WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.960 --> 00:00:04.879 Phoning in. We're taking your calls on the LA Clippers 2 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:08.000 right now. Peace Peace, Clippers Talk on Aaron. 3 00:00:07.759 --> 00:00:10.160 On Demand, the Clippers Show of Record, your chance to 4 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:11.960 react to everything. 5 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:15.800 Clippers Clippers news happens. Let me guess it's about Kawhi. 6 00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:17.239 Here we are and now here. 7 00:00:17.239 --> 00:00:21.359 He is the host of your LA Clippers pre and postgame. 8 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:24.760 At follow Adam a Adam Mosley. Clippers trailed by as 9 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:28.559 many as seventeen in Dallas. They had seventeen turnovers and 10 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:31.039 they would lose one thirteen to ninety seven in game 11 00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:33.920 two of this two game mini series against the Mavericks. 12 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:38.079 Welcome in, a'm Adam Oslin. It is your Clippers postgame show. 13 00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:39.880 This is Clippers Talk. If you'd like to get on 14 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:42.439 tonight eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy 15 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:46.000 eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy if 16 00:00:46.039 --> 00:00:49.159 you think you got some realistic solutions. After the Clippers 17 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:52.799 lose a tough one where really felt like they had 18 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:56.240 an opportunity to win this game, some are going to 19 00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:01.119 write this off as well. Kyrie Irving was back and 20 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:03.560 even though they don't have Luca, the Clippers still don't 21 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:09.439 have Kawhi Leonard, but Kyrie Irving struggled mightily in this game. 22 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:14.480 He was six of twenty five. You get that performance 23 00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:17.599 from Kyrie Irving, I feel like you gotta win that ballgame. 24 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:22.239 That's the source of my frustration and the Clippers getting 25 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:27.599 beat at their own game in the hustle categories, where 26 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:31.680 the Dallas Mavericks had eleven offensive rebounds the Clippers eight, 27 00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:36.959 and those second chance points twenty seven to sixteen in 28 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:40.879 favor of the Dallas Mavericks, eleven of fourteen on second 29 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:45.200 chance opportunities, points in the paint forty six to forty two, 30 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:50.640 and then just the careless mistakes by the Clippers. Some 31 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:57.159 of these turnovers are pretty inexcusable. And James Harden since 32 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:01.920 he came back from being out for eight days, he 33 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:05.280 only missed one game during that time because the wonky 34 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:09.800 schedule with the Clippers, but in three of the last 35 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:16.960 four games he has had turnover numbers of nine, six 36 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:25.599 and tonight seven. Something's off with his timing. He doesn't 37 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:33.560 look right, and I thought there were some real unforced 38 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:36.879 errors out there by James Harden, or he just simply 39 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:43.599 wasn't focused enough, not making sharp passes, not playing a crisp, 40 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:52.120 sound brand of basketball. The level of competitiveness wasn't where 41 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:54.400 it needed to be from this Clippers team against Dallas 42 00:02:54.400 --> 00:03:00.360 tonight because they were playing harder. Remember the idea identity 43 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:03.000 of this team going back to Honolulu, when coach Lou 44 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:05.520 was asked about them, he said, We're gonna be a 45 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:10.680 team that plays hard every night. Tonight they got out 46 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:18.120 played by Dallas. Dallas was tougher. They matched the challenge 47 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:23.639 of Viza Zubats. Could they have struggled against They met 48 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:27.919 the challenge, I should say Derek Liveley had eleven points, 49 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:34.000 a couple of blocks, eleven boards, five assists. Daniel Gafford 50 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:38.639 also had two blocks. He had thirteen and six And 51 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:41.240 I don't know what it's gonna take for the Clippers 52 00:03:41.639 --> 00:03:44.840 to get a Vita Zubats the basketball more when they're 53 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:49.280 struggling offensively and they can't hit a shot from distance. 54 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:55.639 As at the half, the Clippers were six no, no, no, 55 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:59.439 They were three of nineteen from the outside. They were 56 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:05.800 shooting sixteen percent from three. After the third quarter six 57 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:09.280 of thirty one got her up to nineteen percent from three, 58 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:16.560 but Big Zoo in the third had his own seven 59 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:20.040 straight points and uh, some of that he had to 60 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:24.040 generate on his own because nobody was getting him in 61 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:28.079 the basketball. And I understand Carlo's point, they were doubling 62 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:31.439 right away, but I I guess I feel good about 63 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:38.199 aviasta Zuba's passing out of those double teams. Lately. He 64 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:42.079 scored seventh straight from the seven to forty six mark 65 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:49.160 of the third quarter to the six fifty three mark. 66 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:55.439 He gets two putbacks and then he gets a big 67 00:04:55.480 --> 00:05:01.199 throwdown and I think, yeah, there was a free throw 68 00:05:01.199 --> 00:05:04.279 in there on an and one, owing the second put back. 69 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:10.120 Seven straight points. So what happens after that? The Clippers 70 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:15.839 had cut it to sixty one to fifty four. Big 71 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:20.120 Zoo is getting active. He's flying around, he was getting 72 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:23.879 every rebound during that stretch. He was playing with the 73 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:29.480 right level of aggressiveness and then right competitive spirit. He's 74 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:34.040 doing the little things. He's creating his own buckets with putbacks. 