1 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: What is going on? 2 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:15,359 Speaker 2: Clippers fans, Welcome to season sorry, episode fifty one. Starting 3 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,160 this one off with the way different vibe, but the 4 00:00:17,199 --> 00:00:19,800 last time we saw all three of us together. I 5 00:00:19,839 --> 00:00:23,559 am Chuck Mockler, joined by Adam Oslin and William Updike. 6 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,679 Speaker 3: Thank you for coming and hanging out with Clips and Dip. 7 00:00:25,719 --> 00:00:27,800 If you're listening, thank you if you want to watch 8 00:00:28,199 --> 00:00:30,920 and find us at YouTube dot com Slash at Clippers podcast. 9 00:00:31,399 --> 00:00:34,119 Today we are going to be talking about whatever the 10 00:00:34,119 --> 00:00:36,600 hell happened last night against the Pistons. We're doing a 11 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,320 little bit of a weekend preview and then maybe some 12 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,920 just ethereal discussions about what might happen later in the 13 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,719 NBA season. Adam will how the hell are you guys doing? 14 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:52,479 After the first fifty point game into it? Courtesy of 15 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,280 Jimothy Harton. Adam will start with you. 16 00:00:55,679 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 4: It was pretty cool. That was historic. That was a 17 00:00:58,719 --> 00:01:00,000 great crowd last night. 18 00:01:02,759 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 5: People in attendance or whatever. 19 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 4: It might have been. I don't know what the attendant said, 20 00:01:09,439 --> 00:01:12,040 but it felt full. I don't know if it was. 21 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 5: Because of this was just this was just the discourse online. 22 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,560 I wasn't there, so I mean, I'm positive there were 23 00:01:17,599 --> 00:01:18,640 more than two hundred people. 24 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 4: Uh yeah, it was pretty full. It was as fool 25 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:25,599 as I had seen it all season long, and it 26 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,200 was and it was a good time. 27 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:32,400 Speaker 3: The funny Yeah, Barack Obama was there, the funniest. After 28 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,319 James Harden dunked and he did his nose bleed situation 29 00:01:35,719 --> 00:01:38,280 or his nose bleed celebration, you could see bomber. 30 00:01:38,719 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: He turned to Obama, he went, what is going on? 31 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,599 And Obama went, I think like Obama didn't understand the celebration, 32 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,519 which was very funny. It was like two of the. 33 00:01:46,719 --> 00:01:50,599 Speaker 3: Very powerful people not understanding the nuance of James Harden. 34 00:01:51,079 --> 00:01:51,359 Speaker 1: Wall. 35 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 3: How are you feeling after the game? What a turnaround 36 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,799 from what the vibes were online minutes before that game started. 37 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,359 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean they really needed that one. It looked 38 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,040 like they were in a skid that could that didn't 39 00:02:06,079 --> 00:02:09,319 have like a real clear end in sight, and they 40 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,280 were able to turn around on the second nme of 41 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:15,599 backback and James Harden just indispensable for this team. He 42 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:17,639 continues to do it again and again. This is what 43 00:02:17,759 --> 00:02:23,159 is fourth game over forty points this season. Fifty is huge, man, 44 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 I don't know when that's going to be topped and 45 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,639 into it. That's like, it's you know, I'm glad people 46 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,199 are appreciating because it is pretty historic, like it's you know, 47 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,159 and I know it's just a Wednesday night game against 48 00:02:34,199 --> 00:02:37,199 the Pistons, but it is pretty crazy and it is 49 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,080 wild to watch a player at this stage of his 50 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:43,080 career continue to produce on it because consistent level like this, 51 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,719 it's I just think a lot of people wouldn't have 52 00:02:46,719 --> 00:02:49,240 pegged this for Harden even a couple of years. 53 00:02:49,039 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 3: Ago, especially the second out of a backchback, Yeah, thirty 54 00:02:52,599 --> 00:02:54,800 eight minutes. I also, I was thinking about today, I 55 00:02:54,879 --> 00:02:56,840 was like, the next person who's probably going to score 56 00:02:56,879 --> 00:03:00,280 fifty at into it is James Harden, Like I can't 57 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,520 think of another person on the team who could maybe 58 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:04,400 do it. 59 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, they don't play the Lakers again, so I don't 60 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:12,360 have to worry about Luca. Luca's taking the record. What's 61 00:03:12,439 --> 00:03:17,800 interesting is so he made fourteen shots his three games 62 00:03:17,879 --> 00:03:20,719 leading up to that game, the two against the Lakers, 63 00:03:20,759 --> 00:03:24,520 the game against Phoenix. He makes fourteen shots in that 64 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:28,680 one game against the Pistons, uh and he was fourteen 65 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,599 four fifty the last three games headed against the that 66 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:33,680 game and he gets fifty points. 67 00:03:34,039 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: Last night got the numerology flying to start this episode. 68 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 5: He's been laying up stinkers against the Lakers too, which 69 00:03:42,159 --> 00:03:44,960 we can't know later, but yeah. 70 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:45,199 Speaker 1: Will you mentioned this? 71 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,039 Speaker 3: Like so this was kind of the topic last night 72 00:03:48,319 --> 00:03:52,599 was insane. Harden went for fifty, Bogie and Zoo combined 73 00:03:52,639 --> 00:03:55,879 for forty five. Those three scored over seventy five percent 74 00:03:55,919 --> 00:03:59,520 of the Clippers point I I don't know about that. 75 00:03:59,599 --> 00:04:03,719 Speaker 4: I hope so hey, Bogie is shooting forty three his 76 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:04,840 last five games. 77 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: What's the what's the per game split on those? The 78 00:04:09,639 --> 00:04:11,879 kind of peaks and like peaks and valleys would be 79 00:04:11,879 --> 00:04:12,719 my guess. 80 00:04:14,479 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 4: The same way it is for everybody else on average. 81 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,759 Speaker 3: All Right, I don't know if I'm ready to say 82 00:04:20,759 --> 00:04:26,399 Bogie's back, but he looked great. Zoo shockingly twenty field 83 00:04:26,399 --> 00:04:29,439 goal attempts for the first time this season, Adam, I'm 84 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,839 sure you knew this stat before even looking at the breakdown. 85 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,480 The Clippers are nine and two. When he gets more 86 00:04:34,519 --> 00:04:36,560 than fifteen field goal attempts this year. 87 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 4: It should be ten to one because of the dam 88 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:40,959 Phoenix game. 89 00:04:41,959 --> 00:04:47,399 Speaker 3: I mean, that's entirely fair. Well, you mentioned this is like, 90 00:04:47,519 --> 00:04:51,399 you know, the Clippers were in a skid. Does this 91 00:04:51,639 --> 00:04:55,079 game right the ship? No pun intended? What does this 92 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:59,360 game mean for the rest of the Clippers season? Was 93 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,920 it just a blitz? I'm trying to. 94 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,199 Speaker 5: I don't think it's a blip. I don't think it's 95 00:05:04,199 --> 00:05:07,160 a blip. And like I got to contextualize here too, 96 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,439 because I feel like us both covering the team. I 97 00:05:09,439 --> 00:05:12,560 feel like us as fans, we felt way different heading 98 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,040 into the All Star Break. Like they they went in, 99 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:17,079 it looked like they were gonna go out with a whimper. 100 00:05:17,439 --> 00:05:19,319 They went out on a three game win streak, three 101 00:05:19,319 --> 00:05:22,639 game or four bread at least three game win streak. Uh, 102 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:25,199 you know, they came out of the break looking a 103 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:31,160 little placid, like not looking uh not looking up. I 104 00:05:31,199 --> 00:05:33,000 don't know. I wasn't say something. 105 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,639 Speaker 4: I don't know. They lived the All Star Break. 