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Speaker 1: What is going on? Clippers fans? Welcome season three, episode

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fifty eight of Clips and did we come to you

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as the eighth seed? As of six fifteen pm April first,

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not as fun as the last time we were all together.

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Speaker 2: What are we talking about the four or five the

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last time we were here.

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Speaker 1: It's still possible and we're gannity. I am Chuck Wackler,

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joined by William Dake and Adam Osland. We are gonna

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be talking the Clippers ugly win versus the Magic, previewing

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a bit of the Pels game, and then just kind

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of an end of season outlook that has some interesting

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I don't know, I hiccups is the right word, but

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there's some things to think about for these last games

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for the Clippers. As we are recording right now, the

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Warriors and Grizzlies are playing each other. Kind of a

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win win for the Clippers, right no matter who loses.

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It's kind of like a a toss up in terms

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of good right at them or you seem stressed.

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Speaker 3: I was trying to figure this out earlier. I think

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I want Memphis to lose because they're in a tailspin

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and there is a real good chance they fall out

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of the top six, hence how the Clippers could get

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the five. But I guess the other side of it is,

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you know, the Golden State Warriors have been playing some

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good basketball. You might want to see them take a loss.

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But the Clippers get a chance to play them in

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the final game of the season. They have a little

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bit more control. They don't play Memphis again, and I'd

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rather see Memphis just go. Okay, you heard what Triple

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JS said last night, right, it could be worse. We

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could be homeless. They're in a bad spot. Let's keep

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them there because they may feel like.

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Speaker 2: Tack them put them in the play in.

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Speaker 3: It's it's feeling like it's inevitable right now.

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Speaker 1: Okay, will do you care who loses? Or you just

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what you want to kick them? Either down? Yeah, of course,

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maximum sadness if you could. If you would like to

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watch us as I just read Adam's reaction as he

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was trying to figure out who he wants to win,

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you can find us at YouTube dot com slash at

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Clippers podcast, and if you're listening to us, just thank you.

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One quick thing, Adam, is that a new hat.

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Speaker 3: I've been on this for like a year.

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Speaker 1: Here you have a lot of hats metaphorically and literally

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probably why.

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Speaker 3: It looks so new video section our words like.

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Speaker 1: What are you? I thought it was new.

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Speaker 3: It was crossab that's closer to being burned because I've

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worn it out. I need a new one. Damn, it's

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a beautiful hat. I would get the same one.

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Speaker 1: Okay that okay, see, so not crazy for me. I

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think it's a new one if it's a guy who's

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rebuying the same hats.

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Speaker 3: I have a closet of these hats.

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Speaker 1: So the big game this week, though, is is Timberwolves

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Nuggets in terms of Clippers seating, right, we want the

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Timberwolves to lose that game. Definitely, definitely.

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Speaker 3: Why would it not be? Definitely?

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Speaker 1: Oh logic. The Clippers got an ugly win versus the

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Magic to end March, which was great because March went

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pretty good for the Clippers. It's their best offensive month

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of the year ninety six eighty seven.

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Speaker 2: Grading this this March as the resident March hitded Ooh.

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Speaker 1: Where did they go? Eleven and five, ten and five

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double something like that. I'm going a everyone was healthy

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for the most part. They played well. They showed up

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the prove it trip or stretch. They went three and one.

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Pretty happy with it, Adam, where are you going?

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Speaker 3: Pretty good? Pretty good march, indeed good. I don't know

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if you can expect much more than what they were

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able to pull off. Yeah, all things considered. It was

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only sixteen games, though, so I don't know if I

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can go A because it wasn't now maybe B plus.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to B plus. But because it was very good,

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I think they can do better.

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Speaker 1: Okay, hell yeah, take that. I kind of teach I

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just want the bat. This is on you, guys. You

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know I've given you the tools. Yeah, that was a

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nice I don't know, because the Magic are consistently annoying

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for the Clippers for some for whatever reason. And it

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was annoying to begin with because the Magic had an

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infinite number of free throws. But Adam, you tweeted a

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thing that I thought was incredibly on point. Zoo was

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the only one who could make a field goal in

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like the first quarter or something like that. I think

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he went four for four and that's the exact kind

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of thing the Clippers needed from him in a slow,

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ugly game like that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I honestly it was ugly in some way. But

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that's how a lot of playoff games go. You run

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up against teams with good defenses. Every possession is more

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meaningful out there. I think that was a great test

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for them because the Magic are way better than the

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record their records because Van Carroll and Wagner have both

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combined to miss like fifty games this season, so they

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have the curse of the Magics. The Clippers had the third.

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The Clippers looked like they had the better defense by

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the end of that ball game, and they executed well.

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And Kawhi fighting through a bad shooting game like that

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against really good defense and still getting big buckets to

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go late in the fourth when he had to. I

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thought that was an awesome win.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I was the fourth. I was like, Okay, I

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think Kawhi hit the first two or at least the

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first bucket in the fourth or something for the Clippers,

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And it was like, Okay, that that just gave me

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some peace, you know what I mean, Like it was

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nice to see him work for the buckets and still

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get after it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he had the fade away on Franz. He had

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the little baseline floater out there to start things, and

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then he kind of had the closing bucket where Zoo

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found him for that transition dunk that pretty much sealed

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the game. But the reason you know you want Kawhi

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to be your number one option over anybody else is

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because he has more shots that are unguardable in his bag.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 3: That's it's difficult, Like when Kawhi misses shots and the

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way he was missing, some of it was Orlando, somebody

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was just missing shots. But typically he makes such high

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degree of difficulty shots it doesn't matter if you're there, Like,

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it's not about the defender, it's about Kauwhi because he's

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taking these fallaway fadeaways that he just happens to hit

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because of all the work he's put in the last

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fifteen years at a high rate.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's usually it's like always missing short It's like

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it's like always legs are tired or something like that.

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I feel like it's the usual no art, no art. Fuck. Yes.

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numbers and they're kind of wonky. Obviously for the matchup stuff,

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Ben Carroll shot thirty four percent from the floor. Harden

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was credited with guarding him for five minutes, which is

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like the overwhelming majority. I think the second place was

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like a minute and eleven seconds or something. He held

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him to one in six, So like that. Obviously, I'm

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not saying Harden some kind of giant wing stopper, but

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seeing that defensive effort this late in the season has

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to be exciting for some people, right Like, obviously there

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you didn't like it.

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Speaker 3: Matchup data is crap because a couple of times what

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that is telling you is hard He had eleven points

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in the first quarter. He was getting by him so

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far that Harden was no longer the closest defendert. Yeah,

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because they match up hunted. He got by him a

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few different times. I was like, eh, I don't know

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if this is sustainable. Guys, like we might have to

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get hardened off of him. I do not tell you

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he went one of six. If you if you watch

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the film versus the matchup data.

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Speaker 1: I'm going on the numbers, it says one of six

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all I can.

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Speaker 3: Do closest to him. Yes, he was one of six.

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But the point is, the further he gets away is

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because Harden couldn't guard him.

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Speaker 1: Uh and they were taking a lot of threes to

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start that game. The Magic were It was very weird

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because they take the fewest and I think make the fewest.

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So I was kind of happy with that strategy from

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them in the beginning because it's I mean.