75 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:39.920 He's getting offensive boards, he's getting defensive boards. The Mavericks 76 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:46.759 call a time out on their way back in. It's 77 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:50.959 Norman Powett the free throw line. He hits two. It 78 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:55.040 is a five point game. Kyrie comes down, misses a 79 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:57.800 tough shot. He was missing a ton of them. James 80 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:04.680 Harden defensive rebound, Derek Owns junior miss three, Derek Jones 81 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:11.199 junior blocks, Maxi Kliba, Nauzie Marshall makes a three pointer 82 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:14.639 as they got the offensive rebound after that block. Now 83 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:19.480 a James Harden miss three. Okay, so let's see. There's 84 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:23.720 a I think three straight possessions where the Clippers have 85 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:27.000 not gotten the basketball to of eats at Zubats. They're 86 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:32.079 taking threes that they have been missing at just an 87 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:38.000 incredible rate in this game. I don't understand it. James 88 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:45.399 Harden miss jumper, Chris Dunn missed three, a mere Coffee 89 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:52.439 miss three. Zubots does all that work during that stretch 90 00:06:52.839 --> 00:06:56.279 and doesn't get rewarded for it at all. Another James 91 00:06:56.319 --> 00:07:01.720 Harden miss three. Clippers can't hate anything. They just had 92 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:05.399 Big Zoo go on a seven to zero run and 93 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:08.959 they completely go away from it for three pointers that 94 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:11.079 already weren't falling. It would be one thing if they 95 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:15.120 were hot. I know you got to hit him at 96 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:19.519 some point, but maybe let Zoo get a little bit 97 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:23.639 of burn there, because he was playing like a monster 98 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:27.920 all of a sudden, mostly because he was touching the basketball. 99 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:32.279 I know it's not that simple. I know if you 100 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:36.040 look at the tape and Carlo's right when he touched 101 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:41.399 the ball, he was being doubled. But too often they'd 102 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:45.360 go down and settle for lower percentage shots on a 103 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:51.720 night where they're shooting an even lower percentage on those shots. 104 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:57.279 That's like Aviacha Zoo Bots comes out of the game 105 00:07:57.319 --> 00:08:00.680 of the two minute mark of the third quarter and 106 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:06.560 the Clippers have scored like two buckets since that stretch 107 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:14.480 he had and they're down big again. I don't get it. 108 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:18.399 I don't get it. I've never understood it. They forget 109 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:23.160 about Zoo all the time. That was really frustrating for me. 110 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:26.639 The frustrating part is this was a very winnable ball 111 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:33.360 game because Kyrie Irving was six or twenty five and 112 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:36.480 if Visa Zubots look good again, I mean, he just 113 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:40.159 had a great game on Thursday. Yes, I'm sure Dallas 114 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:45.840 was going to key in on that, but when you 115 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:48.440 can't get anything easy to go on the offensive end, 116 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:55.720 at least find him make them have to double. I 117 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:59.039 don't know, opt to review the tape later and see 118 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:02.039 how many of those looks were good looks in the 119 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:05.639 third quarter that I can't really disagree with on some 120 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:09.279 of those three pointers and how many times they probably 121 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:13.200 should have dumped it into a Vitza Zubats to just 122 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:17.000 get him an opportunity to continue to make a run. 123 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:19.720 But that wasn't the entire game. The Clippers had it 124 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:24.200 to within six thanks to somebody else going going to run. 125 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:26.279 It was a lot of individual runs in this game 126 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:29.080 by the Clippers keeping them in it. It didn't feel 127 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:33.840 like it was a free flowing offense. It felt clunky. 128 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:37.159 It felt like the gears were gummed up a little bit. 129 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:40.279 But Norman Pal's so good and should be an All star. 130 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:46.120 When he starts to cook, he can make some things 131 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:49.840 happen for you and gets you right back into a 132 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:52.960 ballgame where it looked like it's gonna be over when 133 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:56.679 they're down fifteen at ninety to seventy five. After a PJ. 134 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:58.639 Washington three at the eight to thirty mark of the 135 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:05.440 fourth quarter, normOn Pal started to cook. Then Norman ends 136 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:11.039 up making ten straight points for the Clippers, and it 137 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:15.639 is a six point game because of normOn Powell heroics. 