WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:01.240 The LA Clippers. 2 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:05.200 The game is ended, gather round boys, time to recap, 3 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:08.720 but the post game coverage is just getting started. 4 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:10.160 The successes the failure. 5 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:14.439 Let's discuss this is Clippers locker Road breaking down today's 6 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:17.399 action with the pre and post game voice of the Clippers. 7 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:19.440 Here's Ada Moss Lag. 8 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:22.839 Well, okay, see you got forty five, a career high 9 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:25.800 from SGA and they would hold on after the Clippers 10 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:28.320 came back down twenty to win one thirty four to 11 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:31.559 one twenty eight over your Los Angeles Clippers. Welcome into 12 00:00:31.559 --> 00:00:33.719 your post game show. I'm at a Oslin coming up. 13 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:36.079 We got second half highlight, your post game box score 14 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:38.920 and more. But first back out to pay Cooms Center 15 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:42.759 with your radio voice of the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez. Carlo, 16 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:46.240 a frustrating one for Clipper Nation because they battled back. 17 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:49.320 It was there, but self inflicted wounds once again. Down 18 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:51.799 the stretch, that hard and turnover leading to the jump ball, 19 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:54.200 A couple of misfree throws late. We have seen this 20 00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:54.960 story before. 21 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:57.399 Yeah, tough one for the Clips. In the matter of 22 00:00:57.520 --> 00:00:59.159 you felt like you could have had this one right 23 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:02.640 after being down by twenty in that third quarter. Despite 24 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:05.680 all the mistakes the Clippers had had them twenty turnovers 25 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:07.640 at that point, and the ball game, and yet they 26 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:10.040 came all the way back. They made a two point game, 27 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:12.719 laid down the stretch, but they're unable to get over 28 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:15.840 the hill. OKC, who is so good at home, remains 29 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:19.200 undefeated when leading going into a third quarter. I think, though, Adam, 30 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:21.239 there's so much positive to take from a game like 31 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:23.079 this early in the season. I think a game like 32 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:25.159 this gives you all the confidence in the world, all 33 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:26.920 the confidence of the world. Fill scover team. You turn 34 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:29.719 over twenty five times, Norman Pala has two points in 35 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:31.879 the first half, and yet you almost win a game 36 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:35.640 in which Norm fouls out and Harden has five thousand 37 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:39.040 shoots five or fifteen from the field. The Clippers learned 38 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:41.200 that they can go step with step with the best 39 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:45.040 team in the West on the road in a hostile environment. 40 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:48.040 They were right there tonight, and I think this lets 41 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:50.239 them know the bar is high. I mean, this is 42 00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:53.400 no longer a team. I know they talked about understanding 43 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:56.519 that wherever. All the analysts, all the media, everyone picked 44 00:01:56.560 --> 00:01:59.200 them to be next year team. Some people didn't even 45 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:01.719 have them in the play, but I think this game, 46 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:04.920 this kind of performance sets that standard really really high 47 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:07.159 for this team, because on a night where you make 48 00:02:07.359 --> 00:02:10.599 so many mistakes, you still had a chance to win 49 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:10.879 the game. 50 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:13.400 Yeah, I agree with you. I find more positives in 51 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:15.919 this game, even in a loss, than maybe the positives 52 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:17.879 we found in the last games in a win in 53 00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:21.759 some ways, because you're down big self inflicted wounds, fifteen 54 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:25.000 turnovers in the four first half alone, and they couldn't 55 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:27.159 figure out how to get a Vista Zubas involved early, 56 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:29.840 and they finally did in that second shift with him 57 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:33.240 in the third quarter. Norm started to cook twenty nine 58 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:35.639 points in the second half. He wasn't deterred by the 59 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:38.280 fact that he had that slow start. He's looking like 60 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:41.280 a star right now, even against one of the best 61 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:43.039 teams out there, with all the guys in the world, 62 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:45.319 you could want to de up Norman Powell. In the 63 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:48.159 second half. They couldn't stop them, and this Clippers team 64 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:50.560 fought down the stretch. They did not give in. They 65 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:52.599 had some tough calls go against them, and they were 66 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:53.599 still right there. 