106 00:05:36,879 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 6: Yeah, it doesn't have to be And it's just a 107 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:50,120 word in general, and then related, these are just words, yeah, 108 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:50,759 go off. 109 00:05:55,360 --> 00:06:00,399 Speaker 5: So yeah, like it changed things dramatically, and I do think, yeah, 110 00:06:00,399 --> 00:06:02,439 maybe they had to knock off some rusts. You know, 111 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,879 we have seen this team not look great after extended 112 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:10,040 rests throughout the two one three tenure it. You know, 113 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,920 it is a game of rhythm and runs, so I 114 00:06:13,199 --> 00:06:15,240 do think that there is something to be said to that. 115 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,600 And yeah, it's not like they weren't in the last 116 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,560 one either. That was a heartbreaker to to drop and 117 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,959 we've seen them, you know, sort of just piss away 118 00:06:27,079 --> 00:06:31,720 leads time and time again. But but this was definitely 119 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,120 a step in the right direction. And I'm hoping that 120 00:06:34,199 --> 00:06:38,319 this like gets them back into that sort of that 121 00:06:38,519 --> 00:06:41,519 mentality defensively and just that ability to sort of dig 122 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,120 deep to pull out some of these games. 123 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,759 Speaker 3: Yeah, Adam, how are you is this? We got a 124 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:51,600 lot of questions last night, specifically, was something born on 125 00:06:51,759 --> 00:06:53,319 March fifth that into it? 126 00:06:53,399 --> 00:06:59,519 Speaker 4: Though, asked Nikob too Man he started, I hope. I 127 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:03,759 think there's something meaningful to them being able to close 128 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:07,720 out that game that was a tight contest late because 129 00:07:07,879 --> 00:07:11,040 five when they lost six of seven, five of those 130 00:07:11,079 --> 00:07:13,800 six losses, like we're within five points, like they were 131 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:15,160 right there in all those games. 132 00:07:15,199 --> 00:07:18,199 Speaker 1: There were some games are so close, like it was 133 00:07:18,199 --> 00:07:21,639 what six points? We talked about it. 134 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 4: And they've blown so many leads. I think they've blown 135 00:07:24,759 --> 00:07:27,439 eleven games this season where they led by ten or more. 136 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:30,879 Speaker 5: Ten isn't that much. 137 00:07:31,199 --> 00:07:34,759 Speaker 4: Ten isn't crazy. But I think three twenty point games 138 00:07:34,759 --> 00:07:41,439 that they have lost this season, yeah, two to Phoenix 139 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:45,199 and one to Indiana. So to see them be in 140 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,879 a real battle late, and by the way, that does 141 00:07:47,959 --> 00:07:50,360 speak to how good James Harden was. This wasn't some 142 00:07:50,519 --> 00:07:53,360 fifty ball in a game that they had secured where 143 00:07:53,399 --> 00:07:56,079 he's just pouring it on late. They needed all of 144 00:07:56,079 --> 00:07:58,480 those buckets, the fourteen he had in the fourth quarter, 145 00:07:59,279 --> 00:08:03,000 but hold on after what happened against Phoenix the night 146 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:07,199 before and not break against a good Pistons team. I 147 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:08,920 know it's hard to wrap our heads around it, but 148 00:08:08,959 --> 00:08:12,680 they are at one ten of eleven. I think I 149 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,199 hope that is the big takeaway, that they can figure 150 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:17,680 out how to close games again. 151 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, the closing game. It's it's nice that will You 152 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:25,800 kind of talked about how they've looked a little rough 153 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:30,120 with more rest. I like that they have one day 154 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,399 off and then they play tomorrow. I like that this 155 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,120 is fresh in their minds. Their Harden's got to be 156 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:37,759 feeling good. People didn't want him to play yesterday. I'm 157 00:08:37,799 --> 00:08:39,480 not going to pretend like I didn't think about maybe 158 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:43,399 he should sit. But thankfully it went the good way. 159 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,480 But I like that they have one day they can 160 00:08:46,519 --> 00:08:48,360 look at what they did right, Bogie can. 161 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: Still feel good head into the game. I think. I 162 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,200 hope something does kind of shift out of this. Will 163 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:57,559 you look like you wanted to interject. 164 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:02,279 Speaker 4: The only problem I'd say is it's not a problem. 165 00:09:02,519 --> 00:09:05,639 I hope it's not a problem, but it is. It's 166 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,320 a new configuration of guys that are going to be 167 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,480 playing on Friday. You find a way to win that 168 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:13,480 one game, and now you've got to figure out how 169 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,720 to win with different guys out there and different dynamics. 170 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,720 And look, the offensive rating on off splits with Kawhi 171 00:09:20,799 --> 00:09:23,720 have been good. They're better with him in every way possible. 172 00:09:24,159 --> 00:09:28,360 They just got to put it together and play with 173 00:09:28,519 --> 00:09:31,320 a little bit more chemistry out there in the biggest 174 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:34,919 moments and just share the rock. Because they've had so 175 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,799 many good quarters during this losing streak. You're like, damn, 176 00:09:38,919 --> 00:09:41,759 they look great and they can't hold it together. They 177 00:09:41,799 --> 00:09:45,559 can't consistently play like that. The second quarter against Phoenix 178 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:47,799 I thought was really special with the ball movement, everything 179 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:51,519 going on there with James. Without James, it worked, so 180 00:09:51,639 --> 00:09:53,720 could they do it for forty eight minutes? Can they 181 00:09:53,759 --> 00:09:55,039 be more consistent out there? 182 00:09:57,159 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 3: I like what you said about kind of like it's 183 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,440 a new crew coming in on Friday against the next 184 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:04,240 which we'll talk about the next segment. But the only 185 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,480 people on the injury report are Ben Simmons and Norm Powell. 186 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:09,519 So Kawhi is good to go, Derek Jones Junior is 187 00:10:09,519 --> 00:10:12,519 good to go. Done will be in the starting line 188 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,039 up again. We can only assume he was great defensively 189 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:16,279 against the Pistons. 190 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: Just another is. 191 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,399 Speaker 5: There a timeline? Is there a timeline on Simmons yet? 192 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 1: Day to day? So it was weird. 193 00:10:23,519 --> 00:10:29,399 Speaker 3: Tyleru said yesterday that him and Derek Jones Junior were 194 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,360 day to day and he didn't know when they'd be back. 195 00:10:31,519 --> 00:10:35,559 But Derek Jones Junior was doing an on court workout yesterday, 196 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,120 so that makes. 197 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: Like, yeah, that does suck. 198 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:43,679 Speaker 3: Shout out Dime who got to meet Derek Jones Junior 199 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:44,759 with the bibblehead, which was cool. 200 00:10:44,799 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 4: Everyone who wore Jersey could do a meet agreed afterwards. 201 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:48,840 That's a great idea. 202 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,919 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, that's the kind of stuff the marketing team 203 00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:56,519 needs to keep doing. That's cool shit. But Ben Simmons, Like, 204 00:10:56,919 --> 00:11:01,000 I don't think there's any like he hasn't been doing 205 00:11:01,039 --> 00:11:02,120 on court stuff. 206 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 4: That I've heard that's a that's a loss too. Oh yeah, unfortunately. 207 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I like, you know, obviously there's a 208 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,519 lot of factors going on here, but you know it 209 00:11:12,639 --> 00:11:15,639 is a downgrade from Simmons to U Banks there. 210 00:11:15,879 --> 00:11:20,679 Speaker 4: If you look at that leaf. I'm not putting it 211 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,960 all on U Banks for what happened against Phoenix, but. 212 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: A couple of. 213 00:11:27,639 --> 00:11:33,759 Speaker 4: Times was a plus twenty two. He played thirty He 214 00:11:33,799 --> 00:11:37,919 played thirty seven minutes, so they lost by two. In 215 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,080 the eleven minutes he's off the floor, they got outscored 216 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,240 by twenty four points. That's wild. 217 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: I mean, you look at look at the game from 218 00:11:47,799 --> 00:11:50,840 last night. U Banks, Kobe Brown and Jordan Miller were 219 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,879 the only minuses. They were double. 