138 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:21.720 It's one hundred and ninety four with four forty one left. 139 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:28.720 There's plenty of time, plenty of time, but Klay Thompson 140 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:32.000 hit a clutch three, and as Carlo Amennez brought up 141 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:39.440 earlier mentioned earlier, Dallas hit so many retort shots. They 142 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:44.879 had so many answers for the Clippers, at least four 143 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:47.240 times in the first half alone. When the Clippers hit 144 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:51.399 a three, Dallas hit one right afterwards. That was incredible. 145 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:54.000 But that shot by Klay Thompson was a big one, 146 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:57.399 six point game, four and a half minutes left. He 147 00:10:57.399 --> 00:11:00.960 put him up by nine, but they can seated. There 148 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:03.600 was some defensive indifference going on on the next possession 149 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:07.840 because of Itatzazubats was playing against Gafford who had five fouls, 150 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:11.559 so he just let him get a dunk. Kind of 151 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:15.279 wish the Clippers would have exploited that more. And then 152 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:18.600 Norim Palell started to miss and had the bad foul 153 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:21.919 on Spencer Dinwiddie on a three pointer that maybe ice 154 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:24.039 the game to put him back up by ten, as 155 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:27.440 he would hit all three free throws. But I was 156 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:31.840 still annoyed by some of these turnovers laid by the 157 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:35.159 Clippers where they just kind of unraveled a ten point 158 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:38.080 game with three minutes left is not insurmountable. It's not 159 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:47.559 that had kept the Clippers down in this ball game 160 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:52.679 wasn't just their misshots. It was their miscues, the turnovers. 161 00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:57.240 After playing some phenomenal defense on Kyrie Irving as he 162 00:11:57.240 --> 00:11:59.759 did all night, Chris Dunn, he's one of the best 163 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:04.840 defenders I've ever seen in my life. He forces Kyrie 164 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:07.840 into a tough miss. He gets the rebound, but he 165 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:10.720 steps at a bounds It's a turnover to the three 166 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:14.600 zero nine mark ten point game. Then on the inbounds pass, 167 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:18.240 Kyrie Irving throws it over the head of his teammates. 168 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:21.159 Kevin Porters Junior steals it, starts to go up the floor, 169 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:27.720 gets his pocket picked clean lint and all by Spencer Dinwiddie. 170 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:34.320 Then James Harden has a miserable pass, Klay Thompson steal 171 00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:39.919 PJ Washington easy dunk. Clippers down twelve. All three of 172 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:44.240 those turnovers happened within a minute and six seconds for 173 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:49.399 the Clippers. That's the game. Like, you're not out of 174 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:51.879 it down ten with almost three and a half minutes left. 175 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:56.879 They got out of it quickly there with three turnovers 176 00:12:56.960 --> 00:13:00.799 in a minute in six seconds. We'll take a quick 177 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:04.159 time out, We'll come back. This is Clippers stock. I'm 178 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:05.759 at a maslin if you'd like to get on eight 179 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:08.200 sixty six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight sixty 180 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:12.480 six ninety eight seven two five seventy Clippers fall in 181 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:16.200 Dallas one thirteen to ninety seven. They got the split there. 182 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:18.879 But I always want to get greedy, and this was 183 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:22.159 a winnable game, and I don't know if the Clippers 184 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:28.600 came out with the right fight, competitive spirit, and James 185 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:31.559 Harden has got to clean up some of these turnovers lately. 186 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:36.679 More clipperstock next year. On M five seven ELA Sports. 187 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:38.600 I love this team. I never miss a game. 188 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:43.000 You're listening to LA Clippers basketball three ball, yes, sir, 189 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:46.320 right here on the LA Clippers Audio Network. 190 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:52.200 Clippers losing Dallas one thirteen to ninety seven. I'm at 191 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:54.600 a maslin. This is Clippers Talk on M five seven 192 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:58.360 E LA Sports and at Clippers Talk on the YouTube side. 193 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:05.919 To me, it's twenty misshots from three A not enough 194 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:08.799 scrap from this Clippers team tonight, which we don't say 195 00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:12.440 very often. Let's go to Lenny and Inglewood. Lenny, what's up? 196 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:13.840 You're on Clipper Sack with out of Masen. 