WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:05.879 We're taking your calls on the LA Clippers right now. 2 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:09.240 This peace Clippers talk on Aaron on Demand, the Clippers 3 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:12.359 Show of Record, your chance to react to playoff. 4 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:16.320 Basketball Clippers news happens. Let me guess it's about Kawhi. 5 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:17.359 Here we are and. 6 00:00:17.320 --> 00:00:20.199 Now here he is the host of your LA Clippers 7 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:21.239 free and post. 8 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:23.719 Game at follow Adam a Adam Ousley. 9 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:26.839 The Clippers knock them down from three in Game three 10 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:31.039 and win by thirty four over the Denver Nuggets. Final 11 00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:34.920 score one seventeen eighty three in their first ever playoff game. 12 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:38.640 Hear and into a dome. That's how you open up 13 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:42.399 the postseason here in your first ever home Clipper Nation. 14 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:45.799 I want to start things off by saying this. We'll 15 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:48.280 get your phone calls. Eight sixty six, ninety seven, two 16 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:54.159 five seventy, of course, but everybody in the arena, you 17 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:58.920 guys made the difference tonight. This Clippers team got blitzed early. 18 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:03.719 They were down by seven. Denver was not missing. They 19 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:08.000 went eight of nine. It looked like, uh oh, are 20 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:12.599 they stepping up? Are they trying to quiet the crowd? 21 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:19.000 Hear it into a dome. They couldn't do it. And 22 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:26.159 this Clippers crowd and Clipper Nation experience that we just 23 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:30.519 had hear it into a dome was special. You guys 24 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:36.799 fueled this truly. I thought the Clippers were in deep trouble. 25 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:43.159 Aaron Gordon was hitting everything to start. He had eleven 26 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:48.840 points in the first quarter, first points to the ballgame. 27 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:54.760 He finished with just fifteen. The crowd was never taken 28 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:57.599 out of it. Even when the Clippers were up by 29 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:01.680 as many as thirty four their final score they won 30 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:08.800 by thirty four. It just felt like the wall, the swell, 31 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:17.400 the atmosphere, the environment. It was to perfection. A plan 32 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:22.000 coming together that had been in the works for years. 33 00:02:22.639 --> 00:02:26.960 Was Steve Balmer, Gillian Zucker, this Clippers organization, to give 34 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:31.400 them a home court advantage, to give fans the best 35 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:38.960 experience in sports, to make sure Clipper Nation was heard. 36 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:45.960 You were heard, and you affected the ballgame. You guys 37 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:50.439 were the difference tonight. Clippers came out, Yes, they started 38 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:53.800 to hit shots, but it was the crowd underneath them. 39 00:02:54.560 --> 00:03:00.319 You provided that jet fuel. Because Denver came out out 40 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:09.560 scorching hot and focused. Klibernation wasn't going anywhere, neither was 41 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:13.520 this ball club. By the end of the first quarter, 42 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:18.680 they flipped things around after being down by seven. The 43 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:22.840 Clippers were up by seven at thirty five to twenty eight. 44 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:28.639 They went on a ten to oher run to end 45 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:35.039 that first quarter. They went plus eleven with Ben Simmons 46 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:41.680 out there on the floor against Nikola Jokicic. There are 47 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:43.840 some people that would look at the box score after 48 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:45.719 Game one and be like, what did Ben Simmons do? 49 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:47.639 He didn't do anything. He didn't affect this game at all. 50 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:50.759 What do you mean You can look at tonight's box score. 51 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:54.080 What do you mean, Adam? He played nine minutes? Like, 52 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:58.599 what could you have really done out there? He went, oh, two, 53 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:05.479 three boards, a steal, a block. How could he be 54 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:12.439 that impactful? Well, you pick up Jokics full court, you 55 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:17.879 hound him, you make him work for everything, and you 56 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:22.160 flip a ball game early on when the Denver Nuggets 57 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:26.399 had all the momentum. Plus eleven is what Ben Simmons 58 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:30.279 went on the court in that first quarter before Zooke 59 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:33.120 came back in to start the second and because of 60 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:36.920 coach lose brilliance, it got zoom minutes where Yokic wasn't 61 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:39.720 out there on the floor, and the Clippers opened things 62 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:41.519 up in the second quarter to leading by as many 63 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:45.519 as twenty and that was it. Once they got up 64 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:51.959 by ten, it stayed above ten. This team showed a 65 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:59.800 ton of poise and just a resilient nature