67 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:54.120 Yeah. 68 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:56.680 I mean, think about it at them. Okay, se shoots 69 00:02:56.719 --> 00:03:00.000 twenty three free throws tonight. They make twenty two of them. 70 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:02.719 It takes Shay Guild to Alexander to have a coreer 71 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:08.840 high forty five points, five steals, and hits fifteen free throws, 72 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:12.360 and the Clippers were right there the whole way. You 73 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:15.199 really feel like this is a game despite not being 74 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:17.199 able to come away with the win, gives you the 75 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:19.599 confidence that, unless you're playing at him one of the 76 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:22.199 top teams out West, the Clippers should be winning every 77 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:25.240 single night. If anything, they should be in every single 78 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:27.960 game they play. There's no reason not to with their 79 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:30.080 play right now. In a night where you have twenty 80 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:33.080 four turnovers, you're within six. I mean, are you kidding me? 81 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:36.680 Against Oklahoma City? This is a This is a team that. 82 00:03:36.639 --> 00:03:39.479 Did all the wrong and right things, and if you 83 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:42.319 do a little less wrong things, you probably win this game. 84 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:42.599 Yeah. 85 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:44.719 And the Clippers are still without Kawhi Leonard. We can 86 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:47.520 talk about Okay see not having their big men right now, 87 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:50.280 but the Clippers are missing Kawhi Leonard, and I think 88 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:53.199 their margin for error is wider than we thought going 89 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:55.599 into this season with how they have played over the 90 00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:57.759 last week or so. Being in a game like this 91 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:00.520 against OKAC, with all the mistakes they had made and 92 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:03.000 still having a chance to win late on the road. 93 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:06.400 It says something about this group. You see Norn Powell 94 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:09.000 playing like an All star right now. They're more talented, 95 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:11.520 I think offensively than maybe we gave them credit for 96 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:14.360 after the first handful of games. They are showing something 97 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:16.040 right now that they can hang with anyone. 98 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:19.240 They really can at them. The defense is there in 99 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:21.560 the half court. They are up there with the best 100 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:24.600 in terms of their defense and the offense when they 101 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:27.160 have their superstars going. I mean even today when James 102 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:30.199 Harden wasn't going well, the Clippers only were down thirteen, 103 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:33.399 I believe at halftime against Oklahoma City, with Hard and 104 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:36.240 struggling from the field and Norm being essentially a non 105 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:40.560 factor to start this ballgame. The Clippers show today that 106 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:43.199 the bar will oh the standard is much higher than 107 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:45.800 I think anyone thought at him coming into this year. 108 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:47.839 That's what we learned today here at Pecon. 109 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:49.879 Yeah, I'm proud of this group. I'm interested to hear 110 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:52.519 what coach Lusay's postgame. I know he'll touch upon the 111 00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:55.399 turnover issue, but there was something to this game that 112 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:58.680 maybe the Clippers are even I don't know, reinforcing that 113 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:01.720 identity of theirs. They are not giving up no matter 114 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:04.000 what the score is, because down twenty on the road 115 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:05.959 to Okay se could have broke them. Just like being 116 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:08.279 down twenty six at home to the San Antonio Spurs. 117 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:10.319 They came back and won that game. They came up 118 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:13.000 just short in the comeback this time. But I like 119 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:14.879 what we saw in the second half. They made the 120 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:17.720 right adjustments. If they just started this game differently, it 121 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:20.120 could have been a different outcome, Carlo. But they will 122 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:22.160 try to get back up on the horse. They will 123 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:25.759 be in Texas. Taken on the Rockets, a little two 124 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:28.399 game mini series, a baseball mini series, I think is 125 00:05:28.399 --> 00:05:31.279 what you called it. Earlier Wednesday and Friday in Houston 126 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:34.800 against the Rockets. Tip time, same time, five pm Pacific 127 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:37.160 on Wednesday. We'll have your pregame show right back here 128 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:40.079 at four, Carlo Jimenez. Great call is always talk to 129 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:41.120 you on Wednesday, my front. 130 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:42.680 Talk to you Wednesday, Adam. If you want to turn 131 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:45.040 this one into a positive, they gotta bring it to Houston. 