WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.080 --> 00:00:05.000 Phoning in. You're taking your calls on the LA Clippers 2 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:05.480 right now. 3 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:08.119 This peace Clippers Talk on Aaron. 4 00:00:07.879 --> 00:00:09.839 On Demand, the Clippers Show of Record. 5 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:12.080 Your chance to react to everything. 6 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:13.839 Clippers Clippers news happens. 7 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:15.880 Let me guess it's about Kawhi. 8 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:17.039 Here we are and. 9 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:19.839 Now here he is the host of your LA Clippers 10 00:00:19.879 --> 00:00:21.480 pre and postgame. 11 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:25.440 At follow Adam a Adam Ousley. Clippers slay the Beast, 12 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:30.239 the Dragon, the Pelican. Uh. They got a victory over 13 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:32.759 a team that has had their number and had one 14 00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:36.159 twelve with the last sixteen games between these two. Clippers 15 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:39.240 win adding to its own one fourteen the ninety eight 16 00:00:39.799 --> 00:00:43.799 over the New Orleans Pelicans. I'm out of Mosland. Welcome 17 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:47.000 into Clippers Talk. Eight seven seven five to two zero 18 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:49.280 eleven fifty if you want to get on eight seven 19 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:54.000 seven five two zero eleven fifty. Clippers ended up winning 20 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:57.200 by sixteen, led by as many as twenty got twenty 21 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:00.280 eight from Kawhi Leonard on eleven of eighteen, shooting three 22 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:06.079 of five from the outside. The claw looks incredible, masterful. 23 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:11.760 I will say his defense wasn't quite as good tonight. 24 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:16.280 He only had three rebounds, but offensively he looks as 25 00:01:16.319 --> 00:01:21.840 efficient as ever. Going back the last dozen games or so, 26 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:25.840 he's been special. And the right wing three pointer he 27 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:31.280 hit in the fourth quarter sealed the ballgame off a 28 00:01:31.319 --> 00:01:34.719 screen from Aviatza Zubos that would put them up one 29 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:39.280 ten to ninety, and it was over ladies and gentlemen. Now. 30 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:43.439 It was a game that we characterize is too close 31 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:48.519 for comfort because it's the Pelicans, because they're with it 32 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:54.480 without CJ. Brandon Ingram's in Toronto. Now Zion was shut down. 33 00:01:54.840 --> 00:01:58.920 De Jontay Murray's out, HERB Jones is out. They're missing 34 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:03.359 quite a few guys. Jose Alvarado grand theft. Alvarado did 35 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:05.799 have his patented move late in the fourth quarter, got 36 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:09.400 a steal on James Harden did have seventeen led them 37 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:14.120 was seventeen oh five from three, and thank goodness for 38 00:02:14.199 --> 00:02:16.439 that because the Pels overall were four of twenty two 39 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:19.520 from the outside. I talked about it yesterday at a tweet, 40 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:26.479 But the Clippers, this may surprise you, over the last 41 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:30.280 fourteen games heading into this one hottest shooting team from 42 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:35.360 three while opponents were shooting their worst percentage against them 43 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:39.719 over those fourteen games, and it held up tonight Clippers 44 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:42.039 thirteen to thirty two. That's forty one percent from three. 45 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:44.680 They've been averaging forty two percent the last fourteen games 46 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:49.560 the Pelicans four of twenty two, that's eighteen percent. Opponents 47 00:02:49.560 --> 00:02:51.639 had been shooting just thirty percent against them the last 48 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:55.400 fourteen games. So far, so good. I don't know how 49 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:58.360 long that's going to be sustainable. Where At the same time, 50 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:00.680 while the Clippers were the hottest shooting team from three 51 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:05.240 over a fifteen game period, now the opposition is at 52 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:08.879 their worst against them from three over fifteen game stretch. 53 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:13.719 Those two things happening at once. That's part of the 54 00:03:13.759 --> 00:03:16.840 reason the Clippers have won twelve of their last fifteen 55 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:21.960 games now. But their defense has been good, their offense 56 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:27.639 has been humming. There were some really good possessions with 57 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:30.159 some hockey assists from James Harden in the fourth quarter 58 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:32.639 where the ball movement was on point. There were some 59 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:34.520 times where the ball movement was on point where the 60 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:38.800 Clippers couldn't finish it with a made basket, but it 61 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:42.479 was still good process. They had twenty seven assists on 62 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:45.159 their forty made shots. They only got up seventy six shots. 