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Speaker 1: What is going on? Clippers fans? Welcome to season four,

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episode forty of Clips and Dip. I am Chuck Walckler,

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joined by Adam Oslind and William Updyke. We have the

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full crew today to talk about the Clippers crushing March

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so far. With one final game left against the Blazers,

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we got some standing stuff to check into and then

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the giveaway winner. Someone won the Bradley bealbobblehead and the

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T shirt, so there they gotta be hyped. Yes, big

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things happening. If you're listening to us, thank you. If

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you'd like to watch us, you can find us at

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YouTube dot com slash at Clippers podcast. Will Adam, the

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Clippers are ending March on a high note. How are

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we feeling, will How are you doing?

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Speaker 2: I'm feeling great man.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Clippers taking care of business after a couple of

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disappointing losses which we've already discussed, So yeah, we're feeling good.

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We might not be limping to the finish line in

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the same way that I thought, but still some difficult,

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very impactful, standing wise games to come. So my mook

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is switching an instant really, which is nothing new, but

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you know, the Clippers just compound that fact.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's the Clipper's fault this time, Adam. There's one

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game left in March. The Clippers can go thirteen and five,

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which is better than what we all kind of figured

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before this.

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Speaker 2: I think that's exactly what I said. Actually it was

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thirteen and five.

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Speaker 1: Is it? Someone find it? I said ten and eight.

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Speaker 4: I'd say we owe the March schedule and apology. The

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Yeas are owning March twelve and six? Are you kidding me?

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Speaker 2: What do I say on this podcast? Every year Iron sharpens.

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Speaker 1: Iron, Babe, that is technically true. That is an updyke

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idiom for sure. Yeah, I can't believe I was terrified

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of this month. It's still rough. Losing jackson last game

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with the ankle is difficult, but like we've got to

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see we've talked about how good Garland has been it,

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I mean, iron Sharpen's iron, Like get in there and

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play eighteen games right away now that you're on this

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new team, Like, it's been nice to see them curiously

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with this moment.

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Speaker 4: Know, they've been fantastic. They've had a four game losing

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streak and they're still gonna finish at worse twelve and

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six in March. That's pretty incredible. Darius Garland shooting fifty

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one percent from three. His fit has been perfect for

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this team. Lawrence Frank cooked, I don't think they wanted

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to trade James Harden, and they pivoted to trading him

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for a guy who is Like I said at the time,

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I don't think they're gonna be necessarily much worse. And right,

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they have been better. You could argue, I don't know,

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after the trade deadline you could.

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Speaker 1: You can make it. They have been offensively, Yeah, isn't

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the I mean, the rating right now is nuts. Like

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we've been the best true shooting team. That's why they

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won against the Bucks for the most part. And mathns

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fourteen free throw attempts. There's what's the Matherine role look like?

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Because law had a funny tweet kind of talking about

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like he doesn't see Mathrin being a starter for a

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handful of reasons. One of them might be just because

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he's so good at getting free throws and the fact

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that he has twelve twenty point games this season off

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the bench. There's only two more guys in the league

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to have more than that. He's in a tough spot.

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I feel like for him because I think he could

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be a starter, but he is phenomenal in this role

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for the Clippers.

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Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, I think he's like what if he

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does remain in that off the bench role, Like, I

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think that elevates the ceiling to what he can provide

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for a team at his current state, you know, Like

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I like the sixth man the on you know, not

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currently uh, but the advantage team, Yeah, on a home

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court advantage team like that is it that? I mean,

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that's a team with the championship pedigree to me to

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my eyes. But I think that, you know, I think

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that that could change obviously in his role could grow.

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But I think this this spot where he's at is good.

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It's good to be.

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Speaker 4: I just don't get the logic of replacing d J.

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Dunn with Bennick Mathern. He's not enough point of attack

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defender to do what they do.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you think you're.

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Speaker 4: A choice up the offense so much that's going to

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make up for the defense. The offense is already good

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with the starting group. They are one hundred and thirty

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one net rating with uh Darius Garland and Kawhi Leonard.

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You need to be better defensively. And I think the

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whole talk, the whole starter talk kind of veers into

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the casual place because who finished his game?

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Speaker 5: Is how many minutes is he still playing? He's playing

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thirty minutes a night, Like, yeah, what's the problem here?

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People get so just into starter versus not starter. It's like,

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what matters is how many minutes they're playing, if they're

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playing at the end of games. I just I think

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it's much to do about nothing. Well and Benc matherin, Yes,

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of course he cares.

