy game for him, it was, and he stepped up. James 45 00:03:24,039 --> 00:03:29,919 Harden fifteen of his thirty three in the fourth. He was shooting thirty seven 46 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,080 percent from five to nine feet all season long, and he couldn't miss a 47 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:38,159 floater when it matter person. He was a personal six to zero floater run. 48 00:03:38,199 --> 00:03:43,520 I'm pretty sure here there in the fourth Kyrie Irving couldn't miss a damn 49 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,879 shot. He had a perfect twenty point quarter in the second quarter that has 50 00:03:46,919 --> 00:03:50,439 never happened before. He kept it going in the second half. The Clippers 51 00:03:50,439 --> 00:03:53,039 withstood it. They played just well enough. The block that Paul George also 52 00:03:53,039 --> 00:03:58,280 had on Kyrie on the rearview team test. That was one of the most 53 00:03:58,319 --> 00:04:00,680 insane games we'll ever see, and it has proved the Slippers team still has 54 00:04:00,719 --> 00:04:04,319 grit, still has hard They can still do what they've always done when they're 55 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:09,800 down players, they just find a way. Couldn't be more proud of this 56 00:04:09,919 --> 00:04:14,800 victory by this team. Oh no, I'm not in the fireworks. The 57 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:19,439 fireworks was for your birthday and for the Clippers. Yeah. I mean this. 58 00:04:19,879 --> 00:04:24,959 The Paul George first half, him talking shit to the MAVs crowd was 59 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:29,439 fantastic to see the top of the Clippers all game. He didn't back down 60 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:33,759 at all. We'll talk about Russ maybe in a few That wasn't necessarily the 61 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:39,560 best performance from Russ. But yeah, I mean Harden and Paul George for 62 00:04:39,639 --> 00:04:43,959 two guys who we talk about the narrative of contracts coming up and all that 63 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:48,319 good stuff this whole series. James Harden has showed he needs a multi year 64 00:04:48,319 --> 00:04:53,360 contract. Paul George is doing a little bit better after the first half of 65 00:04:53,399 --> 00:04:55,759 today. But yeah, like Adam said, I need to see at least 66 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,120 two of these games. I need to see at least two thirty balls from 67 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,720 Paul George. We had tal talked about after the second game. I believe 68 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:04,600 in the series of like, okay, so like, when's it finally gonna 69 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:08,800 happen. Who's going to be the Clipper to break the thirty point barrier? 70 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:12,079 And we got them both in this one with Paul, with Paul George and 71 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,680 James Harden. So it's nice to see the offense coming together. It's getting 72 00:05:15,399 --> 00:05:18,839 it's starting to resemble again what we saw this team when they were at their 73 00:05:18,879 --> 00:05:23,519 apex there right before the All Star break, which is great to see. 74 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,600 We just hadn't maybe Game one, which I still feel like was maybe a 75 00:05:27,639 --> 00:05:30,240 little bit of an outlier just because of how heavily used you in that game. 76 00:05:30,879 --> 00:05:34,680 We have we have not seen what this Clippers offense, which I believe 77 00:05:34,759 --> 00:05:39,319 was the fourth ranked offense in the regular season, we have not seen that 78 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:44,279 prior to this game. Yeah, and I think you know, we talked 79 00:05:44,319 --> 00:05:47,000 about how concerned we are with the fouls, right like there was some first 80 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:51,839 of all the refing in this game. Yet again absolutely two challenges used in 81 00:05:51,879 --> 00:05:57,160 the first Again, wasn't there? Yeah, there was absurd Yeah, because 82 00:05:57,199 --> 00:06:00,240 the rest can't get shit right. But despite the foul trouble for pretty much 83 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:05,240 the most important Clippers right like zoo, Man and Harden all had four fouls 84 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,759 at one point, They're still able to battle back with the stuff. They're 85 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,160 not letting the poor refing get into their heads, which I really respect. 86 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,480 And like Zoo last game, two fouls early none for the rest of the 87 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,839 game. That was good to see. That being said, we hope that 88 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:23,600 that stops in game five because we don't need to keep pressing this, you 89 00:06:23,639 --> 00:06:29,160 know, early foul luck that we've been having a little bit. Yeah, 90 00:06:29,759 --> 00:06:34,360 yeah, I agree. Daron Edgcomb just came back to life. That was 91 00:06:34,439 --> 00:06:40,920 that was incredibly stressful. Come on, Oh, the cat is making moves. 