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Welcome into Clippers Talk. 14 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:39.880 I'm Adam Oslin. If you'd like to get on eight 15 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:42.719 six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six 16 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:46.000 six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number. 17 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:47.640 And you know what, while we have a moment, let's 18 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:50.759 pause ten seconds for station identification. Here on AM five 19 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:52.520 to seventy l Spores. 20 00:00:52.439 --> 00:00:57.640 This is LA Clippers Basketball. AM five seventy KLAC Los Angeles, 21 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:02.359 ninety eight seven KYSR HD two Los Angeles and iHeartRadio station. 22 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:06.920 Norman Powell leads them with twenty seven points. Of course 23 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:12.560 he does after not being selected as a reserve for 24 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:17.959 the All Star team. Yesterday, he shows up, goes eleven 25 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:20.760 of fifteen from the field, two to four from the outside, 26 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:27.480 has twenty seven points on just fifteen shots, and he 27 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:32.000 left some points out there. He was three of seven 28 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:36.879 from the charity stripe. He missed four free throws uncharacteristically, 29 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:45.319 norm got it done again. Couldn't be prouder for him 30 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:50.000 to show. This is somebody that has a case. And 31 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:51.480 I can tell you who he should have got in 32 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:56.760 over J Dubb, Jalen Williams. Norman Powell leads his team 33 00:01:56.799 --> 00:02:01.280 in scoring. He's averaging three more points per game than 34 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:04.359 Jay Dubb, who's playing next to the MVP this season 35 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:07.719 in SGA. Norma has only had Kawhi Leonard for ten 36 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:12.159 games so far. He's shooting eight percent better from three 37 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:19.039 than Jay Dubb. He's the much more efficient player and 38 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:22.960 more has been asked of him because this Clippers team 39 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:25.400 for the majority of the season hasn't been as talented 40 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:30.560 as the Okac Thunder. I think he has a great case. 41 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:35.639 Never know, Anthony Davis is banged up right now. If 42 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:39.439 he can't go All Star replacements will be looked at. 43 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:42.400 Maybe Norm pal still gets in. But right now, just 44 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:46.599 gotta keep your head down, keep showing everybody that the 45 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:51.879 grind doesn't stop, that you're just gonna go out there 46 00:02:51.879 --> 00:02:57.439 and be a true pro and get buckets. Professional scorer 47 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:01.800 in a way that Lou Williams was, but also in 48 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:06.280 a way he wasn't. He wasn't as efficient. That's who 49 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:09.400 Norm Powell is. Remember a couple of years ago, there 50 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:12.080 was this guy YETI moose on X always telling me, 51 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:14.759 I think Norm's the same as Jamal Crawford, and I 52 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:19.879 was like, what are you seeing the efficiency from Norm Powell? 53 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:23.479 The difference in efficiency off the bench? I love Jay Crossover. 54 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:27.120 They're not the same guy. And now you see Norm 55 00:03:27.159 --> 00:03:31.879 as a starter thriving. He is at the top of 56 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:34.360 the league and fourth quarter points averages eight per game, 57 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:38.199 had six in this one. He's shooting like fifty four 58 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:41.199 percent from the field in the fourth and like fifty 59 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:44.439 two percent from three in the fourth quarter. And that's 60 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:48.879 carryover from last year. And what I've been upset about 61 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.360 is if he had gotten into the three point contest 62 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:54.800 last season, like he should have one of the best 63 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:56.879 three point shooters in the game, shot forty four percent 64 00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:59.479 from three, doing it again this year. If he had 65 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:03.039 gotten the three point contest last season, like he should have. 66 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:06.319 I don't know why the NBA was sleeping like that. 67 00:04:07.039 --> 00:04:09.879 Just it's easy go look at the best three point 68 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:14.639 percentages in the league and then make those guys perform 69 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:17.360 in the contest. At the All Star Break, Norm wanted 70 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:19.639 to He was campaigning for it. He shouldn't have to 71 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:22.160 campaign for it. His place speaks for itself, and they 72 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:25.480 didn't let him in. Still, I don't know why, but 73 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:28.199 if he had gotten in, he would have gotten more 74 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:32.199 name recognition. Last season. He didn't finish top three and 75 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:34.639 six Man of the Year voting somehow, even though he 76 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:37.959 led everyone I believe in points off the bench last season. 