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Speaker 4: Of course he wants to be an he's twenty three,

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he's one of the most competent players you'll ever see.

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But does that make sense for this team in the

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way it's constructed right now? I don't think so.

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Speaker 1: And that goes to kind of what you've talked about

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Adam with like how his next contract looks structure wise,

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like maybe it's not the full four you know, straight

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up or something like that. It's like, here's two years

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with an extra option on the end or something like that.

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If you've really played your ass off these two years,

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get that other contract when you're twenty six or something like.

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Speaker 2: What was Tony Allen making a twenty six.

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Speaker 1: Not a lot would be my guess.

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Speaker 4: If there's a guy who's going to bet on himself

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for that next contract after this one, Oh yeah, Mather.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I would agree with that for sure. Collins

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had his best game in a while against the Bucks,

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who had like, what was it, nine guys on their

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injury report. It got kind of dicey at the end

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of this game. Law Murray said that this was a

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funny quote he said, or the tweet he said, Tyler

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wanted to give Kawhi and Darius Garland the fourth quarter off.

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This team doesn't have a high enough floor to get

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that done. Is it hard to tell where the floor

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of this team is.

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Speaker 4: I mean, they didn't get it closer than twelve against

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John Collins with backups. I know they were down a

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lot of guys, but you know, till the NBA it

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wasn't I don't think they were ever in danger to

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losing the game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it wasn't like a two point lead. We didn't

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have to come in and people didn't look startled.

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Speaker 4: It was good for John Collins to be out there

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is the focal point to get into his rhythm with

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those guys. He's got to.

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Speaker 1: Get that juice back. It's been a little up and

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down with like the Colins not featuring because he's obviously

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not like the first choice or something like that. But

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it was nice to see him get into that rhythm.

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Speaker 4: I want to see him hit a couple of threes tomorrow,

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I think like forty five games of the season in

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the NBA, right, I like to see him, you know,

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and he's gonna shoot sixty percent, but I just want

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to see him get him up shoot around forty percent,

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just be comfortable again. It's felt a little bit like

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early in the season lately with John Collins, where he

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just wasn't in rhythm and it took him some time.

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I really think he's one of those guys where his

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defense is affected by his offense greatly.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's a fair take.

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Speaker 3: And then it's like coming out of a like an

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injury break into like a you know, a different locker room.

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like he I feel like his adjustment period into like

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really coming into himself and the Clippers was so much

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longer than any of us anticipated.

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Speaker 2: That He's allowed a little leeway in this reemergence.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's guys who can do like the Terrence Man

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thing and just kind of lock in and be like,

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this is my new role this week, you know what

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I mean? Like this is the growing pains. But some

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guys it's just difficult. There's not like a good or

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like playing for the Clippers is interesting in terms of

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what lineup you're going to.

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Speaker 3: Be a part of.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the Clippers. The final test of March, it's against

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the Blazers. The Clippers are two and zero on the season.

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This is the first time we'll have played the Blazers

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since the trades. We're one and a half games up

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on them for the eight seed. Isaiah Jackson is out.

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The Blazers beat the Wizards by almost forty yesterday. How

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are we feeling about this game? This is a fun

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way to end Mark, which fun is maybe the wrong word,

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but I'm excited to watch this game.

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Speaker 3: I feel a lot worse if someone had an eighty

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three point game. Yeah, that would suck. They've had their

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young guys have been scoring well the last five games.

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They got Denny, Grant, Kamara, and Scoot are all at

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sixteen to twenty points per game the last five games,

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so they're not We're getting another team that's kind of

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playing well. We got the Pacers when they were playing well. Adam,

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how are you feeling about this?

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Speaker 4: It's close to a must win to lock up the

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seven eight play in match up early. You win this

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game tomorrow, you've got six games left, you have the

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tiebreaker over the Portland Trail Blazers. You still got to

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go there for one more, but it'd be in real

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good shape. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: We got the Blazers second to last game of the

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season in Portland. This is a defensive test. The Blazers

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are the fourth best net rating over the last ten games.

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Their defense has been bad, which is great for us.

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But it's a defensive test, and I feel like, what

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are we nineteenth on the year at them?

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Speaker 4: I did just check post All Star break now and

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they're up a little bit. They're now fourteenth post All

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Speaker 1: I mean shit, I'll average yeah, I'll take that for sure.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but they are still nineteenth on the air.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, still still not ideal. Do we think that offensive

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boards are going to be an issue? Klingon grabs the

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second most offensive rebounds per game, and they are like

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an actually elite offensive rebounding team. They're really good of

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the percentages for that.