while leading 66 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:02.519 through out most of the ball game. Denver made a 67 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:07.600 couple of runs, but it never felt like the lead 68 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:10.839 was in doubt. The Clippers were that dominant on both ends, 69 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:15.199 and I'm talking about pinpoint precision with their execution in 70 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:18.800 this ball game on both ends. When they started a 71 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:22.639 heat up from three, going nine to thirteen from three 72 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:29.040 in the first quarter, it just looked like they were 73 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:35.800 taking whatever was available. Defensively, whoever Denver left opened, they 74 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:40.240 were finding. They weren't forcing anything. And then when you're 75 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:44.759 hitting shots like that and at the half you're still 76 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:47.000 twelve of twenty two from three to fifty one percent 77 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:49.199 from the floor. When you're hitting shots at a eight 78 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:51.120 like that and taking care of the basketball just four 79 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:53.399 turnovers in the first half, well, you can set your 80 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:55.319 defense on the other end, and we know how good 81 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:57.720 they are when they can set their defense. The Nuggets 82 00:05:57.720 --> 00:06:01.639 had three fast break points in the game. They all 83 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:09.279 came in the first quarter. That's it. Clippers showed more heart, 84 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:13.360 more hustled. They outrebounded them by ten by four. When 85 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:20.720 it came to offensive rebounds. This was as well played 86 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:24.199 a ball game. It was the best executed game I've 87 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:27.759 seen from the Clippers all season long. They were that 88 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:30.600 good on both ends of the floor. They hold it 89 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:34.759 teamed to eighty three points, the fourth best offense in 90 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:40.240 the regular season to eighty three points. Suffocating defense. Jokic 91 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:45.240 got off fourteen total shots after just sixteen last game. 92 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:52.480 That's impossible, but the Clippers come at you in waves, 93 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:59.279 these delayed doubles and triple teams at times that they 94 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:04.680 mixed up with coverages. It's got Jokic off balance. It does. 95 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:10.680 I'm still waiting. I think that forty point game is 96 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:15.560 still coming. He's that good. But the Clippers have been 97 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:19.879 as good as anyone defending him that I've seen over 98 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:23.600 the last five years. It starts with the Vitza Zubats, 99 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:26.920 because he's good enough. One on one, he caused a 100 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:34.439 travel by Jokic. They finally called it, and you have 101 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:39.040 the best player in the world looking a little bit 102 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:47.040 fatigued and maybe even rattled out there. Just utter domination 103 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:51.720 by this Clippers team. The Big four were set loose. 104 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:55.800 Norman Pale looks to be back. The fourth quarter he 105 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:59.199 had in Game two. That stuff is meaningful. It translated 106 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:01.839 into this ball game. He finished with twenty points in 107 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:06.399 twenty eight minutes. His defense was better too. He had 108 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:10.319 a play where he just locked up Christian Brown, who 109 00:08:10.360 --> 00:08:14.720 got a couple of easy ones early on. He had 110 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:17.720 four points in the first quarter, cutting to the basket 111 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:23.000 the way he likes to. And then the Clippers just 112 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:26.360 shut the water off. I mean they gave up. Let's see, 113 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:29.639 they gave up twenty eight points in the first quarter. 114 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:34.679 So the last three quarters they gave up fifty five 115 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:39.360 total points. What was this the two thousand and four 116 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:45.879 Detroit Pistons Ben Wallace out there, that was the original 117 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:53.360 fear of the fro unheard of. Just fifty five points 118 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:56.639 the final three quarters by this Clippers team given up 119 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:58.919 to a Denver team that had a top five offense 120 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:02.519 and has Nikola Joki whenever he's on the floor. I 121 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:07.000 got the best offense in the league. He looked tired. 