220 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 4: Jordans were that bad, Like they had a couple of 221 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,879 putbacks each. They weren't that loud with their performances. But 222 00:12:00,039 --> 00:12:01,559 I didn't see a horrible play. 223 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: Jordan Miller fouls so much. 224 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,879 Speaker 3: And I think, look, if you've been listening to this pod, 225 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,639 you know you know that I set up shop on 226 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:17,879 Kobe Brown Island real Estate's getting short. 227 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:25,080 Speaker 1: Not for the good reasons. Yeah, I don't. 228 00:12:24,919 --> 00:12:29,039 Speaker 6: Know, additional property, so that way your per your per 229 00:12:29,159 --> 00:12:30,519 share loss is lower. 230 00:12:30,759 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, oh yeah, I'm I own a lot on Kobe 231 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:36,519 Brown Island. I'm sunk. 232 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:38,759 Speaker 3: I'm in the sunk cause fallacy, and I'm just I'm 233 00:12:38,799 --> 00:12:42,120 sinking further. I'm trying to start a new fallacy, I guess. 234 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 1: Yeah. 235 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 3: So they're gonna have almost the full starting lineup back 236 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:51,799 except for Norm. We gotta hope Kawhi is gonna gonna 237 00:12:52,759 --> 00:12:54,559 do his thing again. We'll talk about more in detail 238 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:58,159 the next segment. This really helped the standings, though we 239 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,960 needed to win for the Vibes. The Clippers are sitting 240 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:03,480 in eighth. We're one game out of six. We have 241 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:08,440 the tiebreaker over the Warriors, which is huge. We are, however, 242 00:13:08,639 --> 00:13:10,799 one and a half games out of tenth place. 243 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: So I think at this point, if nothing is you know, 244 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,360 created out of this what what can be I think 245 00:13:19,399 --> 00:13:21,200 taken from this game in the grand scheme of things. 246 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 3: Hopefully Bogie stays hot or relatively hot, because I don't 247 00:13:25,279 --> 00:13:29,039 think he'll shoot what was it. 248 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 1: Fifty from three? 249 00:13:29,159 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 3: That would be great, but I don't think that will 250 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,960 happen continuously. Maybe this gets them to give Zoo the 251 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,600 ball more when there needs to be easier buckets. Like 252 00:13:38,639 --> 00:13:41,639 you look at the field goal attempts. No one had 253 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:44,360 double digit field goal attempts except for Bogie, Zoo and Hard. 254 00:13:44,799 --> 00:13:48,279 Obviously that gets redistributed when Kawhi and Derek Jones Junior 255 00:13:48,279 --> 00:13:51,159 are there, But it was nice to see some more 256 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,399 emphasis on Zoo getting the ball. 257 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,039 Speaker 1: That's kind of all I'm hoping for from this, I 258 00:13:58,039 --> 00:14:02,600 guess is a lot. What Yeah, but he'll score eighteen. 259 00:14:02,919 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 5: I think they need to do to take care of 260 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,399 business and like secure a playoff spot, Like is that 261 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:10,600 thirteen and seven? Do you think that gets it done? 262 00:14:10,639 --> 00:14:11,679 Is that good enough. 263 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 4: Playoffs? Like a six point? 264 00:14:15,919 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 5: Yeah? 265 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,039 Speaker 1: Yeah, like six pot if. 266 00:14:18,879 --> 00:14:22,679 Speaker 4: They beat Golden State, it might, but they go Warriors 267 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:26,240 have been so damn hot and they have an easier schedule. 268 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 5: So thirteen and seven you don't think they'll run. 269 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:32,519 Speaker 4: I don't think it's a darance. 270 00:14:32,559 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 1: I think it gives them a chance. I think it 271 00:14:35,759 --> 00:14:37,759 gives us a Really if you look at the schedule 272 00:14:37,759 --> 00:14:38,399 the same, what do you. 273 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 5: Project that they do better? That they can do better 274 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,080 than thirteen and seven over the last over these last 275 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:43,679 twenty games. 276 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,279 Speaker 1: I can't in good faith project. 277 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 5: That thirteen and seven seems attainable to me. 278 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 4: I don't. 279 00:14:49,799 --> 00:14:52,639 Speaker 5: I don't even know that I could. I don't even 280 00:14:52,679 --> 00:14:54,840 know that I could get to fourteen and six. To 281 00:14:54,879 --> 00:14:56,360 be perfectly honest. 282 00:14:57,759 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 3: We've just we have consistent See stop me if you've 283 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:03,759 heard this one before in the two and three era, 284 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:07,200 Consistency is not this team's thing when it comes to 285 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:10,919 who's available, when it comes to play level or whatever focus, 286 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,000 whatever adjective you want to use for that. 287 00:15:13,759 --> 00:15:16,279 Speaker 1: So I can't. 288 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,159 Speaker 3: It's doable, But it's not like I have a body 289 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:21,480 of work this season to point back and say, remember 290 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:23,320 when they were playing like this, that's what they need 291 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,720 to do at thirteen and seven. If Harden scores fifty 292 00:15:25,759 --> 00:15:28,639 every other game, Hell yeah, thirteen and seven. But Kawhi 293 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:29,559 is going to miss some games. 294 00:15:29,639 --> 00:15:38,159 Speaker 4: You got four more back to backs? Shit, yeah yeah, yeah, best. 295 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:42,759 At best, Kawhi's playing sixteen games. The consistency thing, though, 296 00:15:42,879 --> 00:15:45,240 or the inconsistency. 297 00:15:44,679 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 3: And norm is out until at least the Hornets game 298 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:49,639 on the sixteenth and ten days. 299 00:15:49,879 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, and he's probably not coming back for that game 300 00:15:52,519 --> 00:15:53,600 since it's reevaluation. 301 00:15:53,720 --> 00:16:02,039 Speaker 3: It's like, right, they reevaluate and they go. 302 00:16:03,279 --> 00:16:07,639 Speaker 4: Like that is yeah, just real tough blow. For him 303 00:16:07,639 --> 00:16:09,559 to come back and play nine minutes after we've been 304 00:16:09,559 --> 00:16:13,919 waiting for him is insane. I will say the inconsistency 305 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:18,080 issue kind of cuts both ways, yeah, because it can't 306 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:23,799 be consistently bad for as long either, right, Okay, it 307 00:16:23,919 --> 00:16:25,080 could snap out of it. 308 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 3: I think one of the ways that can help him 309 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:31,240 stap out of it, kind of to your point, will 310 00:16:31,279 --> 00:16:33,000 if they do want to get to thirteen and seven, 311 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:37,679 is feeding off the defense that Chris Dunn has continued 312 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,360 to play even when things are bad, even when the 313 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,840 Clippers have been bad. The defense and the effort that 314 00:16:42,919 --> 00:16:45,279 Chris Dunne has showed, I think permians the locker room. 315 00:16:45,279 --> 00:16:47,159 We've talked about how he's kind of one of those 316 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,480 guys who's maybe a leader by example, just specifically on 317 00:16:50,519 --> 00:16:53,600 the defensive end for this team. So like if they 318 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,080 can buy into that once Kawhi starts stepping it up 319 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:02,519 more with defensive responsibilities, which happens on Friday, I think 320 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:05,319 that like there's a couple of things that have to coalesce, 321 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,119 but they're not too far fetched, right, Like this team 322 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,720 is built on defense, so if that gets back to 323 00:17:10,799 --> 00:17:11,119 where it was. 324 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,160 Speaker 5: Yeah, it feels like a little bit of shaky GROWNDI 325 00:17:13,279 --> 00:17:15,559 right now, just because of how we've seen them and 326 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:18,160 how hot and cold spin and obviously injuries piling up. 327 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,880 But there are some some things that suggest they are 328 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,599 trending in the right direction. Obviously Harden, you know, so 329 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,079 like snapping back into it being able to do this. 330 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,119 I mean, the last time we saw Kawhi looked really 331 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,799 really good. Didn't ultimately result in a win, but you know, 332 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,079 there's some things trending in the right direction. 