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Speaker 4: That's a great point because the Clippers have been given

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some off.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're clinging specifically is a very good offensive rebounder.

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So the emphasis on the defensive glass is going to

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be important. To start this one.

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Speaker 4: Is Robert Williams playing? Has he been playing at all?

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Because if he's good to go and the Clippers don't

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have Asad Jackson.

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Speaker 1: Which we do, no one else is questionable or anything.

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It's just Jackson. It's out. He is playing. He played

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fifteen minutes against not it doesn't seem like he's playing

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very much. He's playing with.

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Speaker 4: His injury history. I wouldn't play it more than fifteen minutes.

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He's the Jonathan Isaac like, that's fair.

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Speaker 1: Well, he's averaging seventeen minutes a game. It's actually more

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than I thought it would be. But he's playing well

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on the glass, which the small ball lineups are going

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to have their hands full.

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Speaker 4: Honestly, that's probably the game you keyed in on a truck.

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If the Clippers can actually clean the glass defensively.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't. It's just it's just gonna be a

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lot of work from our forwards. Our forwards have to

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do a lot of work already in the glass and

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like Kawhi can do it because he's Kawhi. But this

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would be a good game for college right.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, again, going back to Collins, Like what a time

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for him to get right and if he's gonna do

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it on the like on the defensive end, get him going,

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get him going all around.

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Speaker 1: That'd be nice. I do think we have the edge

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on the bench though, Like we just talked about it,

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like if done doesn't start, it's math and done off

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the bench is really nice. Like I'm not sure who

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on the Blazer's bench is, you know what I mean?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, how much has Scoop been playing since he came back?

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Speaker 1: Scoot stats?

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Speaker 4: And they brought in jew Holiday to kind of help

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I always do in his role since he came back lately,

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can tell website that.

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it's it's too many numbies manbounding.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's making my editor.

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Speaker 4: Let's scoot along, Chuck. No Basketball Reference exit the tab.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, he's completely frozen.

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Speaker 4: I don't know why it's so heavy on the RAM

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or whatever. It's just it's just numbers and Excel spreadsheets,

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not like a bunch of videos popping up on Basketball Reference.

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Speaker 2: I tell you, there's too many numbers to confusing.

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Speaker 4: So big game, to say, the least biggest of the

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season to this point, considering you can't fall into the

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nine to ten play in matchup, that's really problematic because

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at best then you're getting okay, see if you win

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to play in games, and that to me, I was

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worried about this last year. If they got to the

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second round, is this going to be the full circle

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moment where they have to face SGA and the team

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that they helped build and that's the team that takes

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them out and it ends the two to three era completely?

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Speaker 1: You know?

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Speaker 4: But they lost them seven to Denver, so they avoided that.

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I don't want to see, Okay, see, I give them

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a puncher chance against San Antonio. But okay see, they

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just have too many guys that can throw at Kawhi

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and g Garius Garland to guard him. I just I

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think that's a five game.

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Speaker 3: Series, Yeah, especially like with how shaky like the backup

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center situation is. I don't put a lot of longevity

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in that series. I think that's probably a gentleman's sweep.

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wouldn't at the end of the world. There is a

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slight chance against the Spurs. I still don't like it.

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this season, that's obviously and clearly the better of the

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two outcomes.

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Speaker 1: So it's a.

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Speaker 3: Super important game and we play them one more time

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and once again, like our fate could be decided by

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a game against the Warriors to end the season.

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Speaker 2: So you would love to just put this one away.

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Speaker 4: It's crazy, is you know? San Antonio is still only

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two and a half games back at okay see, there

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is a chance they could flip I think a small one.

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locked in. They have Detroit, the Lakers Utah, the Lakers again,

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and then the Clippers, Denver, Phoenix. It's not totally off

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the board because San Antonio has the tiebreaker over them,

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I believe, because they beat them two out three times.

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Speaker 2: Hold on, we got two chucks in the stream here.

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I'm trying to get this sorted out.

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Speaker 1: I used up all my VORP credits, so they kicks

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me off of Basketball Reference. I don't have any more

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VORP credits.

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Speaker 3: We're talking potential playoff matchups and how important this how

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important this win is to stay out of that nine

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ten and where are you at? Do we even have

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a chance against against the Spurs or could they end

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up at one?