92 00:06:43,079 --> 00:06:47,319 Cat'ser having me fucking crazy. Right now. Yeah, that'll happen. 93 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:54,360 Other than Paul George and Harden, who are you looking at for maybe your 94 00:06:54,360 --> 00:07:01,560 favorite player from this game? I mean probably Big either Big Zoo or Norm 95 00:07:01,639 --> 00:07:06,560 Powell. He didn't have the scoring explosion that he did uh there in game 96 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:11,759 three, but uh the points that the points that he scored were all sort 97 00:07:11,759 --> 00:07:15,480 of momentum things. The only drawback is that, uh, defensively he was 98 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,759 he was especially bad in this one. Some of the fouls. Oh and 99 00:07:18,839 --> 00:07:23,680 we didn't talk about this yet either. Uh that Russ fowl on the inbounds 100 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,680 before the ball was even tossed in, I thought was like sort of inexcusable. 101 00:07:27,759 --> 00:07:33,439 Another another down down game from from Russell Westbrook. In my opinion, 102 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,439 I mean, yeah, you're you're totally I'm gonna go ahead and share that 103 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:42,040 opinion with you. It was super just uncomposed and obviously the crowd's been crazy 104 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:43,720 for him, but it's like, come on, man, like this, 105 00:07:43,759 --> 00:07:47,480 since we couldn't need this little ticky tacking shit teammate is getting a lot of 106 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,000 love in here, so we should talk about that. Because even the broadcast 107 00:07:50,519 --> 00:07:54,680 was pointing out like how well he's done on Luca, which obviously you're not 108 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,360 going to stop everything. It's it's just about getting the effort out there, 109 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:03,920 staying like playing him close and not giving any easy giving up any easy buckets. 110 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:09,199 And Terrence Man incredible today, Incredible today. Uh. The only my 111 00:08:09,279 --> 00:08:13,800 only real criticism is we just saw some of that indecisiveness offensively kind of rited 112 00:08:13,879 --> 00:08:20,839 again, passed up I think two open threes into possessions that ended up turning 113 00:08:20,839 --> 00:08:26,000 into pretty ugly possessions when there was like a real clear cut way to score. 114 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,439 So that's one of those things that I'm surprised that we're still kind of 115 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:35,080 working through. Maybe that just has to do with fatigue and and pressure. 116 00:08:35,279 --> 00:08:39,320 I'm not really sure, but uh yeah, oh ex Mongol projects with a 117 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:46,279 hot one, still unbeaten love Amir back in the starting lineup. I think 118 00:08:46,279 --> 00:08:48,840 that's the better way to go than going a little bit smaller with norm. 119 00:08:50,279 --> 00:08:54,039 So I'm glad that TYLERU got back to that. Yeah, and Tyler went 120 00:08:54,120 --> 00:09:00,320 small late, which was a little terrifying for me personally. It was kind 121 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:01,399 of like, oh, we're kind of going back to the comfort stuff. 122 00:09:01,399 --> 00:09:05,679 But it ended up working out, thankfully. The big thing is just the 123 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,879 rebounding. I feel like with those lineups like if well, and obviously the 124 00:09:09,919 --> 00:09:15,480 scoring like where it went so poorly in that game too, was that that 125 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,679 that small ball lineup could not score and they were you know, they were 126 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,559 not getting rebounds, and obviously you're going to take a step back in rebounding, 127 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:24,480 but it becomes much more about effort and just getting like getting jerseys in 128 00:09:24,519 --> 00:09:31,200 the restricted area, being really aggressive on getting those rebounds, and you know 129 00:09:31,279 --> 00:09:33,679 this time, this time a lot more shots were falling down. We did 130 00:09:33,759 --> 00:09:37,559 have Well, what did the MAVs have in the fourth there? I think 131 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:41,519 they had like a fourteen to two run where things got a little dicey. 