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Speaker 1: At follow Adam a Adam Ousley. Clippers slay the Beast,
Speaker 1: the Dragon, the Pelican. Uh. They got a victory over
Speaker 1: a team that has had their number and had one
Speaker 1: twelve with the last sixteen games between these two. Clippers
Speaker 1: win adding to its own one fourteen the ninety eight
Speaker 1: over the New Orleans Pelicans. I'm out of Mosland. Welcome
Speaker 1: into Clippers Talk. Eight seven seven five to two zero
Speaker 1: eleven fifty if you want to get on eight seven
Speaker 1: seven five two zero eleven fifty. Clippers ended up winning
Speaker 1: by sixteen, led by as many as twenty got twenty
Speaker 1: eight from Kawhi Leonard on eleven of eighteen, shooting three
Speaker 1: of five from the outside. The claw looks incredible, masterful.
Speaker 1: I will say his defense wasn't quite as good tonight.
Speaker 1: He only had three rebounds, but offensively he looks as
Speaker 1: efficient as ever. Going back the last dozen games or so,
Speaker 1: he's been special. And the right wing three pointer he
Speaker 1: hit in the fourth quarter sealed the ballgame off a
Speaker 1: screen from Aviatza Zubos that would put them up one
Speaker 1: ten to ninety, and it was over ladies and gentlemen. Now.
Speaker 1: It was a game that we characterize is too close
Speaker 1: for comfort because it's the Pelicans, because they're with it
Speaker 1: without CJ. Brandon Ingram's in Toronto. Now Zion was shut down.
Speaker 1: De Jontay Murray's out, HERB Jones is out. They're missing
Speaker 1: quite a few guys. Jose Alvarado grand theft. Alvarado did
Speaker 1: have his patented move late in the fourth quarter, got
Speaker 1: a steal on James Harden did have seventeen led them
Speaker 1: was seventeen oh five from three, and thank goodness for
Speaker 1: that because the Pels overall were four of twenty two
Speaker 1: from the outside. I talked about it yesterday at a tweet,
Speaker 1: But the Clippers, this may surprise you, over the last
Speaker 1: fourteen games heading into this one hottest shooting team from
Speaker 1: three while opponents were shooting their worst percentage against them
Speaker 1: over those fourteen games, and it held up tonight Clippers
Speaker 1: thirteen to thirty two. That's forty one percent from three.
Speaker 1: They've been averaging forty two percent the last fourteen games
Speaker 1: the Pelicans four of twenty two, that's eighteen percent. Opponents
Speaker 1: had been shooting just thirty percent against them the last
Speaker 1: fourteen games. So far, so good. I don't know how
Speaker 1: long that's going to be sustainable. Where At the same time,
Speaker 1: while the Clippers were the hottest shooting team from three
Speaker 1: over a fifteen game period, now the opposition is at
Speaker 1: their worst against them from three over fifteen game stretch.
Speaker 1: Those two things happening at once. That's part of the
Speaker 1: reason the Clippers have won twelve of their last fifteen
Speaker 1: games now. But their defense has been good, their offense
Speaker 1: has been humming. There were some really good possessions with
Speaker 1: some hockey assists from James Harden in the fourth quarter
Speaker 1: where the ball movement was on point. There were some
Speaker 1: times where the ball movement was on point where the
Speaker 1: Clippers couldn't finish it with a made basket, but it
Speaker 1: was still good process. They had twenty seven assists on
Speaker 1: their forty made shots. They only got up seventy six shots.
Speaker 1: They did get to the free throw line a bit
Speaker 1: twenty one to twenty six there. I still didn't like
Speaker 1: the way they came out in this ball game, and
Speaker 1: I think coach lou might echo this post game. I'm
Speaker 1: not saying it was unseerious basketball, but it was uninspired basketball.
Speaker 1: To start, they were down four to h I think
Speaker 1: they went three of their first thirteen from the field.
Speaker 1: Chris Dune, though, ignited them with a couple of steals
Speaker 1: that got James Harden some easy ones. By the end
Speaker 1: of the first quarter, was still twenty two to sixteen,
Speaker 1: too close for comfort. Now, the typical second unit lineup
Speaker 1: with Kawhi leading them to start second quarters and fourth
Speaker 1: quarters were very good. In the second quarter again, they
Speaker 1: went plus four and four minutes in five seconds. I'm
Speaker 1: talking about Kawhi next to Bogie, DJ Ben Simmons and
Speaker 1: Nico Batoum. That's what coach Leu was rolling with to
Speaker 1: start second in fourth quarters, and the numbers have been good.