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Speaker 4: Oh?

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Speaker 1: That's true.

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Speaker 4: Oklahoma City has the toughest schedule remaining and San Antonio

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has the eighteenth. What if they fly?

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Speaker 1: How much are they separated by two.

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Speaker 4: And a half? But the Spurs have the tiebreaker over them?

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Speaker 1: Damn? And I guess how much does like okay see

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care about the one seed? Obviously they do. They want

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to win, but like, are you gonna get the MVP?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I don't know. Regardless, I think will you and I

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were talking on a stream like a couple of weeks ago,

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where it was like, I want to see the team

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get good reps, right, I want to see good minutes

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for like some of the new guys against what is

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either going to be the number one or the number

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two seed. If we are coming back to into it

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and we're up to one, yeah, I'll lose my damn mind.

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But yeah, just good reps, Like let's play them close,

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let's play the Spurs like we have. Well, if we

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play the Spurs like we have this season, we're gonna

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steal a game or.

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Speaker 2: Two coin flip series.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm saying it's a coin flip, but I think

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they can steal a game or two and that'd be

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pretty rad. Like I wouldn't feel bad about that at all.

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Speaker 4: I mean, if he can steal two games, it's a series.

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If a series goes six games, that's a series.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but yeah, I think the result is gonna be

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the Spurs probably moving on. Isaiah Jackson thinks sucks if yeah,

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any extended time is like that's tough.

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Speaker 4: Everybody wants them to go out and get another center

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right now, And I'm like, what center is going to

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be better than just using John Collins at center? That's

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on the market.

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Speaker 1: Oh no, there was someone on our YouTube saying we

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needed to sign Obama. I've gotten a lot of that

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Obama has shooters, which is very funny. But no, I think, yeah,

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I just want to see good reps. I want to

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see Kawhi Will. You've brought this up. He's having like

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his best offensive season ever. And it's a year that

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we're playing in the seven eight game, which is unfortunate

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for sure, hopefully, which is unfortunate for basketball fans as

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a whole. But I think we're comfortably in seven eight.

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We're not moving down.

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Speaker 4: They lose tomorrow, they could move down.

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Speaker 1: That's how confident I am about tomorrow. No. That yeah,

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because the Warriors, it's like they're kind of done. Like

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I'm not concerned about them moving up. Oh.

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Speaker 4: I was surprised how well they played against Denver last night,

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to be honest, on the road. If they haven't quit.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they haven't quit, but their roster is not very good.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they shouldn't catch the Clippers. It's the Blazers.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and they still lost by like twenty three against.

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Speaker 4: Didn't. Yeah, it was like a five point game four

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or something like that.

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Speaker 1: It might have been, but I think the Nuggets decided

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to start playing harder. But yeah, it's uh man, I guess. Yeah.

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We'll talk about this more on Wednesday. I guess we'll

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have a better clear picture of how I'm feeling about

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the standings. But I'm feeling seven eight. That's where we're

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going to be at. The team has played professionally for

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the most part.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, when tomorrow there, we're pretty locked in.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I am worried about the offensive class though I

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should be.

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Speaker 4: That's a problem.

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Speaker 1: That's very funny. Did you guys do Player the Game picks?

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While Basketball Reference was giving me some kind of virus,

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I did not. I appreciate that, Adam, your Player of

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the Game pick for the most important game so.

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Speaker 4: Far, I'm gonna go John Collins, got it? I want

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to go John Collins because once, if you can put

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two good games together, he might have to play some

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small ball five. Can he get back in that groove

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he was in. I need him to make at least

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one three in this game.

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Speaker 1: Need him on the glass, need him to make at

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least one three. Will your pick?

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Speaker 2: I'm going difference maker done in this one?

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Speaker 1: Okay?

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Speaker 3: I think, yeah, I think if we could show up defensively,

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apply the pressure, I think we can get out of

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this one. I'm not gonna say with ease, but with relative.

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Speaker 1: Ease, professional win ease, like it's a just a good,

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good game of basketball ease. Yeah, I'm gonna go bathroom feels.

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We're gonna need his free throws, obviously. I need Brook

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Lopez to be a do good at the professor the

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traditional center stuff, which we've seen him do right, Like,

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let's be a presence on the glass. Let's make it

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difficult for clinging the grab in hal offensive rebounds. I

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want to see that. That would be nice to start

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the game off with that intensity, but not end it.

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He cannot close unless it's working, and which guys go

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out there broke.