333 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely. 334 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 4: Do you guys believe they are eighteenth defensively their last 335 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:45,119 fifteen games? This is all stretch. This goes further back 336 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:49,519 than just post All Star Break. I think some of it. 337 00:17:49,599 --> 00:17:51,640 I think a lot of it is remedied by just 338 00:17:52,079 --> 00:17:54,319 can you all cool off from three against us for 339 00:17:54,319 --> 00:17:57,680 a little bit. Yeah, I think that's a huge slice 340 00:17:57,720 --> 00:17:59,759 of the pie. What's going on? And last night it 341 00:17:59,799 --> 00:18:03,279 did happen in their favor. The Detroit Pistons shot thirty 342 00:18:03,279 --> 00:18:04,039 one percent three. 343 00:18:08,839 --> 00:18:11,839 Speaker 1: Yeah, what is the opponent three point percentage in those 344 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:12,640 fifteen games? 345 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 4: Let me check here? 346 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:17,799 Speaker 5: Use if you filter out if you were to filter 347 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,279 out some of those, it. 348 00:18:20,279 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: Was if you if you readjust them to the meme, 349 00:18:23,279 --> 00:18:23,839 you know it's. 350 00:18:23,759 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, it's been like thirty nine percent for a while. 351 00:18:26,799 --> 00:18:33,160 So yeah, it's thirty nine point two percent. That's insane. Yeah, 352 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,319 that is unsustainable. I don't care if you're leading and 353 00:18:36,319 --> 00:18:36,720 they're not. 354 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:39,039 Speaker 5: Is that is that the worst in the league. 355 00:18:39,279 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's thirtieth. 356 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:42,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, I've checked. 357 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:46,880 Speaker 4: It's not like they're advanced. Uh the analytics say that 358 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,599 they're leaving guys open more or that they're way more 359 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,319 open shots being taken from three, that's not it. 360 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, I wouldn't imagine that because like when you're watching 361 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,599 the game, it's not like all like these shots are 362 00:18:57,599 --> 00:18:59,799 wide open. I mean, of course they've let a few 363 00:18:59,799 --> 00:19:02,559 slow whatever. They sometimes you know, will concede a shot 364 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,759 to a you know, the the weakest player on the floor. 365 00:19:05,799 --> 00:19:08,880 But it to the eye test, it's not like they're 366 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,599 just letting them honk, like letting teams chuck them up. 367 00:19:13,319 --> 00:19:16,839 Speaker 1: Well, and look at last night Dennis Shooter five of nine, 368 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,559 Dalton connect had that crazy game against us, Like you're 369 00:19:20,559 --> 00:19:21,839 getting I think it's. 370 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:24,519 Speaker 3: Two and three hoops. Has I can't remember what it's called, 371 00:19:24,559 --> 00:19:27,240 but I think it's like shitty three point shooter versus 372 00:19:27,279 --> 00:19:30,240 the Clippers club. And they have such a long thread 373 00:19:30,279 --> 00:19:33,000 of guys who were just like, oh, he's seventy five 374 00:19:33,039 --> 00:19:37,039 percent tonight from three, suret why not like it's happened 375 00:19:37,079 --> 00:19:39,279 a lot. Not a total excuse, But you're right, well, 376 00:19:39,279 --> 00:19:43,200 the defense doesn't if you're an eye test person, the 377 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,599 defense does not look broken in any way. 378 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 4: Even look at a lot of the points per game 379 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,279 against the Clippers as of late, the Lakers didn't put 380 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,640 up much against them. Their defense was good enough. It's 381 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:00,839 like one and eight it we're talking about up one 382 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,200 hundred and eight points, one hundred and six points. They 383 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:08,119 lost to the Detroit in Detroit one hundred and six points. 384 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,039 Speaker 7: I don't know, it's clear what the problem does point 385 00:20:13,079 --> 00:20:17,759 to the problem the other side of the ball, to 386 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:21,200 the other side of the ball being the issue. But again, 387 00:20:22,319 --> 00:20:27,079 if Bogie cannot be statistically one of the worst catching 388 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:29,160 shoot three point shooters, things are a lot easier. 389 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 4: He's at Chris, that's all. It takes a few games 390 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,039 nearly nearly average. 391 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 1: Nearly. 392 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 4: In back to back possessions in the fourth quarter and 393 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:46,599 he had a turnaround fade away, like his big game 394 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:50,240 was awesome. Historday he did a lot. 395 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 3: Yesterday he had a block, he clocked a steel boards, 396 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:55,480 a sitting like he can do a little bit. 397 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 4: We like, is it? 398 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 5: Do you think this had to do with some of 399 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:00,640 his playing time in Atlanta? And like he you know, 400 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:04,559 he is a much more consistent part of the rotation 401 00:21:04,759 --> 00:21:10,720 now than he was in Atlanta, So like maybe maybe 402 00:21:10,759 --> 00:21:13,319 I wasn't giving him enough credit for for that, like 403 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,480 needing the time to readjust and come back into it. 404 00:21:18,279 --> 00:21:24,119 Speaker 3: You're also very ill, right, No, I think the consistent 405 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:25,559 the playing time is a real thing. 406 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:29,799 Speaker 1: Like I think this is maybe a bigger conversation. 407 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 3: I think a lot of the times people look at 408 00:21:31,279 --> 00:21:33,240 stats and they say, well, why isn't that just one 409 00:21:33,319 --> 00:21:35,200 for one at the new place or what you know, 410 00:21:35,279 --> 00:21:35,960 Why why. 411 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:40,559 Speaker 1: There's a rhythm, there's getting used to a thing. I 412 00:21:40,599 --> 00:21:42,519 think that. I think you're right. I think that plays 413 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:43,440 in part. 414 00:21:43,599 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 4: I think part of it is just it's a low 415 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,279 volume thing too. He hasn't been many games this season. 416 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,440 Like last year he got up about six hundred and 417 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,039 fifty threes this year. I think he's right at about 418 00:21:53,039 --> 00:21:53,720 two hundred. 419 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 5: Yeah, he's huge difference, and. 420 00:21:57,279 --> 00:21:59,519 Speaker 4: He's playing as his head postgame and said it's a 421 00:21:59,519 --> 00:22:03,480 mental like there's nothing physically going on there. He's not washed. 422 00:22:03,559 --> 00:22:07,200 He looks fine. He just needs I think those two 423 00:22:07,279 --> 00:22:10,400 in the fourth quarter. Hopefully there's a carryover effect then 424 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,880 because those were really clutch shots, maybe that gets them 425 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:13,240 out of this. 426 00:22:14,079 --> 00:22:18,839 Speaker 1: Yeah, not washed, looks fine. I hope is what because 427 00:22:18,839 --> 00:22:22,799 that's a pretty smolid Yeah. 428 00:22:22,839 --> 00:22:23,160 Speaker 4: I like what. 429 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 1: I like what you said. Like not the whole game, 430 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,000 obviously the whole game was successful, but having that confidence 431 00:22:28,039 --> 00:22:31,039 from the two meaningful shots in the fourth it's like, yes, 432 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:33,480 like you can do this in moments that matter to 433 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,400 you know, not not that it doesn't matter earlier, but 434 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,480 you guys know what bigot when it really. 435 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 4: Is kind he's been a clutch player in the league. 436 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:46,279 Like that's like part of his rep. So yeah, get 437 00:22:46,279 --> 00:22:47,440 through it, mental block. 438 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,599 Speaker 1: Get through it, mental block. Anything else to say about this? 439 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:57,279 Speaker 3: Uh, the new baby in the Clippers locker room after 440 00:22:57,319 --> 00:23:00,240 something was born from this this gamest. 