132 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:48,120 I liked what Tylu said in the huddle going into the fourth, like they 133 00:09:48,159 --> 00:09:50,399 went on a run. You know, it doesn't matter how much we were 134 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,720 up by. We win this quarter, we win the game. And they 135 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:58,039 were able to do just that. We're getting some love for Mason Plumley in 136 00:09:58,039 --> 00:10:01,639 the chat Mason Plumbley did, dude, hats off to big plum because I 137 00:10:01,759 --> 00:10:07,159 have been not hyped on his play, but I mean six four and three 138 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:11,279 from Mason Plumley in fourteen minutes in a playoff game. Is as good as 139 00:10:11,279 --> 00:10:16,200 you're gonna get from Mason Plumley. It was fantastic to see. So, 140 00:10:16,279 --> 00:10:20,279 yeah, shout out Mason Plumley. I'm giving him his flowers. Yeah yeah, 141 00:10:20,279 --> 00:10:22,360 Well, I mean you were kind of advocating for Tye. I mean 142 00:10:22,399 --> 00:10:26,000 at this point of the series, like, is that does anybody else even 143 00:10:26,039 --> 00:10:30,360 see the floor? Like I think we have our eight man rotation dialed in. 144 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,080 We've seen this team enough times. It's just gonna be about execution. 145 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:39,080 And look, there's gonna be a there's gonna be nights where like where Kyrie 146 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,639 and Luca go off and I mean you probably just end up losing those games. 147 00:10:41,799 --> 00:10:46,919 I don't think that there's like some curveball that we can throw out from 148 00:10:46,919 --> 00:10:50,799 a rotational perspective that's like, oh wow, this you know, is gonna 149 00:10:50,799 --> 00:10:54,360 swing the series. At least I've not seen that right now. Yeah. 150 00:10:54,399 --> 00:10:58,000 Someone mentioned in the chat they're a little worried about the legs with the eight 151 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:03,480 man rotation, which I think is a little fair. I think was I 152 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:05,759 think that was sort of what we saw happen in the in the third quarter 153 00:11:05,879 --> 00:11:11,320 in this one, was that I just it felt like the team an older 154 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:15,480 team, Uh, was kind of on their last leg and they were, 155 00:11:15,799 --> 00:11:18,000 you know, it was unclear if they were gonna be able to stay ahead 156 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:22,080 or get back over the hump once the Maps were able to uh carve out 157 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:43,240 a lead for themselves. Yeah, yeah, h h hold on one second, 158 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,440 you're cutting out, You're cutting in and out. So I'm gonna I'm 159 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:50,799 gonna kick you out and bring you back, bring you back in. Uh, 160 00:11:50,279 --> 00:11:54,360 sorry about the little freeze up there. I'm gonna try and bring Charles 161 00:11:54,399 --> 00:12:01,000 back in. Let's see if it works. Now, Yes, we got 162 00:12:01,039 --> 00:12:22,440 you now, no, we don't have you any more anyways. Circling back 163 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,399 to this one, Uh so, looking ahead to Game four back in La 164 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:30,320 I really I'm really hoping that we can carve out like the sort of home 165 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,600 crowd advantage that Dallas had. I thought that was one of the most impressive 166 00:12:33,639 --> 00:12:37,480 things watching this game, even from the broadcast, Like the Dallas fans are 167 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:41,360 they get it going? That building is insane. Hopefully the Clippers can do 168 00:12:41,399 --> 00:12:46,720 the same thing with the series returning to Los Angeles. Getting some notes on 169 00:12:46,759 --> 00:12:50,240 the officiating, I gotta agree, this one has been so up and down. 170 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:58,320 It's really uh, it's uh, it's really been a little bit of 171 00:12:58,399 --> 00:13:09,200 a of a mystery. Let's see if Charles is back here eight Floater System. 172 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:20,600 I love that people are saying Kyrie isn't that good. Kyrie was insane 173 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,960 today. He went on such a tear. Chuck's out in Egypt. That's 174 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:35,080 really funny. Pretty close. Plus I was in a what is it ocean 175 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:43,759 beach, which is basically ocean beach. Yeah, beautiful ocean beach right in 176 00:13:43,799 --> 00:13:48,559 you'ar San Diego. Wow. People were saying that Kyrie wasn't good. Were 177 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:54,000 they watching the game? He had forty points? Yeah, I've just seen 178 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:58,360 that. Yeah. And I think that Kyrie, I mean, Luca did 179 00:13:58,399 --> 00:14:01,279 not have a great game last game. I mean not that Kyrie's was like 180 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:05,799 necessarily