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Speaker 3: They're not a very good offense. That's where they struggle

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when they hit shots is when you're in trouble because

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their defense is pretty much there every night. So the

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Clippers defense, they looked awesome and it looked like there

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was a lot of urgency out there. Kawhi came back

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in the end of the first quarter, like we haven't

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seen that once this season. I can tell you how

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often we haven't seen that once. Uh you Banks got

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pulled because he had a really bad possession and coach

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lu said enough, I'm ringing Kawhi back in.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I like that. Do you think the new rink

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on the playoffs? Do you think that was just a

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Ben Simmons thing not being available or do you think

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we're gonna see Khi?

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Speaker 2: I mean, well, I don't think you Banks is in

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the rotation so.

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Speaker 1: Un that's something crazy.

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Speaker 2: Happened, So yes, I do think we'll see that more

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it was I was bummed that Simmons couldn't play

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because I wanted to see the full playoff rotation against

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the defense like the Magic even though it's not like

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their full strength. I want Ben Simmons to have more

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time with the Clippers.

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Speaker 2: On the three point shooting thing too. I wonder now

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if on the scouting report when you're playing the Clippers,

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you just write down season best three point shooting percentage

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question mark and you just try it because odds are

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odds are pretty good.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a check, yes or no, they ask everyone

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before the game. Yeah, Harden had seven steals, I think Russo,

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our favorite French Canadian reporter, Justin Rousseau, tweeted out this

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the third time this year the Clippers as a team

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had at least twelve steals something like that, and like, yeah,

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it's pretty incredible.

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Speaker 3: And Harden deserves a ton of credit for that because

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later in the game, when Ben Carroll blew by him,

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he recovered and got the strip as he was going

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up and Ben Carroll lost it off of his knee

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because Harden got the deflection there, like it was. He's

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got quick hands. You can say what you want about

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his defense, but James Harden, he's led the League of

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steels before, so it's it's something, it's not nothing.

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Speaker 1: I think the book. I think the NBA stack keepers

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must have given Ben Caro a missed field goal and

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hardness steal for that stat to help him boost those

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matchup numbers. They were helping him cook the books a

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little bit.

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Speaker 3: They definitely gave him an extra steal because at first

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it was six, and they later reviewed it and gave

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him the seven.

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Speaker 1: See that's I'm glad they're doing the good work down there.

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The Clippers go from playing a really good defense in

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the Magic to a team that has given up. And

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I don't know if that's too fine a point on it,

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but the Pelicans have given up. There's no cj or

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Zion for the rest of the season. I don't know, Will.

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How are you? How are you feeling about this game

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against the fledgling Pelts left of the Pelicans?

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Speaker 2: It's just another It's like the Nets. This is a

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game where you gotta you gotta take care of business,

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you gotta good get a get a good professional win

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and hopefully you know, get some get some rest for

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key rotation.

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Speaker 1: Guys, and get get the hell out of there.

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Speaker 2: It's punch in, punch out stuff like I'm not I'm

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not saying to take the Pelicans lightly. I'm saying kind

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of opposite, like take care of business, like you should

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early clock out man, clock.

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Speaker 1: Out company time. Uh. Yeah, they we lost by seven

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earlier this month to them. There was no Norm or

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Ben Simmons, but they didn't have Brandon Boston Junior, so

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it could have been a lot worse than a seven

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point loss. Adam, this is a professional win scenario. This

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is the the respectful, disrespectful professional win. Hell's a team

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over there.

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Speaker 3: Though. It's not just a professional win. It is a

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must win if you don't beat this Pelicans team. That

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was the game the last time they played them. Did

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they blow Was it a thirteen point lead in the

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fourth or something like that. The Pels shot ungodly from three.

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Clippers and they had one losses of the Pelicans who

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shot like fifty the field, and I think they also

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came back on them. Yeah, you have to win this

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game if if you want to be out of the

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play in, you have to win this game. You can't

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afford to trip up with them shutting down Zion A CJ.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, this would Uh yeah, I don't even want to

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put it out there, but this this would be an

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urgent live stream.

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Speaker 2: And it's like an actual conference opponent.

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Speaker 3: Come on, that's a good point too.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that is an incredibly good point. The Clippers do, Hey,

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they get this one, we'll be right at five hundred

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in the conference.

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Speaker 2: Maybe so yeah, but don't we have the worst conference

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record of anyone in the mix for the like six, three, ten.

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Speaker 1: That MAVs are twenty three and twenty five, so eight

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or above. Yeah, by far, it's bad.

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Speaker 2: I was looking at this earlier. Yeah, it was like,

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oh wow, we suck.

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Speaker 1: In the conference. It's not ideal.

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Speaker 3: It's a good about the playoffs, and we're better against

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the East, the Lakers and teams I think below five hundred.

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The Lakers are infinitely better against the West, but they

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lost to some terrible team, especially in the Eastern Conference.

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Speaker 1: So this bodes well for the finals run. Then for

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the you just get us out of the Western Conference

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all we need to get us to the finals. Baby.

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So yeah, on the year, I mean, just I didn't

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I tried to look at stats for this team. Everyone

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is out too, like like, yeah, they're bottom five an

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offensive rating defensive rating, net rating. They just beat the Hornets,

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which I don't know if that tells us anything. Is

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there anything in particular we're looking for in this as

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we kind of get into like the part of the

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season where it's like good habits before the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: I want to see Norm continue this heater. He's like

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fully back. He had what thirty four against the Cavs

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and twenty one uh in twenty one versus the Magic,

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Like he's back.

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Speaker 1: Maybe Norm is back. He was very bad against the Nets,

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but yeah, I think a third game in a row

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of good Norm shit would be great.

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Speaker 3: He hit a huge three pointer after Bogie stripped it

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from Ben Carro. I guess they called it a block

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at the rim, which was insane. I know that was

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the layup that Norm got in transition, but he also

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hit a huge three pointer that was after the done

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multiple offensive rebounds. So yeah, it is really good to

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see Norm find his groove again. He looks much better

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the last two games.

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Speaker 2: Especially with like the late set like the setback after

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the setback. You know, he's a guy who needs to

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be in rhythm. I it's no secret, like his increased

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playing time obviously boosts his numbers this year. But I

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think also just not having that six man sort of

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like helter skilter spot in the in the lineup where

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you can't really get into the same rhythm. Uh So

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seeing him on the upswing right now is perfect.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, finding rhythm on this iteration of the Clippers is

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a very difficult thing to do, So credit to Norm

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for being able to do that and to ty Lou

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for putting him in a position to find rhythm for

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that one thing I want to pass the eye test

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and the number the numbers back this up. It's the

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offense of the protecting the offensive glass, I guess because

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the Clippers have been very good in defensive rebound percentage

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last five games, they're like their top ten. But then

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there's games like against the Thunder where you give up

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long rebounds that lead to threes, and it just I

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want to see and this is a perfect team to

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do it against, right to completely up the floor with

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them no pun intend on the glass. I want to

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see that mindset starting to cement more and really kind

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of owning the glass from strictly an eye test perspective,

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which might be me being selfish.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they were. That is something that has fallen off

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a little bit the last month and a half because

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they were top two like all season long in the

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first fifty games in defensive rebounding percentage, and I think

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coach Lou talked about it too last night afterwards because

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they did out rebound Orlando by a pretty significant significant margin,

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thanks Big Zoo.