197 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:17.360 What's up, Adam. I know it's been a minute. I said, 198 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:20.240 I wasn't gonna I wasn't gonna get involved until I 199 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:22.919 saw Kawhi come back because I wasn't sure if it 200 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:26.039 was real. But let me just say this, man, the 201 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:30.600 Clippers have I even pressed the entire league to me 202 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:33.639 with the with the NBA is going, they're the most 203 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:36.879 interesting team in the NBA. Uh, they got they got 204 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:41.320 the best stories. Norm Powell at thirty coming back and 205 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:43.600 I mean coming up to step into the starting role 206 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:48.919 and doing what he's doing, James Harden uh playing a 207 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:53.080 leadership role, and then everybody's waiting on Kawhi. So that's 208 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:55.480 the only real story to me in the NBA right now. 209 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:59.240 So but you know, good with the bad. I think 210 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:01.600 that at the front office has made some real good 211 00:15:02.039 --> 00:15:06.759 offseason acquisitions. Chris d u n n is ad Ogg. 212 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:10.919 I will walk in any alley with him anytime, and 213 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:13.960 I know I'm coming out the other side love that dude. 214 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:17.279 You're right, you got to give him. He's one of 215 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:20.799 the best perimeter players. I mean, the defenders I think 216 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:22.960 I've seen. I mean, he's a throwback man. He could 217 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:25.559 play with Coop back in the days. He don't give 218 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:28.840 a dog gone, he's going for you. But I got 219 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:31.000 to tell you, man, I don't know. I don't know 220 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:34.120 who made the call on Mobamba. I'm not impressed with 221 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:37.080 that dude. I don't know what he's doing. Every time 222 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:41.240 he comes in the game. My stomach drops, like like 223 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:43.759 your guy last game said he needs to do the 224 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:46.240 things that he's supposed to do well, and he's not 225 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:49.200 doing them. I mean, he's not a significant rent protector. 226 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:52.120 He has no low post moves, and when he takes 227 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.799 that three, it's like, oh my god. You know so 228 00:15:54.960 --> 00:15:56.440 ill to figure out. 229 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:59.759 What do his credit. He is a career thirty six 230 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:02.519 percent three point shooter. He's been bad so far in 231 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:05.840 a Clipper's uniform from three, but he has years of 232 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:09.120 evidence that he can shoot it from the outside. All 233 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:11.679 I'm asking is to be better than Mason Plumbley was 234 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:16.039 last season, and I think he has been so far slightly, 235 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:19.639 but it's taking a dip as of late. I really 236 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:21.720 like what we saw from him early on. He was 237 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:24.840 bringing more energy, more activity out there that I was. 238 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:27.039 He'll say that, Adam, the energy. I don't feel the 239 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:29.960 energy when you watch he just doesn't have the energy 240 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:32.279 that I'm looking for. When Kai Jones jumped off the bench, 241 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:34.279 it's like you just feel there something. There's gonna be 242 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:38.919 something going on. He's gonna do something bad. But yeah, 243 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:40.879 maybe bad, but he's got some energy. And let me 244 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:43.799 tell you something. Kevin Porter has an uncanny ability to 245 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:46.080 put the ball. This is a make or mental league. 246 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:49.080 That boy can put the ball in the hole, regardless 247 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:52.399 of his off the court antics. That boy can play, 248 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:55.279 yeah he can. He he can't get a little out 249 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:57.559 of the troll. But I think when you see Kawhi 250 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:00.440 come back, he's gonna settle down. I think all going 251 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.879 to help him. That boy can ball. 252 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:02.200 Man. 253 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:05.279 That kid can put. He can get you fifteen sixteen 254 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:08.160 points in two quarters. And that's that in this league. 255 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:10.119 That's that's a commodity. 256 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:11.519 And well, I don't know if he's done it yet 257 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:14.559 in the Clippers uniform. We're almost thirty games in, and 258 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:17.119 I know this is somebody that has averaged nineteen points 259 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:18.880 per game, but it was on a really bad team 260 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:22.599 that was dysfunctional with the Houston Rockets, and his play 261 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:25.559 has been up and down at best. And some of 262 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:29.079 those three pointers that were going big shots from Grimes, 263 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:33.519 from Klay Thompson from the Dallas Mavericks in the fourth quarter. 