122 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:13.519 Coach lou so far has played this beautifully. He didn't 123 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:16.600 tire out his guys in Game one. I was worried 124 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:19.639 about them losing that game the way they did and 125 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:24.120 not playing guys heavy minutes. But it's had that compounding 126 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:26.919 effect where over the length of the series the Denver 127 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:30.279 Nuggets have been playing their guys more and coach lou 128 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:34.360 has been playing his guys less. Now they look very 129 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:40.879 tired and their bench. They're in trouble right now. Because 130 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:43.879 we knew Michael Porter Junior was banged up heading into 131 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:45.720 this one. He tried to get it out. Played thirty 132 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:49.919 five minutes two of nine, though just seven points. Six 133 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:52.399 boards went to the locker room at the end of 134 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:55.000 this game. Russell Westbrook went out with a foot injury 135 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:56.919 in this game, and russ has been good the first 136 00:09:56.919 --> 00:09:59.480 two games. He played just eight minutes, one of five 137 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:02.879 airborne to three. The wall let him hear it. He 138 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:07.279 was one of five and they were all threes. They 139 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:10.120 only got four points off the bench. Peyton Watson had two, 140 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:15.399 Zeke Najee had a point at the charity stripe and 141 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:17.600 by the way, the wall in the first half when 142 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:20.080 Denver was shooting on that side they went four of eight. 143 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:27.360 Seemed to be effective. I think it's gonna survive. Coach 144 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:30.600 David Adelman. I don't think the NBA is doing anything 145 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:32.960 with it. I think what's going to happen is they're 146 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:37.000 going to be trend setters and trailblazers and future arenas 147 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:39.120 will see how cool this is and they're gonna say, hey, 148 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:45.799 we want a wall too. The revolutionizing arenas with what 149 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:50.679 they did here, this ingenuity from Steve Balmer, Gillian Zucker, 150 00:10:53.240 --> 00:11:01.080 there's nothing else like it, and teams are realizing this. 151 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:05.240 This was only game one in the postseason. But you 152 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:08.360 can't tell me the crowd, the wall, this atmosphere didn't 153 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:12.519 have an effect on this game. It did. It wasn't 154 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:22.679 just different, it was effective. Everybody did their job. I 155 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:26.399 know Bogie got a bucket late and inconsequential time, I'm 156 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:29.480 hoping that gets him going. They left him out there 157 00:11:29.559 --> 00:11:32.120 just to get that shot. He got it went one 158 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:35.360 of three. He's been in a deep funk. He is 159 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:39.480 far too amped. I think out there on back to 160 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:41.679 back or one sequence. He had an offensive foul on 161 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:43.360 one end and then got fouled and took a tough 162 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:46.919 fall against Julian Strather trying to guard him coming around 163 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:52.840 a screen. But everybody else pointed in the right direction, 164 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:56.480 and I got a lot of faith in bodn Bodanovich. 165 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:58.320 He has played in some really big games. He has 166 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:00.799 performed in some really big games. You almost beat Team 167 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:07.600 USA last summer. He and Yokish together. So yeah, from 168 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:14.879 the windows to the wall, everything worked. Just a dream 169 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:20.360 opening playoff game here and into it. Don't perfection Chef's 170 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:31.559 kiss beautiful Inclipernation. You did it. You were able to 171 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:34.679 affect the game. There's a real home court advantage. Now. 172 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:38.039 Now you got to bring it again on Saturday for 173 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:42.240 game four. Stay on them, do it all over again. 174 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:46.200 But yeah, I've no doubt you will. We'll take a 175 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:47.759 quick time out, we'll come back. We'll get to your 176 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:50.440 phone calls. Eight sixty six ninety eight seven two five seventy. 177 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:52.720 Eight sixty six ninety eighty seven two five seventy is 178 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:55.440 the number I'm out of Moslin. 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This is Round one playoff action on the 193 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:47.360 LA Clippers Audio Network. 194 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:52.000 Clippers win one seventeen to eighty three over the Denver 195 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:54.240 Nuggets here and into a dome in the first ever 196 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:59.279 postseason event here Clippernation, Welcome home. The dome is home 197 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:03.919 and it's one oh in playoff basketball. Clippers dominated by 198 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:10.399 thirty four. Just a sound victory, a sound beating of 199 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:14.720 the Denver Nuggets in this game in all facets. But 200 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:19.679 to me, the biggest thing about this win is it 201 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:23.480 happened here in the Clippers' own home. Finally they have 202 00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:28.440 their own home, and it worked in postseason game number 203 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:31.600 one here at into it Home. Everything that was designed 204 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:34.840 here was about bringing a home court advantage for big 205 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:38.360 games like this. It's worked all season. Don't get me wrong. 