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Speaker 1: But that is something they have to get back to.

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And again, like you look at the numbers for like

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you know, again, March was a really good month, but like, yeah,

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there's just I guess maybe like the timing of it

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because some of them it's just a little frustrating. And

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I thought they were good done and Zoo picked up

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two huge offensive boards late in the game yesterday that

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was really good to see. So I just I want

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to see more of that. Nothing, they haven't been bad

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all year obviously, but like, let's just do it against

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a team that we should be, you know, wiping the

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blood off of our boots and they'll be like really

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really tough stuff out there.

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Speaker 3: Though, for that something that does concern me a little bit.

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So the last fourteen games where they're eleven and three

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and we're talking about this big turnaround and then being

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hot heading into the playoffs, and their offense is playing

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much better. Sometimes it's just a make or miss league. Boys,

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they are number one in three point percentage over that time,

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they're at forty two point three percent.

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Speaker 2: But that's I don't know, like that's not completely strange

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for the for this over teams an average.

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Speaker 3: Like thirty six percent.

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Speaker 1: Okay, I mean yeah, sometimes it is a make or

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miss league. But now now we're making them. I don't know,

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Like the shots have been good though, right Like to

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your point, like the process hasn't looked bad. It's not

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like they've been jacking up a bunch of them.

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Speaker 3: It feels like the shot quality obviously has been better

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since Kawhi has looked much better, so everybody else gets

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open shots. It's still probably not sustainable like their next

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fourteen games, they're not going forty two percent from three.

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Speaker 2: Who do you think is the biggest outlier right now

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on the clickers scene terms of shoot like shooting above

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like like that you expect to see more fault or

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regression of the means.

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Speaker 3: Who's Here's the other part of it is over this time,

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opponents are shooting their worst percentage from three against them

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the last four But that.

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Speaker 1: Had to happen. Forget that it did.

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Speaker 3: But both those things happening at the exact same time

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is pretty wild. And if you wanted to account for

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one reason, they're eleven and three the last fourteen, you're

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You're the hottest team in the league from three. Everybody

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else is the coldest. I guess you. I'm not saying

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super red flags, but yeah, it's not sustainable.

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Speaker 1: Who is the outlier though? Because I'm looking at like

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Bogden hasn't been He's been up and down, right, he

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hasn't been crazy consistent Norm. There were a couple of

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games where Norm only took two and made one, which

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is throwing stuff off, you know what I mean?

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Speaker 3: That's fair. I'm looking month of March, not wrong, like

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totally like month of March, Bogie, is it forty seven

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percent from three?

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Speaker 1: Damn? Sustainable? Next?

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Speaker 3: Not the reason Chris Dunn is shooting like twenty nine

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percent from three over that.

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Speaker 1: Time, He's going to be better? Also be better?

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Speaker 3: Uh? I think I believe DJ is at forty percent

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from three over that time sustainable? What's Kawhi at over

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that time? Fifty five? Yeah? No, I think you only

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shot forty percent from three over that time. That's not

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crazy for him.

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Speaker 1: Well, it helpded that yesterday he went oh for six. Yeah,

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because the game he played before that, he went five

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for six versus.

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Speaker 3: The Okay, there's an easier way to do this. My

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dumb ass forgot how to put the parameters in here.

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Speaker 1: Uh parameters.

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Speaker 3: Harden has been shooting more efficiently as of late, but

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that's not I don't think his shooting numbers have been

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Maybe they are. I'm about to throw it in Clippers

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last fourteen games or what everybody's shooting. It just seems

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like forty isn't that crazy, right? It is the other

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number also being at its best versus them opponent three

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point percentage. So in this month, Patty Mills is at

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eighty percent.

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Speaker 1: Okay, shout out Patty Mills. Also for being a great,

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a great locker room signing and going nuclear the other

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day pro the pro's pro. So he's throwing it off.

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Take notes. PJ. Tucker. Okay, the fact that the Knicks

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signed PJ. Tucker to a two year deal culture boggles,

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boggles my mind. He doesn't. He's not a culture guy.

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He's wasted. He's gonna waste anyway. Sorry, that's not a

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knicks pot.

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Speaker 3: You say he's gonna take a young guy and poison

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him as well, and that they're not going to be

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in the league because of PJ.

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Speaker 1: Tucker and Bones has been going crazy on Twitter with

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some stuff. I'm like, this guy needs a vet. I

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get this man a vet. Okay, So Adam Adam thinks

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that the last month was all luck. Let's get to

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these player of the game picks for the for the

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game against the Pels. Adam, who is your player of

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the game pick for Clippers versus Pelicans?

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Speaker 3: I will take give me Chris Dunn, who is shooting

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thirty four percent from three his last fourteen games during

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this eleven and three stretch.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so that's what's skewing everything.

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Speaker 3: He's up three percent from his average. Okay, it's the

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Patty Mills eighty percent on low volume. Nico's at fifty

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five percent the last fourteen games, Bog, you mentioned forty

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seven Norman forty four percent. Isn't crazy. He shot that

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last year from three, Right, It's really just a couple

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of guys. But again, forty two percent as a team

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over fourteen games, it's not that crazy. Yeah, it's everybody

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else shooting thirty percent against him during that time. That's

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the one that's like, I don't know about this holding up.

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Speaker 1: So you're going Chris down versus the Pels. Life love

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that he could make life incredibly difficult for a shorthanded

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of scores. Well, who you're going with player of the

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game versus the damn Pells.

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Speaker 2: What's the Simmons status? We know he's good to go.

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Just no back to backs.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no one's on the report. A mere Coffee's out

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and I believe Jordan Miller's out too.

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Speaker 3: Slim pickets for us.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Big Ben.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, hell you, big Man, the real Big Ben.

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Speaker 2: I feel like this is a situation where he could

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kind of also get his group back and snap into

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it have a decent impact.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm gonna go big Man, Big Ben. Okay, Yeah,

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the real got that stupid clock, all right? So Ben

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and Denner off the table. That leaves about three guys

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to choose from. I'm going Nico. Nico has been an

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incredible the last I mean obvious, everyone's playing good over

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the last month. Even you take the shooting stuff out.

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Nico has shown why you have him on the team

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in every way possible in terms of connecting setting the

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tone on defense. I'm excited for his playoff minutes. We're

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going to talk about a lineup with him later. But

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I want Nico to be really good in this game.

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And that also mean that he only puts up like

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four points and four boards, but he's I think he'll

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show us than that.

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Speaker 2: But he's like he has to perform well in the

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US's most French city.

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Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, I like that for sure, and he'll be

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like a plus. He'll be like a plus twenty five

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and like you know, some like like a thirteen point

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win or something like that, and I'll be like, oh shit,

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Nico was killing it. And he'll have more WALKI matchup

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day that I can reference for the next time we're

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all together to make out him upset.

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Speaker 3: It's amazing how like you can put him in any

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lineup and he ends up with a positive plus minus

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most of the time.

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Speaker 1: It's crazy. He's so good. All right, That about wraps

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it up. Let us know what you think is gonna

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happen with Clippers vers Pals. Also, let us know what

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you think the punishment should be for not picking the

477
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correct player of the game.