77 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:42.040 So this stuff has been going on for a while 78 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:50.079 with Norm being underrated and overlooked, like criminally underrated. Honestly, 79 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:54.040 it's gross. It just speaks to like it's one thing 80 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:56.639 for fans, you know, to root for their own teams, 81 00:04:56.680 --> 00:05:00.879 and they might not be paying attention to outside teams 82 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:04.480 throughout the league. Okay, how is the NBA not paying 83 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:08.560 attention to some of their best players because they could 84 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:10.639 have picked him last season for the three Point Contest. 85 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:13.000 That would have helped him build momentum coming into this 86 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:15.879 season where he would have had a better shot then 87 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:20.240 to be an All Star because he would have showed 88 00:05:20.279 --> 00:05:24.399 out at the three Point Contest the year before. So 89 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:26.959 they messed that up. He doesn't finish top three and 90 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:28.759 six Man of the Year voting. They messed that up, 91 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:32.040 and they just continue to And I know this is 92 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:37.079 a coach's vote, but there's a reason he's been going 93 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:42.560 on different podcasts. He's been trying to make himself more visible, recognizable. 94 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:47.480 He shouldn't have to, but that's what it comes down to. 95 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:51.040 A lot of the times, it's a popularity contest. It's annoying. 96 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:56.360 It's frustrating, Like, let the people who really watch ball 97 00:05:56.480 --> 00:06:01.079 and know it make these decisions. Now, how you select 98 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:02.879 who those people are, I don't know. You're gonna put 99 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:06.560 a test out there, gonna give everybody the Charles Barkley 100 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:14.360 challenge of who he played for. I'm not saying j 101 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:18.360 Dubb isn't All Star worthy. I'm just saying I think 102 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:23.199 there's a real case for Norman Powell over him. If 103 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:25.480 you want to talk about team records, It's like, Okay, 104 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:29.839 has SGA missed a game. He's the engine, He's the 105 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:33.319 driving force. He's the guy getting thirty every night for OKC. 106 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:38.240 He's gonna win MVP. J Dubb's playing next to him. 107 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:41.720 Normous had to do this with being the leading scorer 108 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:44.360 on his team, with only having Kawhi for ten games. 109 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:49.000 Today was his tenth. I don't know. The more I 110 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:52.439 talk about it, it's the old Seinfeld, the stanz A 111 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:55.759 line with the onion. The more you appeel it, the 112 00:06:55.759 --> 00:07:00.839 more it stinks. It's just there's a paper trail of 113 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:07.319 missed opportunities to get norm more into the limelight by 114 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:11.319 the NBA so that more people would know about him 115 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:14.399 this time around while he's having his best season in 116 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:18.120 all Star worthy campaign and it's probably only gonna be 117 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:19.680 it's probably gonna be his only chance to be an 118 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:24.680 All Star because Kawhi's played so a few minutes, so 119 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:27.439 you see how valuable norm is. You see the addition 120 00:07:27.519 --> 00:07:31.480 by subtraction because Paul George is in Philly and they're 121 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:34.079 down three with twelve point seven seconds left to Denver 122 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:38.120 at home. For those watching that score to see if 123 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:39.759 they were going to pull off the upset and help 124 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:43.560 out the Clippers, and the standings doesn't look like that's 125 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:46.680 gonna happen. Yabou Selle tries a wild reverse layup, it's 126 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:48.720 tipped in by Ubre, so they're down by one with 127 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:50.800 three seconds left and Jamal Murray's going to the free 128 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:59.079 throw line. I just I don't know it. You. All 129 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:03.680 Star voting has always frustrated me. The game is like 130 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:09.639 a whole nother matter. And here's why I think it's important. 131 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:11.519 You can say, what does it matter? This is about 132 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:13.319 the fans and nothing else, so it should be a 133 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:17.759 popularity contest. Well, I know in this case, Norm's not 134 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:19.800 gonna end up being a Hall of Famer most likely, 135 00:08:21.879 --> 00:08:24.079 Like there should be a Hall of Fame of six 136 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:30.120 men like is Jenobileian? You know Jay Crossover. Of course, 137 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.360 the Underground got Lou Williams. That's a conversation for a 138 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:39.600 different show. But all Star votes, being in an All 139 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:43.360 Star game is part of your resume and credential to 140 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:46.440 get into the Hall of Fame, So it seems like 141 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:48.480 it should be taken with a little bit more importance, 142 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:55.200 taken a little bit more seriously. If that's something that 143 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:58.279 voters in the end account for when it comes to 144 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:01.960 Hall of Fame voting. Denver up by three. Here's a 145 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:07.120 heave from Yabuselli half court shot, misses it. Denver wins 146 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:11.720 over Philly one thirty seven, one thirty four. Thanks Sixers. 