WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.879 --> 00:00:04.799 Phoning in. We're taking your calls on the LA Clippers 2 00:00:04.879 --> 00:00:05.320 right now. 3 00:00:05.480 --> 00:00:07.320 This peace Clippers Talk on. 4 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:09.640 Aaron on Demand, the Clippers Show of Record. 5 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:11.880 Your chance to react to everything. 6 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:13.640 Clippers Clippers news happens. 7 00:00:14.279 --> 00:00:15.720 Let me guess it's about Kawhi. 8 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:17.120 Here we are and now. 9 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:19.920 Here it is the host of your LA Clippers three 10 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:21.280 and postgame. 11 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:30.399 At follow Adam a Adam Osley, Ain't no sunshine. Clippers 12 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:34.640 losing Phoenix again to the Suns one eleven to one 13 00:00:34.679 --> 00:00:39.079 oh nine. They lose these season series. They are zero 14 00:00:39.119 --> 00:00:44.119 to three this year against the Suns. I'm at a Maslin. 15 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:47.640 Welcome into Clippers Talk. Coming up your phone calls at 16 00:00:47.679 --> 00:00:50.200 eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy. But 17 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:52.159 while we have a moment less pause ten seconds for 18 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:55.039 station identification here on A five seventy other sports. 19 00:00:55.359 --> 00:01:00.399 This is LA Clippers Basketball, AM five seventy, KLAC Los Angeles, 20 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:05.319 ninety seven, KYSRHD two Los Angeles and iHeartRadio station. 21 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:10.359 Third loss this season to the Phoenix Suns. They have 22 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:14.359 the head to head tiebreaker over the Clippers. Now, as 23 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:17.879 the Clippers defense was not good enough at all in 24 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:22.599 the first half. They got blitzed the Suns were eight 25 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:27.959 of eleven from three in the first quarter. And I 26 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:30.519 know what you guys are gonna say, Well, they were 27 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:34.439 all open. First of all, they weren't all open. Second 28 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:37.920 of all, even if you left them all open, it 29 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:40.400 would be hard for a team to shoot seventy three 30 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:46.079 percent eight of eleven from three in a quarter. I'm 31 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:49.400 telling you, even in today's league, there's a lot more 32 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:53.879 shooting if you left them all open, purposefully open gym 33 00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:58.400 stuff doesn't happen like that, but it did. And I 34 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:02.920 think there's something too. The Sun's just feeling unusually confident 35 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:05.680 against the Clippers because they had already beat them twice. 36 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:09.520 They had come back down nine under four minutes left 37 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:11.680 in Game one of the season at into a Dome 38 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:14.240 to win that one in overtime, and then they came 39 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:17.039 back down twenty one the second game and into a 40 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:23.680 Dome a week later on Halloween when they started the 41 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:30.240 third quarter fifteen of fifteen from the field that was 42 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:35.120 hotter than the center of the sun stuff tonight, still 43 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:44.319 pretty hot outer layers. But the Clippers, Yeah, they're responsible 44 00:02:44.439 --> 00:02:51.520 for I think overhelping at times on Booker on KD 45 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:57.280 and those guys making the Clippers pay the others. Royce 46 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:03.280 O'Neal got the start. He was very good. He ended 47 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:08.240 up I think with three three pointers made. Yeah, he 48 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:10.639 started like three of three, ended up three of eight. 49 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:13.759 So he did cool off, but some of the damage 50 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:20.560 was done. The Clippers were down after that hot shooting 51 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:24.319 first quarter by the Phoenix Suns. The Clippers were down 52 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:29.319 by only four. They were shooting well too, they were 53 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:33.520 four of seven. They couldn't hang volume wise with the Suns. 54 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:36.879 The Suns ended up making twelve more threes in this 55 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:41.840 game in the Clippers, and the Clippers still fought and 56 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:44.919 had it to within one after a ten zero run late, 57 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:49.560 even with the Suns getting thirty six more points off 58 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:53.479 of three pointers. Now to counter that, the Clippers had 59 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:55.800 sixty points in the paint, the Sun's just twenty four. 60 00:03:57.280 --> 00:04:03.719 That's how you do it. But I don't want to 61 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:07.879 call it a fake comeback. But they just put themselves 62 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:10.879 in a position because it wasn't This was a game. 63 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:13.719 It was not over, but they put themselves in a 64 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:17.040 position where they had to be so perfect. After being 65 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:20.000 down one o seven to ninety six with two forty 66 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:26.319 three left in the fourth quarter, they go on the 67 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:30.839 ten oh run norm three pointer Harden fouled on a 68 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:38.839 three hits all three zubots detonates at the ram. Should 69 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:43.639 have been an end one Norman Powell runner, the Clippers 70 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:46.680 are down one. In fact, how quickly did that happen? 