Speaker 1: They were only at twenty two minutes heading into this game.
Speaker 1: They will have added about eight more minutes, so they
Speaker 1: might be at thirty now. And they were good to
Speaker 1: start that second quarter. But Tum would have hit a
Speaker 1: three ball They're up twenty nine to twenty. Felt like
Speaker 1: they were starting to assert themselves or assert their dominance.
Speaker 1: Kawhi had it going in that second quarter, and and
Speaker 1: one on a jumper where you get the friendly role
Speaker 1: on the near side mid post. Kawhi again right elbow
Speaker 1: mid range's thirty four to twenty four. Kawhi three. Clippers
Speaker 1: up thirty seven to twenty four, but the Pelicans too
Speaker 1: close for comfort. They weren't going anywhere, even with Kawhi.
Speaker 1: I believe, having let me double check on this, I
Speaker 1: think nine in that second quarter. I make it thirteen.
Speaker 1: It was still a twelve point game at the half.
Speaker 1: I wanted to see the Clippers up twenty. I wanted
Speaker 1: to get greedy. I wanted to see them impose their
Speaker 1: will and finish this in the first half. But it
Speaker 1: was fifty nine to forty seven at the break. Kauie
Speaker 1: at eighteen. He looked very good. But the Clippers just
Speaker 1: weren't fully in sync, and I felt like we're getting
Speaker 1: by on talent a little bit. James Harden had fourteen
Speaker 1: the first half on five of eight shooting. It was
Speaker 1: him and Kawhi going twelve of their first eighteen from
Speaker 1: the field. They were kind of just out talenting them.
Speaker 1: They were coasting. At times. It looked like sleepwalking going
Speaker 1: through the motions. They looked like a team that was
Speaker 1: lethargic after a hard fought victory against Orlando in a
Speaker 1: very physical game to end that four game road trip.
Speaker 1: And Carlo brought up a good point and he could
Speaker 1: speak to this. They were on East Coast time the
Speaker 1: last nine days, so they were three hours ahead. Still,
Speaker 1: they might have been a little bit sleepy out there.
Speaker 1: It looked like it at times. I thought they were
Speaker 1: doing the bare minimum out there against a bad Pelicans team,
Speaker 1: but that's probably overly harsh. In the third quarter, I
Speaker 1: thought they had another opportunity to step on the Pel's throat.
Speaker 1: Dun hits a three pointer early after he fell to
Speaker 1: the floor. I was a little bit concerned, but the
Speaker 1: lead was down to five. At sixty two to fifty seven.
Speaker 1: Dun hits another three, hard and floater, okay, ten point game,
Speaker 1: Kawhi reverse layup and one, but then Jose Alvarado gets
Speaker 1: fouled on a three Pelicans still hanging around. Doune blocked
Speaker 1: Alverado as he locked him up on a possession, but
Speaker 1: then he missed a floater. On the other end, Norm
Speaker 1: hit a three. Norm His scoring was pretty minimal in
Speaker 1: this ball game, four of ale in his thirty one
Speaker 1: minutes eleven points. It was sparse. He had four of
Speaker 1: those points I think in the second quarter, and he
Speaker 1: might have had the rest in the third quarter. Let
Speaker 1: me double check on that, because I believe he only
Speaker 1: had yeah, four points of the half. He exits with okay,
Speaker 1: a five point second quarter and then two more in
Speaker 1: the fourth. Zoo only got up eight shots, but the
Speaker 1: Clippers only got up seventy six shots total in this ballgame.
Speaker 1: But Norm he would have a floater after a three
Speaker 1: pointer in the third quarter, nice little run from him.
Speaker 1: Bogie comes in for done at the four to nineteen mark,
Speaker 1: and Bogie ended up closing with the starters in this ballgame,
Speaker 1: but by no means with the Clippers running away with it.
Speaker 1: It's an eleven point game, so they actually shaved a
Speaker 1: point off the halftime lead the Pelicans in that third quarter.
Speaker 1: There was some great ball movement where the Clippers just
Speaker 1: couldn't get it to go. Late in the third quarter,
Speaker 1: they were swinging around the horn, but Tom had an
Speaker 1: open look, couldn't get it and it was good process.
