WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:01.720 The LA Clippers. 2 00:00:02.200 --> 00:00:05.160 The game is ended, gather round boys, time to recap, 3 00:00:05.799 --> 00:00:06.160 but the. 4 00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:08.679 Post game coverage is just getting started. 5 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:10.119 The success is the failure. 6 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:14.400 Let's discuss this is Clippers locker Road breaking down today's 7 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:17.359 action with the pre and post game voice of the Clippers. 8 00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:23.760 Here's Ada Moss Lag Clippers fall by twenty two in Denver, 9 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:27.879 final score one twenty to ninety eight in favor of 10 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:28.679 the Nuggets. 11 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:29.239 Welcome in. 12 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:32.320 I'm Adam Oslin. This is your post game show coming up. 13 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:36.479 We got your final box score and Clippers talk on 14 00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:38.159 a five to seventy LA Sports if you want to 15 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:40.960 get on early eight six, six, nine, seven two five seventy. 16 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:43.960 But first let's get back out to ball Arena with 17 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:48.000 your radio voice of the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez. Carlos 18 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.600 Clippers team and James Harden in particular, just came out 19 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:54.759 a little bit flat. They weren't crisp with their passes 20 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:57.039 outside of a couple possessions where they had some great 21 00:00:57.079 --> 00:01:00.840 touch passes going on, but that wasn't the norm. Unfortunately, 22 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:03.600 this team turned the ball over far too often for 23 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:06.120 the best team when it comes to fast break points 24 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:06.719 in the league. 25 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:07.760 In the Denver Nuggets. 26 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:11.879 Yeah, I mean the Nuggets finished with thirty six fast 27 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:14.239 break points at him. Not only the finished with thirty 28 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:16.000 six fast break points. Here's the bigger number to me. 29 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:19.640 They go sixteen for eighteen and fast break so the Clippers, 30 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:22.680 I mean, it's a free brucket buckets every single time 31 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:24.959 Denver is able to get in the fast break. That's 32 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:27.640 a tough one for this Clipper team to swallow. There's 33 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:30.840 such a good half core defense. It's why they emphasize, hey, 34 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:34.319 let's get back every single time in half court because 35 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:36.920 they don't have an opportunity to play with our best defense, 36 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:39.000 which we saw at them. When the Clippers played half 37 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:43.879 court defense, they forced eighteen steals today. I mean, their 38 00:01:43.879 --> 00:01:47.239 half core defense is phenomenal. It's just getting back that 39 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:49.400 has been the issue for this Clipper team. That's why 40 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:52.040 this one probably feels all they played a lot better 41 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:54.120 than the score would tell you, which is something you 42 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:56.760 brought up because of how good that half core defense 43 00:01:56.959 --> 00:01:59.680 was in this game. It really was those fast break 44 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:01.680 points that cost them. To get me, you lose by 45 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:05.239 twenty two and you give up thirty six fast break points, 46 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:06.840 there's your math right there, and it. 47 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:10.599 Was really their offense penalizing their defense because those turnovers 48 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:13.039 put their defense in really tough positions where you have 49 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:15.039 to scramble to get back against the best team in 50 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:16.319 transition in the league. 51 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:17.599 As you put it, they. 52 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:21.120 Made them pay sixteen for sixteen in fast break points 53 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:24.879 for the Denver Nuggets, leading to a total of thirty six. 54 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:28.240 It just seemed like the Clippers and James Harden specifically. 55 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:30.000 We talked about this at the end of the broadcast, 56 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:32.919 but you know, I asked coach lou about why he 57 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:35.479 struggled so much in second quarters about a couple of 58 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:38.000 weeks ago. They said, well, it takes time for him 59 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:41.080 to ramp back up after playing the entire first quarter, 60 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:42.800 he comes back in around the six minute mark of 61 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:45.639 the second quarter. He just doesn't have the same tempo 62 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:48.039 and rhythm out there. So what's gonna happen when he 63 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:50.479 has eight days off. Well, I think we got our 64 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:53.360 answer in this one. It just looked like James Harden 65 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:56.759 was not quite as crisp as he has been for 66 00:02:56.840 --> 00:02:58.800 this Clippers team over the past couple of weeks. 