71 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:50.079 I want to see the time span of this. So 72 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:53.040 it's one oh seven to ninety six at the two 73 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:57.319 forty three mark. By the time it's one o seven 74 00:04:57.639 --> 00:05:02.319 to one oh six, there's forty seconds left. So the 75 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:07.439 Clippers were able to pull that off in what was 76 00:05:07.519 --> 00:05:13.600 that like a minute forty five ten? I'll run it's 77 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:16.920 crazy my time. Lord, math was probably bad there, but 78 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:25.079 I love the fact they didn't quit when the finish 79 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:29.800 line got closer. They played better. If they had some 80 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:34.959 of that urgency earlier on, they probably crossed the finish line. 81 00:05:35.079 --> 00:05:39.439 But my point about margin of error, when you're down 82 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:45.720 like that late with the clock working against you, you 83 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:51.360 have to be perfect. And unfortunately Norman Powell missed a 84 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:55.439 free throw. He's been missed a fourth quarter. He's shooting 85 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:58.240 over fifty from three and fourth quarters this year, just 86 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:02.600 like he did last year, shooting well over fifty percent 87 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:05.639 from the field in fourth quarters. He's I think top 88 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:08.720 five in points average in fourth quarters in the NBA, 89 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:16.160 at over eight per game in the fourth quarter alone. 90 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:20.480 He had just brought them to within one, but after 91 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:23.639 James Harden fouled on the other end on Bradley Beal, 92 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:27.360 Coach lu challenged it, and if you lose that, you're 93 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:31.079 out of timeouts. They did it. I thought it was 94 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:34.519 obvious they were gonna lose it. They did. Bradley Bual 95 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:38.920 made both Clippers are down three. Coach Bud did the 96 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:42.759 right thing. They don't have a timeout. We're up three. 97 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:44.959 I'm not gonna let them get a shot off to 98 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:49.000 tie this game. So they fiuled Norman Powell with nineteen 99 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:54.079 seconds left. Little smart. It was a great move. Norm 100 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:59.600 misses the first. You gotta hit both to put pressure 101 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:02.720 on Fee to have to hit both. He missed the 102 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:06.160 first hit the second. Phoenix is still up by two. 103 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:09.720 Clippers get into the foul game with Grayson Allen. He 104 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:12.360 hits the next two Subots gets a dunk on the 105 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:15.160 other end, they foul Grayson Allen again. He intentionally misses 106 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:16.839 the last free throw because there was just a second 107 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:18.639 left and the Clippers didn't have a timeout to advance it. 108 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:22.040 If they got the rebound anyways, then the Clippers lose 109 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:26.240 one nine. I don't know if there was the proper 110 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:30.800 urgency and intensity with rotations to start this game. I 111 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:34.920 saw it in the second half. I saw the Clippers 112 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:38.240 cleaning the glass through the second best defensive rebounding team 113 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:43.240 in the league to Milwaukee in the second half. After 114 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:47.040 they gave up fifteen second chance points to Phoenix in 115 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:49.560 the first half, just three in the second half. So 116 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:54.160 they're more than capable of ending possessions. Obviously, that is 117 00:07:54.199 --> 00:07:56.600 a part of defense. They just didn't do it in 118 00:07:56.639 --> 00:08:02.079 the first half. The Clippers in the first half gave 119 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:06.839 up sixty points and then the second half gave up 120 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:10.920 fifty one. They were better. They won that third quarter 121 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:20.160 by eight, They won the fourth by three. Don't put 122 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:24.920 yourself in too big of a hole over just kind 123 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:30.360 of silly miscues out there with late rotations with I 124 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:34.519 think overhelping at times. I mean, there was even while 125 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:38.480 they were better overall in the second half with their defense. 126 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:42.039 They gave up a wide open three pointer and it 127 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:46.519 was a big one to Devin Booker early in the 128 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:51.440 fourth after Man just had a big dunk off a 129 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:57.360 KPJ feed and Terrence Man got seven minutes in this game, 130 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:01.120 and he's on the outs right now in the minutes crunch, 131 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:07.879 he is the Sun's call time out, and somehow Kawhi 132 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:11.480 and Norm got crossed up. It's worth this wasn't a 133 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:16.159 lack of effort. This was a lack of communication. With 134 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:19.679 this open three. I don't know who it was on, 135 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:21.679 and I'd have to see the play again. I think 136 00:09:21.679 --> 00:09:25.399 it might have been on Kauai, but he and Norm, 137 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:30.399 both of them went somewhere else and just left d 138 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:35.559 book for open for a straightaway three. Those are just 139 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:46.360 silly mistakes, miscues for communication. Now, maybe that's just it's 140 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:50.720 Kawhi's a eighth game. Some of that stuff is expected. 