WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:01.240 The LA Clippers. 2 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:05.200 The game is ended, gather round boys, time to recap, 3 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:06.200 but the. 4 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:10.199 Post game coverage is just getting started. The successes the failure. 5 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:14.439 Let's discuss this is Clippers locker Road breaking down today's 6 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:17.440 action with the pre and post game voice of the Clippers. 7 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:19.399 Here's a A moss. 8 00:00:19.239 --> 00:00:24.239 Lag Clippers losing Houston one's twenty five to one oh 9 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:27.760 four in the Emirates Cup as they open up group 10 00:00:27.839 --> 00:00:31.679 play and they go zero for two in the Texas 11 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:34.759 two Step losing there on Wednesday night as well. Welcome 12 00:00:34.759 --> 00:00:37.000 into your post game show. I'm at a Moslin coming up. 13 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:39.119 We got your postgame box score and we'll take your 14 00:00:39.159 --> 00:00:41.320 phone calls on AM five to seventy LA Sports on 15 00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:44.240 Clippers Talk eight sixty six nine seven two five seventy 16 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:48.119 eight sixty six seven two five seventy is the phone number. 17 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:49.840 You can also get to me at follow out of May. 18 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:53.000 But first let's get back out to Toyota Center with 19 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:56.520 your radio voice of the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez. Well, 20 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:59.399 quite frankly, Carlo, I gotta say all night where the 21 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:03.159 Houston Rocks shot forty three percent from three and it 22 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:05.439 was much higher than that throughout most of the game. 23 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:07.920 I felt like the Clippers just got ambushed a little bit, 24 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:09.879 maybe a little bit outclassed. 25 00:01:09.799 --> 00:01:12.280 A Javarriusmith Junior. Adam got to give him credit, he 26 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:14.840 was excellent to start the game. Made his first five threes. 27 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:17.920 He had sixteen points, and he'd missed one shot in 28 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:21.560 that first half. His blitz to start things gave Houston 29 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:23.680 a big time lead and they just never looked back 30 00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:26.040 in this one. The Rockets were able to dominate offensively, 31 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:28.359 get anything they wanted on that end of the floor, 32 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:30.799 and get downhill and get to the rem They didn't 33 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:34.079 offensive rebound the same way they did in the Wednesday 34 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:36.719 Night contest, but they beat the Clippers with their hot 35 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:40.239 shooting today a season high nineteen May threes. The Clippers 36 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:42.519 moved to zero to five this season when they allow 37 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:45.519 opponents to make fifteen or more threes. They are six 38 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:49.319 to one at him when teams make less than fifteen threes. 39 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:51.719 So that'll tell you all you need to know right now, 40 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:54.359 the Clippers giving up threes and paying for it in 41 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:55.120 the lost column. 42 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:56.879 Yeah, and on the other end, they went ten to 43 00:01:57.079 --> 00:02:00.159 forty from the outside. They came into this series the 44 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:03.560 hottest team from distance, having shot about forty eight percent 45 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:06.680 in their last five games before they landed in Houston, 46 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:09.000 and then the numbers skewed and went the other way 47 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:12.039 against them in a drastic way, and the Clippers also 48 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:15.080 were under forty percent from the field in this one. 49 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:17.560 They just never got their offense unlocked, and I just 50 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:20.280 felt like, you know, their offense hurts their defense. There's 51 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:23.520 that symbiotic relationship. When the Clippers aren't knocking down the shots, 52 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:26.280 they can't set their defense. They can't play that elite 53 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:28.879 half court defense where they are in that area when 54 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:31.199 they can set their defense. But unfortunately, you got to 55 00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:32.479 hit shots typically to do that. 56 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:35.319 Yeah, I think Clippers didn't hit shots. And inning shots 57 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:37.319 is always great because it gives you a little bit 58 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:39.800 of an adrenaline boost. It makes you feel good as 59 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:41.879 you're going back on the defensive end, and it allows 60 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:44.240 you to catch your breath a little bit, especially against 61 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:47.199 the Houston team that is going to rebound and push 62 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:50.439 every single time. The big difference in this game, and 63 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:53.599 Adam Penner, statistician pointed it out. The Rockets go on 64 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:57.759 a thirty six to eight run. I believe in the 65 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:00.800 final eight and a half minutes of that second excuse me, 66 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:03.840 thirty five to sixteen run in the final eight twenty 67 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:06.960 eight of the second thirty five to fifteen, and that 68 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:08.879 really did the Clippers in. And I don't think