264 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:38.240 Some of that was on him defensively, there were a 265 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:41.519 couple of plays where he was at a position and 266 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:45.359 I just don't know, Like I I cannot trust this 267 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:46.920 guy in a big game right now. I gotta be 268 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:49.440 honest about that. I gotta be honest about that, Lendy, 269 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:53.079 like I do not feel comfortable with KPJ and the playoffs. 270 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:57.119 I can see what you're saying, and I don't. That's 271 00:17:57.160 --> 00:18:01.799 why I'm curious. They experience with man. Coffee is so consistent. 272 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:03.799 He'll give you, He'll give you the points if he 273 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:06.759 gets the minutes, So I think he's I think Tyler 274 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:08.039 lois forget points. 275 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:11.079 Forget points. Stop talking about points, like we're talking about impact. 276 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:12.799 Like Coffee doesn't go out there and make up a 277 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:15.359 ton of mistakes. Coffee's not gonna hurt you on the 278 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:18.880 defensive end. Coffee's not gonna throw a pass into the 279 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:23.039 fifth row like they're completely different players. Like that's the stuff. 280 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:26.720 Those little things are what matter out there. And then 281 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:29.519 if Coffee catches a heater like he has for most 282 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:32.599 of the season, that's almost like bonus, like he's not 283 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:35.039 going to let you down in the little ways that 284 00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:38.799 Kevin Porter Junior. I mean, there is a reason tonight 285 00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:41.880 I watched this game, and I don't always go off 286 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:45.680 of one off plus minus, but he had nineteen points 287 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:48.680 and was also a minus sixteen out there, and I 288 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:51.720 think a lot of that is is truthful. I think 289 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:54.279 that plus minus with him, like, I don't know if 290 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:56.119 he was a net positive out there even though he 291 00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:57.000 had nineteen points. 292 00:18:57.039 --> 00:19:00.960 I gotta be honest, Okay, okay, well you know you 293 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:04.400 got to do perspective. That's good anyway, Look, man, like 294 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:07.119 I said, the whole league's waiting for Kawhi. We all, 295 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:09.519 we all want to see what he looks like. I think, 296 00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:11.920 I think, I know, I know they're gonna make some trades. 297 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:16.240 Uh uh. We're kind of logjam at that's six five 298 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:21.400 six seven spot players. So but I just hope they 299 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:24.960 don't they don't touch Powell, and I hope I hope 300 00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:28.200 Done stays a clipper for life. We need a dog 301 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:30.759 like that, yeah, because that do you You don't you 302 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:33.079 don't find dudes like that in today's If he ever 303 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:37.640 gets a consistent jumper about thirty forty fort he's he's golden. 304 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:41.559 So anyway, man, keep up your thing. Adam and uh 305 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:43.799 I said, well, let's let let let's wait for Kawhi 306 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:45.119 to get back and see what we got. I'm with 307 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:45.559 you on that. 308 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:47.759 Well, I expect you to call him more frequently when 309 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.279 he is back. 310 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:50.599 All right, Lenny Show for cheese for show. 311 00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:52.880 Lenny is one of my favorites. Appreciates you. Lenny, have 312 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:56.359 a good nime man, you too. Clippers lose one thirteen 313 00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:59.640 to ninety seven in Dallas to the Mavericks. We'll take 314 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:03.160 our fine time out. We'll come back. We'll hear from 315 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:05.799 the head coach to Ron lou after the Clippers lose 316 00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:12.119 by sixteen in Game two to the Maps. Clippers. Next 317 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:14.680 game coming up on Monday, last game before Christmas, will 318 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:18.359 be in Memphis. They got some things going for them 319 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:21.119 right now, taking on the Grizzlies. Tip Off is at 320 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:24.359 five pregame back here at four. I'm at a mazand 321 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:29.359 and you're listening to a five seventy LA Sports. I 322 00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:30.880 love this team. I never miss a game. 323 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:35.279 You're listening to LA Clippers Basketball free Ball, Yes, sir, 324 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:38.599 right here on the LA Clippers Audio Network. 325 00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:43.079 Clippers lose by sixteen in Dallas to the Mavericks. Welcome 326 00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:47.119 back into Clippers talk. I'm at a Mazzando drop one. 327 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:50.720 Thirteen ninety seven was your final Clippers next ball game 328 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:54.559 coming up against the Memphis Grizzlies. Let's hear from your 329 00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:58.359 head coach into Ron lou post scheme. I'm interested in 330 00:20:58.440 --> 00:21:00.400 hearing these comments. 