141 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:53.480 He ended up having a bad turnover. This was the 142 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:56.120 first fourth quarter he had played. He hit his first 143 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:59.559 shot and he took in the fourth quarter this season. 144 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:03.720 That was good to see over like three defenders to 145 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:07.039 start things off in the fourth his first fourth quarter minutes, 146 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:09.600 he got to twenty eight. They bumped him up a 147 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:12.240 little bit from twenty four to twenty eight. That's exactly 148 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:16.120 what I thought it would be. At one point, for 149 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:17.600 a second, I was getting greedy. I was like, are 150 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:21.919 they gonna give him thirty. But I don't know if 151 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:27.679 this was fatigue or you just mishandle it. But Kawhi 152 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:32.639 ended up having a turnover and the Suns had a 153 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:34.840 run out for a layup to make it a ten 154 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:38.480 point game at I think one oh two ninety two. 155 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:43.080 Bad turnover. You don't normally see from him in a 156 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:46.039 moment like that. He had just played great defense on 157 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:52.320 KD who still somehow made this jumper on him. He 158 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:55.159 did have a block on Booker that led to that 159 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:59.200 man dunk off the KPJ feed like Kawhi's fingerprints, had 160 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:04.080 a lay up before that. We're all over the fourth quarter. 161 00:11:04.679 --> 00:11:06.759 He ended up with I think six points in the fourth, 162 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:16.080 So baby steps forward. Kawhi is playing more minutes, different lineups, 163 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:19.279 different rotations out there. Some of you guys are really 164 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:22.720 going after KPJ in this one. I'll say there were 165 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:25.559 a few times where I was frustrated where he's out 166 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:28.279 there next to Avista, Zubats and Kawhi and he's taken 167 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:32.279 the majority of the shots. I didn't like that, But 168 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:35.279 I mean, he just had arguably his best game of 169 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:38.039 the season against Milwaukee with doing a lot of the 170 00:11:38.039 --> 00:11:43.840 little things. He was really good against Boston too, and 171 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:46.759 they almost won that game that third quarter he had, 172 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:51.960 So I'm not gonna be overly harsh, but yeah, I 173 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:55.480 didn't think he was great in this one. Terrence missed 174 00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:58.200 a couple of wide open threes in his seven minutes 175 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:02.120 when he got in in the fourth quarter. I get 176 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:05.519 what coach Lee was doing. First of all, he doesn't 177 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:09.879 trust his backup big. Second of all, they're getting killed 178 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:12.799 with three pointers, so why not go small? Have more 179 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:16.120 switchability out there? And Terrence Man has been good on 180 00:12:16.200 --> 00:12:24.159 Devin Booker in his career. Kawhi did miss some really 181 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:28.240 good looks from three. He did he was seven or 182 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:33.480 fourteen still, but just one of five from three. The 183 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:37.159 Clippers miss some good looks, but Kawhi, it's a few more, 184 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:41.399 might be a different game. James Harden, of course, won 185 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:46.120 five of ten, but the Clippers put themselves in this 186 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:49.320 position where the late game execution had to be so 187 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:53.440 perfect that Norm couldn't afford to leave that one point 188 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:57.679 out there at the charity stripe. Don't let it get 189 00:12:57.679 --> 00:13:03.679 to that point eight too long. I know Phoenix had 190 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:06.399 their issues closing out games last season. They've been better 191 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:09.759 so far this season kind of seemed like those demons 192 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:12.360 were coming back to haunt them for a second. The 193 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:15.799 Clippers defense, it was better when it needed to be, 194 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:17.519 but I would say it needed to be better a 195 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:24.960 little bit earlier as well. The third quarter, I do 196 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:30.320 love what I saw there. The Clippers got back in 197 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:34.720 a hurry like it was. 198 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:36.519 Man. 199 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:38.799 Derek Jones Junior missed White up in three point there. 200 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:42.559 In that third quarter, Norm hits a three. It's a 201 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:44.720 ten point game. After the Clippers were down by thirteen 202 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:49.279 and a half. Kawhi had a ridiculous fade away over 203 00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:55.039 two guys on the far side baseline. The movement was special. 