67 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:01.000 Yeah, and I think there's something to say at them. 68 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:03.719 And we've talked about this on the broadcast. But rust 69 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:05.879 is real. I mean rust is real in the NBA. 70 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:08.759 The Denver Nuggets, this is their first win on tour 71 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:10.840 more days of rest. I think we brought up with Beesha, 72 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:12.599 you brought up to the Clippers are what two and 73 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:14.960 four on tour more days of rest? Is that was 74 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:16.080 a one and four or two or four one of 75 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:16.639 those numbers. 76 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:18.520 I feel like they haven't had that much rest for 77 00:03:18.599 --> 00:03:20.960 that number to be correct. But I swear somebody had 78 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:21.639 that one of four. 79 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:23.520 Yeah, I think one of four is right. I did 80 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:26.680 look it up earlier today during the press conferences. But 81 00:03:26.919 --> 00:03:29.960 for this Clipper group, it's just it's a tough, tough 82 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:32.000 task when when you're used to playing every night, when 83 00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:33.759 you're used to traveling, when you're used to getting those 84 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:35.520 legs under you. Now all of a sudden you have 85 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:39.840 this extra time off. And we saw tonight that sometimes 86 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:41.879 too much time off is too much time off. And 87 00:03:41.919 --> 00:03:44.039 then that kind of hurt the Clippers today. They weren't 88 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:46.000 in rhythm, they weren't able to get out and running. 89 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:47.800 The good news for them only two days off. Then 90 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:49.919 you got to play Utah and then things start to 91 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:52.360 pick up. They're gonna go to Dallas and you're playing 92 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:55.199 every other day until until Christmas. But for this Clipper 93 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:58.319 team a little rusty here today, I'm not too worried 94 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:01.479 about it because things that the coaches talked about were 95 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:03.400 over that four game stretch that they wanted to work 96 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:05.719 on was their half court defense. And like we've said, 97 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:07.800 I thought their half court defense was very good today. 98 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:11.080 I think they executed offensively, Adam. They got up nearly 99 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:12.960 forty threes in this They got a forty one threes 100 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:14.960 in this game, and they were on pace to get 101 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:17.079 up forty one threes. This wasn't garbage timeo where they 102 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:19.600 were hucking and even to get the forty. The offensive 103 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:22.480 movement was there, but they just didn't start hitting them 104 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:25.199 until the game was essentially over. At the end of 105 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:27.279 the contest. I think they made four threes in those 106 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:30.720 final three minutes of the balling game. A tough one 107 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:33.600 for this Clipper team because you felt like their process 108 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:36.759 was there. You played the right defense in the half court, 109 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:40.079 but it was the transition points and the turnovers that 110 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:41.399 killed you in this contest. 111 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:44.720 Nikol Jokich, who has been on a tear, it seemed 112 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:47.360 like the break cooled him off. Having four days off, 113 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:49.560 he wasn't at his best tonight in this one. He 114 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:51.680 has spoke about that in the past. He loves every 115 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:54.319 other day playing that keeps him in rhythm. He didn't 116 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:57.319 look the same. Still doesn't matter. This Denver Nuggets team 117 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:00.240 there top ten offense. They found other ways to score 118 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:03.240 and it was off of Clippers mis cues and mistakes 119 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:05.160 out there. Still, you brought him up a little bit 120 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:08.160 earlier with me. But Kevin Porter Junior a bright spot, 121 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:10.720 a silver lining in this one. He came in and 122 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:11.920 immediately had an impact. 