Clippers 69 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:11.719 ever bounced back after bringing it to a one point game. 70 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:15.400 This is a team that looked tired today and rightfully so. 71 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:20.280 I mean, eight nights, five different cities, four different games 72 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:24.000 is an exhausting stretch. Nonetheless, despite it not being technically 73 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:26.240 that long of a road trip, the Clippers only had 74 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:28.960 one home game, which, as we all know in the NBA, 75 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:31.960 feels like a road game when you only have the 76 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:35.439 one home game. So for this Clipper team opportunity to 77 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:38.080 bounce back, you get Sacramento on a rent, or you 78 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:40.319 get Utah, a team that's only won three games, sitting 79 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:44.199 towards the bottom of the West on a rest advantage. 80 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:46.879 But for the Clippers, got to get back your roots, 81 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:49.919 and that was spreading the ball around, getting Norman pound 82 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:52.919 of eats the Zubats involved early finding success with them, 83 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:55.759 and then the question becomes how deep do you want 84 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:58.680 to go? Because clearly Kobe Brown and Jordan Miller, who 85 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:01.360 played against starters today, Fred Vanvlee was out there the 86 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:03.599 entire time. Al Fred shan Gun was out there, Dylan 87 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:06.360 Brooks was out there, played well, and Tyler really has 88 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:08.360 to figure out a is he gonna rotate twelve? Is 89 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:09.879 he gonna just play the hot hand? Is he gonna 90 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:12.360 play matchups? I don't know. I don't know if it's 91 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:14.960 gonna change too much in terms of results at him. 92 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:16.879 That's starting group stolls a lot on their shoulders. They 93 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:19.160 were on minus twelve today after being a plus fifteen 94 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:22.399 on a Wednesday. But you feel like the Clippers can 95 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:25.160 bring more youth off the bench. Like you mentioned Nikovitoomo 96 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:27.759 only getting four minutes in this one. The lineup is 97 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:30.000 not so little, Finn. Did we learn that? Especially today? 98 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:33.480 The clippers achilles heel throughout this ten year with Kawhi 99 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:36.680 Leonard has been young athletic teams and the Clippers are 100 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:39.639 kind of built to be the achilles heel of this Clipper, 101 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:41.600 of this or the Rockets are built to be the 102 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:43.959 achilles heel of this Clipper team, and they flex that 103 00:04:44.040 --> 00:04:44.720 muscle today. 104 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:46.800 Yeah, And I think, as you mentioned there, it's an 105 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:50.800 evolving lineup in rotation situation under coach Lou Right Now 106 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:53.040 with the young guys starting to get run in these 107 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:55.360 two games since Houston, I'm very intrigued to see what 108 00:04:55.399 --> 00:04:58.519 happens moving forward. Does Jordan Miller break through and get 109 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:01.319 that consistent ten game low like we saw last season 110 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:04.160 with Kobe Brown when he was playing next to guys 111 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:07.399 like Kawhi, Paul George and James Harden, but they still 112 00:05:07.439 --> 00:05:10.399 made sure to get a young guy an opportunity out there. 113 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:12.839 I wonder if that's gonna happen with Jordan Miller at 114 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:15.519 some point. Kevin Porter Junior, though, played I thought one 115 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:18.120 of his better games so far this season, fifteen points 116 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:20.879 in a fishing fifteen points, five of ten shooting, knockdown 117 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:24.560 three to three pointers back in Houston. So who is 118 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:26.839 out of the lineup? Who gets minutes taken away from 119 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:29.199 them to extend some minutes now with Jordan Miller, these 120 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:31.680 are the tough decisions that coach lou is going to 121 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:33.920 have to make. I think Nicholas Batoum could be one 122 00:05:33.959 --> 00:05:37.160 of those guys, just because you know he's an old 123 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:40.480 bet that is going to root for the young guys 124 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:43.279 as they're getting minutes, and he'll help coach them up 125 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:45.600 as well. And this is not somebody that's going to 126 00:05:45.639 --> 00:05:47.160 make a stink if he's on the bench for a 127 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:50.079 couple of weeks and maybe he can regain some of 128 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:52.680 that I don't know pop to his game because it 129 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:54.839 hasn't been there, maybe over the last week or so 130 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:57.480 when he played heavy minutes obviously for Team France in 131 00:05:57.519 --> 00:05:59.560 the Olympics. We talked about that a little bit earlier 132 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:02.000 as well, Well, I just wonder how does a guy 133 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:04.360 and get a little bit more running in this rotation 134 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:07.680 when they are really deep ball club Also, so it's 135 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:10.639 a tough balance. It's a tough situation for coach Lou 