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Speaker 4: Honestly, I think is part of the problem with the

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offensive rebounds as of like going against them is like

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it's the others. It's the smaller guys that are beating

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the Clippers.

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Speaker 1: To them, Yeah, which a little.

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Speaker 4: Bit scary, and teams are just larger overall. But some

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of that was without John Collins back, you know. Yeah,

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this is a real test though. Yeah, not having Isaiah

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Jackson's kind of a big deal in this game.

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Speaker 1: Yes, absolutely, all right, coming up, we're gonna talk last

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seven games, a record prediction, and then the Darius Garland

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article in The Athletic which was good. So if you're

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of season record talk in three two one.

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Speaker 3: All right, welcome back into clips and dip. We just

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talked the Clippers sort of miraculous march, as well as

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a little preview of the Blazers game. Seven games total

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remaining for the Clippers two and a half games out

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of seven, not really seeming attainable, but as we mentioned

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last second, we are a game and a half hop

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on the Blazers for that eight spot, which we could

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be one step closer distension, I don't want to say

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completely sentient, but one step closer descension with a win tomorrow.

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That last seven games excluding that Blazers game, we got

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the Spurs, Kings, MAVs Thunder back to back, and then

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we're back at the Blazers and then once again taking

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on the Warriors for the final game of the season. Fellas,

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let's just talk about these final seven games. We can

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get into what we think our final record predictions are

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going to be Adam, how are you feeling about this

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slate of seven after March?

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Speaker 4: I want to say five and two, all right, maybe

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a back to back four and three. I thought they'd

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go eleven and seven in March. Wrong about that. So

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when any games start giving them more credit and go

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five and two.

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Speaker 1: I think that's fair. I mean, so they split the back.

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I think ideally we're kind of all the same page.

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You probably split the back to back. Yeah, it's kind

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of a difficult. It's just tough.

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Speaker 4: It could depend. Like, it's possible if they win tomorrow

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the Warriors game doesn't matter at the end of the season, right,

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it's possible.

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Speaker 1: So they win tomorrow, beat the Kings, split the back

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to back, there's your three, and then you got the worries.

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I think I think five and two is doable, all right.

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I think ideally you split between the Blazers games. You

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win tomorrow, split the then split the back to back

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with the Thunder and the MAVs, and then maybe lose

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to the Blazers before that Warriors game, so that split with.

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Speaker 4: The Blazers, lose to the Thunder. Those are only three losses. Oh, wait,

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that's that's not five and two.

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Speaker 1: No split with the Yeah, you split with the Blazers.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, all right, five and two, let's do it.

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Speaker 1: We don't and then way we don't have to go

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on the insane run that they did last year, right

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when it was like, oh, we won ten out of

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eleven and everyone looks like they're about to pass.

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Speaker 3: I'm saying we split the we split, the Blazers, beat

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the Thunder, end up tossing the last game of the

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season because it doesn't matter.

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Speaker 2: We're locked in at eight.

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Speaker 1: Okay, I like that.

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Speaker 3: So we lose one of the Warriors, one of the Blazers

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win the rest.

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Speaker 1: The Spurs game will be difficult. That would be Not

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beating the Spurs would put the fan base into a

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frenzy this late in the season. It'd be very funny.

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Speaker 3: Maybe we toss the Spurs game too, to lure them

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into a false sense of security.

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Speaker 2: We go four and three.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they already don't feel confident against us.

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Speaker 4: The Clippers could really have an effect on the one

475
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and two seed there, yeah, who ends up with it. Therefore,

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they could have an effect on who they play in

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the first round, who they want to see.

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Speaker 1: I would love it if if Tyler came out he

479
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was like, we want the Spurs specifically, like just just

480
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stir the pop for no reason.

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Speaker 4: I gotta say the Suns. The Suns look look like

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a problem still, like going to Phoenix. Yeah, I'm concerned

483
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about that more than I thought i'd be.

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Speaker 1: I think my anti Phoenix bias is clouding judgment.

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Speaker 4: They still even without dealing Brooks recently, they still look

486
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like they have some like toughness. They look different than

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past years.

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Speaker 1: When is the last time we even played the.

489
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Speaker 4: Suns many sons ago?

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Speaker 3: We had them like stacked early in the season. Didn't

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we play them like three times before the trade deadline?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? We played them, we had Yeah, we played them

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twice in November and like a weird away series there.

494
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We played them in February and I think that's the

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last time we played them February. First, that's interesting.