123 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:12.600 He did. 124 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:15.000 I thought he was effective off the bench for a 125 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:17.480 bench unit that was a little stalled out. He finishes 126 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:21.879 with sixteen points, sixteen of the Clippers of the majority 127 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:24.240 of the Clippers bench points in this contest. I was 128 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:26.560 able to get downhill. I thought he would played good 129 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:28.439 defense in this one. At him. He had four steals 130 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:31.519 and or two steals in four assists and was efficient 131 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:34.199 shooting fifty percent from the field. Ken Porter Junior just 132 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:37.040 continues to look more comfortable and more comfortable with every 133 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:38.839 single game. Is the reason he was the youngest guy 134 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:41.480 in league history to have fifty points in ten assists 135 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:43.399 in a contest. He can score with the best of him, 136 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:45.839 and we're seeing that, especially these tough shots at him. 137 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:48.279 I mean, he's a tough shot maker when he gets 138 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:50.319 inside the paint and he gets to that follow a jumper, 139 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:52.519 and for ninety percent of the league, that's a bad shot. 140 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:55.120 But for Kevin Porter Junior, he's shooting at like sixty 141 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:57.720 percent clip from that five to ten foot range over 142 00:05:57.759 --> 00:05:59.519 there in the mid range, So it's been it's been 143 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:02.560 fun to see him knock down those shots be excellent 144 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:06.279 on the offensive end. This Clipper group an opportunity to regroup. 145 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:09.160 I wonder Adam we saw Nikobatum the start, but he 146 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:11.560 didn't play much in the second half of this Bowl game. 147 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:13.800 We'll see if the Clippers change up how they want 148 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:16.560 to play the starting lineup. Tyleru was very complimentary of 149 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:19.040 his group pre game. He said, one advantage we have 150 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:21.759 is we have so many guys who you can insert 151 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:24.439 into the starting lineup and take away kind of play 152 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:27.240 plug and play, because they have a lot of lengthy, 153 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:31.279 tall bigs or fours. Really, when you think about guys 154 00:06:31.399 --> 00:06:35.360 like the Niko Batoom and Kevin Moorder Junior and a 155 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:37.480 Mere Coffee, I mean all those guys could start for 156 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:40.279 this Clipper team and have started for this Clipper team, 157 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:42.439 So we'll see. I mean, I'm sure Tyler and Jeff 158 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:44.759 Van Gundy will Tye will be up till four thirty 159 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:46.560 watching the tape, and then Jeff will wake up at 160 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:49.040 four thirty to watch the tape. So you know someone's 161 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:51.160 always going to be at the computer looking at this 162 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:53.720 one for this Clipper team, I'm not too concerned to 163 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:56.439 those two will definitely be figuring out ways to find 164 00:06:56.439 --> 00:06:57.800 solutions for the Slippers group. 165 00:06:57.879 --> 00:07:00.519 You know, they're my inspiration for doing Clippers Talk each 166 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:02.920 and every day. When I see guys work that hard, 167 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:05.160 I know I gotta step my game up. Stay with 168 00:07:05.279 --> 00:07:10.079 Carlo Jimenez after the Clippers unfortunately fall one twenty ninety 169 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:11.600 eight in Denver. 170 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:13.879 Carlo, Okay, so one, we thank you, sir. 171 00:07:14.279 --> 00:07:17.480 This is for the chat and for Clipperstock. No trades, 172 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:20.279 no trade, no trade request today, guys do not bring 173 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:23.959 up a single trade idea. They've lost three in a row. 174 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:26.720 It's not the end of the world. I don't want 175 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:28.920 to listen to Clipperstock on the flight back and hear 176 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:30.839 eight hundred trade requests. 177 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:33.560 Thanks for getting my back bro, I'm gonna replay that 178 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:35.920 about five different times here in the post game. 179 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:37.519 You guys heard Carlo Jimenez. 180 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:40.199 All right, no trade talk the first rule of clipperstock, 181 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:44.319 no trade talk even after you lose three straight. But Carlo, 182 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:48.000 hopefully a much sharper Clippers team Monday night, back at 183 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:50.519 home against the Utah Jazz. Tip time for that once 184 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:52.800 at seven thirty. We got your pregame show at six thirty. 185 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:55.519 We will see you then. Safe travels, my friend. 186 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:57.800 Safe travels, Adam, I get to see you in person 187 00:07:57.879 --> 00:07:58.439 on Monday. 188 00:07:59.319 --> 00:07:59.680 Let's go. 189 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:04.560 Oh, Clippers fall by twenty two. We got more postgame 190 00:08:04.639 --> 00:08:07.519 coming up next right here on the Los Angeles Clippers 191 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:08.959 Audio Network, the. 192 00:08:10.399 --> 00:08:11.920 Clippers Wipers. 193 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:16.160 You're listening to LA Clippers Basketball, take us with you 194 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:19.480 wherever you are on the iHeartRadio. 195 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:22.199 AP Clippers lose by twenty two in Denver to the Nuggets. 