441 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,759 Speaker 1: The Pistons. They were upset about the referee. But I 442 00:23:02,799 --> 00:23:03,559 don't know what to tell you. 443 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,799 Speaker 4: I do think that the Clippers got a good whistle 444 00:23:05,839 --> 00:23:08,160 last night and that was rare. 445 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:11,519 Speaker 1: Yeah, and we I was like, we'll take it. 446 00:23:11,599 --> 00:23:12,640 Speaker 4: Oh yeah like that. 447 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,400 Speaker 5: I thought that that was a little excessive post game 448 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:20,000 from the Pistons being like, well they got handed, they 449 00:23:20,039 --> 00:23:23,799 got handed. James got handed twenty points and then we 450 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:28,920 had seven. No, like the disparity wasn't even that insane? 451 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 4: I don't know. 452 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,880 Speaker 5: And yeah, anytime a guy get is getting to fifty 453 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,119 in this league the way to get yeah, he's getting 454 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:39,400 He's getting to the line twenty times. 455 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:41,839 Speaker 1: Zoo had no free throws. So how about that. I'm 456 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:43,759 sure there was a couple of possessions of Isaiah Stewart 457 00:23:43,759 --> 00:23:44,680 was follow him. 458 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,799 Speaker 5: It was just wild that it came from multiple members. 459 00:23:47,839 --> 00:23:50,000 I thought in the in the postgame interviews from the. 460 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 1: Pistons, yeah, I mean it would be frustrating to see 461 00:23:54,519 --> 00:23:57,359 the same guy, but like it was, it's only seven more. 462 00:23:59,559 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 3: They must not watched the recent Clippers games. Did they 463 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,519 not watch Clippers games to see how they just. 464 00:24:05,519 --> 00:24:09,079 Speaker 4: You know, everybody's had their turn in a game where 465 00:24:09,079 --> 00:24:12,400 Harden has fifteen plus free throws against you, and it's 466 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,480 the Clippers have Yeah, they face this too. When he 467 00:24:16,559 --> 00:24:20,119 was with Houston, plenty, so it can't be frustrating. But 468 00:24:20,839 --> 00:24:23,640 you know, watch the tape, guys. It wasn't that bad. 469 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,240 But you know, I feel for him because we're gonna 470 00:24:27,279 --> 00:24:30,720 be doing this soon. Imagine if we have the Lakers 471 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:34,440 in seven game series two thousand and two again, for me, 472 00:24:34,519 --> 00:24:35,279 it's gonna be hell. 473 00:24:37,039 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 1: Oh no, you're gonna be breaking out the jersey. Oh man, 474 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,079 I hope you. I don't hope you have to. 475 00:24:44,559 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 3: But if it does come to that, I'm very excited 476 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,640 for the listeners who don't know you are infra surprise 477 00:24:50,279 --> 00:24:53,000 if that happens. All right, coming up, we're gonna be 478 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,200 talking the Clippers weekend previous they got a game versus 479 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,039 the next tomorrow night, and then they have a massive 480 00:24:58,079 --> 00:25:01,960 game standings wise against the Kings on Sunday. If you're 481 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,279 listening to us on audio, thank you. Leave a review 482 00:25:04,319 --> 00:25:06,759 on iTunes if you like us. If you don't like us, 483 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,440 maybe put five stars. But you can still listen forever 484 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,920 you want to list In the text, uh, we have 485 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,160 a quick audio break which you will not experience if 486 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,400 you subscribe to us on YouTube dot com Slash at 487 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,720 Clippers podcast Quick audio break and then Clippers versus Nicks 488 00:25:19,759 --> 00:25:20,039 talk and. 489 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,799 Speaker 5: All right, welcome back into cliffs and Dip. We just 490 00:25:22,839 --> 00:25:25,960 finished up talking a big win. But the Clippers aren't 491 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,799 done yet. They've got two games coming up this weekend, 492 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:35,079 starting with one against the Knicks followed by little pactive 493 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:36,519 rival in the Kings. 494 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:44,400 Speaker 3: Hell yeah, the pactive rivalry is real. This next game, 495 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,440 like we said, Clippers are going to be without Norman, 496 00:25:46,519 --> 00:25:49,720 Ben Simmons, Derek Jones Junior's back, second night of a 497 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:55,720 back to back for the Knicks, who are going tonight unclear. 498 00:25:55,839 --> 00:25:59,799 He was out for personal reasons, which Chris Bussard was 499 00:25:59,799 --> 00:26:03,119 to fucking so much crazy shit. Cat missed that game 500 00:26:03,279 --> 00:26:07,400 for very real personal reasons, And there's this weird narrative 501 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:11,519 that he like was ducking like Jimmy Butler or something 502 00:26:11,559 --> 00:26:11,799 like that. 503 00:26:11,839 --> 00:26:14,440 Speaker 5: The only time that comes in is I feel like 504 00:26:14,519 --> 00:26:17,920 BMB verse Jokic thing, Like there are ones where it's 505 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:22,519 happening so frequently that it's like okay, but I feel like, yeah, 506 00:26:22,599 --> 00:26:25,240 in a single game scenario, like what are we doing here? 507 00:26:25,279 --> 00:26:28,039 Like with this, I get that the everyone loves the drama. 508 00:26:28,079 --> 00:26:30,519 This doesn't need to be the most dramatic league fucking 509 00:26:30,599 --> 00:26:31,160 every day. 510 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,319 Speaker 1: Oh it should not, but it is. Chris. 511 00:26:36,599 --> 00:26:40,640 Speaker 3: Chris Bussard referenced Draymond Green's podcast to disparage why Karl 512 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:45,480 Anthony Towns missed this game. Fantastic journalism, Chris Bussard. Anyway, 513 00:26:45,519 --> 00:26:49,119 this isn't the NIXT podcast, but Cat I believe should. 514 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:49,640 Speaker 1: Be playing in this one. 515 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,640 Speaker 4: I think he plays tonight, is what they're saying. Now. 516 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:58,720 He did just come back from a knee issue, and 517 00:26:58,759 --> 00:27:01,079 I'll try to see if he's laid back to backs yet, 518 00:27:01,079 --> 00:27:04,240 and it looks like he has, so I would expect 519 00:27:04,319 --> 00:27:06,839 him to play against the Clippers tomorrow. 520 00:27:07,839 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 3: Okay, do we think Derek Jones Junior is going to 521 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:14,200 be on any kind of minutes watch just from what 522 00:27:14,319 --> 00:27:16,640 Ty said yesterday of him still being day to day. 523 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,279 Obviously he's not on the injury report, but is he 524 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:20,640 just full board going? 525 00:27:20,839 --> 00:27:24,039 Speaker 5: Like I mean, looking at his rotation minutes going into 526 00:27:24,079 --> 00:27:27,960 the injury what do you even minutes a restriction to 527 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,480 even be a factor. 528 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 4: Right, Yeah, it's he's been on man's restriction. It looks 529 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,880 like if you able to go up getting five or more. 530 00:27:37,039 --> 00:27:40,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a good call. Happy to have Derek Jones 531 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,839 Junior back the Knicks. Here's what they're not good at. 532 00:27:45,599 --> 00:27:48,440 They're not good at rebounding. They're bottom ten and offensive, 533 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:52,519 defensive and total rebounds per game. They're okay rebounding percentage 534 00:27:52,519 --> 00:27:57,920 wise eleventh and offensive rebound percentage seventeenth. In defensive rebound percentage, 535 00:27:58,079 --> 00:28:03,000 they're nineteenth in defensive rating. So the Clippers do kind 536 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,880 of have a shot to carry some of this offensive 537 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,960 momentum against the Knicks. 538 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:12,279 Speaker 4: It's strange a TIBs team that is top five on 539 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:17,680 offense in near bottom ten defensively. They've had a big makeover. 540 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:22,640 I still think the defense is there somewhere, like, yeah, 541 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:26,119 they're better than this personnel wise, but yeah, the Clippers 542 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,240 they should be, especially with the second half of back 543 00:28:29,279 --> 00:28:31,759 to back and then playing the Lakers tonight. Nicks Lakers 544 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,319 is always a big game. Maybe they haven't let down. 545 00:28:34,759 --> 00:28:37,880 Hopefully they beat the Lakers and then don't see a 546 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,799 priority of going full board against the Clippers the next night. 