478
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Speaker 2: We've gotten some people, so two people are gonna get

479
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punished every time.

480
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Speaker 1: I don't know. This is why I'm asking the masses,

481
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the people saying there needs to be more on the

482
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line for the player of the game. Tell us what it.

483
00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:07,680
Speaker 2: Is, or should we just open up mistakes to every player?

484
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:13,640
Speaker 1: That's too easy. Okay, we're doing it for the people

485
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:17,079
in the back or the back of the rotation specifically.

486
00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,319
All right. One guy said, whoever has the worst pick

487
00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:29,559
loses hat privileges like forever. Yeah, you can never wear

488
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a hat again. I'm not mad at that hat one.

489
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Privileges is funny. That's a good one. All right. Coming up,

490
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,799
we're that privilege is a good one. Or or how

491
00:25:39,799 --> 00:25:44,680
about this, you have to wear a backwards hat? Yeah, coward,

492
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:50,920
no forwards hats? Yeah? All right, coming up, we're just

493
00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:53,920
talking the end of season outlook, some standing stuff and

494
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,160
then just some What are we watching for is if

495
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you're listening, there's gonna be a quick audio break. If

496
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you're watching us at YouTube dot com at Clippers Podcast,

497
00:26:01,079 --> 00:26:03,240
we're still gonna be here. Uh So we're talking rest

498
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of the season outlook coming up in three two one.

499
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Speaker 2: All right, welcome back into cliffs and dip. We just

500
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,519
talked about the Clippers road trip. Now we're looking ahead

501
00:26:12,559 --> 00:26:16,799
to the rest of the season. Where do we want

502
00:26:16,799 --> 00:26:19,039
to start here? We already talked about this Pels game.

503
00:26:20,039 --> 00:26:21,880
You want to look at the Western Conference opponents. We

504
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,799
got the maps for Hers, Kings, Warriors all all coming

505
00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:26,319
up here.

506
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Speaker 3: I don't feel as good about the two games against

507
00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:30,720
the maps anymore. Guys.

508
00:26:32,079 --> 00:26:35,240
Speaker 1: Really they lost.

509
00:26:35,039 --> 00:26:37,079
Speaker 3: Last night, but they're like four and one with Anthony

510
00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,680
Davis he probably plays in one of them. But they

511
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:45,559
have to back also, and yeah, it's a back to back,

512
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,319
even though back to back get into a dome kind

513
00:26:48,319 --> 00:26:48,720
of weird.

514
00:26:49,559 --> 00:26:51,279
Speaker 1: Uh.

515
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,240
Speaker 3: They just they should be in the play it now

516
00:26:54,559 --> 00:26:59,160
because Phoenix is in Cancun. I know you guys remember

517
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:03,240
this in geography, but Phoenix is actually in kick Those

518
00:27:03,279 --> 00:27:06,319
guys do not want to They do not want to

519
00:27:06,319 --> 00:27:08,599
be in the play It is remarkable.

520
00:27:08,839 --> 00:27:10,680
Speaker 1: They lost, like what three straight.

521
00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:16,319
Speaker 3: Kd gets hurt. They've lost miserably, not just lost, like

522
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,440
the fact that the Clippers blew that twenty three point

523
00:27:19,519 --> 00:27:22,960
lead against them, that like gave them renewed life just

524
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:24,920
for them to hang on a little bit longer before

525
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,799
they totally gave in. But yeah, I mean they're already

526
00:27:28,799 --> 00:27:31,079
talking about Kevin Durant trading him this summer, like it's

527
00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,119
a given that he's already gone. Like, what are we

528
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,680
doing here? I know they're in a bad spot.

529
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,880
Speaker 1: So do you think because Kawhi is not playing one

530
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,039
of the MAVs games, the Clippers still have two back

531
00:27:43,079 --> 00:27:48,240
to backs, which is insane? Do you think we split

532
00:27:48,319 --> 00:27:49,119
against the MAVs?

533
00:27:50,559 --> 00:27:52,680
Speaker 3: I just think it's more of a possibility they split

534
00:27:52,759 --> 00:27:55,799
now because AD's back and they actually are playing for

535
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,240
something that looks like they're going to be in the plan.

536
00:28:00,799 --> 00:28:05,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, split against the MAVs would not feel great. I

537
00:28:05,279 --> 00:28:06,519
know they've been playing better, but.

538
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:10,519
Speaker 2: Imagine missing the playoffs after you trade your franchise player too. Like,

539
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:15,400
I'm sure there's a push coming. I'm sure there's some

540
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,119
from up above to uh to perform well and at

541
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,240
least at least make the play in.

542
00:28:23,039 --> 00:28:25,400
Speaker 3: There was no reason for Anthony Davis to come back

543
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,119
outside of making the play in. Shut him down? Why

544
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,480
are you? Why are you even trying this year again?

545
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:35,160
Speaker 2: You cannot miss the playoffs after trading away your franchise

546
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:39,039
player for an older, more injury front player. I'm so sorry.

547
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:40,880
Like people are getting kicked out of the stadium for

548
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,960
saying fire Nico, Like, imagine what's gonna happen if they

549
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,640
don't even make the if they don't even make the playoffs.

550
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,519
Speaker 1: Yeah, I forgot they were kicking people out for that.

551
00:28:50,559 --> 00:28:53,400
What a soft organization. It's wild, man.

552
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:58,359
Speaker 3: I hate that people would upset hope for something they

553
00:28:58,400 --> 00:28:59,480
should be upset.

554
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:06,359
Speaker 1: About it yelling about him. Probably right, It's not even

555
00:29:06,359 --> 00:29:08,279
like it was a margin move, like it was like

556
00:29:08,359 --> 00:29:21,440
an objectively horrible idea, right, Okay, So the MAVs game's

557
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,319
on a given and then the Clippers go Spurs Rockets

558
00:29:24,359 --> 00:29:29,799
back to back three days after that, which Kawhi hasn't

559
00:29:29,799 --> 00:29:34,519
played against the Rockets at all this year. I'm wondering

560
00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:38,119
if tylu if which one of because Kawhi is sitting

561
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:46,359
one of these games too. I wonder against Rockets, I

562
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,119
wonder I can so I see that for sure, But

563
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:52,160
I wonder if Ty, just for gamesmanship and fuckery, is like,

564
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:53,759
do you want to sit against the Rockets, because that

565
00:29:53,799 --> 00:29:56,519
would be kind of a funny bit because then if

566
00:29:56,519 --> 00:29:58,079
we ended up playing that. First of all, I think

567
00:29:58,119 --> 00:30:00,640
we beat them in the playoffs. I'm on the the

568
00:30:00,759 --> 00:30:03,920
you don't like, I'm fine with playing the Rockets in

569
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,720
the playoffs now, I don't think it would be.

570
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:13,319
Speaker 3: Losing to them, Like, how would that help the Clippers

571
00:30:13,319 --> 00:30:16,000
in the standings because the Rockets are on the two spot,

572
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:21,440
they would probably I don't get the game you're.

573
00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:23,160
Speaker 1: Talking about, like later in the playoffs when we matched

574
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:26,400
up with them, Oh later, they haven't played a while year,

575
00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,200
and then we'd play it. Yeah after the round.