136 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:12.800 to have to figure out, well, all of a sudden, 137 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:15.360 we're gonna have all these new lineups, what thirteen games 138 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:17.600 in now. It's not easy, But I think they got 139 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:20.240 the right guy, the chiropractor, the adjuster out there in 140 00:06:20.360 --> 00:06:21.959 coach lu to try to figure these things out. 141 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:26.040 Yeah, And like we said earlier after the lost to OKC, 142 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:28.319 it's a team that lost six in a row last 143 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:30.720 year and everyone was saying, this guy is falling. We 144 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:33.800 were about this point in the season and the Clippers 145 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:36.879 had struggled to score. They were looked at as one 146 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:40.360 of the biggest disappointments in the NBA, and then in 147 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:43.079 December they were the best team in the NBA and 148 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:44.240 finals favorites. 149 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:46.839 So things can flip in a hurry. 150 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:50.240 Especially in this league, if you can get other guys involved, 151 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:53.600 figure out rotations, and understand how to play your brand 152 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:57.519 of basketball consistently every single night. Feels like Adam was 153 00:06:57.639 --> 00:06:59.240 especially I don't know if you feel the same way, 154 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:02.120 but harding his searching for that record breaking shot and 155 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:04.240 almost feels like he's hunting it, which is throwing off 156 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:06.800 his game a little bit. Dylan Brooks clearly knew that 157 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:09.680 he played him off the line the entire way. The 158 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:13.160 Clippers maybe need him to get that off his back 159 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:16.720 and then come back in and be aggressive. So it's 160 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:18.600 an odd time for this Clipper team. You feel like 161 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:21.439 they're trying to still feel things out. This three game 162 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:23.959 road trip, though, you'll learn that you gotta guard the 163 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:27.240 three ball because the Rockets burned them twice and okay, 164 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:30.040 see burn them from downtown. The Clippers have to be 165 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:32.600 better defensively from outside the arc. They have to rebound, 166 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:34.720 they have to get back on the defensive end. They 167 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:36.879 got opportunities to learn. You finally get to sleep in 168 00:07:36.920 --> 00:07:38.560 the same bed for a couple nights in a row, 169 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:41.000 and we'll see if that re energizes this group. I'm 170 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:43.439 feeling good of at the game against Utah. You get 171 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:45.560 it back to back with Golden State and then see Orlando. 172 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:47.920 Not gonna be easy, but for a team that's trying 173 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:50.199 to find their mojo, three very very good teams to 174 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:50.720 go up again. 175 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:52.639 Yeah, and you look at the starting lineup tonight for 176 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:56.000 this Clippers team and guys who just uncharacteristically had some 177 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:59.839 really poor performances. Derek Jones junior zero seven, Viza Zubats 178 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:02.879 two two seven, Norman Pal three of eleven. James Hard 179 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:05.399 did shoot fifty percent from the field, but he still 180 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:08.319 had five turnovers, just two assists out there. And I 181 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:10.680 do agree with you the pressure probably mounting for that 182 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:14.399 record to break. Ray Allen being second old time when 183 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:16.800 it comes to three point shots made in NBA history, 184 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:19.160 you know that could be weighing on him a little bit. 185 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:22.240 But Norman Pal, they're trying to keep him from going right. 186 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:24.879 The game plan is out there against him, and the 187 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:28.839 Houston Rockets are elite defensively, so it was a bad matchup. 188 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:31.759 Maybe wrong place, wrong time, as the Houston Rockets are 189 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:34.080 really thriving and starting to figure things out. They're nine 190 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:36.240 to four now on this young season, and I think 191 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:38.720 they're turning a lot ahead. So tip your cap to them. 192 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:41.039 Clippers got a regroup. They'll be coming back to take 193 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:43.879 on the Utah Jazz. That'll be backing into a dome 194 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:47.639 on Sunday night. Tip time will be at six pm. 195 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:50.919 We'll have your pregame show starting at five. Carlo Jimenez, 196 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:53.600 safe travels back to Los Angeles, my friend. We will 197 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:55.240 talk to you on Sunday. 198 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:56.480 See you in person, Adam. 199 00:08:57.240 --> 00:08:59.919 Let's go coming up next, we'll get to your final box. 200 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:02.639 Clippers lose in Houston. One's twenty five to one oh 201 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:04.960 four to the Rockets, and you're listening to the Los 202 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:06.600 Angeles Clippers Audio Network. 