204 00:13:55.320 --> 00:13:57.440 I believe Booker was his primary defender and he just 205 00:13:57.519 --> 00:14:02.559 went to work. There was Zoobots with an and one 206 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:06.960 on an offensive rebound. Nick Richards could not handle him 207 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:09.240 at all. That's why he was my player to watch. 208 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:13.919 I thought that would happen. Norm had a beautiful feed 209 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:16.639 to of eats of zoobots like he was James Harden 210 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:18.720 going down I think the left side of the lane. 211 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:20.960 He left it to Zoo for a two handed dunk. 212 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:25.679 In the third and there was a turnover by the 213 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:28.399 Suns and Kawhi missed a wide open three pointer as 214 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:31.600 James Harden set him up beautifully in the far side corner. 215 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:34.720 That was one of them that would have been big. 216 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:39.000 But after Norm hit two free throws, the Clippers were 217 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:44.159 down one. It was a fifteen to three run in 218 00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:49.639 that third quarter start things off. The right energy and 219 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:54.360 spirit was there coming out of the half. But Booker 220 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:57.639 hit a three on Dereck Jones Junior that was definitely 221 00:14:57.679 --> 00:15:00.320 not wide open guys, to make it sixty no to 222 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:04.559 sixty seven. It was an insane shot. See, the reason 223 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:07.840 you can't let so many wide open threes happen is 224 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:11.440 because there are going to be times against Phoenix where 225 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:15.679 you give them zero airspace and they still hit them. 226 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:19.960 So you can't give me the easy ones because you 227 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:23.320 know some of those tough shot, tough over the top 228 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:27.799 jump shooting threes are going to happen from Booker and 229 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:31.080 KD at some point, and that was one of them. 230 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:35.600 That three was insane. DJ was right there. Then Zoo 231 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:40.159 had ooh, just a filthy play going around plumbly for 232 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:45.159 the reverse layup to make it sixty nine. All believe 233 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:48.120 that's a nice score. Booker then goes to the free 234 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:53.200 throw line, Harden goes back KD jumper like there were 235 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:56.159 so many times as Alan hit a three pointer to 236 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:58.759 put him back up seventy six to seventy. I felt 237 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:02.600 like the Clippers were gaining momentum and the Suns would 238 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:07.799 hit a silencer shot, a momentum blunting type of shot, 239 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:14.639 they would stem the tide. They made some big ones. 240 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:16.399 But. 241 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:21.440 I'm at least glad the Clippers got back into this 242 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:25.600 ball game. They might have lost it though in some 243 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:29.240 ways at the very end of the third quarter, where 244 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:34.000 until Harden made that big three pointer to bring it 245 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:36.159 to eighty three to seventy eight. Hitting into the fourth, 246 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:41.399 the Suns went on a quick let's see Tyers Jones 247 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:46.840 three radluvial jump for I think they went on a 248 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:50.279 quick seven to zero run. Yeah, the Clippers had it 249 00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:54.080 to within seventy six to seventy five, and within the 250 00:16:54.120 --> 00:17:02.159 next less than ninety seconds the Suns are up. By 251 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:05.519 Clippers were still there late, we'll talk more about it. 252 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:08.119 Eight six six ninety seven two five seventy eight six 253 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:10.519 six ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number 254 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:13.240 I'm Ada Mouslin. After the Clippers lose in Phoenix, one 255 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:15.880 eleven to one o nine to the Suns. You're listening 256 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:17.880 to Clippers Hockey on the M five seven LA Sports. 257 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:21.680 He throws it up, the window finishes in the fowl. 258 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:25.039 Los Angeles Slipper Nation. This is your home for the 259 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:28.519 LA Clippers. LA Clippers. Take us with you on the 260 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:29.759 Ihearts radio app. 261 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:33.880 Clippers lose by two in Phoenix. They made a late push. 262 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:36.480 They had it to within one after they were down 263 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:40.960 by eleven and within like two minutes. Who was down 264 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:44.000 to one less than two minutes, but normal miss a 265 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:47.400 free throw. It was consequential. Clippers had to play the 266 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:49.920 foul game. Grays and Allen did not miss. They lose 267 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:52.759 one eleven to one oh nine in Phoenix to the Suns. 268 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:55.440 Clippers dropped at twenty six and twenty on the season. 