exceptional. But Kyrie has been huge for them in this series. And 181 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:09,080 I mean when he gets on a when he gets on a tear like that, 182 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,159 it was just impossible to stop him. I mean, he's just it's 183 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:15,039 like everyone else is playing in slow motion around him, and he can pull 184 00:14:15,159 --> 00:14:20,759 up from anywhere. Just a terrifying, terrifying player. Is this the second 185 00:14:20,799 --> 00:14:26,440 time he's on perfect in the second quarter? Are perfect in a quarter of 186 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:33,360 this series? I'm not he had twenty and I think it was game one. 187 00:14:33,919 --> 00:14:39,240 Yeah, do we credit the defense more for kind of locking up? 188 00:14:39,639 --> 00:14:41,840 I put this in quotes because Lucas still had a twenty nine point triple double, 189 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,799 but Lucas still having to work for this ship. Lucas, it's not 190 00:14:46,039 --> 00:14:50,519 Yeah, I mean that looks that's all you that's all you can do. 191 00:14:50,559 --> 00:14:56,039 There's not a stopper. There's just an irritant I think with both of for 192 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,960 both of these players, you're not like shutting either one of them down. 193 00:15:00,799 --> 00:15:03,559 It's just about making them work as hard as you possibly can. And then 194 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,360 I thought they did a little bit better job to like attacking them on the 195 00:15:07,399 --> 00:15:11,519 defensive end in this one, which I think we've seen go up and down, 196 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,799 and it's one of those things that's like easier said than done, right, 197 00:15:15,879 --> 00:15:18,240 Like that's you know, I talked about it coming into this series. 198 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:22,320 That's sort of like the obvious obvious week point. But two things have been 199 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:28,879 happening. A Obviously, the maps defensively are schemed to keep Luca and Kyrie 200 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:31,759 out of those heavy actions with with a star player on the Clippers. And 201 00:15:31,799 --> 00:15:35,759 the other thing that I was not expecting is literally has been pretty damn good 202 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,399 defensively at Jack's in this one, so that like, so that plan kind 203 00:15:41,399 --> 00:15:43,919 of all goes to shit in terms of like wearing them out and then letting 204 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:50,799 them do their thing on the offensive end. Rough game for the rule, 205 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,480 like a rough game for the role players in this one. Their bench combined 206 00:15:54,519 --> 00:16:00,279 for just thirteen points and where whereas we had I don't know twenty two I 207 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,720 believe off the bench, So that was a big one. And then the 208 00:16:04,759 --> 00:16:10,639 turnovers really like the inverse of the Clippers, turnovers happened this game for the 209 00:16:10,679 --> 00:16:15,720 Mavericks, and yeah, that'll take you out on one quick. Seven turnovers 210 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,320 from Kyrie's absolutely brutal. I know we just mentioned the forty points, but 211 00:16:18,399 --> 00:16:22,919 seven turnovers is a I mean, that's a heavy number to have over your 212 00:16:22,919 --> 00:16:27,639 head for that MAXI Kleiba not being effective in this one. Salute to Tylo 213 00:16:27,759 --> 00:16:32,120 for being able to counter that, because Kleiba was starting to look like that 214 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,399 was going to be the role player that makes it really annoying for the Clippers 215 00:16:34,399 --> 00:16:38,120 in the long term. Agreed. Agreed, Speaking of the role players, 216 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:41,399 Logan Rapsys, we still have not gotten a norm game. Need that to 217 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:48,120 happen. Yeah, I agree, there hasn't been one where he's looked super 218 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:52,120 great. I don't know. This just might not be his series, though. 