Speaker 1: The result wasn't there, but eventually it was in this
Speaker 1: game and I am happy about that. Well, the hardened
Speaker 1: shot clock violation play at the end of the third
Speaker 1: quarter left something to be desired and the Clippers only
Speaker 1: leading a three to seventy two. I still felt like
Speaker 1: they're in control, but it's too close for comfort. So
Speaker 1: to start the fourth, it's back to Kawhi, Bogie, Simmons,
Speaker 1: DJ and Batoom, that second unit lineup that went plus
Speaker 1: four in four minutes and five seconds to start the
Speaker 1: second quarter. I felt good about it, but Jamal Kaine
Speaker 1: because it's spinning bucket on Simmons. To start the fourth,
Speaker 1: it's a nine point game, okay, on the right elbow
Speaker 1: will fall away, restoring order. Then but Tom has a
Speaker 1: steal a Bogie three. Clippers are up eighty eight to
Speaker 1: seventy four. They look good. Time out Pelicans. Caine gets
Speaker 1: a dunk out of the time out. Caine was able
Speaker 1: to get a dunk out of the timeout. Kawhi misses
Speaker 1: a MIDI. Kawhi gets a strip on Kem Brooks Junior.
Speaker 1: I don't know why they challenged this because it was
Speaker 1: obviously off of his knee. The Clippers would eventually get
Speaker 1: the ball after a failed challenge by the Pelicans. Boge
Speaker 1: hits a three pointer after the Clippers won the challenge.
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons has a goaltend on the other end. Then
Speaker 1: Kawhi has a turnover and Bogie fouls Mackovic on an
Speaker 1: and one. He would miss the free throw, but the
Speaker 1: Clippers are right back to being up eleven at ninety
Speaker 1: one to eighty where they were to start the fourth
Speaker 1: after it looked like that second unit with Kawhi was
Speaker 1: gonna expand this lead and the Clippers were gonna run
Speaker 1: away with it. Uh oh, it's a nine point game
Speaker 1: after Alfred Payton misses and Brooks has a putback dunk
Speaker 1: timeout Clippers ninety one to eighty two after Ben Simmons turnover.
Speaker 1: He didn't have a great game. Now it's Norm Harden
Speaker 1: zoo back in with Kawhi and Boge, so the starters
Speaker 1: with Bogie in place of Chris Dunn, and they would
Speaker 1: pretty much finish out the ball game. But Norm fouled
Speaker 1: on a long two. I think it was Alverado still
Speaker 1: a ten point game. Then Harden has and this is
Speaker 1: what I'm talking about with the passing and the hockey assists.
Speaker 1: He had a behind the back pass to a Viatza
Speaker 1: Zubots who got doubled and Kawhi cut baseline for reverse layup,
Speaker 1: beautiful play ninety five to eighty two. Then Harden has
Speaker 1: the baseline floater and won ninety eight to eighty four. Okay,
Speaker 1: here come the Clippers right handed hook shot one hundred
Speaker 1: and eighty six, first to one hundred. Clippers in full control.
Speaker 1: Now Harden then another hockey assists where he passed it
Speaker 1: to Kawhi under the basket, quick pass back out to
Speaker 1: bogie for three one o three to eighty eight. Harden
Speaker 1: gets past me. See he misses zoo put back one
Speaker 1: oh five to eighty eight. The Clippers are in complete
Speaker 1: control and Kawhi with that three pointer on the right
Speaker 1: wing off the Zoos screen put him up by twenty
Speaker 1: at one ten to ninety with about five minutes left,
Speaker 1: this one was over. The backups were called in. It
Speaker 1: was with three twenty five left that Kawhi three and
Speaker 1: the Clippers survive advance. It didn't get too crazy with
Speaker 1: how things have gone against the Pelicans over this stretch
Speaker 1: where they had one to twelve in the life sixteen
Speaker 1: games between these two. Clippers win one, fourteen to ninety eight.
Speaker 1: We'll take a quick time out. We'll come back. We'll
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Speaker 1: be here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. Kawhi leaves
Speaker 1: them with twenty eight on just eighteen shots. Looks incredible,
Speaker 1: His offense looksctacular, and he cranked it up a little
Speaker 1: bit in the fourth quarter. He had seven of his
Speaker 1: twenty eight there. He went for a rebound in a
Speaker 1: very aggressive manner when it came down to winning time,
Speaker 1: and he knew the Clippers need to pull ahead. Let's
Speaker 1: finish this thing off. There was an animated conversation with
Speaker 1: him and James Harden in the second half. I'm not
Speaker 1: reading too much into it, but it was just an
Speaker 1: extended conversation with Kawhi the charity stripe. Harden came over.