206 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:41.519 They went thirty to eleven here, and that was after 207 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:47.519 losing their first four games. But tonight a true test. 208 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:53.679 Would it translates to the postseason. Would teams get rattled intimidated? 209 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:58.320 Didn't look like it at first with Denver, but after 210 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:02.679 a quick start, they cooled af off quickly. Clippers held 211 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:05.960 him to fifty five points the final three quarters. They 212 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:09.759 were so in tune, they were so connected on both 213 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:14.120 ends of the floor. The execution was at its apex tonight. 214 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:19.399 Offense defense. I could not believe the way the Clippers 215 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:23.360 were dissecting them and finding the right player every single possession, 216 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:26.879 over and over again. No agendas, nobody looking for theirs, 217 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:29.679 nobody trying to take over the game or do it 218 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:36.720 by themselves. It was a complete team victory. Six players 219 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:42.399 in double figures, and four of the five starters had 220 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:46.799 nineteen or more, including Norman Powell, who looks to be back. 221 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:51.480 He had twenty in the ballgame. Let's go too. We 222 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:54.559 can start things off with Jene from North Carolina. Jane, 223 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:57.360 you're on Clippers, stop with out of Maazen? What's up? Gene? 224 00:15:58.600 --> 00:15:59.919 It was going on? Can you hear me? 225 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:01.080 I hear a Geen? 226 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:08.759 Hey, man, I'm surprised I'm first on this on this call, Hey, 227 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:11.559 I would say, like, you know, they call you the 228 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:17.440 energize of Bunny, you know, double E. I'm gonna call 229 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:22.120 you triple A because you know you are the Adam 230 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:26.159 augln and you are awesome for what you do. 231 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:30.240 I appreciate that. Man. It's good to be a part 232 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:34.159 of this. It's easy. It's easy. It's easy. Like pell 233 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:36.559 ask me, why do you keep doing this show all 234 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:39.440 the time. It's two hundred and two straight days. There 235 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:42.600 have been times where late at night, I'm like, I 236 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:44.159 don't know if I want to do a show tomorrow. 237 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:47.120 I'm tired. This is gonna end the streak. I'm gonna 238 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:50.039 stop doing it. And then I wake up and I'm energized, 239 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:52.840 and I start to think about this Clippers team and 240 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:56.639 how just great this season has been, how exciting it's been, 241 00:16:56.960 --> 00:17:02.240 the possibilities moving forward and clippernation. People are texting me, 242 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:06.160 tweeting me, I don't want to let you guys down, 243 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:08.640 like I love to hear from you. Once I figured 244 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:12.359 out I could take calls on off days, I was like, Oh, 245 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:16.000 the streak is never stopping now, Okay, not never stopping, 246 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:19.279 but until this Clipper season is over, whatever that may be, 247 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:23.480 I'm not stopping. I can't stop. So I appreciate the love. 248 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:26.759 But really, just like what we saw tonight with this 249 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:30.759 crowd fueling the Clipper squad, it is the same thing 250 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:34.359 to me all the time, Like I just feel like Clipernation. 251 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:37.079 They're so on fire for this team. It just gets 252 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:37.759 me excited. 253 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:43.880 Rea and Big Gray, Well, we longtime Clipper fans, even 254 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:46.759 some of the newest, We need this energy from you 255 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:49.519 because the thing about it is is like a lot 256 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:53.319 of people have the same energy you have, but they 257 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:58.119 don't have a venue leon what I'm saying to basically 258 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:01.839 express it. And I and I think it's great that 259 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:04.319 you put this out there because I think it'll aspire 260 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:09.880 a lot of other Clipper fans to actually speak up 261 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:13.799 and you know, do what they do. Because we have 262 00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:17.759 been faithful for a long time. We don't go to 263 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:20.720 other you know, with this team hot We're gonna go 264 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:22.839 to this team, you know, because we know a lot 265 00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:25.400 that happens a lot. We stayed with our team. We've 266 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:27.799 been there for years and I came in early two 267 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:30.839 thousand and one. I'm in Podcasski, but I'm not gonna 268 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:34.720 talk about that, but I'm just gonna say kudos for 269 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:36.559 what you do. And then I want to talk about 270 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.519 the game a little bit. 271 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:39.920 But yeah, all right, Gene, tell me what you saw 272 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:42.440 of the game. I appreciate it, of course, and it's 273 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:45.400 good talking to a long time Clipper fan that's got 274 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:47.680 a great phone as well and a great voice. So, Geane, 275 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.400 what do you want to say? 276 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:52.400 Yeah, I want to talk about thanks stakes for the 277 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:55.640 you know, for the compliment, but I want to say 278 00:18:55.759 --> 00:19:00.200 that one thing that I realized this game that a 279 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:02.160 lot of people, I don't think a lot of people 280 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:07.759 were really recognized, is that one thing that has been 281 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:10.880 hurting us is we've been getting beat up on the boards. 