576
00:30:29,359 --> 00:30:32,880
Speaker 3: Okay, I thought we were still talking about matching up

577
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:34,920
against them in a series of the first round. Yeah,

578
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,799
I think they need to win that game.

579
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think there's the time for games.

580
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 3: I hope is playing that one because san Antonio has

581
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,759
checked out, They've had a ton of injuries, Starreon Fox

582
00:30:50,839 --> 00:30:55,559
had the surgery. So I don't know, like people are

583
00:30:55,559 --> 00:31:01,039
still thinking they played. It was a strategy thing matchup

584
00:31:01,079 --> 00:31:04,599
wise with Kawhi playing against Orlando, and while I do

585
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,319
think that's part of it, I think the main reason

586
00:31:07,359 --> 00:31:09,319
he didn't play against Cleveland was because it would have

587
00:31:09,359 --> 00:31:13,400
been two games within forty eight hours. That was the difference.

588
00:31:13,839 --> 00:31:16,480
That was the main reason they weren't gonna push things

589
00:31:16,519 --> 00:31:19,440
with him there. It also to me made sense that

590
00:31:19,559 --> 00:31:22,079
you could play him against Cleveland and still lose that game,

591
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,519
whether you'd have a better chance winning the game against

592
00:31:24,519 --> 00:31:27,240
the Magic with him, and thank goodness they did do

593
00:31:27,279 --> 00:31:29,400
it that way because they weren't winning that Magic game

594
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,960
without him.

595
00:31:32,119 --> 00:31:34,599
Speaker 1: Yeah. I think that's incredibly fair and timing wise. So

596
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,240
he sits out the game the second game against the MAVs,

597
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,759
which would be the fifth, Yeah, then he's yeah, then

598
00:31:39,799 --> 00:31:45,119
play the spring. Yeah, it'll be interesting which ones he

599
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:48,799
sits out, because I hope it's I hope everyone sits

600
00:31:48,799 --> 00:31:53,599
on the Spurs one. Harden won't. So that's fine, I guess.

601
00:31:53,759 --> 00:31:58,519
Speaker 3: But is there a too much time off concern? Like,

602
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,960
maybe play him the second game against the MAVs so

603
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,839
he doesn't have too much time off if he's just

604
00:32:02,839 --> 00:32:05,359
playing the game against Houston. I don't know.

605
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,720
Speaker 2: I think that's a valid point because these guys don't

606
00:32:10,759 --> 00:32:13,559
seem to don't seem to thrive on too much rest.

607
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,039
Speaker 1: You gotta keep that trade moving, man, I said a

608
00:32:17,039 --> 00:32:17,680
couple episodes.

609
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 2: Again, you remember remember how we looked come around on

610
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:20,640
the All Star break?

611
00:32:20,839 --> 00:32:24,200
Speaker 1: Come on, come on now. I think too much rest

612
00:32:24,279 --> 00:32:27,759
is a valid thing to bring up, for sure. So

613
00:32:27,839 --> 00:32:32,160
if they can get So the MAVs Spurs Rockets back

614
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,559
to back, they can go three and one in that

615
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,200
with normal rest and everything. And I think that would

616
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:42,079
be par for the course for this level of competition

617
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,079
in this back to back, these back to backs, I think.

618
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,279
Speaker 2: And I Adam, what's our record roughly got to be

619
00:32:48,359 --> 00:32:53,039
to avoid the plan over this stretch, to stay out, Yeah,

620
00:32:53,039 --> 00:32:54,160
to stay out of the plan.

621
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,480
Speaker 3: Friends on what Golden State does and Memphis if they

622
00:32:59,599 --> 00:33:03,559
keep sliding. But I think Chuck's right. I think they

623
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,359
got to go at least three and one over these

624
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,440
next four games.

625
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,519
Speaker 1: Yeah, because then the next two of the final two

626
00:33:12,119 --> 00:33:16,000
are Kings on four to eleven, which and then Warriors

627
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,960
on four thirteen, the last game of the season, which

628
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:23,480
I believe is at twelve thirty PM. For some god,

629
00:33:24,559 --> 00:33:26,079
I think it might be into it too.

630
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:29,079
Speaker 3: No, it's it's up North.

631
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:36,160
Speaker 1: Oh it is, okay, Well, I guess that's better. No,

632
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,079
I guess for the logic of it being at twelve thirty.

633
00:33:40,079 --> 00:33:41,599
If it was twelve three and into it, I would

634
00:33:41,599 --> 00:33:47,200
have a strongly worded email sent out, Oh yeah, that

635
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,279
game is going to be incredibly that's that's going to

636
00:33:50,319 --> 00:33:51,200
be a tense one.

637
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,279
Speaker 3: And knowing three and one, it will be on the line.

638
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:57,759
Speaker 1: I think a lot might be on the line.

639
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's no chance either team is going to have

640
00:34:01,279 --> 00:34:05,799
a solidified position and either know their matchup or no

641
00:34:06,079 --> 00:34:09,360
for sure if they're in or out of the play

642
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:11,199
in right.

643
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,400
Speaker 1: Because there also I have to imagine the first game

644
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:18,079
of the slate that day, right, Like, it's not like

645
00:34:18,119 --> 00:34:19,719
they can be scoreboard, you know what I mean, you

646
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,920
play the last game of the season last day to

647
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,440
like you can see a little bit, you know.

648
00:34:25,639 --> 00:34:28,280
Speaker 3: Usually they do do that, though they have a bunch

649
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:29,639
of games going at the same time.

650
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:31,599
Speaker 1: Yeah, so there's no.

651
00:34:33,039 --> 00:34:34,760
Speaker 3: You know, showery.

652
00:34:35,679 --> 00:34:41,079
Speaker 1: Bullshit back. That's going to be incredibly stressful. So because

653
00:34:41,119 --> 00:34:44,440
Matt Kawhi is gonna miss two, Simmons is gonna miss

654
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,719
two as well, right because he's not doing back to backs.

655
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,079
Speaker 3: There was talk at one point, like a month ago

656
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:54,719
that maybe they adjust that with Ben Simmons at some point,

657
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,280
but they have an update at US and.

658
00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:59,360
Speaker 1: Didn't he get hurt. He just missed all that time.

659
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,159
Speaker 2: I don't think that's getting updated by the end of

660
00:35:01,199 --> 00:35:01,639
the season.

661
00:35:02,679 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 3: It was before I think the knee injury, Yeah, which.

662
00:35:07,599 --> 00:35:09,760
Speaker 2: We still are there any specifics on that.

663
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:11,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, he hurt his knee.

664
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:16,079
Speaker 3: Cool, he took a it was against the Lakers in

665
00:35:16,159 --> 00:35:19,480
that first game. I think of that weekend and he

666
00:35:19,519 --> 00:35:24,239
took a knee and got hurt that way, and his

667
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,039
knee swelled up a little bit. It was just it

668
00:35:27,079 --> 00:35:29,320
was a soft tissue. But his niece will swelled up

669
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:29,760
a little bit.

670
00:35:32,079 --> 00:35:36,320
Speaker 1: We'll tell that doesn't happen again. Needs to do. That's

671
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,960
very true. One thing I know we just talked about

672
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:41,800
things were watching for in the Peals game. There's been

673
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:46,159
some discourse wondering of people wondering why done is starting over.