196 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:23.800 Welcome back in I'm out of Mosland. 197 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:26.279 What up, Clippernation. 198 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:28.720 Whether you're listening on a five seventy LA Sports or 199 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:33.200 on the YouTube side at Clippers Talk, appreciate you. Tough 200 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:36.879 loss for the Clippers. I understand it. Some people are 201 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:39.519 gonna be upset tonight especially when I read this box score. 202 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:43.039 The Clippers shot just forty five percent from the field. 203 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:46.120 It's not awful. But the Denver Nuggets, after starting off slow, 204 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:48.919 we're at fifty five percent. They went ten of twenty 205 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:52.080 nine from three, the Clippers fourteen of forty one. They 206 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:54.600 got up forty one, but only hit fourteen and a 207 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:57.639 lot of those were coming in inconsequential time. They got 208 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:01.480 a couple during garbage time late in the ballgame. The 209 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:06.039 story is the Clippers nineteen turnovers. Denver did have twenty two, 210 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:10.360 but the Denver Nuggets had thirty six fast break points. 211 00:09:10.399 --> 00:09:13.039 The Clippers had twenty five, a great number, but Denver 212 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:18.279 was sixteen of eighteen in fast break transition buckets, Clippers 213 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:20.879 ten of sixteen. They didn't convert as well as the 214 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:24.120 Denver Nuggets, and that makes sense because the Denver Nuggets 215 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:26.879 are the best fast break team in the league. When 216 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:30.039 it comes to fast break points, they averaged eighteen per game. 217 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:35.399 They doubled that against the Clippers with thirty six, and 218 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:39.519 the Clippers were leading by five two minutes into the 219 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:43.360 third quarter. Jamal Murray had a tough reverse layup on 220 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:45.879 Aviza Zoo Bots and I thought, uh, Oh, it was 221 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:48.279 right out of a timeout. Here we go, the Denver 222 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:50.519 Nuggets are about to lock in and focus in as 223 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:54.399 they lookedda to start the second half, they looked unfocused. 224 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:57.840 I think Mike Malone got their attention in that timeout, 225 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:01.200 and from then on they outscore the Clippers by a 226 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:04.960 wide margin. Even though I think the Clippers defense was 227 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:07.679 fine when they could actually play half court defense. But 228 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:11.080 when you have nineteen turnovers, yeah, it leads to a 229 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:13.919 lot of easy buckets in transition thirty six for the 230 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:17.679 Denver Nuggets. Your final box score for the Clippers. Kevin 231 00:10:17.679 --> 00:10:20.600 Porter Junior had sixteen off the bench to match Norman 232 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:24.960 Powell sixteen with the starters. James Harden had fifteen points 233 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:29.120 and six assists, but nine turnovers and I want to 234 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:32.960 say he had six in the first half. He looked 235 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:35.559 completely out of sync and out of sorts out there 236 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:38.799 after being out for the last eight days. Remember he 237 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:41.879 didn't play that game on Sunday against the Houston Rockets. 238 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:44.159 Did like the performance. As we talked about with Carlo 239 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:47.840 Jomenez from Kevin Porter Junior Boones Highland, I understand the 240 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:50.159 logic of putting him in. He's been hot from three. 241 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:52.720 He knocked down a couple late in this ball game 242 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:55.559 when they were already down by twenty, but coach Lee 243 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:58.559 was trying to lean into offense because defensively they were 244 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:02.519 actually doing okay. Nick oh Kitch guys had a meager 245 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:06.399 sixteen points sixteen and seven six of nine from the field. 246 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:08.440 I think he had nine points or eight points in 247 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:10.960 the first half. The Clippers had held him in check. 248 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:15.279 Denver didn't look right either, but the Clippers made it 249 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:20.080 too easy for them with turnover after turnover, especially in 250 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:23.679 the second half after they had that brief five point 251 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:27.879 lead early in the third quarter. Clippers fall on one 252 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:31.720 ninety eight in Denver. Clippers next ball game coming up 253 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:35.360 Monday night, back against the Utah Jazz into a Dome. 254 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:38.080 More on that coming up here in the Clippers postgame 255 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:40.919 show on the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. 