63 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:46.919 They did get to the free throw line a bit 64 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:52.039 twenty one to twenty six there. I still didn't like 65 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:54.919 the way they came out in this ball game, and 66 00:03:55.360 --> 00:04:00.280 I think coach lou might echo this post game. I'm 67 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:04.280 not saying it was unseerious basketball, but it was uninspired basketball. 68 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:08.000 To start, they were down four to h I think 69 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:11.560 they went three of their first thirteen from the field. 70 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:16.040 Chris Dune, though, ignited them with a couple of steals 71 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:20.439 that got James Harden some easy ones. By the end 72 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:22.519 of the first quarter, was still twenty two to sixteen, 73 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:29.279 too close for comfort. Now, the typical second unit lineup 74 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:32.800 with Kawhi leading them to start second quarters and fourth 75 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:35.600 quarters were very good. In the second quarter again, they 76 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:39.199 went plus four and four minutes in five seconds. I'm 77 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:44.680 talking about Kawhi next to Bogie, DJ Ben Simmons and 78 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:47.680 Nico Batoum. That's what coach Leu was rolling with to 79 00:04:47.720 --> 00:04:51.480 start second in fourth quarters, and the numbers have been good. 80 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:54.000 They were only at twenty two minutes heading into this game. 81 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:57.160 They will have added about eight more minutes, so they 82 00:04:57.199 --> 00:04:59.759 might be at thirty now. And they were good to 83 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:01.959 start that second quarter. But Tum would have hit a 84 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:05.600 three ball They're up twenty nine to twenty. Felt like 85 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:11.279 they were starting to assert themselves or assert their dominance. 86 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:17.800 Kawhi had it going in that second quarter, and and 87 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:20.600 one on a jumper where you get the friendly role 88 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:24.319 on the near side mid post. Kawhi again right elbow 89 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:28.240 mid range's thirty four to twenty four. Kawhi three. Clippers 90 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:35.879 up thirty seven to twenty four, but the Pelicans too 91 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:41.439 close for comfort. They weren't going anywhere, even with Kawhi. 92 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:46.360 I believe, having let me double check on this, I 93 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:52.319 think nine in that second quarter. I make it thirteen. 94 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:55.839 It was still a twelve point game at the half. 95 00:05:57.319 --> 00:06:00.199 I wanted to see the Clippers up twenty. I wanted 96 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:03.959 to get greedy. I wanted to see them impose their 97 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:07.519 will and finish this in the first half. But it 98 00:06:07.560 --> 00:06:10.959 was fifty nine to forty seven at the break. Kauie 99 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:16.519 at eighteen. He looked very good. But the Clippers just 100 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:18.680 weren't fully in sync, and I felt like we're getting 101 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:22.199 by on talent a little bit. James Harden had fourteen 102 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:24.439 the first half on five of eight shooting. It was 103 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:29.240 him and Kawhi going twelve of their first eighteen from 104 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:33.720 the field. They were kind of just out talenting them. 105 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:39.040 They were coasting. At times. It looked like sleepwalking going 106 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:43.120 through the motions. They looked like a team that was 107 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:47.199 lethargic after a hard fought victory against Orlando in a 108 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:49.639 very physical game to end that four game road trip. 109 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:52.399 And Carlo brought up a good point and he could 110 00:06:52.399 --> 00:06:57.439 speak to this. They were on East Coast time the 111 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:01.600 last nine days, so they were three hours ahead. Still, 112 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:04.279 they might have been a little bit sleepy out there. 113 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:07.319 It looked like it at times. I thought they were 114 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:12.920 doing the bare minimum out there against a bad Pelicans team, 115 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:18.199 but that's probably overly harsh. In the third quarter, I 116 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:21.560 thought they had another opportunity to step on the Pel's throat. 