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Speaker 4: They're beating the Grizzlies tonight. Then they have the Magic Hornets, Bulls,

497
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Rockets at home, Mavericks at home, Lakers on the road,

498
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Thunder on the road.

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Speaker 1: That's tough. That's a brutal end to the season.

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Speaker 4: So you think the Clippers can catch them if they

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go five and.

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Speaker 1: Two, I'm not trying to get my hopes up for

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catching them there. It's it just feels like they're running

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out of runway, like because, like you said, the Sons

505
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are playing pretty good too. They're not like Houston right

506
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now where everyone hates each other.

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Speaker 2: Don happen.

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Speaker 4: I mean, yeah, they did lose to the Bucks recently,

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that's true.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, what what do you think we sit that record wise?

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Obviously we're getting I don't want to jinx it totally

512
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knock on wood, but they'll be over five hundred.

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Speaker 4: So what are they now? The three games over? What's

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the record.

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Speaker 1: Thirty nine, thirty six, thirty six.

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Speaker 4: So they go five and two, they're getting a forty

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four wins. Damn coach Luke cooked thirty five and twenty

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the rest of the way, they're out pace.

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Speaker 1: I was wrong about that. Well you think they're Do

520
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you think they go five and two? That's a tall ward.

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Speaker 2: I want to say yes, but I think that it

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might be four and three.

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Speaker 4: I might have revise to four and three, which is

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we wi't think so because they won't need the Warriors game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, with one of those games being a toss

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to the Warriors.

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Speaker 4: I like.

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Speaker 1: I like that they've set the intention to lose the

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game four and three with good basketball. It's like, great,

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we're going in with good momentum, We're feeling comfortable, like

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we're not having a scramble.

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Speaker 4: I think that is the most realistic outcome, just because

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they're going to be strategic about this with knowing where

534
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they're likely going to end up, Like you got to

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get tomorrow's game, but not every game is going to

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be like that down the stretch here.

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Speaker 1: No, Yeah, keep playing above average defense is what I

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would like to see over these seven game defense. That's

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actually maybe the biggest thing.

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Speaker 2: Could they jump to thirteen.

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Speaker 1: Maybe post tradedline?

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Speaker 2: Obviously?

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Speaker 3: I think yeah, optimistically they could maybe get to seventeen

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on the season.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I think. I mean it's kind of sucks,

546
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but after the start, Yeah, that's pretty good. Did any

547
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of y'all read the Darius Garland article in the Athletic Nod?

548
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I want to read the whole thing right now.

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Speaker 4: No.

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Speaker 1: There was a funny bit where it seems like the

551
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Clippers really like it seems like living in Cleveland gave

552
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,759
him like seasonal weather oriented depression. There's a bunch of

553
00:30:42,839 --> 00:30:45,519
quotes about how he can just see the sun and

554
00:30:45,559 --> 00:30:48,559
now that he can see the sun, he's feeling good.

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Speaker 2: It makes a difference, man.

556
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Speaker 1: It really does. Dude, coming from places where there is

557
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,079
a lot of different weather, but dark winners are not

558
00:30:58,279 --> 00:31:01,599
fun after a while, and being in a place with

559
00:31:01,799 --> 00:31:04,279
sun does help your outlet.

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Speaker 4: Start calling solar power and let's go.

561
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Speaker 1: There was a cool note about what Tyler wants out

562
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of Darius Carlin. He wants to see more aggression, less

563
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fitting in, and more imposing himself on the game. I

564
00:31:17,279 --> 00:31:19,480
just noticed since he's been here on Missus he gets

565
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:21,960
the rebound and he's kind of jogging it up surveying

566
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instead of pushing the tempo to get to the paint

567
00:31:23,839 --> 00:31:26,599
early before the defense gets set. I like that. It's

568
00:31:26,599 --> 00:31:29,400
like Tyler being like, make people fit in around you,

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Like you do not need to fit in with these guys.

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You we need to fit in around you. Nice to

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see that in print from head Coach.

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Speaker 4: I'll say, you're gonna get the most out of them.

573
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I saw. Coach usually is with talented guys. Remember when

574
00:31:45,599 --> 00:31:48,519
James Harden came in and they had that discussion like no, no, no,

575
00:31:48,559 --> 00:31:50,240
you need to be more aggressive, and he told them

576
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:53,680
that in front of the entire team, so everybody knew, yeah,

577
00:31:53,839 --> 00:31:58,759
don't defer. It'll make you those passes will be much

578
00:31:58,799 --> 00:32:02,279
easier when they're loading up because you're more aggressive offensively

579
00:32:02,359 --> 00:32:03,640
looking for your own shot.