256 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:40.879 The. 257 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:44.240 Clippers. 258 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:48.159 You're listening to LA Clippers Basketball, take us with you 259 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:50.840 wherever you are on the iHeartRadio app. 260 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:53.960 Clippers lose by twenty two in Denver. One twenty to 261 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:57.039 ninety eight was your final. After the Clippers led by 262 00:11:57.120 --> 00:12:02.720 five two minutes into the third, Denver would open things up. 263 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:07.399 They did damage They outscored the Clippers in the third 264 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:11.360 thirty five to twenty two and thirty seven to twenty nine, 265 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:14.600 and the fourth and the Clippers were their own worst enemies. 266 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:20.480 Far too many plays where they basically set the rakedown 267 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:26.000 and then stepped on it unforced turnovers. They were just 268 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:29.279 giving the basketball up to the Denver Nuggets with nineteen turnovers. 269 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:34.799 Denver had twenty two, but the Clippers nineteen turnovers That 270 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:37.799 led to thirty six fast break points for the Denver Nuggets. 271 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:42.879 They doubled their season average and fast break points were 272 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:45.480 they're number one at eighteen per game. They had thirty six. 273 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:49.080 Clippers lose by twenty two in Denver. Next contest coming 274 00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:53.000 up against the Utah Jazz Monday Night Kawhi Bobblehead Night 275 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:55.919 at into It Dome. Tip offs at seven thirty, pre 276 00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:58.000 game at six thirty. Outside of Los Angeles. 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There's a great underrated 296 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:51.240 nineties flick called things to Do in Denver when You're 297 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:55.639 Dead with Andy Garcia and the Clippers. They got cooked 298 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:58.440 in that second half. They lost by twenty two to 299 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.559 the Denver Nuggets. Welcome in to Clippers Talk. I'm out 300 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:04.679 of Mosland eight sixty six nine eight seven two five 301 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:07.279 seventy if you would like to get on tonight on 302 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:11.159 a Friday night and join me for some Clippers talk. 303 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:15.159 After a tough loss where the Clippers were right there 304 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:18.320 and then. 305 00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:18.399 It was gone. 306 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:20.320 The game was gone. 307 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:23.840 Denver ran away with it, and they ran away with 308 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:29.120 it because they had thirty six points in transition thanks 309 00:14:29.159 --> 00:14:32.720 to the Clippers nineteen turnovers. That'll do it. They went 310 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:38.159 sixteen of eighteen in fast break points, I said, pregame 311 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:41.840 one of my keys. You can't turn it over against Denver. 312 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:44.759 They lead the league in fast break points at eighteen 313 00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:49.120 per game. They doubled it and had thirty six. And 314 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:53.960 there were opportunities still where the Clippers, as poorly as 315 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:58.200 they were playing early on, they were right there. 316 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:01.960 They were right there. They're in the third quarter. And 317 00:15:02.039 --> 00:15:02.600 I hate to. 318 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:05.720 Pull a receipt on myself in this way, but I 319 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:10.039 tweeted it out right as it happened. Right is the 320 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:15.360 turning point hit. And if you're watching on the YouTube side, 321 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:18.279 if you're in the chat, I appreciate you, or if 322 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:23.159 you're listening on a five seventy LA Sports, I appreciate you. 323 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:27.960 But it just felt like, and I tweeted it out 324 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:34.639 at the time that Jamal Murray that reverse layup out 325 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:37.159 of the timeout on a Visa Zoo box gave them 326 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:41.639 renewed energy and life out there when Denver looked miserable 327 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:47.840 to start things off in the third quarter. I'll show you, 328 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:51.440 guys in the chat. I said it as it happened. 329 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:54.840 You could feel the momentum being ripped away from the 330 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:58.879 Clippers with just that one play. Sometimes a dunk isn't 331 00:15:58.919 --> 00:15:59.440 just a dunk. 332 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:01.200 A three is just the three of block. Is in 333 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:01.879 just a block. 334 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:06.360 They're momentum changing plays. And this was a crazy reverse 335 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:10.039 layup by Jamal Murray, I said, Murray, tough layup. 