117 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:26.759 Dun hits a three pointer early after he fell to 118 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:29.439 the floor. I was a little bit concerned, but the 119 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:32.319 lead was down to five. At sixty two to fifty seven. 120 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:36.680 Dun hits another three, hard and floater, okay, ten point game, 121 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:42.720 Kawhi reverse layup and one, but then Jose Alvarado gets 122 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:47.399 fouled on a three Pelicans still hanging around. Doune blocked 123 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:50.879 Alverado as he locked him up on a possession, but 124 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:53.519 then he missed a floater. On the other end, Norm 125 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:58.839 hit a three. Norm His scoring was pretty minimal in 126 00:07:58.839 --> 00:08:00.879 this ball game, four of ale in his thirty one 127 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:05.959 minutes eleven points. It was sparse. He had four of 128 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:08.800 those points I think in the second quarter, and he 129 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:12.839 might have had the rest in the third quarter. Let 130 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:15.720 me double check on that, because I believe he only 131 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:20.199 had yeah, four points of the half. He exits with okay, 132 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:23.240 a five point second quarter and then two more in 133 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:28.279 the fourth. Zoo only got up eight shots, but the 134 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:31.720 Clippers only got up seventy six shots total in this ballgame. 135 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:35.679 But Norm he would have a floater after a three 136 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:41.720 pointer in the third quarter, nice little run from him. 137 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:44.919 Bogie comes in for done at the four to nineteen mark, 138 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:49.200 and Bogie ended up closing with the starters in this ballgame, 139 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:53.080 but by no means with the Clippers running away with it. 140 00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:56.399 It's an eleven point game, so they actually shaved a 141 00:08:56.440 --> 00:08:59.559 point off the halftime lead the Pelicans in that third quarter. 142 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:06.840 There was some great ball movement where the Clippers just 143 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:11.600 couldn't get it to go. Late in the third quarter, 144 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:15.120 they were swinging around the horn, but Tom had an 145 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:19.639 open look, couldn't get it and it was good process. 146 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:22.080 The result wasn't there, but eventually it was in this 147 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:25.360 game and I am happy about that. Well, the hardened 148 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:27.480 shot clock violation play at the end of the third 149 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:30.320 quarter left something to be desired and the Clippers only 150 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:33.759 leading a three to seventy two. I still felt like 151 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:38.559 they're in control, but it's too close for comfort. So 152 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:43.080 to start the fourth, it's back to Kawhi, Bogie, Simmons, 153 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:46.320 DJ and Batoom, that second unit lineup that went plus 154 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:49.159 four in four minutes and five seconds to start the 155 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:54.080 second quarter. I felt good about it, but Jamal Kaine 156 00:09:55.240 --> 00:09:57.720 because it's spinning bucket on Simmons. To start the fourth, 157 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:00.919 it's a nine point game, okay, on the right elbow 158 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:04.679 will fall away, restoring order. Then but Tom has a 159 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:07.679 steal a Bogie three. Clippers are up eighty eight to 160 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:13.799 seventy four. They look good. Time out Pelicans. Caine gets 161 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:16.679 a dunk out of the time out. Caine was able 162 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:19.360 to get a dunk out of the timeout. Kawhi misses 163 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:25.200 a MIDI. Kawhi gets a strip on Kem Brooks Junior. 164 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:27.919 I don't know why they challenged this because it was 165 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:31.600 obviously off of his knee. The Clippers would eventually get 166 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:35.039 the ball after a failed challenge by the Pelicans. Boge 167 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:39.399 hits a three pointer after the Clippers won the challenge. 168 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:42.919 Ben Simmons has a goaltend on the other end. Then 169 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:49.320 Kawhi has a turnover and Bogie fouls Mackovic on an 170 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:51.919 and one. He would miss the free throw, but the 171 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:54.320 Clippers are right back to being up eleven at ninety 172 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:56.600 one to eighty where they were to start the fourth 173 00:10:56.879 --> 00:11:00.360 after it looked like that second unit with Kawhi was 174 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:03.039 gonna expand this lead and the Clippers were gonna run 175 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:06.360 away with it. Uh oh, it's a nine point game 176 00:11:06.799 --> 00:11:10.679 after Alfred Payton misses and Brooks has a putback dunk 177 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:14.240 timeout Clippers ninety one to eighty two after Ben Simmons turnover. 