147 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:14.480 We at least they beat the Lakers here night. Uh, 148 00:09:14.759 --> 00:09:16.840 Clippers will see them on Tuesday. Clippers still have a 149 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:20.039 game coming up Sunday back in Norms old stomping Grounds 150 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:22.720 along with Kawhi Leonards in Toronto, where they won ring 151 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:29.240 rings a ring each. I I've had it with the 152 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:35.759 All Star voting and people are saying, f an exhibition game, Okay, 153 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:41.960 whatever the point of it is to me. If you're 154 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:47.960 using All Star appearances as part of the criteria to 155 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:51.159 make the Basketball Hall of Fame, then you should probably 156 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:57.480 take those votes a little bit more seriously. Yeah, there's 157 00:09:57.519 --> 00:10:00.879 not enough roster spots. There's two many good players. There's 158 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:04.440 arguments for different guys. You can make the argument that 159 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:07.600 Jay Dubb is on the number one team in the 160 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:10.080 West and when he needs to meet in something, but 161 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:16.840 I think Norm has had to do more with less, 162 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:20.840 and I'd give him the edge because while doing that, 163 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:24.840 while having to do more, he's shooting eight percent better 164 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:30.159 from three, almost nine percent better from three than Jay 165 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:37.679 Dubb who's probably seeing more open ones than norm All right, 166 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:40.639 quick time out, I'll stop ranting. We'll break down what 167 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:44.399 happened in this almost miserable loss against the Charlotte Hornets, 168 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:46.360 but the Clippers pulled out. They win one twelve to 169 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:49.960 one oh four. We'll hear from Norman palpost game. That'll 170 00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:51.639 be next. We'll also get to your phone calls at 171 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:54.480 eight sixty six ninety seven, two five seventy. I'm about 172 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:56.320 a mileslim and this is Clippers stock here on m 173 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:58.360 five seven. ELA Sports. 174 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:01.639 Throws it up. 175 00:11:01.679 --> 00:11:05.360 The window finishes in the fowl Los Angeles Slipper Nation. 176 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:08.960 This is your home for the LA Clippers. LA Clippers. 177 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:11.440 Take us with you on the Ihearts Radio. 178 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:15.120 Aip Nolhurn Palace twenty seven after being snubbed from the 179 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:18.480 All Star team, and the Clippers went in Charlotte one 180 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:20.879 twelve to one oh four. They're twenty eight and twenty 181 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:24.120 and they've had Kawhi Leonard for just ten games. Welcome 182 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:27.720 back into Clippers Stock. I'm out a Moslin. No, this 183 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:30.480 was not their best performance of the season. They look 184 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:34.440 stuck in mud at times, and I really think give 185 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:38.120 some credits to Charlotte, give some criticism to the Clippers 186 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:42.120 here because the Hornets only turned it over nine times. Well, 187 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:44.159 I brought this up at one point in the third quarter. 188 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:48.039 I think with Carlow, because we always talk about how 189 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:52.200 important it is for this Clippers team to get out 190 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:56.000 and transition and to create points off turnovers. They are 191 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:59.559 second in the league, only behind the Oklahoma City Thunder 192 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:03.480 when it comes to points off turnovers per game. Almost 193 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:08.200 twenty percent of their points scored per contest are coming 194 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:11.679 off of turnovers. They average about twenty one per game. 195 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:18.960 In this one, they only got nine because the Charlotte 196 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:21.320 Hornets only had nine turnovers. The Clippers turned that into 197 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:24.120 nine points. They weren't able to do what they do best. 198 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:27.159 They took away part of their identity, part of their 199 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:31.159 foundation is a team and their philosophy out there. I 200 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:33.519 think some of that is the Clippers lack of physicality. 