674
00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:49,440
Derek Jones Junior Justin Rousseau had some content on this. Adam,

675
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:56,000
you were talking about this earlier today and people post, oh,

676
00:35:56,039 --> 00:35:59,239
the five man lineup with Derek Jones Junior said, Chris

677
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:02,639
Dunn is x themount better than the five person lineup,

678
00:36:02,679 --> 00:36:07,760
but done in it. But the bench rotation with Chris

679
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:12,519
Dunn coming off the bench is kind of brutal in

680
00:36:12,639 --> 00:36:15,000
terms of shooting, in terms of who you're bringing on.

681
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,400
Like that's why Done is started, aside from a lot

682
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,880
of other points and like causing turnovers. James Harden's better

683
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:23,840
on the floor when Chris Dunn is out there with him,

684
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:28,039
Like you can't have Done and Ben Simmons coming off

685
00:36:28,079 --> 00:36:30,960
the bench in terms of spacing and stuff like that.

686
00:36:32,639 --> 00:36:37,039
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's the main reason why they're doing it.

687
00:36:37,119 --> 00:36:40,000
I think coach Lou also just feels like Chris Dunn

688
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,679
offers a level of defensive intensity that is a good

689
00:36:44,679 --> 00:36:49,719
Ton Center for each game. I brought this up though earlier.

690
00:36:50,559 --> 00:36:52,760
I think there's a fix for this. If they wanted

691
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,480
to start DJ, like DJ can play the first five minutes,

692
00:36:55,519 --> 00:36:57,800
like in the game against Orlando, Done was started the

693
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,760
first five minutes, then he came out for DJ. If

694
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,159
DJ starts the first five minutes and Done comes in,

695
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,239
DJ can then start the second quarteror sale with that

696
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,320
lineup that we've liked as of late.

697
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:17,280
Speaker 1: Give them the old gortat start.

698
00:37:13,039 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 3: And five minutes ain't nothing, ain't jump change.

699
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,400
Speaker 1: Oh, and he'll play more. Yeah, it's not like Gortott

700
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,480
would play five minutes than put on the warm ups.

701
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:24,719
Speaker 3: I get the gripe. When you look at the lineup data,

702
00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:28,440
it's significant the difference and their minutes. The minutes of

703
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:31,519
both these lineups have played with the four guys versus

704
00:37:31,559 --> 00:37:34,840
Don versus DJ. It's almost identical. It's within six minutes.

705
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,760
They've gotten six more minutes with DJ next to Kawhi,

706
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:43,800
next to Norm Harden and Zoo. So it's a decent

707
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:47,159
little side by side parallel you can do. Now. What

708
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:49,440
we don't know is and I haven't seen anyone post

709
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,960
anything about who they played when DJ was in the

710
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,559
lineup with these guys, who they played with Chris Dunn,

711
00:37:55,559 --> 00:37:58,199
because you get a couple of crazy games, or DJ

712
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,400
had the cream off team to go against and that

713
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:02,599
could skew the number.

714
00:38:04,199 --> 00:38:08,199
Speaker 1: Or something. Yeah, that's a good call, And yeah, we've

715
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:08,960
talked ourselves.

716
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,239
Speaker 2: I just feel like, you know, since this like sort

717
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:14,840
of rotating thing was announced before it was kind of solidified,

718
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:20,079
I feel like we've successfully talked ourselves both ways, like

719
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:22,840
that you could go back and look through the episode

720
00:38:23,119 --> 00:38:26,639
contradicted ourselves. We definitely said one over the other. So

721
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:30,239
I think I I definitely understand why there is like

722
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,119
like fans wanting one over the other. But I think

723
00:38:33,119 --> 00:38:35,559
if you're thinking critically about it, you can probably see

724
00:38:35,599 --> 00:38:39,199
the argument that that that the coaching staff is making

725
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:39,559
as well.

726
00:38:39,599 --> 00:38:41,639
Speaker 1: And this is just like it or not.

727
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 2: Man, this is a guard sort of oriented team. That's

728
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:48,440
just that's that's what it is. That's that's what Tyler likes,

729
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,800
that's what they do. So I think that makes sense.

730
00:38:52,119 --> 00:38:53,079
I think that makes sense.

731
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:57,079
Speaker 1: And I think the defensive side of it is huge too, right,

732
00:38:57,119 --> 00:39:01,159
because the opponent turnover percentage is crazy high when done

733
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:04,079
is on the court. And for a team that's sat

734
00:39:04,159 --> 00:39:06,599
back and really used their defense this year when the

735
00:39:06,639 --> 00:39:09,559
offense was figuring it out, I think the coaching staff

736
00:39:09,639 --> 00:39:11,920
likes the idea of we can cause these turnovers, we

737
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,559
can get some of these easier buckets and stuff like that,

738
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:18,559
and it's a tone setting thing. So but his total

739
00:39:18,599 --> 00:39:20,800
playoff minutes are going to be interesting to watch because

740
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:22,280
the ball is going to be funneling his way on

741
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:23,639
the perimeter on offense.

742
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, Like if Dunn is not hitting those threes and

743
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,039
the Clippers offense is suffering, it's gonna be a pretty

744
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:35,079
pretty quick pool. Yeah, it's gonna be a short leash.

745
00:39:35,519 --> 00:39:40,039
I don't think he'll get more than two games, Oh yeah,

746
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:42,880
Udy before coach lou makes an adjustment. And we like

747
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,679
early in the series against Dallas, I think Pat Bebmie

748
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:50,440
started the first two games and Lucas too big, just

749
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,840
a bad matchup for him and eventually took him out the.

750
00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:56,639
Speaker 1: Classic go down two and then make a change win

751
00:39:56,679 --> 00:40:02,800
the series the Tyler Loves. I do know that josephry

752
00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,480
Award is tired of Chris Dunn. I've been getting a

753
00:40:05,519 --> 00:40:08,719
lot of texts about Joseph rible Ford being tired of

754
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:09,400
Chris Dun.

755
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 3: Glad I have stayed those texts being in.

756
00:40:12,519 --> 00:40:17,320
Speaker 1: The line, but I don't know. For a team that's

757
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:19,960
built its whole thing on defense this year, I get

758
00:40:20,039 --> 00:40:22,800
why they're playing them. Yes, the shooting is bad, but

759
00:40:23,079 --> 00:40:27,119
ideally he doesn't have to take those shots in the playoffs.

760
00:40:27,159 --> 00:40:31,239
He'll take some for sure. So when I got six.

761
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,199
Speaker 3: When I looked at the traditional numbers aside from the

762
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:39,480
advanced numbers showing that they're like twenty points better per

763
00:40:39,519 --> 00:40:44,199
one hundred possessions with DJ versus done, they're shooting almost

764
00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:48,159
eleven percent better that five with DJ from three versus

765
00:40:48,159 --> 00:40:49,320
having done out there from.

766
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Speaker 1: Three not a surprise there.