282 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:14.680 And so like Kawhi, he would do whatever he needs 283 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:17.799 to do, and so he took a step back in 284 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:21.200 this game. And maybe he didn't do what he did 285 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:23.839 the last game, but what he did was he made 286 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:26.920 sure that he hit them boards because see a lot 287 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:29.440 of our players are not doing that, and Kawhi was like, 288 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:32.960 I'm gonna hit these boys. But he did double duty 289 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:35.160 because you know, he has to score, he has to 290 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:38.880 play defense, and so he was on the boards because 291 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:42.279 that's what we was getting killed on the boards. So 292 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:45.839 Kawhi made it a point that made sure that he 293 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:48.240 was gonna be like, Oh, I'm gonna hit these boys 294 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:51.559 and make sure we get these rebounds because we're not 295 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:53.759 getting killed in these boys again. We gotta take away, 296 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:58.400 we gotta take away these these these ridiculous uh turnovers. 297 00:19:58.680 --> 00:20:02.279 But we got to hit the bulls. And Kawhi was like, 298 00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:04.640 that's gotta that's gotta stop. 299 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:07.279 No, I agree with the gene. That was a huge 300 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:09.400 keych to this game, and I appreciate the phone call 301 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:12.960 and Kawhi led them in that area. He said enough 302 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:15.640 when it comes to them beating us up on the boards, 303 00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:19.519 he had eleven. The reason Zubos didn't get to his 304 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:22.720 typical double double, the reason that streak is over is 305 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:26.720 because of Kawhi because he was so aggressive getting rebounds, 306 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:29.880 and the Clippers out rebounded them by ten in this 307 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:34.519 ball game, by four. When it came to offensive rebounds, 308 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:38.519 Zu did have five of those. Kawhi had two, though, 309 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:42.440 so there's different ways to impact a game. No, he 310 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:45.759 didn't go fifteen of nineteen. He was seven of seventeen, 311 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:51.720 but having eleven boards and only being second to Jokis 312 00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:55.960 with thirteen. Kawhi knew if we shore up this area, 313 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:59.880 if you know, we plugged this hole, this leak on 314 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:03.359 the ship, then we can become that much better. We 315 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:05.720 can start to eliminate some of these weaknesses we've had. 316 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:09.039 You become a more complete team, a more balanced team, 317 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:12.599 and you find other ways to win. And that's what 318 00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:16.400 it's all about, because you're not always gonna have your shot. 319 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:19.960 Kawhi is seven to seventeen. I thought he got a 320 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:21.880 kind of a rough whistle at times in this game. 321 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:26.480 Two of his fadeaways on the right baseline over Christian Brown, 322 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:29.400 he was He was on the officials a little bit 323 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:33.839 wanting those to be and ones. He eventually did get 324 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:36.960 a big and one. It kind of was one of 325 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:41.359 the bigger buckets to make sure. The Clippers slammed the door, 326 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:45.359 boarded it up and turn it into a wall, so 327 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:47.519 Denver had no chance to come back on this one. 328 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:53.200 But Kawhi is a complete player. He is a two 329 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:56.839 way superstar. He does the little things. That's what makes 330 00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:59.640 him so special. It's not just that he can get 331 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:03.440 you in a fish at thirty, is that he can 332 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:07.799 do it while doing role player like stuff. That's the 333 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:13.240 difference with Kawhi. He's exceptional in that way. He's very 334 00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:19.079 unique in that way, and he's very selfless every once 335 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:21.359 in a while to a fault. Maybe when he first 336 00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:23.240 came back, I felt like he should be more aggressive, 337 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:25.799 and we said in game one he should be more aggressive, 338 00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:31.680 but he turned it around. Kawhi was excellent in this ballgame. 