201 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:35.960 I think some of that is the Horns had a 202 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:39.080 good night taking care of the basketball. They're certainly better 203 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:41.080 than the Clippers, who turned it over twice as many times, 204 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:46.440 with eighteen. James Harden had six of them. I also 205 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:49.759 felt like early on they didn't feature Viza Zubats enough 206 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:54.000 when obviously who's guarding him. Mussa di Abate. Mussa was good, 207 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:56.279 and I don't want to hear it. Guys. I gotta 208 00:12:56.320 --> 00:13:00.000 be honest with you. Anybody's saying, uh, shouldn't let go? 209 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:03.639 Where were you this summer? Because I've done a lot 210 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:07.639 of these shows, and not one person said before this 211 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:11.200 season started and Musa started getting minutes for Charlotte because 212 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:13.240 a bunch of guys were beat up and they still are. 213 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:18.639 I didn't hear one person preseason say they shouldn't have 214 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:23.480 let Musa go. You know what I heard? Ooh, I 215 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:27.159 liked the three point shooting option with Mobamba, ooh, Kai Jones. 216 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:31.399 Look at the athleticism, big upgrade. That's what I heard 217 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:34.320 all summer. And now people want to come around and 218 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:36.519 act like, oh, I knew it. They shouldn't let go 219 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:40.080 on Mussa Diabat, Please, I'm not hearing this. I'm not. 220 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:42.720 He had eleven and fourteen, He had a good game, 221 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:48.720 and they ended up with thirteen offensive rebounds. So they 222 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:51.840 were creating extra possessions and really killing the Clippers in 223 00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:53.919 the first half. In that area with eight of them. 224 00:13:55.399 --> 00:14:00.320 They had in the first half twelve second chance pointints 225 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:03.960 the Clippers average per game, giving up twelve. They had 226 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:07.080 already given up twelve second chance points in the first half. 227 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:12.759 Clippers were lucky to lead by five. By the end 228 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:18.679 of it, the second chance points were greatly diminished. They 229 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:21.639 only had five in the second half the Hornets, so 230 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:25.399 they ended up with seventeen. The Clippers still ended up 231 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:27.480 with more points than the pain at sixty to fifty eight, 232 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:30.120 which was good to see. And I know one of 233 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:32.679 the talking points is why didn't Big Zoo come back 234 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:38.600 into the ballgame? He leaves in the third quarter. Coach 235 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:41.879 Lou doesn't trust Kai Jones is in the G League, 236 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:44.840 but he doesn't trust Mobamba to come out there. He'd 237 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:48.720 rather just play small, even without Nico Batoomb tonight. That's 238 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:52.799 the thing. They didn't have Nico because of illness. Feel 239 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:59.759 better love the Batum family, and they still and Coach 240 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:05.320 Lou still preferred to go small. Avitza Zubats came out 241 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:08.120 at the three point fifty mark of the third quarter, 242 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:12.080 and I don't believe came back into the ballgame. He 243 00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:15.519 came out for Terrence man. Now when he came out, 244 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:21.200 the Clippers were up seven. Hey, they won the game 245 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:25.960 by eight, so what they went plus one in the 246 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:34.399 last sixteen minutes of play going small. He can argue 247 00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:38.399 it was effective. I would argue it was it was not. Okay, Wait, 248 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:42.000 he did come back in like a minute later for 249 00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:49.120 Derek Jones Junior, so that's not entirely accurate. He came 250 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:53.320 back in after a minute of rest for DJ plays 251 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:58.000 the rest of the third quarter. I want to say 252 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:04.399 he didn't play any of the fourth. Did he start 253 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:07.399 the fourth and then came out? I think that was it. Yes, 254 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:13.480 of each Zubos did start the fourth quarter, so they 255 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:16.159 went small from the eight twenty seven mark of the 256 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:19.639 fourth so it wasn't that drastic and they, I mean, 257 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:23.440 to Coach Lou's credit, they were only up three, so 258 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:27.360 he's probably saying, I'm going big with the Viza Zubats 259 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:32.279 and it's not really working. We're up by three. They 260 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:36.240 won the game. They won the small ball minutes from 261 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:41.639 the eight twenty seven mark on as they were plus 262 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:48.159 five the rest of the way. Maybe it's a sign 263 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:52.159 and a message to the front office that Coach Lou 264 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:59.480 does not trust at all the backups, the backup bigs. 265 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:03.320 I apologize for the audio issues, guys. I'll unplug and 266 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:07.839 plug back in for you here. I know on the 267 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:20.160 radio side were good. Clippers do pull through despite going 268 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:23.000 small because I think they want switch ability on the 269 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:28.680 perimeter because Michich and Miles Bridges were killing them. The 270 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:32.400 problem is at times they were switching everything and so 271 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:36.119 Miles Bridges would just get James Harden on him, which 272 