178 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:19.120 He didn't have a great game. Now it's Norm Harden 179 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:22.759 zoo back in with Kawhi and Boge, so the starters 180 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:25.720 with Bogie in place of Chris Dunn, and they would 181 00:11:25.759 --> 00:11:30.919 pretty much finish out the ball game. But Norm fouled 182 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:34.240 on a long two. I think it was Alverado still 183 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:38.159 a ten point game. Then Harden has and this is 184 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:40.360 what I'm talking about with the passing and the hockey assists. 185 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:42.799 He had a behind the back pass to a Viatza 186 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:47.559 Zubots who got doubled and Kawhi cut baseline for reverse layup, 187 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:53.080 beautiful play ninety five to eighty two. Then Harden has 188 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:57.200 the baseline floater and won ninety eight to eighty four. Okay, 189 00:11:57.639 --> 00:12:01.759 here come the Clippers right handed hook shot one hundred 190 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:05.720 and eighty six, first to one hundred. Clippers in full control. 191 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:10.679 Now Harden then another hockey assists where he passed it 192 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:13.679 to Kawhi under the basket, quick pass back out to 193 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:19.039 bogie for three one o three to eighty eight. Harden 194 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:22.279 gets past me. See he misses zoo put back one 195 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:26.720 oh five to eighty eight. The Clippers are in complete 196 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:29.919 control and Kawhi with that three pointer on the right 197 00:12:29.919 --> 00:12:32.039 wing off the Zoos screen put him up by twenty 198 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:36.440 at one ten to ninety with about five minutes left, 199 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:42.000 this one was over. The backups were called in. It 200 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:45.440 was with three twenty five left that Kawhi three and 201 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:54.320 the Clippers survive advance. It didn't get too crazy with 202 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:58.799 how things have gone against the Pelicans over this stretch 203 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:00.639 where they had one to twelve in the life sixteen 204 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:06.320 games between these two. Clippers win one, fourteen to ninety eight. 205 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:07.960 We'll take a quick time out. We'll come back. We'll 206 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:10.679 get to your phone calls. I'm out of Mosland and 207 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:13.879 this is Clippers Stock. Live it into a dome after 208 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:17.399 they beat the Pelicans and you're listening to the Patriot 209 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:18.720 AM eleven fifty. 210 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:24.879 The Mlague Clippers. 211 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:28.799 You're listening to LA Clippers Basketball. Take us with you 212 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:31.559 wherever you are on the iHeartRadio app. 213 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:35.679 Clippers are victorious. Back at home. There's no place like home. 214 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:38.440 There's no place like the dome. Into a dome, Clippers 215 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:41.279 win one, fourteen to ninety eight. I'm out of Mosland. 216 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:44.159 This is your Clippers postgame show. Clipperstock here on the 217 00:13:44.200 --> 00:13:46.440 Patriot AM eleven fifty. Or remember when the Dodgers are 218 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:48.480 on a M five to seventy LA Sports, we will 219 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:52.240 be here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. Kawhi leaves 220 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:57.879 them with twenty eight on just eighteen shots. Looks incredible, 221 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:02.559 His offense looksctacular, and he cranked it up a little 222 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:04.159 bit in the fourth quarter. He had seven of his 223 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:06.519 twenty eight there. He went for a rebound in a 224 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:09.799 very aggressive manner when it came down to winning time, 225 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:12.360 and he knew the Clippers need to pull ahead. Let's 226 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:15.120 finish this thing off. There was an animated conversation with 227 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:18.240 him and James Harden in the second half. I'm not 228 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:21.080 reading too much into it, but it was just an 229 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:26.480 extended conversation with Kawhi the charity stripe. Harden came over. 230 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:29.159 They talked for a while. I don't know what he 231 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:32.759 was trying to get across. I'm interested if we get 232 