Speaker 1: They talked for a while. I don't know what he
Speaker 1: was trying to get across. I'm interested if we get
Speaker 1: a postgame from our wonderful beat writers like Justin Russo,
Speaker 1: Tomer Zarley, Joey Lynn La Murray of The Athletic Justin
Speaker 1: Russo did say this at Fly by Night on X.
Speaker 1: The twenty two to three point attempts allowed by the
Speaker 1: LA Clippers of the New Orleans Pelicans tonight are the
Speaker 1: fewest allowed by the Clippers in a game this season,
Speaker 1: and the fewest they've allowed in a game overall since
Speaker 1: they allowed twenty two to Denver back in November twenty
Speaker 1: seventh of twenty twenty three. That's interesting. I thought that
Speaker 1: was a low number, just twenty two to three pointers attempted.
Speaker 1: Maybe it was low because New Orleans only hit four
Speaker 1: of them. Let's get out to Tagos in Walnut Tags.
Speaker 1: You got thirty seconds here, my guy, because people in
Speaker 1: the chat aren't gonna be able to hear you.
Speaker 4: Okay, I don't try to make it quick. We got
Speaker 4: the win. That was the most important thing. I think
Speaker 4: that kind of just waiting to see now for the
Speaker 4: rest of the year that Norman Kawhi kind of get
Speaker 4: that chemistry together because when Norman was peaking, Kawai was out,
Speaker 4: and then when Kawi came back, Norm's been out and
Speaker 4: kind of want them to kind of play a little
Speaker 4: bit more seamlessly. I think that people are debating between
Speaker 4: Don or DJ who should start. If you want to
Speaker 4: keep it simple, I like done starting because when when
Speaker 4: Dunk goes out, Zubak is gonna go out, and when
Speaker 4: DJ comes in, he brings that height and that length
Speaker 4: when Zubas is not on the floor. So it's my
Speaker 4: two cents on that. And Uh, I think that uh
Speaker 4: Don came out.
Speaker 1: Though he came in, so d DJ Bogey was the
Speaker 1: first guy off the bench. I believe tonight Zu didn't
Speaker 1: come out when Don came out. But I get what you're.
Speaker 4: Saying, No, but I think Uh when when he'll play,
Speaker 4: end up playing a lot more minutes when Zuo's off
Speaker 4: the floor. Uh, DJ will be playing those minutes. So
Speaker 4: I think that might be part of the reasoning behind that.
Speaker 1: Well, I ask coach Lou Pregame about it, and I'll
Speaker 1: have the audio for everybody tomorrow. Uh. You got something
Speaker 1: else though here to just quickly.
Speaker 4: Uh yeah, Uh I think that. Uh it wouldn't shock me.
Speaker 4: I know, chance they're slim, but if Kawhi plays but
Speaker 4: goes back to back, just given what's at stake, and
Speaker 4: if you look at Golden State's next three games, they're
Speaker 4: playing three games in four days. They got Lakers Thursday,
Speaker 4: Denver Friday, and then the Rockets on Sunday, and that
Speaker 4: could be a stretch where the Clippers make a move.
Speaker 4: So it wouldn't shock me. But again, I know chances
Speaker 4: are slim, but I'm leaving a little door open for.
Speaker 1: That, all right. Just I appreciate the phone call. He
Speaker 1: says it wouldn't shock him if Kawhi plays a back
Speaker 1: to back because there has to be a sense of urgency.
Speaker 1: But I think you have to prioritize health over everything else.
Speaker 1: I don't know, We'll see. I guess it wouldn't shock
Speaker 1: me either. I just don't know if that's gonna end
Speaker 1: up being the case. Like he said, he thinks the
Speaker 1: chance is slim, so most likely not, but wouldn't shock
Speaker 1: either of us. No, he did bring up the situation
Speaker 1: with done in DJ and Done starting, even though the
Speaker 1: numbers say DJ has been better with the starters overall.
Speaker 1: So we're gonna have a chat about that tomorrow with
Speaker 1: Justin Russo on because he's also been looking at the numbers.