336 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:14.200 Here they come. That was pretty much it. 337 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:17.440 Aaron Gordon then hit a three pointer, and after the 338 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:22.679 Clippers led by five early in the third, it was 339 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:27.600 fifty five. All Clippers continued to miss. Harden continued to 340 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:32.120 turn it over, and he just looked completely out of 341 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:34.960 source tonight. I compared it to how he looked in 342 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:40.399 the preseason and earlier this season when James Harden got 343 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:42.279 off to the slow start and was turning the ball 344 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:52.279 over relentlessly. Tonight, a lot of those turnovers they're laying 345 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:56.559 at the feet of James Harden. The Clippers had momentum 346 00:16:56.600 --> 00:17:00.559 after Niko Batoum knocked down back to back three early 347 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:04.960 in the third quarter, and the Denver Nuggets were turning 348 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:08.319 it over themselves. They had more turnovers than the Clippers. 349 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:12.400 They were a mess. They had three turnovers in the 350 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:13.640 first two minutes. 351 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:14.200 Of the third quarter. 352 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:20.240 The Clippers defense was incredible. Their half court defense was good. 353 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:22.000 You're gonna look at the final box score and say, 354 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:25.240 what do you mean, Adam, they gave up one twenty. Yeah, 355 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:29.480 because they got thirty six points in transition because the 356 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:34.960 Clippers offense failed their defense. That's what you saw tonight. 357 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:39.160 That's what you've seen a lot this season. They got 358 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:41.680 a top five defense, they got close to a bottom 359 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:47.119 five offense. Kawhi cannot come back soon enough. He's got 360 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:50.720 a bobblehead night. On Monday, we had Lob Murray on 361 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:53.000 in the pregame show. He doesn't believe Kawhi will be 362 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:55.960 back for that game they're taking on Utah. They shouldn't 363 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:58.759 need them back for that game if they play a 364 00:17:58.839 --> 00:18:00.920 much crisper, sharper ball. 365 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:01.799 Game than they did. 366 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:04.920 I mean Murray turned it over to start the third 367 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:07.119 quarter after the Clippers were down forty eight to forty 368 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:12.240 seven at the half, after they battled being down. What 369 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:16.920 were they at one point in that first half. I 370 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:21.519 want to say they were down by twelve. They battled, 371 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:25.720 even though they almost lost the non Jokic minutes in 372 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:26.599 the first half. 373 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:27.319 That was this point. 374 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:29.839 They were down by as many as thirteen in the 375 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:36.480 first half. The Clippers started three for thirteen from three, 376 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:40.440 but then they started to hit some, and by some 377 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:46.640 I mean some. They were tough from the outside. Overall, 378 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:49.240 the Clippers ended up fourteen to forty one. That's thirty 379 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:54.599 four percent from three. But after being down thirteen at 380 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:56.480 the end of the second quarter, when the starters came 381 00:18:56.519 --> 00:19:00.359 back in and James Harden wasn't turning it over the Clippers. 382 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:00.880 It's made a great run. 383 00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:04.799 They had the lead there too. These are the two 384 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:08.559 turning points that decide a game. To me, I don't 385 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:09.680 want to oversimplify it. 386 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.960 I don't think I am. 387 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:17.039 These are critical pivotal moments of the game that end 388 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:20.319 up typically deciding things. It's a run here or there 389 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:24.920 that you're not able to come back from or overcome. 390 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:31.880 Because with the Clippers being down by thirteen, it was 391 00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:35.599 let's see here, thirty eight to twenty six. I didn't 392 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:38.440 think they were going to score forty before the end 393 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:41.400 of the first half. At one point, I was that 394 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:47.240 concerned their offense was brutal. DeAndre Jordan gets that value 395 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:52.279 from Russell Westbrook. Early second quarter, Denver's up thirty six 396 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:55.839 to twenty three. That's the nine to forty five mark, 397 00:19:57.079 --> 00:20:02.960 and by let's see here scroll down a little bit 398 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:05.039 more A little bit more, a little bit more by 399 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:09.759 the four minute mark. So about six minutes later, the 400 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:11.880 Clippers have a one point lead at thirty nine to 401 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:14.839