767
00:40:52,599 --> 00:40:56,719
Speaker 3: Also, when I saw the turnover versus assist numbers, or

768
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,719
I didn't look at opponent's turnovers though, but I guess

769
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,360
I was looking for Okay, how much is Done helping

770
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:06,119
when it comes to setting the table and hard not

771
00:41:06,159 --> 00:41:08,400
having her bring up the basketball as much, because that

772
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:12,280
was the initial reason that Colue went to Done when

773
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:15,360
t Mann came out. But I said at the time,

774
00:41:15,679 --> 00:41:18,920
when Kawhi is back, you don't necessarily have that excuse

775
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:20,800
as much because he's going to bring the ball up

776
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:22,760
a lot. He's going to take the load off of

777
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:27,199
James Harden. And yet they've still been playing Done more

778
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:30,480
as the starter when at what point it sounded like

779
00:41:30,519 --> 00:41:32,760
it was matchup dependent And I don't know if we

780
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:34,320
ever got an update on that. I don't think we

781
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,880
have because it just seems like Dun's been the guy.

782
00:41:37,119 --> 00:41:39,079
But it might just be because that second unit they

783
00:41:39,159 --> 00:41:40,039
like DJ in there.

784
00:41:40,639 --> 00:41:43,079
Speaker 2: But again, and then you have the DJ injury, which

785
00:41:43,119 --> 00:41:45,920
I do think complicates things as well, which complicated things

786
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:46,360
as well.

787
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:51,599
Speaker 3: This is true, Kawhi missing games and then norm two

788
00:41:51,599 --> 00:41:56,679
different injuries played nine minutes over like three weeks. Yeah,

789
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:57,880
that changed things.

790
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:02,519
Speaker 1: It'll be interesting, but we do have a coach that

791
00:42:02,599 --> 00:42:04,920
will make changes. So if you don't like it for

792
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,440
game one of the series or whatever, it will probably

793
00:42:07,519 --> 00:42:09,400
be different in game two or game three.

794
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:12,599
Speaker 3: Well, so it's probably over analysis a little bit with

795
00:42:12,639 --> 00:42:14,880
starting lineup stuff, right.

796
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:17,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's it's closing lineups, right, we talk about it.

797
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:20,800
That's what people are more upset about usually.

798
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,239
Speaker 2: I mean, especially like when you look at this team

799
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:25,000
and like sort of the trends. I feel like they

800
00:42:25,119 --> 00:42:27,239
in the first quarter they've taken care of business a lot.

801
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:28,920
So I don't think that you have to like worry

802
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,199
too much about the starting lineup. Whatever they got going on,

803
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:34,719
it appears to be working. They do need to figure out,

804
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:36,599
you know, you know, what's going on in that second

805
00:42:36,679 --> 00:42:40,039
quarter and once Hardened is off the floor, and if

806
00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:42,320
DJ is the answer, like him coming off the bench,

807
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:44,920
like is what's going to mitigate that? Then yeah, it

808
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:48,000
makes it makes sense. But first quarters haven't really been

809
00:42:48,199 --> 00:42:50,719
a huge issue for the team this year, which is,

810
00:42:51,039 --> 00:42:52,800
you know, different than it has been another year.

811
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:55,519
Speaker 1: So I don't know why. I don't like, I don't

812
00:42:55,519 --> 00:42:58,639
know why the starting lineup chatter is like a little louder.

813
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:04,079
It's whatever we're doing, it's working. So the grass is

814
00:43:04,119 --> 00:43:06,360
always greener. Man Mason Plummer should have been starting at

815
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:09,880
a zoo. You know, that's just how things go. A

816
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:14,760
lineup that I want to see more of hardened Norm Kawhi,

817
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:19,679
Nico and Zoo. We haven't seen that a bunch, and

818
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:22,840
I'm wondering, let me check, let me, let me check

819
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:23,320
the data.

820
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,800
Speaker 3: Let me tell you you're gonna be scrolling pretty far

821
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:30,280
because I was looking it up. Not a lot. It's

822
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:33,920
not a lot of minutes they played together this season.

823
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:37,360
Speaker 1: It's like like eight.

824
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:42,840
Speaker 3: Lower live. It's fine.

825
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:47,880
Speaker 1: That's kind of crazy, right, That's a good ass line.

826
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:51,440
Speaker 3: Up, I know. And my hypothesis all season is coach

827
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:55,039
flu has been holding back with Nico and specifically that lineup.

828
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:58,079
With all the outrage over we didn't get a power forward.

829
00:43:59,079 --> 00:44:03,079
They can run Nico at power forward and him be

830
00:44:03,159 --> 00:44:05,679
the fifth starter against certain teams in the playoffs, and

831
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:06,440
I think they will.

832
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:10,840
Speaker 1: We have power forward at home exactly, and it happens

833
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:15,840
to be an incredibly good power forward as opposed to Yeah,

834
00:44:17,119 --> 00:44:18,760
it's a lineup that in my head, I'm like, this

835
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:22,760
should have more than seven minutes or whatever it is,

836
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:26,960
because all the pieces are there to be an incredibly difficult.

837
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:29,000
Speaker 2: I said, fifteen minutes. That's the number they should have played.

838
00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:34,880
Speaker 3: To me. Five minutes. Now, some of this again, Norm

839
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:40,000
got heard Kawhi came back. Yeah, I really think coach

840
00:44:40,079 --> 00:44:43,519
lou is trying to hide this lineup and it could

841
00:44:43,519 --> 00:44:46,079
be one of the death lineups for this team.

842
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:49,440
Speaker 1: I wonder if we see it at any point in

843
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,639
these final handful of games, maybe a little bit against

844
00:44:51,639 --> 00:44:53,880
Houston and a very defensively.

845
00:44:55,639 --> 00:44:57,679
Speaker 2: I feel like it's maybe a little too cheeky to

846
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:00,840
be like withholding a lineup when you're in the plan.

847
00:45:02,559 --> 00:45:06,559
Speaker 1: I can't argue with that. Well, we're here to win games.

848
00:45:06,599 --> 00:45:08,679
I'm not. I get I get where you're coming from

849
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:08,920
with that.

850
00:45:10,559 --> 00:45:13,840
Speaker 3: It's it's also, yeah, it's a matchup thing. I think,

851
00:45:14,159 --> 00:45:16,800
like if you're playing a big team. Now. I think

852
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:19,039
we saw it yesterday for a sec.

853
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:22,760
Speaker 1: Quite literally, I think a split second we saw it

854
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:25,079
for it was probably like an inbounds or something.

855
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:30,639
Speaker 3: But yeah, I mean that's a fair point. It's I

856
00:45:30,679 --> 00:45:32,599
think a lot of it has to do with guys

857
00:45:32,679 --> 00:45:34,000
that have been in and out and they haven't had

858
00:45:34,039 --> 00:45:34,599
norm much.

859
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I would see it.

860
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:39,960
Speaker 2: I would see it more as being that I like

861
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:42,039
the theory of the death line of though I also

862
00:45:42,079 --> 00:45:45,480
like Chuck's theory of withholding Kawhi. So in case we

863
00:45:45,559 --> 00:45:47,320
you know, see the Rockets in the in the second

864
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:48,079
round or something.

865
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:50,679
Speaker 1: Hell yeah, this is just like Adam's theory of losing

866
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:53,320
the play in game one purpose to then play the

867
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:56,559
Rockets or whatever it was a week ago.

868
00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:58,519
Speaker 3: I did not say that.

869
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:01,360
Speaker 1: You said, what if they lost it? You said, how

870
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:04,000
would you feel about if they lose it?