Speaker 1: And then I asked Coach Lou about it pregame and
Speaker 1: I'll have that audio for you guys tomorrow, as that
Speaker 1: has been a big talking point I know with the
Speaker 1: fans and Clipper Nation, But I do think they're doing
Speaker 1: this the right way. I do. This is a rational
Speaker 1: approach that they're taking. There is a method to the
Speaker 1: madness or rhyman reason to get what's going on with
Speaker 1: rotations right now with this Clippers team and why Chris
Speaker 1: Dunn is still the starter and Chris Dune By the way, guys,
Speaker 1: he ended up knocking down three of his five attempts
Speaker 1: from the outside for eleven points for a shooting and
Speaker 1: if you look over the last handful of games. Now.
Speaker 1: He's had a few games recently where he's been better
Speaker 1: from three, which is a huge sign. He went three
Speaker 1: of eight recently too, of five, three of seven, one
Speaker 1: of one, multiple games one four to one. I should
Speaker 1: say he only shot twenty nine percent from three in March,
Speaker 1: but I think over if you go back to January,
Speaker 1: he was at forty percent. He's about thirty one percent
Speaker 1: for the season. That's where he's at for his career.
Speaker 1: So that's who he is, that's what you can expect.
Speaker 1: I think now. He did have some hot shooting numbers
Speaker 1: on lower volume when he was with Utah, but again
Speaker 1: the sample size just wasn't there. But he looked confidence
Speaker 1: to night. There was a play where James Harden passed
Speaker 1: it to him in the far corner in the second half.
Speaker 1: Chris Dunn gave it back to James Harden on the
Speaker 1: right wing and James said, no, you're taking this shot.
Speaker 1: He gave it back to Chris Dunn. He knocked down three.
Speaker 1: So it's not just that he has the belief to
Speaker 1: take that shot. If he's looking like he's turning it down,
Speaker 1: his teammates are gonna say, no, we need you to
Speaker 1: take that shot. To hit that shot, that was a
Speaker 1: really encouraging possession. I think it happened early in the
Speaker 1: third quarter. So that is something I'm gonna be monitoring,
Speaker 1: of course, because look, if he came out in the
Speaker 1: first two games of the playoff series, is two for
Speaker 1: eleven or something like that from three. I don't think
Speaker 1: he's starting game three. There will be a quick adjustment
Speaker 1: from coach Lou because he does have so many options.
Speaker 1: But I think right now it's his job to lose, basically,
Speaker 1: which Lou likes what he brings to start games. Clippers
Speaker 1: win one, fourteen to ninety eight over the New Orleans
Speaker 1: Pelicans in a game where Kawhi Leonard has twenty eight
Speaker 1: in thirty eight minutes on just eighteen shots and just
Speaker 1: looks so smooth with it in the mid range. It's
Speaker 1: just effortless right now from Kawhi, as it has been
Speaker 1: for about a month. Lot Murray called it. He said,
Speaker 1: this is the checklist, this is the plan. By March,
Speaker 1: he should be playing on an all NBA level. He
Speaker 1: should look like a superstar. He has. It's been about
Speaker 1: the last fifteen games now, Kawhi has been dominant out there,
Speaker 1: he's looked like one of the best players in the
Speaker 1: game again, the reports of his demise once again greatly exaggerated.
Speaker 1: Kawhi ramps up and goes through the process of getting
Speaker 1: back to this level on his own time. He knows
Speaker 1: his body and this time it took a little bit longer,
Speaker 1: or because we talked about it with Carlo Amennez post game.
Speaker 1: He has had to gain his timing and rhythm in
Speaker 1: game because he can't practice the way he used to.
Speaker 1: I did a show about this when he first made
Speaker 1: those remarks postgame. He can't practice the way he used to,
Speaker 1: which is just I mean, he's one of apparently. I
Speaker 1: remember Patrick Beverley going down to San Diego to practice
Speaker 1: with him, and Pat bev known as one of the
Speaker 1: hardest workers, and he said, like I thought I worked hard,
Speaker 1: Kawhi was at a different level, and that's how he's
Speaker 1: gotten to have this refined offensive Superstar Sniper game with
Speaker 1: his efficiency. He didn't come out San Diego State like
Speaker 1: this on offense. He was a role player, defensive guy.