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:38.960 a postgame from our wonderful beat writers like Justin Russo, 233 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:45.360 Tomer Zarley, Joey Lynn La Murray of The Athletic Justin 234 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:48.759 Russo did say this at Fly by Night on X. 235 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:50.720 The twenty two to three point attempts allowed by the 236 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:53.039 LA Clippers of the New Orleans Pelicans tonight are the 237 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:56.200 fewest allowed by the Clippers in a game this season, 238 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:59.080 and the fewest they've allowed in a game overall since 239 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:02.960 they allowed twenty two to Denver back in November twenty 240 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:10.159 seventh of twenty twenty three. That's interesting. I thought that 241 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:13.279 was a low number, just twenty two to three pointers attempted. 242 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:17.200 Maybe it was low because New Orleans only hit four 243 00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:21.960 of them. Let's get out to Tagos in Walnut Tags. 244 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:25.120 You got thirty seconds here, my guy, because people in 245 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:26.440 the chat aren't gonna be able to hear you. 246 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:30.679 Okay, I don't try to make it quick. We got 247 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:32.919 the win. That was the most important thing. I think 248 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:35.679 that kind of just waiting to see now for the 249 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:39.240 rest of the year that Norman Kawhi kind of get 250 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:43.840 that chemistry together because when Norman was peaking, Kawai was out, 251 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:46.799 and then when Kawi came back, Norm's been out and 252 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:48.879 kind of want them to kind of play a little 253 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:55.320 bit more seamlessly. I think that people are debating between 254 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:58.960 Don or DJ who should start. If you want to 255 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:02.320 keep it simple, I like done starting because when when 256 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:04.840 Dunk goes out, Zubak is gonna go out, and when 257 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:08.840 DJ comes in, he brings that height and that length 258 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:11.919 when Zubas is not on the floor. So it's my 259 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:16.360 two cents on that. And Uh, I think that uh 260 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:18.000 Don came out. 261 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:22.519 Though he came in, so d DJ Bogey was the 262 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:25.360 first guy off the bench. I believe tonight Zu didn't 263 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:27.960 come out when Don came out. But I get what you're. 264 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:31.480 Saying, No, but I think Uh when when he'll play, 265 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:33.799 end up playing a lot more minutes when Zuo's off 266 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:38.000 the floor. Uh, DJ will be playing those minutes. So 267 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:40.960 I think that might be part of the reasoning behind that. 268 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:47.080 Well, I ask coach Lou Pregame about it, and I'll 269 00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:52.000 have the audio for everybody tomorrow. Uh. You got something 270 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:53.240 else though here to just quickly. 271 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:59.480 Uh yeah, Uh I think that. Uh it wouldn't shock me. 272 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:02.879 I know, chance they're slim, but if Kawhi plays but 273 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:06.440 goes back to back, just given what's at stake, and 274 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:09.720 if you look at Golden State's next three games, they're 275 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:12.400 playing three games in four days. They got Lakers Thursday, 276 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:16.880 Denver Friday, and then the Rockets on Sunday, and that 277 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:19.000 could be a stretch where the Clippers make a move. 278 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:22.799 So it wouldn't shock me. But again, I know chances 279 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:25.079 are slim, but I'm leaving a little door open for. 280 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:27.680 That, all right. Just I appreciate the phone call. He 281 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:31.960 says it wouldn't shock him if Kawhi plays a back 282 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:36.839 to back because there has to be a sense of urgency. 283 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:41.599 But I think you have to prioritize health over everything else. 284 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:45.319 I don't know, We'll see. I guess it wouldn't shock 285 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:49.599 me either. I just don't know if that's gonna end 286 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:52.279 up being the case. Like he said, he thinks the 287 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:55.519 chance is slim, so most likely not, but wouldn't shock 288 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:59.559 either of us. No, he did bring up the situation 289 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:04.119 with done in DJ and Done starting, even though the 290 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:07.759 numbers say DJ has been better with the starters overall. 