132 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:48.519 We'll see there. Let's go and even bigger because we 133 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:51.920 know the OKC thunder have a pick swap with either 134 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:54.439 the Clippers or the Houston Rockets likely the team that 135 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:57.319 finishes worse than the standing so a big two game 136 00:05:57.319 --> 00:05:59.879 mini series coming up. More on this one. After the 137 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:04.000 Clippers losing OKC, the comeback came up short. One thirty 138 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:06.800 four one twenty eight was your final again Shake Gilds 139 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:10.079 Alexander with a career high forty five points in the win. 140 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:13.160 More Clippers post game right after this. You're listening to 141 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:15.040 the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. 142 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:18.720 This is the LA Clippers Audio Network. 143 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:21.079 Best fans in best arena in the entire sport. 144 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:24.240 Take us with you wherever you are on the iHeartRadio. 145 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:25.879 Back to Clippers basketball. 146 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:31.160 Clippers battled but come up short thanks to twenty plus turnovers. 147 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:34.279 They would lose in Oklahoma City one thirty four to 148 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:37.240 one twenty eight to SGA, who went to a went 149 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:39.639 for a career high forty five points in the victory. 150 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:43.040 Clippers dropped two six and five on the season. Welcome 151 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:46.199 back into your Clippers postgame show. I'm Adam Moslin. Coming up. 152 00:06:46.199 --> 00:06:48.040 We'll have Clippers talk for you on AM five to 153 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:50.439 seventy LA Sports eight sixty six nine eight seven two 154 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:52.680 five seventy eight sixty six nine eight seven two five 155 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:55.959 seventy is the phone number. Let's get to some second 156 00:06:56.040 --> 00:07:01.000 half highlights here. Clippers battled, They were damn big. They 157 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:03.360 were down by as many as twenty in this one. 158 00:07:03.439 --> 00:07:07.199 They were down sixty six to fifty three at the half, 159 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:10.680 got down by twenty in that third quarter. But then 160 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:13.319 Norman Powell, who only had two points in the first 161 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:16.319 half off of free throws, started to cook in that 162 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:17.000 third quarter. 163 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:20.680 Back out to Norm jams right, moves left, gets around Williams, 164 00:07:20.920 --> 00:07:22.839 klites the rim men lays out of a left hand 165 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:25.560 Norman Powell with a finish and bound it done left wing. 166 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:28.279 Norman Pound dribbles with the right hand, sizing up Carusoe 167 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:31.600 all right wing, three lights is it from downtown? Ten 168 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:35.439 point game, minute fifteen to go in the third Carusoe 169 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:37.879 looks for help, bounces it Norman poun to take away. 170 00:07:38.040 --> 00:07:40.160 He's got Dylan Jones tail getting Norman to the rim, 171 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:42.040 lays it up on the right hand and it rolls 172 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:44.959 through for two. Norman Powell in the right wing with 173 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:47.319 fifteen in the frame, dribbles to the right hand with 174 00:07:47.399 --> 00:07:49.800 three seconds, right wing with two seconds, a right corner 175 00:07:49.839 --> 00:07:50.839 three falling away. 176 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:57.720 The reasons Norman Powell, Norman Storman Pow or Storm and 177 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:00.639 Norman Powell had eighteen points in the third. Third quarter 178 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:04.160 alone got the Clippers back into this one. In the 179 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:07.279 fourth quarter, it was back and forth. The Clippers just 180 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:09.920 could not get enough stops as Okay see at thirty 181 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:12.240 five points in the fourth quarter also got to the 182 00:08:12.279 --> 00:08:16.199 charity stripe Charitablee quite often there the Clippers could not 183 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:18.759 defend without fouling. Norman Pow would fall out of this game, 184 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:21.399 but still was doing damage in the fourth scoring wise. 185 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:25.519 Before that, Norm continued to hit some big shots, but 186 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:28.040 the Clippers would fall one thirty four to one twenty eight. 187 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:31.399 That is your final in OKAC. Clippers will be in 188 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:34.840 Houston on Wednesday for a Texas two Step two games 189 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:37.759 in Houston two game mini series Wednesday and Friday, tip 190 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:40.720 off on Wednesday's same time at five pm. More on 191 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:42.759 this one final box score coming up next after the 192 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:46.799 Clippers lose by six in OKC to the thunder and 193 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:49.200 you're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. 194 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:53.600 This is the LA Clippers Audio Network. 195 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:55.519 Best fans in best arena in the entire sport. 196 00:08:55.639 --> 00:08:58.679 Take us with you wherever you are on the iHeartRadio. 197 00:08:58.960 --> 00:08:59.919 Back to Clippers basket. 198 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:03.919 Clippers lose a heartbreaker in okay See in a game 199 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:07.679 where they were down by as many as twenty. They 200 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:12.519 had it down to two three points late. Not good 201 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:17.120 enough execution. They missed three big free throws and then 202 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:20.559 that jump ball between Lou Dort and James Harden after 203 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:24.960 James Harden lost the basketball. Huge play there. Okay See 204 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:27.399 hit their free throws. SGA went for a career high 205 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:32.679 forty five points, and the Clippers ended up by my 206 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:37.919 tally it says twenty one turnovers leading to twenty five points. 