203 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:09.000 I love this team. I never miss a game. 204 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:13.360 You're listening to LA Clippers Basketball three ball, Yes, sir, 205 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:16.720 right here on the LA Clippers Audio Network. 206 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:20.960 Clippers lose in Houston again, one twenty five to one 207 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:26.360 oh four in an Emirates Cup game. Clippers ended up 208 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:29.399 shooting just thirty eight percent from the field. The Houston 209 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:32.480 Rockets were at forty eight percent. They went nineteen to 210 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:35.360 forty four from three, That is forty three percent when 211 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:37.720 they came into this game shooting just thirty two percent 212 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:40.480 from the outside. They caught fired the last couple of 213 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:44.080 games against the Clippers from distance, who only shot ten 214 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:47.519 to forty or Los Angeles Clippers from three when they 215 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:50.000 came into the series, a top three point shooting team, 216 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:52.639 a top three to three point shooting team, I should 217 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:55.720 say in the league. So things swung the other way there. 218 00:09:56.039 --> 00:09:58.279 If you want to take solace to the fact that, hey, 219 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:01.000 the Clippers had fifty one board to forty eight for 220 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:03.840 the Houston Rockets, I would also say, yeah, they had 221 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:07.559 four more offensive rebounds, probably because they missed so many 222 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:11.039 shots out there. So they still had fifteen turnovers in 223 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:13.559 the ballgame, far too many. Ten of those came in 224 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:16.279 the first half. Too sloppy with it, and as Carlo 225 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:20.120 pointed out, Houston went on that thirty five to fifteen 226 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:24.000 run in the last eight minutes of the second quarter. 227 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:27.000 Clippers made a little bit of a push as they 228 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:29.559 were down twenty at the half. Early in the third, 229 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:32.120 they got it to within twelve. Houston called a timeout 230 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:35.679 and the Rockets just poured it on from their great 231 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:39.919 adjustments by them, and this Clippers team with multiple starters 232 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.159 having off nights, and they've had a couple of them. 233 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:46.399 Now I'm looking at Aviatsa Zubots not nearly as aggressive. 234 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:48.879 Didn't like the body language out there. Only got up 235 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:51.559 seven shots, one less than he got up on Wednesday. 236 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:56.320 Norn Powell three of eleven. He was struggling in both 237 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:59.879 games against the Houston Rockets. Chris Dunn six of thirteen, 238 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:02.480 but just one of seven from the outside, and then 239 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:07.639 Derek Jones Jr. Uncharacteristically bad ozero of seven game, his 240 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:10.120 worst shooting game so far as a Clipper, to say 241 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:13.320 the least. Clippers lose one twenty five to one oh 242 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:15.559 four in Houston to the Rockets. Their next game coming 243 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:17.639 up against the Utah Jazz. That'll be on Sunday night. 244 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:19.720 Back get into it Dome. More on that coming up 245 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:22.840 right here on the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. 246 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:25.399 I love this team. I never miss a game. 247 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:29.759 You're listening to LA Clippers basketball free ball, Yes, sir, 248 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:33.120 right here on the LA Clippers Audio Network. 249 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:36.639 Clippers lose big in Houston for the second time in 250 00:11:36.759 --> 00:11:43.080 three days. Final score Rockets one twenty five Clippers one 251 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:48.759 O four in their first Emirates Cup Group A game, 252 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:53.519 they are zero to one. Clippers six and seven now 253 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:55.840 in the season, the Houston Rockets are nine and four. 254 00:11:56.320 --> 00:12:00.559 Clippers got a regroup, figure things out, find some new rotations, 255 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:02.399 I think, because it looks like the young guys are 256 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:05.480 starting to play, and I don't know how you keep 257 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:11.840 Jordan Miller out. He's too good. The guy got up 258 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:18.360 ten free throws in ten minutes. They can't guard them. 259 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:23.879 They can't defend without fouling against Jordan Miller. No can defend. 260 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:26.720 He had eleven points in his ten minutes. That's the 261 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:30.639 bright spot. I thought KPJ was better, But a lot 262 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:33.960 of poor performances in this one from the starters the vets. 263 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:38.000 They did look a little bit gassed. There are some 264 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:40.000 stats out there that will tell you the Clippers have 265 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:42.799 had the toughest schedule so far in the league. But 266 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:46.480 Houston Rockets are also a very good ball club, and 267 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:51.840 I thought imposed their will, physicality, athleticism, and three point 268 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:55.639 shooting season high nineteen Maine threes for the Houston Rockets. 