269 00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:59.319 Appreciate you guys in the chat at Clippers Talk on 270 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:01.920 the YouTube. We'll get your phone calls coming up here. 271 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:06.680 But I just saw this number because I've been talking 272 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:09.039 about the Clippers coming into this game shooting just thirty 273 00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:12.240 three percent from three over the last ten games, and 274 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:15.799 then tonight they shoot thirty one percent. Well, who had this, 275 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:19.440 Miles Johnson? This is an interesting number. Over their last 276 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:24.160 fifteen games, they're shooting basically thirty three percent on the dot, 277 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:29.559 thirty two point nine percent to be specific. Ah, my 278 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:38.319 pedantic self is annoying my other self. So yeah, fifteen 279 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:43.640 games of shooting well below league average, and I wonder 280 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:47.319 what their record was over that time. They're eight and seven, well, 281 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:51.279 shooting thirty two point nine percent from three for fifteen games. 282 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:54.559 That tells you just how good their defense is. I 283 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:56.920 don't know many teams that could shoot that poorly for 284 00:18:56.960 --> 00:19:00.599 that long and still have a winning record. Eight and seven. 285 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:07.359 Kawhi looked fifty to fifty tight. He wasn't very assertive 286 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:11.960 early guys. His first I think his first points came 287 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:14.240 off that dunk in the second quarter where it looked 288 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:22.000 like he had hurt his hip or his hamstring. That 289 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:24.640 was at the nine to forty five mark of the 290 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:29.480 second He had the dunk where he blew by Mason 291 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:35.160 Plumbley after a steal. I was concerned because it looked 292 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:38.000 like it happened not even when he landed, but like 293 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:41.359 what he was going up I think. But then he 294 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:45.279 played through it and looked solid. He went for that 295 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:52.119 tough reverse layup in the second half. Couldn't get it. Well, 296 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:54.720 here's here's my problem. I like, I've already pointed this 297 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:57.880 out many times Vintage, So you can't leave KD, book, 298 00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:01.519 Royce Beale, and Grayson wide open expect the a miss. 299 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:05.240 It's like, well, they don't shoot one hundred percent on 300 00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:09.160 wide open threes, none of those guys. You average it out, 301 00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:14.160 they probably shoot something like forty five percent. Those players 302 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:16.920 on wide open threes are on open threes. First of all, 303 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:19.200 katiean Book, weren't the guys that were being left open? 304 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:26.599 And Royce Beale Allen sure the suns, even with the 305 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:29.640 amount of open threes they got, they still hit them 306 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:33.640 at a higher rate than you normally hit open threes 307 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:39.559 at that that's my point. I'm not happy about the 308 00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:43.920 open threes either. I'm just saying even with that, they 309 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:49.720 still had just an incredible shooting night. Some of that 310 00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:54.880 is on the Clippers, though, of course they have to 311 00:20:54.960 --> 00:21:01.759 be better because you know, Booker and KD are gonna 312 00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:09.319 hit shots that you can't defend, shots that there's nothing 313 00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:12.319 you can do about it. Let's go to tags and 314 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:14.440 Walnut tageous here on Clipper stop with out of Maza 315 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:15.039 and what's up. 316 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:19.240 Hey, Adam. First of all, just before I make my point, 317 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:21.680 I wanted to say that in that first quarter off 318 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:24.119 that norm three Miss, I think Derek Jones had one 319 00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:27.880 of the best rebound dunk who I've seen as a Clipper. 320 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:35.559 Oh that futback dunk. That was sensational. Like he's already 321 00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:39.440 had three or four Dunk of the Year candidates, This 322 00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.400 one might have been my. 323 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:45.799 Favorite, especially off of Miss. It was like a dunk contest, 324 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:47.799 someone throwing it off the board to him and it 325 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:49.759 was just it was just so perfect. It was like, 326 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:52.240 I don't think I've seen a better, you know, Clipper 327 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:54.559 dunk off Miss. 328 00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:57.839 That that that might be the best Clipper dunk off 329 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:02.119 of a Miss since Blake dunked on the back of Gasol. 