Speaker 1: Clippers win by twenty six and it wasn't even that
close in Philadelphia over the Sixers. Welcome back in I'm
Adam Osland. This is Clippers Stock here on the M
five to seventy. LA's sports still to come. You'll hear
from Chris Dunn post game. But join the show right now.
There's a man who once said, and I'm reminded in
the chat by this, what even is a Dallas Rutherford.
It's big Chuck Mockler here on Clippers stock, Charles, how
are you? You know what?
Speaker 2: Oh?
Speaker 1: We're good now?
Speaker 2: You got me? All right? I'm doing well. The Clippers
only allowed ninety nine points. The offense looks like it's
getting a little bit better as well as the defense.
We'll see how I feel after tomorrow night's game. But recently,
it always feels good to beat the seventy six ers.
Speaker 1: Yeah, something going on there. I don't know why, but
it just feels so good. Beat the seventy six ers
and send him to three and thirteen on the season. Unbelievable.
I thought this was a really spar effort. When you
know you're playing a team that's struggling and you could
let up or not come in engaged with the same
level of defense that we just saw it into a
dome where they had one seven straight there instead, it
travels perfectly and they looked like they were the home
team once again. It was an unbelievable defensive effort. These
guys are so locked in together. I thought this was
the best, you know, front to back victory of the season.
Speaker 2: I'd say, yeah, I mean the start to this one,
you know, the opening eight minutes, it was just an
avalanche from the Clippers, which we're not used to offensively
this season. So it was kind of like, oh, yeah,
this is this is starting really well and as they
usually have, you know, when they can control the ball,
things tend to end a little stronger for the Clippers.
But I totally agree with you, this is the most
complete game we've seen them play. It was never really
in doubt. You know, there was maybe some we don't
want to get it too close to give them an
idea of getting you know, back into this one, but
but you're right. I mean, every single starter was at
least a plus thirty, which I'm not sure that's gonna
happen again for the Clippers, but completely prominent, good rotations, tonight.
Just yeah, good stuff.
Speaker 1: So they hold them under one hundred points. People are
saying this is the new Lawler's law. Just hold them
under one hundred each and every game. I think Clippers
have won three straight doing that here. I'm also impressed
with the offensive I guess process going on because they're
getting up more threes. Coach Lou has talked about it.
They took thirty in this one, but they had sixty
points on the paint, so it was very balanced. They
hit twelve, that's forty percent. But coach Lou recently has
talked a lot about you know, when we're getting up
more threes, that tells you we're moving the basketball better.
And they finished with thirty one assists and there's less
just straight Iso Harden has to do everything basketball going
on right now with Chris Dunn the starting lineup.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Chris Dunn's been a great ball mover in the
starting lineup for this one. You mentioned kind of how
guys are playing connected. I really like the pass I
saw the night from Jordan Miller where the seventy six
ers went into his own. Jordan Miller saw Chris Done
making a cut. He got it to Done because then
got it to Harden for an open look from three.
Harden unfortunately missed it. But that kind of you know,
collective thinking and just wanting to move the ball in
the good positions. Is it traveled right, Like you said
about the defense, So I mean, I think all these
good things on offense are starting from the fact that
they bought in so well on the defensive side of
the ball, and it's it's carrying over a bit weird
to see the bench, you know, but to him didn't
have the best night, but that's not stopping guys from
still wanting to contribute and make.
Speaker 1: The right play. I thought Jordan Miller was solid in
his minutes with that little seven ozh flurry he had
to start the second quarter. And I like what you're
saying there about the ball moving and guys making those
hockey assists. And you brought up Derek Jones Junior on
X a little bit earlier. And this is somebody that
last couple of games, what seventeen points, eighteen points tonight,
he's looking to attack a lot more. He knocked down
the only three point where he took, but he is
making teams pay in the restricted area right now, like
he looks like it's just a nose for the rim.
I guess like he's sniffing it out and getting there
every time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's pretty interesting to see. You know. You look
at what Derek Jones Junior is doing and it looks
a lot, you know what's kind of the same things
that Terrence was doing back when Terrence was in the
starting out of last year. But Derek Jones has a much,
you know, different athletic profile than Terrence Man. Not the
Terrence Man is an athletic, but Derek Jones Jr. As
we all know, has kind of a different gear he
can hit when it comes to athleticism. So that extra
pop from him in the starting lineup and willing to
do kind of a dirty work and stuff like that. Right,
he had I mean three boards to assist three steals.
He was kind of everywhere that he could be tonight
and it was good to see four free throw attempts
to let you know that he is being aggressive.
Speaker 1: Good to see a Visa Zubas. I feel like he
got more involved in the second half. Early in that
third quarter when they really started to pour it. He
had the jump hook going a push shot. Vitza Zoo Bots.
He's getting like a lot of these guys are getting
better right now. As the season goes along. It just
feels like everything's getting a little bit more refined, a
little bit more in tune defensively, offensively, and then just
from an individual perspective, with a Viza Zubots kind of
making that separation against Philadelphia and leaving no doubt in
that third quarter by going on I think a little
six to zero run by himself.
Speaker 2: Yeah, anytime Zoo can bring timely buckets, you know, we
absolutely love it. His playmaking was really good today too.
Only fordsis, but he was consistently making the right read
out of the short roll and it kind of reminded
me of that Spurs game, right, I mean, yeah, he
went eight for ten and if somebody only got ten
shots and found ways to contribute double digit boards again
and thankfully only twenty five minutes for what is going
to be a very different test of the defense tomorrow night.
If we if we managed to hold the Celtics under
hundred tomorrow night, I would be pretty pretty excited.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm hoping maybe they can get Norman Powell back
for that one. He is with them on the trip
obviously we all saw him court side. But this Clippers team,
if they win tomorrow against Boston, what are we talking about?
They're already eleven and seven. But in the national media
is starting to give him a little bit of love,
like how big is that game tomorrow? Chuck?
Speaker 2: I think, how can I put this? I think if
the Clippers win, it would I mean, it would exceed
my expectation that no disrespect how his Clippers team is playing.
The Celtics are just a much different beast compared to
the Clippers team. Getting Norm back would be huge. They
need the offensive pop. I guess if things don't go
how we want them to, and this team maybe looks
a little gass or something like that. And just remember
second out of a back to back playing You know, yes,
we know that the Cavs are in first over there,
but the Celtics of the defending champs scurys, and they've
been playing very well. Don't read into it too much
if they lose, and if they win, read into it
a little bit more. But also maybe not a whole bunch,
but we can still be excited.
Speaker 1: At worse, they already got the split to start off
this road trip with four games coming up, so and
they're giving themselves a chance by nobody having to playboard
in twenty seven minutes in this one twenty five ninety
nine victory over the Philadelphia seventy six ers Clippers in
Boston tomorrow. He is Big Chuck Mockler of Clips and
Dip podcast. This was a little Clips and double Dip
action here on Clippers Talk. Charles, thanks for coming.
Speaker 2: On, Thanks for having me. Let's go clip