547 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:42,839 That'd be cool. 548 00:28:43,759 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I wouldn't be mad at that. 549 00:28:45,359 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 5: Pretty cool. 550 00:28:46,119 --> 00:28:49,200 Speaker 3: That would be great for everybody involved except the Lakers, 551 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:54,200 but who cares about them? I'm looking forward to Chris 552 00:28:54,279 --> 00:28:58,160 Dunn in this one. The Knicks don't take a lot 553 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,279 of threes, but they're top ten in three point percentage, 554 00:29:01,319 --> 00:29:04,799 So his perimeter defense with Derk Jones Junior like Adam 555 00:29:04,799 --> 00:29:06,960 To your point, I know it's kind of the ragtag 556 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:11,960 group because Norm's not there, but like defensively, Derrek Jones 557 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,000 Junior and Don should kind of be able to make 558 00:29:14,039 --> 00:29:15,000 things happen in this one. 559 00:29:16,359 --> 00:29:20,079 Speaker 4: Done also two big threes that were wide open last 560 00:29:20,119 --> 00:29:24,240 game knocked them down. Those were big shots. Uh yeah, 561 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,440 I look forward to that that he's. 562 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 5: Not shooting over the last fifteen games too much. 563 00:29:35,599 --> 00:29:41,799 Speaker 4: If DJ is back, I wouldn't mind seeing more of 564 00:29:41,839 --> 00:29:46,319 his minutes during crunch time when they are leaving Done 565 00:29:46,319 --> 00:29:50,960 wide open and electing to let him shoot those those threes. 566 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:52,680 I would rap because of. 567 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 5: The versatility, just because of the versatility of DJJ Or 568 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,359 you think he's a sign better at three point. 569 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,519 Speaker 4: Shooter, It ain't. It ain't significant, but I think he's 570 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:09,759 he's better. I think he's better, and Done is I 571 00:30:09,759 --> 00:30:13,359 don't know, it hasn't. Maybe I'm wrong, and last night's 572 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:17,079 game is the turning point. But the narrative surrounding him 573 00:30:17,119 --> 00:30:20,200 being left open late in games and how many opportunities 574 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,720 he has had as of late against the Lakers to 575 00:30:22,799 --> 00:30:24,920 hit him, against Phoenix, to hit him, and they're just 576 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:25,799 not falling. 577 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: Over the last fifteen games. Chris Dunn is shooting from. 578 00:30:32,279 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 5: Three hardy, so he's like at his average, he's higher 579 00:30:36,519 --> 00:30:37,200 than both over the. 580 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:41,519 Speaker 4: Last That's that's a little shocking to me. What is 581 00:30:41,559 --> 00:30:42,880 he at fourth quarters? 582 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,079 Speaker 1: Okay, hold on, let me see if I can parcel 583 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:45,480 it out. 584 00:30:46,079 --> 00:30:47,319 Speaker 4: Give me those parameters. 585 00:30:47,599 --> 00:30:56,599 Speaker 1: Okay, hold on, fourth quarter? Get stats he is suh. 586 00:30:57,119 --> 00:31:01,279 Hold on, I gotta scroll a little bit. Get somebody 587 00:31:01,359 --> 00:31:08,599 shooting from three and fourth quarters over the last fifteen games. Adam, 588 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:12,599 your guests eighteen it's a round number. If that helps. 589 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 4: Ten percent? 590 00:31:15,319 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 1: Yes, Holy. 591 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 5: How many attempts though. 592 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,559 Speaker 3: It's not a lot of attempts. It is point eight attempts. 593 00:31:23,759 --> 00:31:28,319 Speaker 4: Yeah, but we know what type they are. You're wide open. 594 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,839 Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that's an easy swing. Though you make 595 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:35,680 two of those. I mean, you're turning that whole damn 596 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:36,240 thing around. 597 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:42,119 Speaker 3: Will is like just this next one, baby, Yeah, I 598 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,359 hope Derek joege Well, we're gonna see both, right, Like 599 00:31:44,519 --> 00:31:46,759 in this scenario with Norm out in the fourth quarter, 600 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,559 it's probably gonna be both. 601 00:31:49,319 --> 00:31:50,599 Speaker 4: I think we'll probably have Bogie in. 602 00:31:52,359 --> 00:31:56,839 Speaker 3: Yeah, do we Kawhi's fourth quarter minutes? How we didn't 603 00:31:56,839 --> 00:31:59,240 really talk about this against the Phoenix game. There was 604 00:31:59,319 --> 00:32:02,279 some discord about people wondering why he sat out a 605 00:32:02,319 --> 00:32:04,359 certain amount of minutes he did in the fourth and 606 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:08,200 then came back in comparison to when his minisula versus 607 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,480 the Lakers. Are they just going by feel per game 608 00:32:11,519 --> 00:32:12,759 basis with the minute. 609 00:32:12,759 --> 00:32:13,799 Speaker 1: I was a little confused by it. 610 00:32:13,839 --> 00:32:18,359 Speaker 4: I'm not gonna yeah, I asked law about it. Didn't 611 00:32:18,359 --> 00:32:21,400 seem like there was any clear understanding of why he 612 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:23,119 came out for a minute and a half. Was it 613 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:27,039 just I'm trying to think he had played the entire 614 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,960 fourth quarter of the Lakers game, right, and if he had, 615 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,759 if he had stayed in in the game against Phoenix 616 00:32:34,079 --> 00:32:35,759 and didn't come out for that minute and a half, 617 00:32:35,759 --> 00:32:39,079 he would have played the entire fourth quarter. So maybe 618 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:44,400 we're not doing entire quarters with Kawhi. That's the deduction here. 619 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: I don't know, let me check it because we played 620 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:52,279 him on the second Yeah, I don't know. 621 00:32:52,359 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 3: And again Tylu has alluded to kind of you know, 622 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:56,799 there was the game where Harden was out there for 623 00:32:56,799 --> 00:32:57,480 forty minutes. 624 00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 1: He was like, oh, that was my fault. Kawi played 625 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,880 the full fourth versus the Lakers. 626 00:33:01,759 --> 00:33:06,559 Speaker 4: On the second game, then maybe it's just well, he 627 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,359 just played forty minutes, so we can't do another forty 628 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:11,799 point game forty eight hours later. 629 00:33:12,279 --> 00:33:16,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, the minutes roach the minutes management's been a little 630 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,599 wonky recently because TYLERU talked about it. 631 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:20,440 Speaker 1: You know, it was his fault. 632 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 3: Harden was out there for forty minutes in that one game, 633 00:33:23,039 --> 00:33:25,519 and then I don't know, I guess it'll be interesting 634 00:33:25,559 --> 00:33:27,200 to see tomorrow, like if it's a close game down 635 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,960 the stretch, like we need these wins, and if he's 636 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,519 able to play the full fourth against the Lakers, like, 637 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:34,359 let's do it. 638 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:36,720 Speaker 1: Depending on the other. 639 00:33:36,599 --> 00:33:41,319 Speaker 5: Three full quarters isn't like new for Kawhi, right seeing 640 00:33:41,319 --> 00:33:43,920 it shifted consistently to the fourth, that would probably be 641 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,480 advantageous for this team versus his like normal first full 642 00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:53,000 quarter stints in previous seasons. But yeah, I don't know. 643 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,759 It's so hard because I just feel like there's no 644 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:01,039 clear cut answer as to what is going to aggravate 645 00:34:01,359 --> 00:34:04,359 the me you know's there's nothing like which is I 646 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,480 feel like, I feel like We've just gone through so 647 00:34:07,559 --> 00:34:10,920 many different things, and it's like not playing and you know, 648 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,679 a whole lot of rest doesn't seem to be that beneficial. 649 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,079 I mean, you could definitely make a strong argument for 650 00:34:16,119 --> 00:34:21,519 an overuse issue last season, but you know, it wasn't 651 00:34:21,519 --> 00:34:24,639 a problem at least my understanding, until all of a 652 00:34:24,679 --> 00:34:30,280 sudden it was. So I think I understand the concern 653 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,400 in terms of managing minutes, but I just feel like 654 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,280 there's no way for you to game it. Like there, 655 00:34:35,559 --> 00:34:37,800 you know, there's truly no way for you to game it. 656 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,320 So if you could keep him h if you were 657 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,159 going to have him play full quarters, I would I 658 00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:46,119 would rather come at the end of the game then earlier. 