Speaker 1: He's put in the work, but that training, that wear
Speaker 1: and tear could be problematic for his right knee. Can't
Speaker 1: have it flare up, So I'm sure he's had to
Speaker 1: ramp down the training. That's basically what he said. But
Speaker 1: he has been playing significant minutes, as people are pointing
Speaker 1: out in the chat here. If you look over this
Speaker 1: last month, going back to the start of March at
Speaker 1: just Kawhi's where he's been at workload wise with his
Speaker 1: minutes out there in the game. Well tonight he's at
Speaker 1: thirty eight minutes. Orlando plays thirty nine against the Knicks,
Speaker 1: played forty one against O Case, he played forty against Memphis,
Speaker 1: played thirty seven, thirty five against Cleveland the first time,
Speaker 1: thirty six against Atlanta, thirty six against New Orleans in
Speaker 1: that game they lost on the road, forty against Sacramento
Speaker 1: in the game against the game winner, thirty seven thirty
Speaker 1: seven to forty. He's been averaging about a little over
Speaker 1: thirty six minutes per game since the start of March.
Speaker 1: So cross your fingers and hope that every day he
Speaker 1: keeps waking up and feeling good. Because last season there
Speaker 1: was no warning or anything. It just flared up after
Speaker 1: a game in Charlotte and it was April where he
Speaker 1: was out. The next game was in Sacramento. The game
Speaker 1: in Charlotte was March thirty first last year. Next game
Speaker 1: he's out after looking amazing. There was no warning signs,
Speaker 1: nothing just flared up out of nowhere. When you've had
Speaker 1: that many surgeries and that many issues on that right leg, Yeah,
Speaker 1: do you just never know? So I've been saying since
Speaker 1: Kawhi came back, like, appreciate what you're seeing always because
Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard's body, unfortunately it has betrayed him before. But
Speaker 1: they talked about it all off season. We think we
Speaker 1: got it figured out. It's tricky with the swelling. They
Speaker 1: have a different play and part of that plan seems
Speaker 1: to be him not trained the same way he used to,
Speaker 1: so it took a little bit longer to get his
Speaker 1: timing right in the mid range. It's right now, and
Speaker 1: there's only six games left here in the regular season.
Speaker 1: And if he's only playing one game on the front
Speaker 1: end of the back end of the back to back,
Speaker 1: that means he's only playing four. We'll take a quick
Speaker 1: time out. Clippers win one, fourteen to ninety eight over
Speaker 1: the Pelicans. Hear it into a dome. I'm out of
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Speaker 1: App Clippers one fourteen, Pelicans ninety eight. Hear it into
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Speaker 1: LA Clippers. The dome is home game one of a
Speaker 1: five game home stand before they hit on the road
Speaker 1: for the last two games of this regular season, where
Speaker 1: the Clippers only have six games left. So postgame, I
Speaker 1: was looking for some quotes coming out and Visa Zubots
Speaker 1: has always had a clear understanding of how Clipper Nation
Speaker 1: feels when it comes to the disappointment of you know,
Speaker 1: the last five years and not getting it done. And
Speaker 1: he's just very relatable. So he puts said postgame, and
Speaker 1: this is coming from Joey Lynn on X at Joey
Speaker 1: Lynn two ends and an underscore at the end. Apparently
Speaker 1: the Clippers are very aware of their problems against the Pelicans.
Speaker 1: Zeus said, quote, every time I see the Pelicans on
Speaker 1: the schedule, I'm like, but we got one. We got one.
Speaker 1: I'm sure the next one is gonna be easier. It's
Speaker 1: not the Pelicans. So I think what he was saying is,
Speaker 1: every time I see the Pelicans on the schedule, I'm like,
Speaker 1: and now he's shaking his head, and now he's relishing
Speaker 1: in the fact that we got one, we got one,
Speaker 1: we beat him. I'm sure the next one is gonna
Speaker 1: be easier. It's not the Pelicans, anyone but the Pelicans. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so they know too. The Pelicans have absolutely burned them.
Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard post game on watching the standings quote, they
Speaker 1: do enough for me. I do watch games, but for me,
Speaker 1: winning is whoever you put in front of you. So
Speaker 1: whoever it is, you gotta beat them to win the
Speaker 1: ultimate goal, He said, his teammates will tell him in
Speaker 1: the group chat or the locker room what went down
Speaker 1: around the league. What else would you expect from Kawhi Leonard.
Speaker 1: There that tracks That's who he is. He lives in
Speaker 1: the moment. He's not gonna catastrophize or worry too much
Speaker 1: about the future. I think he truly is. While it
Speaker 1: might be a sports cliche they get game by game
Speaker 1: or one game at a time, I think that truly
Speaker 1: is how Kawhi lives honestly like he is able to
Speaker 1: compartmentalize really well and just focus on what's important. Uh.