207 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:42.360 What's amazing is OKAC only had eleven turnovers and the 208 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:46.120 Clippers got twenty one points off those eleven turnovers. That's incredible. 209 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:52.000 So the Clippers, in some ways they had moments of 210 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:55.120 brilliance where they played some of their best basketball and 211 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:57.759 other times some of their worst basketball. This season just 212 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:02.039 an absolute mixed bag. And you know what, it was 213 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:07.120 twenty four turnovers and Okase didn't have one in the 214 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:11.039 fourth quarter, so they were better down the stretch. They 215 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:13.320 out executed the Clippers, and the Clippers were in a 216 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:16.879 hole heading into that fourth quarter. As good as Norman 217 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:19.559 Powell was hitting that three pointer to end the third, 218 00:10:19.759 --> 00:10:23.279 incredible shot falling out of bounds, bringing it to within five. 219 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:29.240 Okase closed better. They went twenty two of twenty three 220 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:32.039 at the charity stripe the Clippers. They missed nine free 221 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:34.600 throws on this one, but one by beats a Zubos 222 00:10:34.679 --> 00:10:37.720 late one by James Harden won by Norman Powell. It 223 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:40.600 has been a running theme. I'm proud of the group 224 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:43.000 in many ways, but they were also their own worst enemies. 225 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:47.799 We self inflicted wounds have to stop, and I felt 226 00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:50.639 like early on they were trying to play at Okase's 227 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:54.080 pace and that is a problem. Still, great performers from 228 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:57.399 Derreck Jones Junior, who dropped twenty eight of thirteen, shooting 229 00:10:57.799 --> 00:11:01.120 four to five from distance normal pal with his thirty one, 230 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:03.320 twenty nine of which came in the second half. James 231 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:06.279 Harden continues to struggle from the field five of fifteen, 232 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:10.000 did hit a couple of key three pointers, seventeen points, 233 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:13.360 nine assists, but five turnovers for him off the bench, 234 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:16.360 a mere coffee was awesome, thirteen points in twenty seven minutes. 235 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:21.320 Clippers just can't put themselves in a hole down twenty 236 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:26.120 not against Okce Clippers lose this one one thirty four 237 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:28.919 to one twenty eight. They fought, they battled, but the 238 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:32.480 comeback comes up short. They'll regroup get back after it 239 00:11:32.519 --> 00:11:35.879 against Houston on Wednesday. Tip Off is at five pregame 240 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:39.679 show at four outside of Los Angeles. We are leaving 241 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:43.080 you until then. Coming up next on five seventy LA 242 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:45.080 Sports though, we'll have Clippers Talk. 243 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:51.120 And with that, just like that, another Clipper broadcast is ended, 244 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:57.279 parting Chudging. This has been Clippers Locker Road, a postgame 245 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:58.559 look at today's scal. 246 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:00.559 Every game all season long. 247 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:03.240 Thank you for joining us, for all the action on 248 00:12:03.320 --> 00:12:08.080 the LA Clippers Audio Network. Phoning in. 249 00:12:08.440 --> 00:12:10.919 We're taking your calls on the LA Clippers right now. 250 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:12.919 This is Clippers. 251 00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:15.240 Talk on Aaron on Demand, the Clippers Show of Record. 252 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:17.480 Your chance to react to everything. 253 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:19.240 Clippers Clippers news happens. 254 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:22.279 Let me guess it's about Kawhi. Here we are and 255 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:25.240 now here he is the host of your LA Clippers 256 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:26.879 pre and postgame. 257 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:28.759 At follow Adam a Adam Ousley. 258 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:31.799 Stop me if you heard this one before. Late game 259 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:34.840 turnovers and miss free throws, doing the Clippers as they 260 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:38.559 battled back down twenty and OKC against Sga, who had 261 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:41.600 a career high forty five points, but come up short. 262 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:45.039 Clippers lose one thirty four to eight to the Thunder. 263 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:47.039 Welcome in to Clippers Talk here on M five to 264 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:49.720 seventy LA Sports eight sixty six ninety seven two five 265 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:51.720 seventy is the phone number if you'd like to get on. 266 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:54.279 But well, we have a moment. Let's pause ten seconds 267 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:57.759 for station identification here on Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. 