269 00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:58.720 Some of that has just shot variants. Some of that's 270 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:01.720 bad defense. But if you're looking for a number. In 271 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:04.720 this game, they hit nineteen threes on forty four attempts. 272 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:07.279 That's forty three percent from the outside. The Clippers on 273 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:10.240 forty attempts hit just ten of them, that is twenty 274 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:14.399 five percent from three. Sometimes it's that simple. Clippers lose 275 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:16.559 one twenty five to one four in a make or 276 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:20.679 Miss league in Houston against the Rockets. Coming up in LA, 277 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:23.159 we'll have Clippers stock eight six, six ninety seven two 278 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:25.799 five seventy. But outside of Los Angeles, we are leaving 279 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:28.039 you until Sunday night, backet into it Dome for the 280 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:29.799 front end of a back to back Clippers taking on 281 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:32.960 the Utah Jazz. Tip off is that six pregame at five. 282 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:35.799 I'm at a mosland outside of LA. Talk to you 283 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:39.320 on Sunday in LA. It's Clippers Talk next. 284 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:44.360 And with that, just like that, another Clipper broadcast is ended, 285 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:50.799 parting Chudging. This has been Clippers Locker Road, a postgame look. 286 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:51.720 It's Today's scal. 287 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:53.759 Every game all season long. 288 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:54.799 Thank you for. 289 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:57.519 Joining us for all the action on the LA Clippers 290 00:13:57.600 --> 00:13:58.519 Audio Network. 291 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:01.279 Phoning in. 292 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:04.120 We're taking your calls on the LA Clippers right now. 293 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:05.000 Peace. 294 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:06.679 Clippers talk on Aaron. 295 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:07.759 On demand the Clippers show up. 296 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:10.639 Record your chance to react to everything. 297 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:12.440 Clippers Clippers news happens. 298 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:14.519 Let me guess it's about Kawhi. 299 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:15.600 Here we are and. 300 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:19.000 Now here it is the host of your LA Clippers free. 301 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:24.440 And postgame at follow Adam a Adam Ousley Houston. I 302 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:27.960 mean Clippers. We have a problem here. Clippers lose and 303 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:33.440 go oh and two in Houston to the Rockets. They 304 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:37.480 fall big in both ballgames where a lot of the 305 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:41.840 starters just did not show up. Welcome in to your 306 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:44.080 Clippers Talk show here on the M five seventy LA 307 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:46.960 Sports and on the YouTube side at Clippers Talk after 308 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:49.559 they fall once twenty five to one oh four to 309 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:52.360 the Rockets for the second straight game. This was an 310 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:55.000 in season tournament game, if you're into that sort of thing, 311 00:14:56.720 --> 00:15:00.480 and quite frankly, the Clippers weren't nearly good enough from 312 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:03.799 the get go. They were down double digits in the 313 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:08.399 first quarter, They got down big at the half by twenty. 314 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:11.679 They made a slight push earlier than the third had 315 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:15.799 it to within twelve, but ultimately they were down nineteen. Still, 316 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:18.080 they only shaved it down by one point heading into 317 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:20.840 the fourth quarter, and that's when coach Lou went to 318 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:26.200 the backups. They also made a slight push. Well, they 319 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:30.559 get to sixteen fourteen points. I think, so this gets 320 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:35.320 interesting now Clipper Nation, because when they were six and 321 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:38.159 four and I was saying, well, I feel like they're 322 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:41.200 overachieving if anything, and I feel like they're a five 323 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:46.320 hundred team without Kawhi Leonard, those were my expectations coming 324 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:50.440 into this season. What were yours? Because your level of 325 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:57.240 disappointment is directly tied to your expectations. If you were 326 00:15:57.279 --> 00:16:01.279 in the same headspace that I was thinking that without Kawhi, 327 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:04.840 if they can just hang around five hundred, that's success. 