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Speaker 1: You know I branded Kobatoombs Saint Nick after a big
Speaker 1: victory back in twenty twenty against the Denver Nuggets, and
Speaker 1: he just helped them again. Saint Nick saves the day,
Speaker 1: starts the second half, and the Clippers win one eleven
Speaker 1: a one oh five in Game six and a must
Speaker 1: win game here and into a dome to force a
Speaker 1: Game seven back in Denver on Saturday, tip off at
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Speaker 1: for the next hour eight six six nine eight seven
Speaker 1: two five seventy eight six six nine, eight seven two
Speaker 1: five seventy. Niko Batoum is the difference maker. I said
Speaker 1: early in the regular season for everybody crying about, oh,
Speaker 1: they never got their power forward the Clippers never brought
Speaker 1: that guy in. He's hiding in plain sight. If you
Speaker 1: need a power forward in a certain matchup, and I
Speaker 1: specifically said against Denver, in case of emergency, break glass
Speaker 1: and go to Niko Batoum. That's it. That's the move
Speaker 1: they did it. Finally, this wasn't about him going for
Speaker 1: twenty points or anything like that. It's about the connectivity
Speaker 1: on the offensive side. That beautiful extra feed with a
Speaker 1: bounce pass to DJ and the near side corner for
Speaker 1: a big three point in the second half. And then
Speaker 1: on defense he can switch on to Nikola Jokic and
Speaker 1: Jamal Murray. You got a guy that can guard both
Speaker 1: of them adequately in Niko Batoum's That's what he does.
Speaker 1: That's why we've been crying about it. Maybe took one
Speaker 1: game longer than I thought it was going to, but
Speaker 1: coach lou eventually got to that point where he said,
Speaker 1: we gotta play him when we gotta play him heavy minutes.
Speaker 1: He ends up with thirty four minutes in this ball game.
Speaker 1: The Clippers come through. They out execute Denver when they
Speaker 1: had to, They got stops when they had to. A
Speaker 1: Vita Zubots. This was one of the best defensive games,
Speaker 1: maybe the best of his career, giving the stakes incredible.
Speaker 1: Jokis were just five points in the second half, Jamal
Speaker 1: Murray just nine points in the second half. He had
Speaker 1: just nine points after the first quarter. This Clippers team
Speaker 1: got back to basics, got back to doing what they
Speaker 1: do best. After a game where they gave up one
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty, they give up just one oh five.
Speaker 1: The defense showed up. The sense of urgency was there.
Speaker 1: James Harden answered the bell after all the talk after
Speaker 1: games four and five. He showed up and had twenty
Speaker 1: one of his twenty eight points in the first half,
Speaker 1: and the Clippers were only up by one. Denver wasn't missing.
Speaker 1: Harden was matching them offensively. Harden was getting downhill relentlessly.
Speaker 1: The Clippers started one of ten from three. At one point,
Speaker 1: I want to say they were two of fourteen or
Speaker 1: two of fifteen. But they didn't settle. They got into
Speaker 1: the paint. They only had fifty points in the paint.
Speaker 1: Denver had fifty six, but the Clippers did get up
Speaker 1: thirty nine three pointers. But they were so good at
Speaker 1: finishing when they got inside the three point arc. In
Speaker 1: the first half, it held up their offense. As much
Speaker 1: as they were missing, they were finishing beautifully. I mean
Speaker 1: Norman Powell that two handed dunk in transition the second
Speaker 1: half got into a dome Outher seats. He was fabulous
Speaker 1: and we'll talk more about him after a ten second
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Speaker 1: Norman Powell twenty four points on just fifteen shots after
Speaker 1: I believe he had twelve points in Game five. They
Speaker 1: didn't bench him for Nico. They ended up benching Chris Dunn.