219 00:16:52,519 --> 00:16:56,480 I think you're right. I think they've done ability. Yeah. Yeah, 220 00:16:56,519 --> 00:16:59,440 and they've done a really good job covering him. He's had to work 221 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:03,080 for a lot of looks and then they've punished us for having him on the 222 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,720 floor, like on the defensive end. Uh yeah, he had what for 223 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:11,200 those three fouls in such quick succession. Yeah, that the you know, 224 00:17:11,279 --> 00:17:15,839 the mass were in the bonus early on in that third quarter. Yeah. 225 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,039 I don't think it's this series either. They've obviously game plan for him super 226 00:17:19,039 --> 00:17:22,960 well. Hats off to Jason Kidd for figuring that out. But yes, 227 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:26,680 I will. I can't wait. Logan's right, I can't wait to watch 228 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:30,039 him walk into twenty because he can't do that. He can't have the twenty 229 00:17:30,039 --> 00:17:37,839 point half at of nowhere. Yes, yeah, people are saying he had 230 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,400 a let He had eleven field goal attends in this one. I actually thought 231 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:47,960 it was pretty well balanced. Yeah, he was getting a bad whistle too. 232 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:52,079 He was kind of defending in an odd way, but also the perfect 233 00:17:52,079 --> 00:17:56,799 storm of weird defense and a bad whistle, which is how you get a 234 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:03,000 shitty fouls usually. Yeah, yeah, I agree, man, I am. 235 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,200 I don't know if I've stressed for that game, but that is one 236 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:12,440 of the more tense, incredible Clippers playoff games to have listened to. A 237 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:15,960 Watts too. I can't believe they got the learn so happy trying out. 238 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:22,000 Yeah, we're getting I think this is a mass fan some sub Jason kidd 239 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,119 Hey in the chat, which you know, I'm always gonna highlight that kid 240 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:30,319 is such a bad coach. I mean, I've been impressed actually the way 241 00:18:30,319 --> 00:18:33,000 that he did counter from game one to Game two, and then he has 242 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:37,319 really executed their game plan really well. And like I said, he does 243 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:41,880 have these guys at least putting in maximum effort defensively out for the mass like 244 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:45,880 that. You know, we talked about who's like which of these teams sample 245 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:49,119 sizes was more real. You have the Clippers leading into the All Star break, 246 00:18:49,279 --> 00:18:52,720 you have the Mass everything post All Star Break where they were an elite 247 00:18:52,799 --> 00:18:57,000 defense and an elite offense. And I would say, obviously the truth lies 248 00:18:57,079 --> 00:19:02,599 somewhere in the middle. But like they have, they defensively are very impressive 249 00:19:02,599 --> 00:19:04,599 to me and have impressed me in this series. Yeah, they have the 250 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,359 pieces you mentioned right, like they made the right moves at the trade deadline, 251 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:12,519 they got Washington in, they got Gafford in. Gafford only eighteen minutes 252 00:19:12,559 --> 00:19:15,519 today, I think is pretty telling of how well the Clippers were able to 253 00:19:15,519 --> 00:19:21,000 play too after how aggressive you mentioned kids been able to get him like bought 254 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,759 in on defense, He had him bought in for game free to start too. 255 00:19:22,799 --> 00:19:30,599 That looked like and then today it looked a little more not normal, 256 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,359 but like what I guess we expect a game one after who was playing well 257 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:41,400 against him? Man, there's somebody in there. There's somebody in the comments 258 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:45,519 right now doing all quote stuff. Hey, uh Samon's chilling or you're going 259 00:19:45,519 --> 00:19:51,839 in time out? Uh ex Mango Project wants to know Scott Foster game next 260 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:56,839 game? Most likely it was Tony Brothers today. Yeah. I bet we 261 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,599 get Scott Foster on Wednesday, which is gonna be a Divermary AJ wants to 262 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:04,519 know can we spam hardened floaters all the way to the finals if he has 263 00:20:04,599 --> 00:20:08,759 the legs for it, I would love to see it again. James Harden 264 00:20:08,759 --> 00:20:14,880 has been the most consistent throughout this series offensively for the Clippers. He's been 265 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:18,519 really, really good and we have needed every ounce of it, every bit 266 00:20:18,559 --> 00:20:25,599 of it from him. So yeah, it was he's been incredible. He's 267 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:29,519 been He's been incredible. There was the Robert flab tweet yesterday that was like, 268 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,839 in an incredible turn of events, James Harden is totally showing up for 269 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:37,160 the playoff series while the Clippers out and for that game obviously that was before 270 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:41,720 today. That was incredibly to James Harden again has proven that he needs a 271 00:20:41,799 --> 00:20:45,839 multi year contract. What that price is, we don't really know. But 272 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,279 yeah, Harden in the first round. He's great in the first round. 