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:42.920 is the matchup he wanted. That was the issue to me. 273 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:47.880 Then the Clippers were better with it down the stretch 274 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:52.240 and they did pull away, and there were some really 275 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:54.759 big buckets. The DJ layup over Mussa to make it 276 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:58.079 one four to ninety seven, the Norm layup to put 277 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:00.920 the Clippers up nine at the three thirty mark to 278 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:06.400 his right, and then a Mere Coffee who I thought 279 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:09.680 had a sneaky good ballgame because he hit two threes 280 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:13.240 the end of the third quarter and sorted KPJ to 281 00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:17.279 close the third quarter. That were big separators that were 282 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:19.720 momentum building shots. Because I put him up by ten 283 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:22.000 heading into the fourth they needed all ten points, really 284 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:25.440 Amir at two threes, KPJ hit one, but then a 285 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:27.960 mere late in the ballgame, runs into USA diabate, his 286 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:31.119 former teammate, gets a bloody nose, doesn't get the call. 287 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:34.759 Didn't like that, didn't let him let it affect his 288 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:38.839 game though, because Amir ended up creating a steal due 289 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:42.160 to his great defense on Miles Bridges, who they eventually 290 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:45.920 shut down and it led to a Kawhi dunk on 291 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:47.960 the other end, as he ended up with the basketball 292 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:53.359 thanks to Amir's defense on Bridges, that pretty much sealed 293 00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:59.160 the ballgame. Kawhi also once again was in and out 294 00:18:59.160 --> 00:19:01.480 of the lineup in the fourth quarter to get him 295 00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:05.440 for minutes later in the fourth but he's still is 296 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:09.960 at a twenty eight minute It's not a hard minutes 297 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:12.200 restriction because he did go a little bit over it 298 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:15.160 last time out, and tonight he finished at twenty eight 299 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:19.519 minutes and nine seconds. It's a soft minutes restriction, but 300 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:22.920 it's twenty eight minutes around there by about give or 301 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:27.480 take forty seconds. And I like the way they're distributing them, guys. 302 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:31.599 I think it's really smart because he comes out of 303 00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:38.160 the ballgame. I want to say, after starting the fourth 304 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:40.920 quarter where he almost had a steal to start it. 305 00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:47.759 It was Kawhi, KPJ, man Emir Zubas and then Kawhi 306 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:52.079 comes out and he did have a floater in the lane, 307 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:55.599 I believe in the fourth quarter. But he comes out 308 00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:59.319 for Harden at the seven to twenty sixth mark, and 309 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:02.119 then eventually he gets back in a little bit later. 310 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:06.039 I think that's brilliant way to sagger his minutes in 311 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:10.960 the fourth quarter to get him more consequential clutch time. 312 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:15.920 Minutes late, he came back in for KPJ after a 313 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:22.200 hardened air ball or right before that play. Clippers win. 314 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:26.160 It wasn't pretty, But here's what I'm gonna say about that. 315 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:31.480 For everybody criticizing that there weren't style points, Charlotte's awful. 316 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:35.079 They hardly had any of their guys. LaMelo wasn't playing. 317 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:45.279 If I didn't just see the Clippers after a pretty 318 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:49.400 weak victory over the Wizards add into it Dome, bounce 319 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:52.640 back right afterwards and put together one of their best 320 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:57.039 performances against the Milwaukee Bucks, I'd be concerned because I 321 00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:58.559 thought they were really bad in the second half of 322 00:20:58.559 --> 00:21:00.680 that game against the Wizards, and I said afterwards a 323 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:05.559 lot of people said it was like their worst victory ever. Tonight. 324 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:09.240 It wasn't great either, But I've already seen this team 325 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:14.400 not let one, you know, uh, just dig it out 326 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:16.400 of the mud type of win in the end affect 327 00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:21.319 their next ball game. So I'm not overly concerned because 328 00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:26.119 they weren't spectacular against an undermanned and already bad Charlotte 329 00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:28.559 Hornets team. We'll take a quick time out, we'll come back. 330 00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:31.240 We will get to that Norman Powell audio postgame with 331 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:33.319 Lauren Rose and after the Clippers win one twelve to 332 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:36.880 one oh four in Charlotte over the Hornets. There're eight games, 333 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:38.920 over five hundred guys, and they've only had Kawhi for 334 00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:41.880 ten games. There's not a lot to complain about. I'm 335 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:44.599 out a Moslim and this is a five seven LA Sports. 