331 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:03.000 Yeah, I think, like I said, in that first half, 332 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:06.799 just you know, eleven turnovers. I think it scored seventeen 333 00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:08.839 points on eleven of my turnovers in that first half, 334 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:12.200 and then seven offensive rebounds for twelve points, you know, 335 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:14.119 in that first half, and then you know, we just 336 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:16.480 couldn't get an offensive rhythm. I ain't think all night 337 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:18.839 and get them credit for you know a lot of 338 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:21.200 things that they did, but just couldn't get in the 339 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:25.000 flow offense. We turned the basketball over, couldn't really get 340 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:28.319 to our spots like we wanted to, and so I thought, 341 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:30.440 you know, defensively, we did a good job in that 342 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:32.359 first half. Then we gave up like four or five 343 00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:35.000 offensive rebounds the last five minutes, which allowed 'em to 344 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:36.720 get dunks and put backs, and so we had to 345 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:39.279 be better with that as well. Upfill you guys got 346 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:43.640 mixed frustration trying to pull over times, but also could. 347 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:45.680 Be able to how a good again, make make it 348 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.960 a one or two nisial game there. 349 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:49.640 How'd you how'd you feel you get dealt with the 350 00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:51.240 mental battle of what that game kind of was. 351 00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:54.279 Oh, I mean, you know, we you down and you 352 00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:56.839 compete and things get chippy. So that's not really a issue. 353 00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:59.960 Like you said, just you know, come back, cut up 354 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:02.400 and then I think we give up two threes back 355 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:05.000 to back, you know, and so that kind of broke 356 00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:08.200 our back. But you know, down fourteen and a half, 357 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:10.119 coming out in that third quarter, I thought we came 358 00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:12.720 out with a with a strong fight and uh just 359 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.359 wasn't enough. 360 00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:16.759 Norm scored a ton tonight, but maybe zooming out away 361 00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:19.480 from this game into the first whatever, it's been seven 362 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:21.559 weeks of the season as a whole. How would you 363 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:25.039 assess the task that Norm was given this season and 364 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:26.519 what he's done with it. 365 00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:29.880 Yeah, I mean he's definitely taking advantage of his opportunity 366 00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:34.279 as being a starter, you know, scoring the basketball, shooting 367 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:36.839 the ball well from the field, from three, from the 368 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:38.920 free throw line, and then tonight I thought he did 369 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:41.079 a good job attacking and they might have blocked four 370 00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:42.759 or five of his shots at the rim, you know, 371 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:44.759 at the basket, be cause they're a good shot blocking team. 372 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:48.200 So he attacked well. And you know, you gonna have 373 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.640 night where we don't shoot the ball well. But we 374 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:51.400 gotta be better when you're not sh when you're not 375 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:53.559 shooting the ball well, we gotta be even better defensively. 376 00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:55.640 And I thought we could have been a little bit better. 377 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:59.079 How do you I know, we guts just a lot. 378 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:02.720 How do you how do you help jeans protect the basketball? 379 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:06.079 Ty took this assignment. 380 00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:09.440 Early and a lot of them, you know, possessions just 381 00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:11.160 then the shots at all. 382 00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:13.799 How do you gotta help alleviate some of that? 383 00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:16.319 Just trying to get him off the ball times, you know, 384 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:19.200 a team is trying to pressure him, throwing different looks 385 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:21.240 at him, you know, And so I mean, does a 386 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:23.119 good job of figuring that out. Like I said today, 387 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:24.960 I just I thought he looked a little tired, a 388 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:28.359 little slow tonight me personally, But like you know, he 389 00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:31.200 gonna play and battle through whatever he needs to be 390 00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:33.119 on the floor. And you know, just one of those 391 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:35.079 games where he didn't shoot the ball well, had a 392 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:38.400 couple of turnovers. But you know, we just can't let that, 393 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:41.359 you know, sidetrackers like, okay, we gotta you know, get better, 394 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:43.519 you know, continue to keep taking care of the basketball, 395 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:46.400 but offensive rebounds, taking care of those like we did, 396 00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:48.880 you know, better than the second half and they just 397 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:50.400 kind of go from there. But I just thought, like 398 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:52.839 I said, Kyrie, trying to get up the floor, pressure 399 00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:56.839 James and really warm down and you know, we wasn't 400 00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:58.599 able to get a good flow into our offense tonight. 401 00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:02.880