328 00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:09.240 That's the Clippers in a good spot. They're six and 329 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:13.600 seven and the Houston Rockets are good. I don't know 330 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:15.879 what some people thought they were getting into against this 331 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:18.679 Houston Rockets team. When I previewed this game or this 332 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:22.559 two game mini series coming up, I said, the Rockets 333 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:24.840 are good guys, one of the top defenses, one of 334 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:27.879 the top rebounding teams. Somebody said, for being honest, the 335 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:32.279 Clippers should beat this team. What why? The Rockets had 336 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:35.399 the better record at that time, and they proved to 337 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:38.320 be a better team in both games. They're more talented 338 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:41.440 and guess what turned around? And I was worried about 339 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:43.120 this when I talked about it in the preview. They're 340 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:47.200 three point shooting. They went from being a team that 341 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:49.720 was shooting thirty one percent from the outside heading into 342 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:55.639 these two games to shooting well over forty percent after 343 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:59.840 these two games. In fact, tonight they went for a 344 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:07.400 uh season high nineteen made threes against the Clippers. Some 345 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:10.200 of that's just really hot shooting. And guess who cooled 346 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:14.079 off at the same time to compound things, the Clippers 347 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:20.400 in Norman Powell, that's a recipe for disaster. How do 348 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:25.200 you lose a game like this by twenty one? Well, 349 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:28.240 one team goes nineteen to forty four from three, the 350 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:31.799 other goes ten to forty from three. One team was 351 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:34.880 top three in three point shooting heading into this two 352 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:38.440 game series, the Clippers. The other team was bottom three 353 00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:41.640 and three point shooting heading into this series. Guess what happened? 354 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:47.000 Things flipped, love of averages, fluky shooting, whatever you wan say. 355 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:51.440 The Rockets looked like the Clippers for those five games 356 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:56.160 where they went four and one, and nobody was hotter 357 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:59.039 from the outside as during that stretch they shot forty 358 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:01.920 eight percent from three. That's how the Rockets looked in 359 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:06.880 these two games. I'm not surprised by any of this. 360 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:12.680 I'm well aware of their talent level. Without Kawhi Leonard, 361 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:16.359 it is going to be a struggle at times offensively, 362 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:20.160 especially if Norman Palell is out there after the hot 363 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:24.720 streak that he was on going three for eleven and 364 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:27.640 it looked worse than that, and the Rockets had all 365 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:29.480 the defenders in the world to throw at him, and 366 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:31.400 he was trying to play the foulbait game and it 367 00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:34.759 wasn't working. Got into it with the referees. That didn't help. 368 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:40.960 Norm's got to play through that. But teams have the 369 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:46.000 scouting report now, just like we all know, every team 370 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:49.759 knows Norm likes to go right. You stop him from 371 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:54.359 going right, it eliminates a lot of his game. That's 372 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:57.359 the difference. When you're a starter and all of a sudden, 373 00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:59.759 you're getting heavy minutes and you're going up against the 374 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:05.240 other team's first unit, you get scouted harder and you're 375 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:08.079 going up against better players, and the Rockets have a 376 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:11.839 lot of them. They are deep, they are well coached, 377 00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:17.480 they are physical. I set all that heading into the 378 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:21.960 series and now they're nine to four and the Clippers 379 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:26.759 are six and seven, So are you panicking or you 380 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:30.000 kind of understand? Yeah, without Kawhi, things are going to 381 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:33.960 be tough and you just can't. Hey, if you're a 382 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:35.640 fan and you want to ride the wave of emotions 383 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:38.640 all the time and you know, treat every game like 384 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:41.559 it's the Super Bowl, I get it. But I would 385 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:45.279 preach some patients because the Clippers are at a talent 386 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:50.160 disadvantage against most teams like the Rockets, and they didn't 387 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:52.720 play well. And some of that is Houston and their 388 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:56.079 defense and they're rebounding, and some of that is just 389 00:19:56.119 --> 00:20:02.240 the Clippers of each a Zubots being very passive, them 390 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:05.119 trying to get him involved sporadically. And I'm putting a 391 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:07.000 lot of this though. On a viza Zoobots into night's 392 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:11.880 ball game. You take eight shots Wednesday, and you take 393 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:15.319 even less tonight. He only gets to seven. I know 394 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:18.119 he didn't play in the fourth quarter. I don't think 395 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:23.279 he did on Wednesday either. So Big Zoo has to 396 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:29.039 be better period and more consistent. He was not good 397 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:31.960 enough for the last two games. And if Big Zoo 398 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:36.839 isn't playing well, you're probably gonna lose. Him having a 399 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:39.279 big game doesn't guarantee a victory, but him having a 400 00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:43.759 game like this probably guarantees a defeat. That's how I 401 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:45.599