268 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:02.200 This is LA clip first Basketball AM five to seventy 269 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:06.240 KLAC Los Angeles ninety eight seven KYSR HD two Los 270 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:09.360 Angeles and iHeartRadio station with you till. 271 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:11.840 A little bit after the bottom of the hour. But 272 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:16.840 this was a frustrating one kipronation. I understand that because 273 00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:19.759 this was the first game I felt like this season. 274 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:22.000 And I don't mean to start with this off the top, 275 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:24.039 but people are blowing me up at Clippers stock on 276 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:27.440 the YouTube side saying we got a bad whistle, and 277 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:31.720 I thought they did too. Norton Powell fouls out on 278 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:34.200 a pretty weak call. They reviewed it, they upheld it. 279 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:39.919 James Harden had five fouls. He was in trouble. I mean, 280 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:43.080 how many guys were in foul trouble in this game. 281 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:46.399 Chris dunnoff the bench, had a couple of fouls that 282 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:49.919 went against him where I didn't see the consistency with 283 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:54.200 the level of physicality they were letting Okay see play 284 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:58.240 with compared to the Clippers. I didn't like that. Now, 285 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:00.519 I'm not saying that's the reason the Clippers lost ball game. 286 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:04.039 It didn't help, but they put themselves in that predicament 287 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:06.000 where they were down big early on because of all 288 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:09.240 the turnovers. I said heading into this game, keet to 289 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:15.200 victory twelve turnovers or less. They had fifteen in the 290 00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:20.639 first half alone. That can't happen, not against the Thunder 291 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:24.240 And I think I know why it happened. They couldn't 292 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:27.120 figure it out early with the Viza Zubas once again 293 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:30.120 against Okac to start this game, just like last game 294 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:33.879 when they tried to exploit him against the Smalls and 295 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:36.200 Caruso and the little guys trying to double him and 296 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:40.399 j Dubb. They couldn't figure it out initially. They kept 297 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:43.960 making the mistake of making the entry pass always from 298 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:45.799 the top of the key. That's a harder pass to 299 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:48.159 make when guys are fronting him. If you get into 300 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:50.639 somebody on the wing to make the pass, then Zoo 301 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:52.519 can steal his man and you can find the angle 302 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:55.360 a little bit easier. They finally got it going in 303 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:58.159 the second half, finally after his second stint in the 304 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:01.919 third quarter. But I'm telling they weren't gonna be able 305 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:05.960 to beat OKAC at their own game, playing small and 306 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:08.639 trying to run with a team that's top five in pace, 307 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:11.360 that also is the best defense in the league by 308 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:15.279 a mile. The OKC thunders defensive rating is like ten 309 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:18.240 points better per one hundred possessions than the next best defense. 310 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:23.840 It's incredible. So trying to play at their pace, I 311 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:25.919 think is what got the Clippers turning the ball over. 312 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:28.960 I think it got them sped up. I'm interested to 313 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:33.080 hear from coach lou about that, because at times they 314 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:36.320 were successful and at times the turnovers were coming in bunches. 315 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:39.639 I think OKAC had eleven more shot attempts in the 316 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:44.240 first half then the Clippers, let me see, uh make 317 00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:47.039 it nine fifty one to forty two, nine more shot 318 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:48.840 attempts in the first half, as the Clippers had for 319 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:52.360 fifteen turnovers to five for OKC in the first twenty 320 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:56.960 four minutes. They're not gonna beat them at their own game. 321 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:00.159 They had to figure out how to get a Ea 322 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:04.480 Zubots involved against a team playing small, not letting him 323 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:07.480 get doubled turn the ball over. I think one of 324 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:09.600 the first plays of the game was a turnover by 325 00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:11.679 Viatza Zubots as they tried to give him the basketball. 326 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:18.919 That one was completely on him. I think there were 327 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:22.120 some good lessons learned though, because in the second half, 328 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:26.240 in the third quarter, in that second stint, they finally 329 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:31.919 got Zoo going and that was the difference. That's when 330 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:36.159 the Clippers started to make their run. That's when things changed. 