291 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:12.720 So we're gonna have a chat about that tomorrow with 292 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:16.440 Justin Russo on because he's also been looking at the numbers. 293 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:18.720 And then I asked Coach Lou about it pregame and 294 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:21.920 I'll have that audio for you guys tomorrow, as that 295 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:24.559 has been a big talking point I know with the 296 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:28.920 fans and Clipper Nation, But I do think they're doing 297 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:33.000 this the right way. I do. This is a rational 298 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:37.599 approach that they're taking. There is a method to the 299 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:43.359 madness or rhyman reason to get what's going on with 300 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:46.480 rotations right now with this Clippers team and why Chris 301 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:49.960 Dunn is still the starter and Chris Dune By the way, guys, 302 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:53.319 he ended up knocking down three of his five attempts 303 00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:57.079 from the outside for eleven points for a shooting and 304 00:18:57.119 --> 00:19:01.640 if you look over the last handful of games. Now. 305 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:07.440 He's had a few games recently where he's been better 306 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:12.920 from three, which is a huge sign. He went three 307 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:17.039 of eight recently too, of five, three of seven, one 308 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:21.680 of one, multiple games one four to one. I should 309 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:29.160 say he only shot twenty nine percent from three in March, 310 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:34.240 but I think over if you go back to January, 311 00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:37.680 he was at forty percent. He's about thirty one percent 312 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:40.119 for the season. That's where he's at for his career. 313 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:44.400 So that's who he is, that's what you can expect. 314 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:47.480 I think now. He did have some hot shooting numbers 315 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:51.319 on lower volume when he was with Utah, but again 316 00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:55.680 the sample size just wasn't there. But he looked confidence 317 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:59.319 to night. There was a play where James Harden passed 318 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:02.000 it to him in the far corner in the second half. 319 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:04.559 Chris Dunn gave it back to James Harden on the 320 00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:07.920 right wing and James said, no, you're taking this shot. 321 00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:10.640 He gave it back to Chris Dunn. He knocked down three. 322 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:12.960 So it's not just that he has the belief to 323 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:18.079 take that shot. If he's looking like he's turning it down, 324 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:23.480 his teammates are gonna say, no, we need you to 325 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:27.200 take that shot. To hit that shot, that was a 326 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:30.119 really encouraging possession. I think it happened early in the 327 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:36.039 third quarter. So that is something I'm gonna be monitoring, 328 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:41.319 of course, because look, if he came out in the 329 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:44.680 first two games of the playoff series, is two for 330 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:47.319 eleven or something like that from three. I don't think 331 00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:50.920 he's starting game three. There will be a quick adjustment 332 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:53.440 from coach Lou because he does have so many options. 333 00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:59.319 But I think right now it's his job to lose, basically, 334 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:04.000 which Lou likes what he brings to start games. Clippers 335 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:07.559 win one, fourteen to ninety eight over the New Orleans 336 00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:10.640 Pelicans in a game where Kawhi Leonard has twenty eight 337 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:14.400 in thirty eight minutes on just eighteen shots and just 338 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:17.440 looks so smooth with it in the mid range. It's 339 00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:22.160 just effortless right now from Kawhi, as it has been 340 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:26.440 for about a month. Lot Murray called it. He said, 341 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:29.279 this is the checklist, this is the plan. By March, 342 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:31.119 he should be playing on an all NBA level. He 343 00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:35.160 should look like a superstar. He has. It's been about 344 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:38.160 the last fifteen games now, Kawhi has been dominant out there, 345 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:40.200 he's looked like one of the best players in the 346 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:48.000 game again, the reports of his demise once again greatly exaggerated. 