336 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:48.319 Thrills it up for the window finishes in the fowl 337 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:50.240 Los Angeles Slipper Nation. 338 00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:53.839 This is your home for the LA Clippers. LA Clippers. 339 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:56.359 Take us with you on the Ihearts radio app. 340 00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:59.079 Some of y'all just coming around on the Clippers being 341 00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:05.960 a dark horse contender. It's like, guys, come on, I 342 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:08.519 said like two months ago that with how good they 343 00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:11.799 are defensively, with the way this team is built, if 344 00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:14.680 they have the version of Kawhi they had last season, 345 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:17.880 they can beat anybody in a seven game series in 346 00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:22.400 the Western Conference. I don't know about Boston, I don't 347 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:27.319 know about Cleveland, but I feel like with a healthy Kawhi, 348 00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:30.400 with the way this team was brilliantly put together by 349 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:37.599 Lawrence Frank. Yes, y'all just seeing this, I know it's 350 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:40.160 different once you actually see Kawhi out there on the court. 351 00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:45.079 But he's looking like a similar version of what we 352 00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:47.279 saw last year and we're only ten games in. He's 353 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:53.799 not fully ramped up or fully in rhythm yet. I 354 00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:55.359 don't know he al miossed the vote on that one. 355 00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:57.119 I've been talking about it on here for some time. 356 00:22:57.200 --> 00:23:01.960 Clippers win in Charlotte one twelve to one oh four. 357 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:03.960 I thought there was a key moment because if you 358 00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:07.359 got a good memory, you'll remember this. The game in 359 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:12.119 Charlotte last season was the last game Kawhi played before 360 00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:15.839 his knee swelled up. So now he's back in Charlotte 361 00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:21.759 and he's asking for an alup love from Norman Powell. 362 00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:24.359 That to me is a key sequence. That to me, 363 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:28.119 is Kawhi having confidence in his body. He had multiple 364 00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:30.920 dunks but that was his first alup of the season 365 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:34.039 and he was asking for it. Throw it up, I'll 366 00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:38.920 get it. Let's hear from Norman Pale speaking of postgame. 367 00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:41.839 The guy who was snubbed from being an All Star 368 00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:45.119 here was norm after the Clippers win one twelve to 369 00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:46.839 one oh four and Charlotte, and he leads them with 370 00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.480 twenty seven. 371 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:51.640 Norman Powell, you scored agressively and efficiently all night. You've 372 00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:54.480 become one of the most legal fourth quarter scorers in 373 00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:57.319 the NBA that season. How have you developed that killer 374 00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.799 instinct especially late in games? 375 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:05.119 Staying with it? Trust, trust myself, you know, I'll trust 376 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:07.400 the work that I put in. You know, I work 377 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:10.880 a lot on my mentality, trying to follow Kobe's mama 378 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:13.519 mentality and then just being an aggressive attacker and thinking 379 00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:16.119 tactical when the game gets close and down the stretch, 380 00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:17.319 doing whatever it takes to get a win. 381 00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:20.200 You guys rise now to eight and two. When Kawhi 382 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:22.559 Leonard is able to play with you. What's it been 383 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:25.240 like to assimilate such a massive piece to the defense 384 00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:26.599 and the offense to the lineup. 385 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:29.240 That's been good, you know, Like I said before, huh 386 00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:31.799 with Kawhi coming back, i'm's gonna take the pressure off 387 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.000 of me. 388 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.680 And James and Zoo. 389 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:35.039 Having another guy that can score at all three levels. 390 00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:38.200 Teams got to actually guard him and uh not not 391 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:40.839 double team and Denaya. So it gives us a lot 392 00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:42.720 more flow to the offense and defensively, we're able to 393 00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:46.160 do a lot of different things, switches where small ball 394 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:49.240 lineups are go big and uh you know, uh have 395 00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:51.759 bigger guys down there in the paint protecting. But you know, 396 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:53.920 he's so versatile, he's able to guard one through five. 397 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:57.440 I mean, his attributes are crazy, so I mean it's 398 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:59.880 good to have a two way player of his caliber. 399 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:02.440 We head now to Toronto, where you and Kawhi, of 400 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:06.039 course won a championship together. What wisdom did you pick 401 00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:09.319