Speaker 1: Far about Assen Shari had this from Big Zoo post
Speaker 1: game on being considered for defensive awards this season, as
Speaker 1: the shirts were out, and I'll give one away. I
Speaker 1: might wait though, till the postseason or till the offseason.
Speaker 1: I got one for you guys. It's a medium. I'll
Speaker 1: give them away here on clipperstock at some point believe that,
Speaker 1: but may just wait. So they're trying to get the
Speaker 1: campaign going for Big Zoo for Defensive Player of the
Speaker 1: Year because he has been that good. What did he say?
Speaker 1: I have to say about that quote? It means a lot.
Speaker 1: I haven't won many awards in my career. Kawhi was
Speaker 1: also asked about the avisa's You Batch Defensive Player of
Speaker 1: the Year's shirts. He said, quote, he's been great on
Speaker 1: both sides of the ball. We made the shirts for
Speaker 1: a reason. That was from far Baugh to Essen Shari,
Speaker 1: as I'm going through the list here seeing what we
Speaker 1: got postgame. Clippers again, they're in the seventh spot. They're
Speaker 1: tied record wise with Minnesota and with Memphis. Minnesota has
Speaker 1: the tiebreaker over them, so they're ahead of them in
Speaker 1: the sixth spot. The Clippers have the tiebreaker over Memphis,
Speaker 1: so Memphis is behind them in the eighth spot. I
Speaker 1: think that's how that works. Is that how that works?
Speaker 1: Because I'm thinking they probably both have a better conference
Speaker 1: record than the Clippers. We'll take one more time out,
Speaker 1: we'll come back here. Clippers win one, fourteen to ninety
Speaker 1: eight over the New Orleans Pelicans here right into it dome.
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Speaker 1: Clippers win one, fourteen to ninety eight over the New
Speaker 1: Orleans Pelicans. Here add into a dome. I'm out of Maslin.
Speaker 1: It is good to be home. Clippers return off a
Speaker 1: three to one four game road trip and they are
Speaker 1: now nine and won their last ten games here into
Speaker 1: a dome. I believe it has absolutely been a fortress
Speaker 1: and a home court advantage, and the Clippers need to
Speaker 1: test that out in a seven game series. Sure, if
Speaker 1: they get in the seven to eight matchup, in a
Speaker 1: play in and they have home court in that game,
Speaker 1: you feel good about it, especially if it's against Memphis.
Speaker 1: But you want to see this team in a seven
Speaker 1: game series and see just how loud it can get
Speaker 1: in the newest arena, in the best place in the
Speaker 1: world to watch a basketball game. I believe that fully.
Speaker 1: It confirms it every time I'm here. Still pinch myself.
Speaker 1: I'm out of Mosland. This is clipperstock on the Patriot
Speaker 1: A eleven fifty Clippers went by sixteen in a game.
Speaker 1: We just felt like the Pelicans were hanging around, hanging around.
Speaker 1: John Malcolmvich would say it didn't feel great considering the
Speaker 1: history between these two teams and how the Pels had
Speaker 1: won twelve with the last sixteen against the Clippers, and
Speaker 1: how the Clippers know this, and Meatsu Zubats spoke to
Speaker 1: the fact that the Pelicans have tortured them no matter
Speaker 1: who they have, no matter who was available. So even
Speaker 1: in a night where they're starting Bruce Brown, Okay, Kelly
Speaker 1: olynyk Okay, mecI, Antonio Reeves, Jose Alvarado, they had shut
Speaker 1: down c J and Zion. You still don't feel comfortable
Speaker 1: ever against this team. The Clippers exercise some demons. I
Speaker 1: think they at least out talented the Pelicans. I don't
Speaker 1: think the Clippers played their best by any stretch of
Speaker 1: the imagination. This wasn't some beat down. The Pels had
Speaker 1: seventy four points in the paint, but they did what
Speaker 1: they needed to do. They looked a little bit tired.
Speaker 1: First came back after East Coast road trip, last nine days.
Speaker 1: They're on East Coast time. There's an adjustment period. Carlo
Speaker 1: Jimenez could speak to it. He's on the trip with them.
Speaker 1: It's not nothing. You won't call it an excuse, okay,
Speaker 1: but it is an adjustment. So I think that accounts
Speaker 1: for some of the lethargy to start the game. They
Speaker 1: were slow that first quarter and they're down zero four.