659 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:49,880 Speaker 4: Maybe just thought he'd looked gast, because I think he was. 660 00:34:51,119 --> 00:34:55,400 He started the quarter oh four, Only that's very real too. 661 00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:58,440 He got to tip in off a zoo miss. I 662 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:02,159 think at the him that was the only shot he made. 663 00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:04,960 He just thought, I'll give him a minute and a 664 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,679 half breather here and hopefully he's reached charged and could 665 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:12,639 knock down and jumper. I don't know. Yeah, one asked. 666 00:35:13,599 --> 00:35:16,239 Speaker 1: That's all well. Time for some of the media at 667 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:21,440 all of accountable, please don't do that, Please don't. 668 00:35:22,599 --> 00:35:24,679 Speaker 4: If there was a statement out there, I didn't hear it. 669 00:35:27,039 --> 00:35:30,480 Speaker 3: One thing I'm kind of looking for. As we know, 670 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:34,360 Brunson one of the most efficient scorers in isolation in 671 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,360 the league. There was some discourse over who was guarding 672 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,159 who and that Son's game would be pretty cool to 673 00:35:40,159 --> 00:35:44,920 see Kawhi step up the defensive responsibility stuff. Not saying 674 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,599 he's chosen not to, but this next game offers an 675 00:35:47,599 --> 00:35:50,119 opportunity for him to guard a couple of different positions 676 00:35:50,119 --> 00:35:51,880 of guys who can score pretty well. 677 00:35:54,039 --> 00:35:55,079 Speaker 5: Yeah, I should give that. 678 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,400 Speaker 4: The Phoenix game, there were a few possessions down the 679 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,960 stretch he was guarding KD a few possessions. He was 680 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:06,320 on Booker. That was good to see. I should have 681 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:10,039 put him on Cailespie apparently. Yeah. 682 00:36:10,119 --> 00:36:12,480 Speaker 3: Robert Flaub had a good tweet where he was like 683 00:36:12,519 --> 00:36:15,280 the Clippers coaching stash should lose sleep over this. I'm 684 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:18,239 kind of on his side on that, Like the man, 685 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:21,239 that was crazy. 686 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:26,239 Speaker 4: Hard. You got pretty cooked the end of that game, 687 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:31,880 Bogie got worn out by Gillaspie at least. 688 00:36:33,119 --> 00:36:35,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, Bogey's Bogey's defense is not what he's on the 689 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:36,400 team for. 690 00:36:37,519 --> 00:36:47,760 Speaker 4: Thankfully it was rough. Yeah, oh man Gillespie game. 691 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:52,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, will do you have any other thoughts about this 692 00:36:52,519 --> 00:36:55,599 next team. It's kind of an up and down next team. 693 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,039 Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely. I don't know. There's there's a lot of 694 00:36:58,079 --> 00:37:02,159 question marks and we'll see. I wish I felt better 695 00:37:02,199 --> 00:37:05,239 about this team being able to pounce on on an 696 00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:07,079 opponent on the second night of a back to that act. 697 00:37:07,119 --> 00:37:12,360 I just haven't yet seen it once this season. So yeah, 698 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,840 rest advantage kind of means nothing to the Clippers, which 699 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,719 is great, just good stuff. 700 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:24,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, that Friday night Lakers game, that was a great opportunity. 701 00:37:24,679 --> 00:37:27,719 They couldn't get that one. They were on the second 702 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:32,960 night back to back. It's frustrating the Knicks, Like you know, 703 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,159 I'm going to watch the game obviously later tonight, but 704 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:41,440 I'm a little bit surprised that they are fourth in offense. Yeah, 705 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:45,320 they're shooting thirty from three on the season. They're upper 706 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:51,239 ash low attempts though little attempts. Yeah, but against the Clippers, 707 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:52,280 you know they could go up. 708 00:37:55,199 --> 00:37:56,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is this will be the first game where 709 00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:01,280 a team makes thirty threes. That's what will probably happen. 710 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:07,840 Then the Clippers get the Kings on Sunday, which is 711 00:38:08,079 --> 00:38:11,760 a monumental game for the standings. The Kings are a 712 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:14,519 half game behind the Clippers. The Clippers are two and 713 00:38:14,599 --> 00:38:16,719 overs the Kings this season, but. 714 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:22,039 Speaker 1: They have one more game after this one, which is 715 00:38:22,079 --> 00:38:24,800 the second to last game of the season, which could 716 00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:27,519 be one of the more stressful games of the year 717 00:38:28,199 --> 00:38:29,800 depending how things are going. 718 00:38:33,039 --> 00:38:35,320 Speaker 3: How are we feeling about this King's team? It's kind 719 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:39,800 of new look after their pretty lateral move that they made, Like, 720 00:38:40,599 --> 00:38:42,199 I don't know, Will, How are you feeling about the 721 00:38:42,199 --> 00:38:43,800 team from the big Tomato? 722 00:38:46,119 --> 00:38:48,679 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it is a different look, which I 723 00:38:48,679 --> 00:38:52,119 guess is a little bit more concerning. I'm always like 724 00:38:52,559 --> 00:38:55,280 on notice about the Kings, regardless of our head to 725 00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:59,760 head record against them, But I feel good about this one, 726 00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:02,599 and I would love to see a Western conference win. 727 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:05,360 Speaker 1: Well not just a Western Conference. 728 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,400 Speaker 5: It feels like it's been weeks. A division win, I 729 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,280 mean a division win that's worth five Yeah. 730 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:12,519 Speaker 1: Where's the points system? 731 00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:17,599 Speaker 5: We win against the Kings. That's by thirteen and seven. 732 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,519 Speaker 3: Adam, How you feel about this game? The Kings are 733 00:39:22,599 --> 00:39:26,039 eleventh and net ratings. Since the Lavine trade, they're eighth 734 00:39:26,079 --> 00:39:28,239 and three point percentage. They turn the ball over a lot, 735 00:39:28,599 --> 00:39:31,320 Like it's kind of you never know what you're gonna 736 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,840 get because they're kind of an average team, so like 737 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:36,119 maybe they'll be above average, maybe we'll be blow average, don't. 738 00:39:37,639 --> 00:39:41,599 Speaker 4: Yeah, they have enough talent where they're capable to put 739 00:39:41,639 --> 00:39:43,960 them up with Zach Levine. Now he had a forty 740 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:48,360 point game I think already for them. He always scares me. 741 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:53,519 He's had some big games against the Clippers specifically. This 742 00:39:53,599 --> 00:39:56,159 is a team that is fighting for something now. It 743 00:39:56,199 --> 00:39:58,559 looked like at first they might fall apart after the 744 00:39:58,559 --> 00:40:03,119 trade deadline. I was looking really bleak, and Doug Christie, 745 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,679 interim coach, rallied the troops a little bit. And they've 746 00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:11,320 been playing better defensively, which is typically their issue out there. 747 00:40:12,119 --> 00:40:17,159 So they're talented enough Sabonis, Zach Lavine, Demarto Rosen Tigan 748 00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:21,199 Murray that they can It's not shocking to me that 749 00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:23,320 they've been able to stay afloat even with doubt deer 750 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:25,280 at Fox. I felt like they're not going to be 751 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,320 that much worse after this trade. Honestly, Yeah, you don't 752 00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:28,599 have to. 753 00:40:28,519 --> 00:40:31,480 Speaker 5: Worry about having a crazy outlier of three point shooting, right, 754 00:40:33,159 --> 00:40:35,519 very true. They just don't take enough attempts. I feel 755 00:40:35,519 --> 00:40:36,239 like you're good. 756 00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:39,760 Speaker 3: They're a wild card. I don't know what's gonna happen 757 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:41,280 in this game. The Clippers are kind of a wild 758 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,639 card too, right now, right we there's gonna be no 759 00:40:43,639 --> 00:40:49,480 Norm probably know Ben Simmons is my guess, like it could. 760 00:40:49,599 --> 00:40:50,840 This is gonna be a weird one. 761 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:54,119 Speaker 5: It's either gonna be get in timeline on this tired 762 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:55,119 this brother? 