273 00:20:49,319 --> 00:20:52,400 He's never not gotten out of the first round in his career. So we're 274 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:57,880 getting normal, which is very very good James Harden. Yeah, yeah, 275 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:04,519 keep him fresh, keep him going. So you think we're just running it 276 00:21:04,559 --> 00:21:07,599 back, My assumption is for Game five, we're gonna see the exact same 277 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:15,160 starters from the Clippers and hopefully to do the same sort of similar do the 278 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,960 same sort of similar size mismatch, and it's just going to be a matter 279 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:23,079 of like who's going to have the hot hand. Yeah, I'm wondering if 280 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,200 if Reuss doesn't figure anything out, I wonder if we see a couple bones 281 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:30,960 minutes or something random. But Plumbley's played well, I think we stick with 282 00:21:30,039 --> 00:21:33,920 the eight. I don't know if TYLERU wants to. I think you mentioned 283 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,160 this when Kawai came back, but I think it's true now too. Expanding 284 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:41,680 the rotation feels even harder now because you're adding a guy who hasn't played at 285 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:45,759 all really into a playoff scenario, you know what I'm saying. So like 286 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:49,200 adding Tyson or something like that, that feels really difficult for a team that 287 00:21:49,319 --> 00:21:52,720 is playing so well without Kawhi Leonard. And I don't mean it like that, 288 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:56,000 you know what I mean, but like they're fighting right now, and 289 00:21:56,039 --> 00:21:59,440 when a group is fighting like this, I don't know if you want to 290 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:04,759 expand their tation. I just don't see any I just don't see any utility 291 00:22:04,799 --> 00:22:07,279 to it. If I'm being honest with you, Like what, like, 292 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:12,000 who do you want on the floor? Uh, there's already some guys that 293 00:22:12,079 --> 00:22:15,200 I want to see less of on the floor if I'm being perfectly honest, 294 00:22:15,839 --> 00:22:19,359 So and and there's not And it's not a situation where I'm like, Okay, 295 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:23,359 so Harden has not been good or sorry, Westbrook has not been good, 296 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,839 Like who's the clear next man up on the bench because the answer is 297 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:34,160 kind of nobody. Yeah, but the answer is just more minutes from Harden 298 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:41,240 and PG really like it's that's the only anecdote or the only antidote rather and 299 00:22:41,279 --> 00:22:48,200 I don't, yeah, I don't. I don't see it working. You 300 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:52,799 know, Adam was kind of bully on p on a potential PJ. Tucker 301 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:56,960 sighting in this. I do not think. I do not think that we're 302 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,440 gonna see that. That wouldn't help that that would help nobody. I totally 303 00:23:00,519 --> 00:23:04,519 agree. I hope we don't see that. He's like, he makes more 304 00:23:04,559 --> 00:23:10,000 sense if they had like if they had somebody in there like playing bullyball, 305 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:15,160 like if they had you know, if if they were if they had Kawhi 306 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:19,440 or if you know, or if the MAVs had a center like aviatsa Zubats 307 00:23:19,559 --> 00:23:23,400 and they like heavily featured him sort of down low and you need that sort 308 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,480 of big body, the guy that you're not really scared of him picking up 309 00:23:26,519 --> 00:23:32,000 six fowls, but in this matchup, just dude to like the versatility that 310 00:23:32,039 --> 00:23:36,440 the MAVs have and some of the and like the speed and the attack from 311 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,960 from Luca and Kyrie. Like, I just don't really see where he could 312 00:23:40,039 --> 00:23:44,000 sit on the floor because I think if you get the switch on PJ, 313 