Speaker 1: I don't think they scored the first three and a
Speaker 1: half four minutes of the ball game, or at least
Speaker 1: they were in single digits like halfway through the first quarter.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna double check on this because of a maniac
Speaker 1: like that, and I have to know. Yeah, at the
Speaker 1: five thirty eight mark, they're down ten to eight. That
Speaker 1: was an ugly watch. I said on X this is
Speaker 1: the most twelve thirty type of start to a game
Speaker 1: I had seen on a seven thirty tip in a while,
Speaker 1: the Clippers just looked stuck in cement. They made a
Speaker 1: little bit of a run after Chris Dunn got a
Speaker 1: couple of steals for them, and James Harden got a
Speaker 1: couple of easy ones in transition, and the wheels started
Speaker 1: to turn a little bit, but it was still twenty
Speaker 1: two to sixteen after the first quarter. It didn't exactly
Speaker 1: get a lot of distance between themselves and the Pelicans. Hey,
Speaker 1: you held a team is sixteen points in the first grade,
Speaker 1: but you only had twenty two. So the Clippers never
Speaker 1: really took advantage or had some you know, thirty point
Speaker 1: lead in the first three quarters. They eventually had a
Speaker 1: twenty point lead with under four minutes left. It took
Speaker 1: them a while to really engage in this ballgame. James Harden,
Speaker 1: though finished with twenty one ten assists, just two turnovers. Postgame,
Speaker 1: he was asked about his connection with the Eat to
Speaker 1: Zoo bots and said, quote, communication time, elite playmaking. If
Speaker 1: it was Joe Blowout there passing it to Zoo, it
Speaker 1: wouldn't be as easy. I've been grateful and blessed to
Speaker 1: be in this league for a long time, and I've
Speaker 1: made a lot of big men money. He's done an
Speaker 1: unbelievable job of listening. That's the most important thing. And
Speaker 1: then him working on his own game and getting better
Speaker 1: is a key as well. So he gave both guys
Speaker 1: credit appropriately. So himself, he is an absolute pick and
Speaker 1: roll master at the highest level that we've ever seen
Speaker 1: in the NBA, and he ain't lied about getting his
Speaker 1: big ben paid. And he also gave credit to it
Speaker 1: Eats Zubats. We're working on his game and improving there.
Speaker 1: But yeah, James Harden is a offense and to himself,
Speaker 1: he is a system and the system at times for
Speaker 1: this Clippers team. But another game where Kawhi Leonard leads
Speaker 1: them in shot attempts with eighteen hardens at fourteen douns
Speaker 1: it eight he did get eleven points, went three or
Speaker 1: five from the field. But I sigh, not because that
Speaker 1: upsets me. But if each of Zubats only got up
Speaker 1: eight shots in thirty three minutes, done gets up eight
Speaker 1: to nineteen minutes, you know how I am about Big Zoo.
Speaker 1: Feed Big Zoo get in more opportunities out there. It
Speaker 1: only helps. Maybe they do go up big earlier who
Speaker 1: beats Zoobots, which featured a little bit more. He still
Speaker 1: finished with seventeen to ten and six assists, like seeing
Speaker 1: that he had a great assist to a cutting Dereck
Speaker 1: Jones Junior for a dunk in the first half, beautiful
Speaker 1: pass from big Zoo. Clippers win one, fourteen to ninety eight.
Speaker 1: Hear it into a dome over the Pelicans their next
Speaker 1: game on Friday. It's a back to back against the
Speaker 1: Dallas Mavericks here at the Dome starting Friday, seven to thirty.
Speaker 1: Tip pre game at six thirty. Before we get out
Speaker 1: of here, I do want to thank the Clippers organization.
Speaker 1: Ralph Lawler, Brian Seman, know what ego, Carlo jan Menez
Speaker 1: on the call. Good to see Carlo him Menez tonight.
Speaker 1: Gotta hang out with my guys, Carlo and big brother,
Speaker 1: Jake Warner, Daniel West hold it down back in the bank,
Speaker 1: a Madam Maslin. We'll have a Clippers talk for you
Speaker 1: tomorrow with guests. Justin Rousseau. We got some pregame audio
Speaker 1: from coach Lou about DJ and Chris Dunn. As we
Speaker 1: asked the question that you guys have been more an
Speaker 1: answer for I think, uh, we'll get into that, am
Speaker 1: Madam Maslin talked into YouTube tomorrow at Clippers Talk.
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