330 00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:09.440 That's true. I forgot about that one. But Adam, when 331 00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:11.440 I when I looked at this game, you know, I'm 332 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:17.480 more encouraged overall. And the reason why is it's just 333 00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:20.160 you can kind of see when Qui is working his 334 00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:22.720 way back and we see that moment of the moments 335 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:26.400 of greatness, but he's still testing himself. Clippers are still 336 00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:28.799 trying to play with him, learn to play with him again, 337 00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:31.960 get him integrated. And it's just going to take time. 338 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:35.000 You know, it might take another month before we see 339 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:38.680 the Clippers, you know, fully oiled and and like the 340 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:40.799 you know, a fine too machine, like a fine two car. 341 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:43.440 But you know, when you look at last year and 342 00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:45.640 I was comparing contrast to the last year's team to 343 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:48.839 this year's team, there was a for a good amount 344 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:51.680 of games where the Clippers last year, you know, they 345 00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:55.640 were playing on the string. Everyone knew what they were doing, 346 00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:59.720 and everyone had them as title contenders, everyone from the 347 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:02.720 natcial media and we all thought, you know, they have 348 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:05.599 a chance to win it all. And when I compare 349 00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:08.880 and contrast, the two teams defensively were better than last 350 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:10.200 year's team by far. 351 00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:15.000 They were sixteenth in the NBA defensively last season. 352 00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:18.759 Yeah, so these are the things that give me a 353 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:21.960 lot of encouragement when I compare those teams. I mean, 354 00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:26.880 last year's team to this year's team, defensively were far better. 355 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:30.640 And now what they increase opportunities for Zubuk and norm 356 00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:34.359 They've shown that they're more than capable of carrying the 357 00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:38.319 offensive load. So when you look at last year's team, 358 00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:40.400 maybe you could say, you know, we have a little 359 00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:42.440 bit we lost a little bit off the bench because 360 00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:45.960 Powell and Westbrook at times, but mostly Powell. When he 361 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:50.160 came off the bench, he provided you know, that that 362 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:54.240 six male role here, we're kind of we get it. 363 00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:59.839 Sometimes we don't, but overall we you know, offensively, once 364 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:03.599 we have Kawhi back, you know, playing like an MVP, 365 00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:08.960 we have I think even more weapons offensively than we 366 00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:11.920 did last year. As far as with Cowell and Zubac 367 00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:15.319 with their roles being increased now, I think that it's 368 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:18.799 just going to take time and Coach Lou's gonna have 369 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:22.599 to find those rotations where maybe he's gonna need to 370 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:25.680 leave Zoo two of the big four in the game 371 00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:29.079 at the same time and go about it that way. 372 00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:32.920 But I think overall, that's why I'm encouraged, because I 373 00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:38.279 don't see a whole lot of you know, like where 374 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:40.240 we've set back from last year to this year. I 375 00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:43.680 think our ceiling could even be higher. It's going to 376 00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:46.759 take time and everyone needs to play together. And the 377 00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:50.720 biggest thing is the role players. We can't have done 378 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:56.119 and Darry Jones both shooting poorly, especially when you go 379 00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:57.559 into the playoffs. 380 00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:59.759 In a series. That is my biggest concern. One of 381 00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:02.240 those guys where both of those guys go cold if 382 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:04.920 one of them's hot, if just they just need one 383 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:08.680 of them to be on from three. Honestly, they just 384 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:11.720 need one of DJ or Chris Dunn to be on 385 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:14.519 from three in a series and that should be enough. 386 00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:17.680 But I have that same concern that they just don't 387 00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:21.000 have enough shot making or shot creation in a seven 388 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.680 game series. 389 00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:29.160 Yeah, I agree, I think, but you know, our ceiling 390 00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:31.920 is still there. You know, people threw us like, hey, 391 00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:34.079 we're not gonna like you know, we're gonna be in 392 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:37.000 last place or whatever without Paul George. But if you 393 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:39.480 really think about it, and if you compare last year's 394 00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:42.240 team this year's team, I think our ceiling is a 395 00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:44.559 little bit actually higher than what it was last year. 396 00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:48.559 If everyone can play their roles better. And the perfect example, 397 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:52.599 Adam is look at Dallas last year. They were in 398 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:55.920 the fifth or sixth seed. They they at the right time, 399 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.920 they all clicked and they played so well and they 400 00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.799 made it to the final. 401 00:25:58.880 --> 00:26:00.920