339 00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:36.039 Probably their best player out there tonight, but there's a 340 00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:37.920 lot of guys to choose from. James Harden had all 341 00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:40.039 twenty of his points in the first half. And the 342 00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:42.119 one thing I loved about James Harden the first half 343 00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:45.319 was half of his ten shots were threes. He went 344 00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:49.119 three or five, so his other two makes were going 345 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:52.200 downhill going to the basket, and he got found multiple times. 346 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:54.000 He went five or six from the charity stripe. So 347 00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:57.359 even though the Clippers, you know, they they were taking 348 00:22:57.400 --> 00:23:00.240 a ton of threes rightfully, so they were making them. 349 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:03.960 They started nine to thirteen from the outside after I 350 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:05.680 think Denver was three of three to start the game 351 00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:08.400 from three. But they cooled off quickly. But the Clippers, 352 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:11.880 I was concerned about what happens when the threes aren't 353 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:14.480 falling what are you falling back on? How do you 354 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:20.079 then get back into just executing and going through your 355 00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:24.240 actions and running your system, running your offense. And James 356 00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:30.720 Harden was making sure to steal, get downhill and get 357 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:34.880 points in the paint, because the Clippers at the half, 358 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:37.920 while taking twenty two to three pointers and hitting twelve 359 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:41.119 of them, still were tied in points in the paint 360 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:45.200 with Denver at twenty. That I thought was a huge deal. 361 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:47.039 They won points on the paint by the end of 362 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:49.599 this game forty two to thirty eight, even while hitting 363 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:53.319 eighteen three pointers, so you still had enough balance there. 364 00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:56.720 They didn't just put them up from the outside. And 365 00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:58.319 by the way, the reason they were doing it is 366 00:23:58.359 --> 00:24:04.119 because typically if the Clipper, if the Clippers are knocking 367 00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:09.920 them down from three, it's a sign that their ball 368 00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:12.160 movement is really good and they're finding the open man. 369 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:14.200 They're not gonna force them, they're gonna take the right 370 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:17.119 type of threes. Well, they ended up taking almost forty 371 00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:19.839 in this game, which is about six more than they 372 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:25.799 typically attempt. That tells you that the ball movement was 373 00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:32.720 great and the Clippers offense was finally tuned. When they're 374 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:38.240 putting up a lot of threes. Typically that means the Clippers, Yeah, 375 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:40.799 everybody's touching the basketball and they're finding the open man, 376 00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:43.920 and they were. You look at the end of the game, 377 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:47.119 how many guys ended up hitting three pointers for them, 378 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:51.720 norm with three, Kawhi with three, Done with two, James 379 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:55.880 Harden with three, Niko Batoum with four, Derek Jones Junior 380 00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:59.559 with two, Patty Mills at the end knock one down. 381 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:03.640 It's a really good sign for this team when that 382 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:09.440 Typically when they are taking more threes. But James Harden 383 00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:13.920 ended up with nine assists to one turnover, didn't score 384 00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:17.240 a point in the second half, still affected the game. 385 00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:23.960 Awesome to see. Let's go to ELT's do be good here. 386 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:28.400 We got eight six six, ninety seven two five seventy 387 00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:32.440 Lenny and Englewood. Lenny, give me like thirty forty five seconds. 388 00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:35.759 I gotta make sure he gets everybody all right. 389 00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:40.920 Listen, we should easily be up three to l Man. 390 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:45.759 There hasn't been one game I wasn't worried about this 391 00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:49.119 game the night I felt that because here's the deal. 392 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:52.960 We come into the gym already putting a plose to 393 00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:57.039 ninety on the board, Nuggets don't have enough offense to 394 00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:58.240 stay with us. Man. 395 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:02.039 I mean, I heard has only had one hundred and 396 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:07.799 five though, I mean then yeah, yeah, yeah. 397 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:10.039 But here's here's the thing about Kawhi that I love. 398 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:13.359 If Kawhi would have came out and tried to go 399 00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:18.319 for thirty, to me, he's Carmelo Anthony. But that's not Kawhi. 400 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:23.319 Kawhi does he knows that from that last game what's 401 00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:26.960