871
00:46:04,079 --> 00:46:05,599
Speaker 3: Versus I want them to lose it?

872
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:11,199
Speaker 1: Chuck the game, right, Jordan Miller? Start Kobe Brown. Let

873
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:13,639
him know right from the bat that this game means

874
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:15,760
nothing to the Clippers.

875
00:46:16,159 --> 00:46:18,920
Speaker 2: The regular starters sit backwards on the bench, which they are.

876
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:25,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, anything else about this final part of

877
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:28,039
the season before we let these Clippers fans out of here.

878
00:46:28,079 --> 00:46:30,199
I'm excited for these final games. I'm a little nervous

879
00:46:30,199 --> 00:46:32,239
about these Maps games now, but that just means the

880
00:46:32,239 --> 00:46:34,920
Clippers will face better competition towards the end of the

881
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:39,119
year and iron sharpens iron. So that's what I'm telling myself. Adam,

882
00:46:39,159 --> 00:46:39,800
how are you feeling?

883
00:46:41,079 --> 00:46:44,199
Speaker 3: Yeah, the Maps may have their big three back, as in,

884
00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:46,679
their biggest three guys on the.

885
00:46:46,639 --> 00:46:49,000
Speaker 1: Team quite literally, the largest three players.

886
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,679
Speaker 3: That that could be some NCO in there that could

887
00:46:52,679 --> 00:46:59,599
be interesting. Yeah, I I think they have to go

888
00:46:59,639 --> 00:47:04,000
at least you have to go at least five and

889
00:47:04,039 --> 00:47:07,599
two to stay out of the plan. The last seven games.

890
00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:11,119
You go worse than that, and you're probably gonna play.

891
00:47:11,599 --> 00:47:13,440
And even if you go five and two, you might

892
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:17,440
still be in the plan, depending on what Minnesota, Golden State,

893
00:47:17,559 --> 00:47:20,519
Memphis do. But I do think Memphis is gonna fall

894
00:47:20,519 --> 00:47:23,480
out now, guys, because their schedule is tough.

895
00:47:24,039 --> 00:47:26,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, so I've lost three straight.

896
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:32,280
Speaker 3: It's really three teams for two spots instead of three

897
00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:36,119
teams for one spot like it was before. If Memphis falls.

898
00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:42,280
Speaker 1: Out, it's tense. Yeah, is what it is.

899
00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:44,719
Speaker 3: Tomorrow must win.

900
00:47:45,159 --> 00:47:48,719
Speaker 1: No ship. Yeah, absolutely, well, any final thoughts before you

901
00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:52,199
send these Clippers fans on other way? It's stressful.

902
00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:55,039
Speaker 2: I just I hate the I hate the back to backs,

903
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:56,400
the two of them.

904
00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:58,599
Speaker 1: Yeah, I still don't.

905
00:47:58,639 --> 00:48:00,880
Speaker 2: I still don't get how we get on the schedule

906
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:03,360
in that way, even with the new arena and everything.

907
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:08,000
But it's all coming together. It's all coming together out there,

908
00:48:08,079 --> 00:48:11,519
don't you worry. It's picking it up like a nice

909
00:48:11,559 --> 00:48:12,320
pan sauce.

910
00:48:13,679 --> 00:48:16,599
Speaker 1: There we go, exactly picking it up like a nice

911
00:48:16,599 --> 00:48:20,000
pan sauce. All right, we are gonna be back on Thursday.

912
00:48:20,039 --> 00:48:23,239
For y'all or maybe tomorrow. Hopefully not tomorrow. We will

913
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:25,360
be live tomorrow if things go horribly wrong, but you know,

914
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:27,800
Adam will have you over on Clippers Talk no matter

915
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:28,360
what happens.

916
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:34,800
Speaker 3: Cheers three they lose to the Pelicans, I'm out, cheers

917
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:36,480
to the Clippers for another winning season.

918
00:48:36,519 --> 00:48:38,159
Speaker 1: By the way, I don't think we've talked about this yet.

919
00:48:38,159 --> 00:48:40,559
That's pretty cool. Yeah, we haven't talked about that. People

920
00:48:40,599 --> 00:48:43,239
say it doesn't matter, but I don't know. How could

921
00:48:43,239 --> 00:48:47,400
it not matter? That's all over there? Then that's asinine. Yeah,

922
00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:49,760
I actually will. I actually don't care if my team's good.

923
00:48:49,880 --> 00:48:51,840
Speaker 2: Like, would it be better if we had won a

924
00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:54,159
championship in one of those years?

925
00:48:54,199 --> 00:48:58,039
Speaker 1: Of course? But yeah, yeah, I would trade for sure.

926
00:48:59,679 --> 00:49:05,400
But this is our year. Lucky for many many people

927
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:10,719
are saying lucky fourteen, baby will. Where can these people

928
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:13,679
review this podcast and really get into the thick of

929
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:16,000
it now that the season is ramping up For some

930
00:49:16,079 --> 00:49:19,480
who've decided to check in once April starts.

931
00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:21,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you could go all the way back and

932
00:49:21,559 --> 00:49:24,400
follow the trials and the tribulations of this entire season

933
00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:26,639
wherever you get your podcasts, if you happen to listen

934
00:49:26,679 --> 00:49:28,760
over on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Go ahead, leave this

935
00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:32,000
little rating review. You leave comments now on Spotify. I'll

936
00:49:32,039 --> 00:49:33,679
start checking those. I know I bring it up and

937
00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:38,440
I haven't checked them. Uh so something something I'll get

938
00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:40,639
to work on. The best way to check out the

939
00:49:40,679 --> 00:49:43,519
show is over on YouTube dot com. That's an At

940
00:49:43,599 --> 00:49:47,519
Cooper's podcast. But yeah, whoever you listen, how we watch, No,

941
00:49:47,639 --> 00:49:48,400
we appreciate it.

942
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:53,440
Speaker 1: We very much do it, Adam. One positive thing to

943
00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:56,320
send these Clippers fans out midweek on.

944
00:49:57,320 --> 00:50:01,760
Speaker 3: You know, kaw I said at one point point that

945
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:05,559
it's not gonna be the same like it was before

946
00:50:05,719 --> 00:50:07,719
because he came in so late to this season and

947
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these guys have earned it and he's not going to

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try to make them fit in around him. He'll fit

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in around them basically. But if you look at a

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lot of the shot sharts going on, and like last

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game where possessions were at a premium against Orlando, well,

952
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Kawhi got up twenty two shots, Harden got up nineteen,

953
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You're starting to see the pecking order just work itself

954
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out naturally in a game that big, that tight, where

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Kawhi was struggling and still continue to put them up.

956
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I thought that was a really good sign that this

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is your number one option. They still only go as

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far as Kawhi takes them, and when the chips are down,

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they're gonna rely on Kawhi and that's I think the

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best recipe for success with this team if they want

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to reach their highest ceiling.

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Speaker 1: There we go, and here's to a professional win with

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a great Kawhi showing tomorrow against the Pals. Thank you

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everyone who listen. Shout out Eric Bie for also doing

965
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the nesting doll centers drawing. That was great. Thank you

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for that. Hell us all right, We'll be back with

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you all on Thursday, and as always, let's go clips