00:23:44,279 --> 00:23:47,839 which you're spamming every time, I would think if you're the MAVs, like 314 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:52,319 that is, unless you're going into like some sort of slow post up where 315 00:23:52,319 --> 00:23:55,279 you're just trying to back him down. I mean, he's getting blown by 316 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:59,160 every single time. I don't really see him being Yeah, I don't really 317 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:03,839 see him having utility in this in this series. Yeah, And I think 318 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,279 in that sense kind of what you're saying, because him and Tys are kind 319 00:24:06,279 --> 00:24:11,599 of the same size, So Tys theoretically has more utility because he will let 320 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,400 it fly. But again, like you mentioned, it's a weird thing to 321 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:21,400 add right now with how well the team's play. Yeah, yeah, agreed. 322 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:23,680 Uh So, who do you want to see have a huge Who do 323 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:27,920 you want to see have a big game five? Big game five? Let's 324 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,880 go back to Zoo. The guys are going to be tired. Let's feed 325 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,960 Zoo. Let's get some easy buckets, just easy buckets to start, like 326 00:24:36,519 --> 00:24:40,960 get Zoo on the sixteen and thirteen path. And I really like how the 327 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,359 Clippers look, because that also means hard. It is probably touching the pain. 328 00:24:44,319 --> 00:24:48,799 Yeah, definitely, what about you love that? I want to see 329 00:24:48,799 --> 00:24:53,000 Paul George have two consecutive thirty games in a playoff series. Let's how about 330 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:59,920 that right there? With how about that? Yeah? All right, so 331 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,960 well before we get out of here, let's let's talk about the Westbrook thing. 332 00:25:03,039 --> 00:25:07,720 Obviously we're getting some comments in here. Terrible foul for him to have 333 00:25:07,759 --> 00:25:11,799 committed with seventeen seconds left on the clock. Just not very composed. We 334 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,960 all know what happened in Game three. That's gonna be one of those tough 335 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:19,319 things to shake. It looks even like that would look even worse if we 336 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,440 hadn't got the win today, you know what I mean? But that that 337 00:25:22,519 --> 00:25:27,000 ejection and the way that he got the entire Dallas crowd and the Mavericks riled 338 00:25:27,079 --> 00:25:30,920 up, would look a lot worse if we lose today. I mean, 339 00:25:32,039 --> 00:25:36,279 hell, if we lost today and like on that after that foul at seventeen 340 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:40,480 seconds, I would be absolutely livid. I would be losing my mind. 341 00:25:40,759 --> 00:25:42,960 I was about ready to crash the car into the ocean if we were going 342 00:25:44,039 --> 00:25:48,160 to lose after that foul from Russell Westbrook. Maybe he just needs some time 343 00:25:48,279 --> 00:25:52,559 to get out of Dallas. Maybe it's just get back to La call chill 344 00:25:52,559 --> 00:25:56,519 out for three days, get some normal practice. Run. Now that we 345 00:25:56,559 --> 00:25:59,920 also know for sure that Kawa is not coming back, like, maybe that 346 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:04,079 helps. Just I think that's good a little bit, Like there's less uncertainty. 347 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,599 Yeah, so I'm hoping. But yeah, the defense has been good, 348 00:26:07,599 --> 00:26:12,920 but the offense was just so bad. So yeah, let's let's hope 349 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:18,200 it's tightened up. Yeah, let's hope it's tightened up. All right, 350 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:22,319 do you have any closing thoughts before we got to get Before we get out 351 00:26:22,319 --> 00:26:26,200 of here, I gotta go do some actual non Clippers related uh work, 352 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:32,960 So don't worry to help this one short Happy birthday to Adam is not here. 353 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:34,559 Thank you guys for taking care of that live stream the other day. 354 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,759 What a stressful game. Here's to another stressful game on Wednesday. Let's hope 355 00:26:38,759 --> 00:26:41,920 the clips come out on top again. Yeah, let's go clips. Thank 356 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,519 you everybody for tuning in. Uh. If you didn't know, you can 357 00:26:45,559 --> 00:26:48,119 subscribe to this YouTube channel right YouTube dot com Slash that Clippers podcast. 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