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Speaker 1: Well, and there was we saw that with Chris Dunn, right,

581
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he was like his second game with Garland and he

582
00:32:08,759 --> 00:32:11,480
made some cut towards the basket and Garland hurled a

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pass at him and he just didn't see it because

584
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:15,640
he was like, I'm not used to that pass coming

585
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:21,480
like that. Since then, they've cleaned it up, but it's like, yeah,

586
00:32:21,559 --> 00:32:23,799
go into a team's gotta be weird. Where James Harden

587
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,319
was the point guard and now you are the point

588
00:32:25,319 --> 00:32:28,400
guard to replace him. I can see that being a

589
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:29,640
difficult fit.

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Speaker 4: Some of these guys though, Just like with Kawhi, being

591
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:36,759
selfish is better for the team. It helps the team.

592
00:32:36,759 --> 00:32:38,559
Selfish is the new unselfish.

593
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Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know about that. It is

594
00:32:41,359 --> 00:32:44,440
funny how guys like Kawhi and Darius Garland you're like,

595
00:32:44,519 --> 00:32:46,680
be more selfish with the ball. And then there's guys

596
00:32:46,799 --> 00:32:51,279
like first name in my head is Kevin Porter Junior,

597
00:32:51,279 --> 00:32:53,039
where it's like you should not be as selfish with

598
00:32:53,079 --> 00:32:55,440
the ball. We understand that you have some skills.

599
00:32:55,200 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 4: But Mathern has those issues sometimes still got some bad

600
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:01,799
turnovers the other night.

601
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:03,519
Speaker 1: It's got a bit of the tunnel vision.

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Speaker 4: Sometimes he's young, so you live with it and it's whatever.

603
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:13,359
But yeah, with Kawhi, it's it's all positive him taking

604
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:18,000
more shots. I think Garland is the same. I do.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely well. Your thoughts on Darius Garland please please.

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Plus it's time.

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Speaker 2: Time for self care is over. It's time to harm others.

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Speaker 1: I love it. All right, that's great. We have a

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giveaway winner that we have to announce. We have to

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decide on the giveaway winner. Care for those of you

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who missed out on this in box Bradley bealbable ahead

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that yeah, yeah, dead stock and you're missing out on

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this size medium Clippers T shirt. We will have some

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more giveaways thanks to a scholarship fund that was set

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up that I'll talk about in a second. But so

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the bit was we had that we asked people the

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best way to give these things away and we got

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some great submissions. I'm reading the top three. All right,

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giveaway idea. This is from defry guy seventy one, whoever

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00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,920
best recaps everything the Clippers have gone through this year

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00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:40,400
wins minimum two thousand words. I like that one. Next

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one that also birthed an idea that I'm gonna talk

623
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:46,119
about after this. The next one from Nick Prophetdale, which

624
00:34:46,199 --> 00:34:49,039
sounds like a made up marketing guy but might be

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00:34:49,079 --> 00:34:52,760
a real person. For your giveaway, I think you should

626
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,320
have to do the best reenactment of one of lol

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WTF Eric's postgame drawings. Very good idea to danger.

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Speaker 2: You got the Brian Semen shout out on the broadcast

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the other day.

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Speaker 1: Yes, yes, shout out Brian Semen.

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Speaker 4: We did on the radio for him too. When you

632
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:11,519
saw the coast was clear, Hey, Brian's doing it, I

633
00:35:11,519 --> 00:35:13,039
guess we could do it. I know some of these

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00:35:13,119 --> 00:35:16,320
drugs are a little a little bunch time.

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Speaker 1: They're an accurate depiction of what it's like to be

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00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:19,960
a Clippers fan.

637
00:35:20,159 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 4: Is art, There's no doubt about it.

638
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:26,760
Speaker 1: And then Jose Navarro said, fans must describe Bradley Beal

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00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:30,000
as a dip and their example was the slow start

640
00:35:30,079 --> 00:35:33,760
dip ranch with vegetables explanation, Just like Bradley Beal this season,

641
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:35,880
you tried it at the beginning, then you realize it's

642
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,199
not hitting and you never go back to it again.