331 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:42.919 After they had another turnover to start the third quarter, 332 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:47.279 Derek Jones Junior was looking for Vitza Zubots and the 333 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:50.200 Clippers ended up going small early on in the second half. 334 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:54.720 Then when they came back to Zoo down fifteen at 335 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:59.000 the four minute mark, that's when they started to cook hard. 336 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:03.080 Knocked down a couple of three pointers. Zuo dunked on 337 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:09.519 Dort Dort off a pass from I think Norman Powell 338 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:15.720 on the left wing. Harden still got an offensive foul. 339 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:17.480 There were a ton of those in the game with 340 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:20.880 the Clippers who felt like Zuo had an and one, 341 00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:25.079 though off a KPJ passed from the wing. He started 342 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:28.200 to crush them and to the third quarter. In the 343 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:31.720 last four minutes, he had a dunk to make it 344 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:35.920 an eight point game. After Chris Dunn was the first 345 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:38.680 to a loose ball that ended up in a Norman 346 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:40.920 pal three pointer, who also got going in that third 347 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:44.400 quarter after having just two points in the first half 348 00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:47.880 at the Charity stripe. No less, Norman Powell had eighteen 349 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:51.079 points in the third quarter alone. But there was a 350 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:53.279 play where Chris Dunn went to the floor faster than 351 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:56.839 anybody I've ever seen for a loose ball right before 352 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:59.079 normOn paw three to bring it to within ten. Then 353 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:01.559 a Zuo dunk brought it to eight. I steal in 354 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:05.440 a normal layup and it's down to six. And then 355 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:07.759 he ends up getting a three pointer to end the 356 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:11.200 third quarter from the far side corner. Just a ridiculous, 357 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:14.279 high degree of difficulty shot, and the Clippers, who were 358 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:16.640 down twenty in the third, had it to within five 359 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:22.599 to start the fourth. Then it was Zoo over Crusoe 360 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:26.880 to start the fourth quarter, but then he missed a 361 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:30.400 couple of good good looks against Crusoe one. There was 362 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:32.319 a double or a triple team there. He tried to 363 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:36.039 force it, but you gotta take advantage of the smalls 364 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:41.160 mouse in the house. So after making his first shot 365 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:44.759 the fourth he missed two in a row. Clippers, though, 366 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:48.960 were still hanging in there. Yes, the turnovers would hurt them. 367 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:51.599 One from a mere coffee leading to an ouls Crusoe 368 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:57.960 bucket one oh seven to ninety nine. Then it beats 369 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:01.359 a zoobots was not found by James Harden at around 370 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:03.839 the nine minute mark, are an inbounds pass with point 371 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:07.160 eight seconds left, when Zoo had the mismatch, he went 372 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:10.680 away from him. It ended up being a twenty four 373 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:14.880 second violation. Another turnover. So let's see how many they 374 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:19.680 had in the fourth quarter alone. I'll say this, they 375 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:22.960 did their best work in the fourth. After having fifteen 376 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:25.680 turnovers at the half and six more in the third quarter. 377 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:29.640 The Clippers ended the fourth at twenty four, so they 378 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:32.640 only had three turnovers in the final twelve minutes. I'll 379 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:40.000 give him that, but it's just the totality of them. 380 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:42.559 You put yourself in a hole like that against OKC, 381 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:46.039 it's a problem. And they made a ton of big 382 00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:53.680 shots Lou Dort, J Dubb SGA. Of course, the Clippers 383 00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:57.079 really pushed them and Oka See. I don't think it 384 00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:59.640 was so much that the Clippers were just awful down 385 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:01.920 the street to this game, but Okaysee had a lead 386 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:04.119 and they made big shots to hold on to it. 387 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:11.720 There were some huge shots though by the Clippers. A 388 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:14.319 Norm three to make it a five point game. Dort 389 00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:17.160 responds with a jumper. Norm gets to the line, goes 390 00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:23.000 one for two. H six point game, a J Dub 391 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:27.119 bucket back to eight. Zoo spins on J Dub on 392 00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:29.079 the other way on the other end, six point game 393 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:32.799 again SGA bucket, eight point game. They were responding to everything. 394 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:36.039 James Harden gets hits hit by it by the elbow 395 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:39.200 of Shay Gilds as Alexander at the Temple. He was 396 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:44.799 out for a second. Then he gets fouled, goes one 397 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:50.359 of two. Seven point game, could have been six. Then 398 00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:53.079 Zoo had a crazy offensive rebound though off of his 399 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:55.240 miss free throw that led to a NORM three. So 400 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:57.480 I don't know, Blessing in disguise he missed that second 401 00:20:57.519 --> 00:21:02.759