763 00:40:56,159 --> 00:40:59,800 Speaker 1: When do we get in the timeline? Come on? We 764 00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:01,000 just golling for Norm? 765 00:41:01,559 --> 00:41:05,239 Speaker 5: Well, like we can only assignments are due. 766 00:41:05,679 --> 00:41:08,760 Speaker 3: I am the crap pulling you down from the from 767 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:10,480 getting to the top of the bucket. 768 00:41:10,559 --> 00:41:16,840 Speaker 1: Right now, all right, anything else on this Kings game 769 00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:20,039 before we pick our player of the weekend picks, which 770 00:41:20,079 --> 00:41:23,400 again has to be someone who plays well over both games. 771 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:29,519 Speaker 4: They should win it after beating the Knicks on Friday 772 00:41:30,559 --> 00:41:34,239 and make this three game homestands special because you win it, 773 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,320 you have the tiebreaker against them, had to head. You're 774 00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:38,400 feeling a little bit about your place in the West 775 00:41:39,039 --> 00:41:41,559 and just to keep some momentum going. And yeah, they 776 00:41:41,639 --> 00:41:45,000 need a victory against uh not just a pac divity 777 00:41:45,199 --> 00:41:46,679 anybody in the West. Right now? 778 00:41:47,159 --> 00:41:52,360 Speaker 1: Are we still below five hundred conference play. Probably we 779 00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:55,360 might be at five hundred one. 780 00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:59,280 Speaker 3: I was wrong, damn it. Yes, hey, let's get to 781 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,880 five hundred offerings play. That would feel great. I like 782 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:03,920 what you said. This game is huge for the tiebreaker. 783 00:42:04,039 --> 00:42:06,920 Let's just get this. Make that second to last game 784 00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:12,159 not as big a deal for them. Will your pick 785 00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:16,920 for the Kawhi Leonard can't pick Norm Powell because he's 786 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:21,039 not playing James harden avitza Zubats player of the weekend 787 00:42:21,079 --> 00:42:21,519 who has. 788 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:24,159 Speaker 4: To before when playing he just didn't know yet. 789 00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:27,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's true. They have to play good over both 790 00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:29,679 of these games. Who are you picking? 791 00:42:33,559 --> 00:42:36,360 Speaker 5: I'm gonna go Djjay. I hope that he is a 792 00:42:36,519 --> 00:42:39,280 I hope he has a nice return. It'd be good 793 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:42,199 to see him knock down some of those threes that 794 00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:45,280 has Adam put you feel slightly less worried. Then then 795 00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:47,719 when Chris downs taking him wide open, especially in that 796 00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:53,000 fourth quarter. Apparently, and I just we said this in 797 00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:55,800 numerous times, but I like the athleticism. I like the 798 00:42:55,880 --> 00:43:00,960 look of this starting unit with DJJ in there. I 799 00:43:01,119 --> 00:43:04,079 doubt that he'll be back and starting line up maybe 800 00:43:04,199 --> 00:43:05,800 for the Knicks, depending on what they want. 801 00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:06,280 Speaker 4: To do there. 802 00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:12,880 Speaker 5: No, no, no, yeah, yeah, Bogie, No, they'll they'll go DJJ. 803 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:16,280 I don't imagine. So, you know, the guy just had 804 00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:18,480 a bibblehead. Let's have a let's have a couple of nights, 805 00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:20,480 string together a couple of nights. 806 00:43:21,519 --> 00:43:24,239 Speaker 1: Adam, your pick for player of the weekend. 807 00:43:26,199 --> 00:43:29,960 Speaker 4: I'm going with the fourth quarter three point marksman that 808 00:43:30,039 --> 00:43:34,039 I too believe in. And Chris Dunn. I'm going with him, damn. 809 00:43:34,119 --> 00:43:35,760 Speaker 1: Okay, I mean the defense will be needed. 810 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:39,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, hey, it just went to for two against the 811 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:43,320 Pistons late in the game, at least in the second half. 812 00:43:44,159 --> 00:43:47,760 Build off that we're gonna be all right. And I 813 00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:51,519 love Chris Dunn regardless. You never feel that bad. It's 814 00:43:51,519 --> 00:43:55,039 not Russell Westbrook. It's not the same thing, just because 815 00:43:55,079 --> 00:43:57,440 they can play off of him, because his defense is 816 00:43:57,519 --> 00:44:00,760 so insane on the other end that I still feel 817 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:04,000 like he's a net positive out there even when they're 818 00:44:04,039 --> 00:44:04,840 leaving a wide open. 819 00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:07,360 Speaker 1: All right, I thank you for not saying it. I'm 820 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:11,559 doing the biggest wild card. Bogey Bogue's gonna have two 821 00:44:11,639 --> 00:44:12,639 good games in a row. 822 00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:15,519 Speaker 4: Wow, he just did true. 823 00:44:15,599 --> 00:44:19,079 Speaker 1: Okay, four, I'm offered that to four. 824 00:44:19,199 --> 00:44:20,079 Speaker 5: We get to four. 825 00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:23,880 Speaker 3: He's gonna shoot, He's gonna shoot, well, he's gonna put 826 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:25,800 on the floor. Maybe a little small, small pick and roll, 827 00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:28,559 who knows. I think Bogue's gonna be key. If the 828 00:44:28,559 --> 00:44:31,480 Clippers want to win both of these games, I think 829 00:44:31,519 --> 00:44:34,159 they'll probably split. But I think Bogey's gonna play good. 830 00:44:34,199 --> 00:44:39,920 And here's the Kauhi playing some good isolation defense. I 831 00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:41,000 think we can coming up. 832 00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:44,199 Speaker 4: I feel like they're gonna get both. I probably shouldn't. 833 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:46,760 I'm probably just riding the high off last night. 834 00:44:47,039 --> 00:44:50,400 Speaker 5: It feels, I mean, it feels far more attainable than 835 00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:55,320 I guess any stretch sense coming out of the All 836 00:44:55,360 --> 00:45:00,800 Star break. Yeah, which, to be fair, not the easiest 837 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:02,119 stretch of games either. 838 00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:09,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, not wrong, It wasn't. I said you're wrong. 839 00:45:10,719 --> 00:45:12,920 Speaker 4: Eight game road trip, that's crazy. 840 00:45:13,079 --> 00:45:17,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a lot anything else in the Clippers sphere. 841 00:45:17,599 --> 00:45:24,519 Before we wrap this thing up. We all right, there 842 00:45:24,519 --> 00:45:26,840 we go. Thank you for hanging out. We're probably gonna be. 843 00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:30,159 Speaker 3: Doing some postgame stuff on Sunday for sure. Check out 844 00:45:30,199 --> 00:45:35,239 Adam on Clippers Talk after and during the game tomorrow 845 00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:38,039 versus the next I'm gonna be on a Knicks podcast tomorrow, 846 00:45:38,039 --> 00:45:41,519 which should be a good time with Andrew Claudio. Will 847 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:47,199 where can listeners? Tell anyone who wants to hear it 848 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:49,280 where they can listen to this podcast. 849 00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:51,599 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, you can listen to this podcast wherever you 850 00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:53,719 get podcasts. If you have to listen over on Apple 851 00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:55,880 Podcasts or Spotify, go ahead, leave a little rate and 852 00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:58,760 review It helps us out. The best way to consume 853 00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:01,280 this podcast is over on you to dot com slash 854 00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:04,480 at Clippers podcast. But hey, whoever you watch, whoever you listen, 855 00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:05,920 you know we appreciate you. 856 00:46:07,639 --> 00:46:08,039 Speaker 1: Very much. 857 00:46:08,159 --> 00:46:11,920 Speaker 3: Do adam one positive thing to send these Clippers off 858 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:13,039 on their weekend. 859 00:46:14,079 --> 00:46:17,880 Speaker 4: You know, we all thought James Harden was tuckered out, 860 00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:21,679 he was fully fatigued. There was no way he'd have 861 00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:24,599 a performance like that on a back to back. I 862 00:46:24,599 --> 00:46:27,119 guess he's still got plenty of left of the take here, guys, 863 00:46:27,159 --> 00:46:30,559 so we're gonna need him, especially with four back to back. Still, 864 00:46:30,639 --> 00:46:32,679 we don't expect why I'd be playing in those games 865 00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:36,519 left in the last twenty games. So I was very 866 00:46:36,599 --> 00:46:40,559 encouraged to see James Harden throw it down last night 867 00:46:40,559 --> 00:46:42,840 and into it. I'm on his way to fifty. 868 00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:46,920 Speaker 1: Pretty awesome, there we go, Thank you, so much for 869 00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:47,519 hanging out. 870 00:46:47,639 --> 00:46:51,599 Speaker 3: Here's to a successful weekend and as always, let's go clips.