643
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:43,000
A bit harsh for sure, but keeping with the Bradley

644
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:48,480
Beal theme. Got hurt Fellas which one of these wonderful

645
00:35:48,559 --> 00:35:53,320
submissions gets to win a mint Bradley Beal biblehead and

646
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:57,079
size medium clippers T shirt? What are you feeling at him?

647
00:35:57,119 --> 00:36:00,480
Speaker 4: So no one actually has to do the submit. It's

648
00:36:00,559 --> 00:36:03,400
just grading the emissions and the ideas, but we don't

649
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,280
actually have to do put them into practice.

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Speaker 1: We're a very cerebral pod.

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00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:11,400
Speaker 4: Yes, probably the two thousand words summarize.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, since we don't have to read it, it's a

653
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:17,559
good one.

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Speaker 1: Yes, Okay, so we're going I was gonna pick that

655
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one too, So defry guy seventy one fifty. You have

656
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won a Bradley be obablehead and sized medium clippers T shirt.

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Email us at Shavings dot Podcast at gmail dot com.

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We will send you this stuff. It will get to

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you safely, it will give you tracking, and you win.

660
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We also got contacted by someone who has a like

661
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:52,679
five or ten uh. They have Norm Powell playoff Norm

662
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:56,880
Powell shirts as well as some Opening Night compasses from

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00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:00,679
the first game into it Dome that they are donating

664
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:06,239
to us as part of just giveaway stuff. Yes, we

665
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,840
are calling it the Rising Tides Collection. This person I

666
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figured out the name for this, so with the Rising

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00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,119
Tides Collection, which is going to be on the way

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00:37:15,159 --> 00:37:18,000
to my house soon. Thank you very much, sir person.

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I don't know if I want me to say their name.

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I think if anyone does actually write a minimum five

671
00:37:25,599 --> 00:37:30,800
hundred word essay about the Clippers season, I will read

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00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:32,920
it and then we'll send you a giveaway for.

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Speaker 2: That minimum two thousand words. No AAI, No.

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Speaker 1: If you use AI. If you use AI, A will

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know and we'll fucking find you.

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Speaker 4: So we'll use AI to find you.

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Speaker 1: Don't use AI. Five hundred to two thousand words. Send

678
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,559
just what has happened this Clipper season, put a little

679
00:37:52,599 --> 00:37:54,840
your own flavor on it, whatever, But we have some

680
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:57,840
giveaway surpluses from the Rising Tides collection.

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Speaker 4: You're starting a Clippers thrift or we're.

682
00:38:00,679 --> 00:38:03,639
Speaker 1: Starting a Clipper stip store. The important thing is Defry

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Guy seventy get at us, email us Shavings dot podcast

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at gmail dot com. We will send you your goods

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anything else before we get out of here before this

686
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:16,920
very important Blazers game. Tory Night.

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Speaker 4: Congrats Guy, Congrats to Fry Guy.

688
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Speaker 1: We're gonna have a new episode on Wednesday. Hopefully it's

689
00:38:29,079 --> 00:38:31,239
a fun episode talking about how awesome it was that

690
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:33,320
we beat the Blazers. We're gonna do a happy Hour

691
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:38,239
live on Friday. Will Where can people voice their opinion

692
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:41,800
for this show? And yeah, maybe just the show, just

693
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keep it from the.

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Speaker 2: Show, Yeah, keep it to the show.

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Speaker 3: You can voice your opinion on this show over on

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Apple Podcasts or Spotify. You can course listen wherever you

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you think on every given episode over at YouTube dot com.

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That's at Clippers podcast. But however you listen whoever you watch,

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you know we appreciate you, We.

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Speaker 1: Very much do. Adam one positive thing heading to this

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00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:12,960
big matchup against these Blazers, these egalitarian Blazers. What do

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we got for Clippers fans?

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Speaker 4: You know, the Clippers had people worried when they lost

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four in a row to some lesser teams. You could say,

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but again, Repelicans are their own thing. It's not that

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the Clippers are that bad. Repelicans. It just happens. They've

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won five in a row. SIS, then they've more the

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right of the ship, seven games to play. They're in

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great shape, but gotta win the gotta win tomorrow, big game.

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Speaker 1: Gotta win tomorrow, big game. I'm nervous, but I'm excited.

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Speaker 4: Eight o'clock tip.

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Speaker 1: Wow, right, God damn it.

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Speaker 4: Well I like to say the late o'clock tip.

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Speaker 1: Okay. On that note, this has been Clips in DPP.

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Thank you for hanging out, and as always, let's go Clips.