347 00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:54.039 Kawhi ramps up and goes through the process of getting 348 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:57.400 back to this level on his own time. He knows 349 00:21:57.440 --> 00:22:00.000 his body and this time it took a little bit longer, 350 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:02.519 or because we talked about it with Carlo Amennez post game. 351 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:06.319 He has had to gain his timing and rhythm in 352 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:10.319 game because he can't practice the way he used to. 353 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:13.799 I did a show about this when he first made 354 00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:18.680 those remarks postgame. He can't practice the way he used to, 355 00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:23.400 which is just I mean, he's one of apparently. I 356 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:26.119 remember Patrick Beverley going down to San Diego to practice 357 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:28.279 with him, and Pat bev known as one of the 358 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:31.039 hardest workers, and he said, like I thought I worked hard, 359 00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:34.920 Kawhi was at a different level, and that's how he's 360 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:39.480 gotten to have this refined offensive Superstar Sniper game with 361 00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:42.480 his efficiency. He didn't come out San Diego State like 362 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:49.839 this on offense. He was a role player, defensive guy. 363 00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:53.559 He's put in the work, but that training, that wear 364 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:57.920 and tear could be problematic for his right knee. Can't 365 00:22:57.920 --> 00:23:01.480 have it flare up, So I'm sure he's had to 366 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:05.880 ramp down the training. That's basically what he said. But 367 00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:09.759 he has been playing significant minutes, as people are pointing 368 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:14.000 out in the chat here. If you look over this 369 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:19.720 last month, going back to the start of March at 370 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:22.640 just Kawhi's where he's been at workload wise with his 371 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:25.759 minutes out there in the game. Well tonight he's at 372 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:31.079 thirty eight minutes. Orlando plays thirty nine against the Knicks, 373 00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:33.799 played forty one against O Case, he played forty against Memphis, 374 00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:37.519 played thirty seven, thirty five against Cleveland the first time, 375 00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:42.160 thirty six against Atlanta, thirty six against New Orleans in 376 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:44.720 that game they lost on the road, forty against Sacramento 377 00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:48.079 in the game against the game winner, thirty seven thirty 378 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:52.839 seven to forty. He's been averaging about a little over 379 00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:56.200 thirty six minutes per game since the start of March. 380 00:23:57.519 --> 00:24:04.680 So cross your fingers and hope that every day he 381 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:08.319 keeps waking up and feeling good. Because last season there 382 00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:10.720 was no warning or anything. It just flared up after 383 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:15.519 a game in Charlotte and it was April where he 384 00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:18.440 was out. The next game was in Sacramento. The game 385 00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:22.200 in Charlotte was March thirty first last year. Next game 386 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:27.039 he's out after looking amazing. There was no warning signs, 387 00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:30.680 nothing just flared up out of nowhere. When you've had 388 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:35.759 that many surgeries and that many issues on that right leg, Yeah, 389 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:38.720 do you just never know? So I've been saying since 390 00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:45.359 Kawhi came back, like, appreciate what you're seeing always because 391 00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:51.759 Kawhi Leonard's body, unfortunately it has betrayed him before. But 392 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:55.559 they talked about it all off season. We think we 393 00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:59.240 got it figured out. It's tricky with the swelling. They 394 00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:02.119 have a different play and part of that plan seems 395 00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:05.240 to be him not trained the same way he used to, 396 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:10.279 so it took a little bit longer to get his 397 00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:15.640 timing right in the mid range. It's right now, and 398 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:18.920 there's only six games left here in the regular season. 399 00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:21.240 And if he's only playing one game on the front 400 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:22.640 end of the back end of the back to back, 401 00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:26.839