Speaker 1: Not because he was so miserable out there. He was
Speaker 1: one of four zero three from the outside. I think
Speaker 1: it was more about the size difference and Aaron Gordon
Speaker 1: going at him early on, and that has been really
Speaker 1: the X factor in this series. I think Aaron Gordon's
Speaker 1: play for the Denver Nuggets. He's still finished with nineteen,
Speaker 1: but the the way he has punished the Clippers on
Speaker 1: the boards and of course with a pretty key in
Speaker 1: historic offensive rebound leading to a putback dunk to win
Speaker 1: here and into a Dooeman game four. What he has
Speaker 1: been able to do with his hustle plays while scoring
Speaker 1: the basketball, He's been incredible. You've needed to counter that
Speaker 1: for some time. They finally did it to an acceptable
Speaker 1: degree tonight by unleashing Niko Batoum, the power forward was
Speaker 1: on this team. Internally, I told you all season long,
Speaker 1: I felt like they were hiding Nico, putting him in
Speaker 1: bubble wrap, not playing him heavy minutes for a moment
Speaker 1: like this. Better late than ever. I hope it wasn't
Speaker 1: too late. I believe he'll be starting Game seven, and
Speaker 1: they got one for all the marbles you win that
Speaker 1: you're taking on. Okay, see on Monday. Kawhi Leonard, I
Speaker 1: don't want to say a quiet twenty seven. He was
Speaker 1: eleven or twenty two from the field. He struggled from
Speaker 1: three two of eight, but he had ten boards. He
Speaker 1: led them in that area again, boardman gets paid five assists.
Speaker 1: He had moments where he really gave them a lift.
Speaker 1: All around, very good game from Kawhi Leonard. Not Game two,
Speaker 1: but an all around very good game from Kawhi. A
Speaker 1: must win situation, so you get Norm, Kawhi and James
Speaker 1: Harden all going for twenty four or more. Zubats only
Speaker 1: had ten points, but his defense was out of this world.
Speaker 1: He had two blocks on one possession down the stretch
Speaker 1: against Niko Jokic. I can't say enough about the job
Speaker 1: he's done in this series. And Denver wanted this game.
Speaker 1: I know it's not groundbreaking. They desperately wanted this game
Speaker 1: because after they won Game five to go up three
Speaker 1: games to two, what was all the questions coming their way?
Speaker 1: It was about from that Denver media, what happened last
Speaker 1: year losing that game six on the road by forty
Speaker 1: five to the Minnesota Timberwolves and then eventually losing that
Speaker 1: game seven back at home. They played with a level
Speaker 1: of desperation late in this ballgame. The Clippers did leave
Speaker 1: too many wide open threes for my liking. In the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, Christian Brown, he hit a couple. Denver made
Speaker 1: a push, but the Clippers did respond when they had to.
Speaker 1: It was a five point game. Late, Christian Brown hit
Speaker 1: a couple of free throws. Clippers turned it over all
Speaker 1: of the time out. Jokics picked it up, but he
Speaker 1: then missed a layup. Ball goes flying around. Eventually it's
Speaker 1: picked up by Kawhi Leonard, who smartly. Well, he might
Speaker 1: have been able to go at Jamal Murray. Transition slowed
Speaker 1: it down, paid them intentionally foul, and the Clippers ran
Speaker 1: through the tape. It was uncomfortable at times. Maybe the
Speaker 1: biggest shot of the ballgame was the Norman pal three
Speaker 1: pointer off some great ball movement to make it one
Speaker 1: ten to one on one late Norm was talking to
Speaker 1: the crowd. I don't know if he said, this is
Speaker 1: our house. He was hyped. It was good to see
Speaker 1: he had a great game. And so you go Niko
Speaker 1: Patum for Chris Dunn to start the second half and
Speaker 1: Don didn't play afterwards, last twenty four minutes of the
Speaker 1: ball game, I believe. So you're not putting him in
Speaker 1: for Norm to lose anything offensively, and really you're not
Speaker 1: losing anything defensively. And while he's not a great rebounder,
Speaker 1: he is taller, he's a bigger body. He makes similar
Speaker 1: winning plays. I love seeing the move. It had to
Speaker 1: be done. It was time. Maybe it was overdue to
Speaker 1: some of you guys, but it happened and it worked.
Speaker 1: And now you wonder if coach lou was playing the
Speaker 1: long game. We shall see because Jamal Murray and Jokic
Speaker 1: were gassed. In the second half, they combined for just fourteen.
Speaker 1: The Clippers got out and ran, and I think it
Speaker 1: was intentional, not just because of the turnovers that were
Speaker 1: going on, but they wanted Jokic to run. They pushed
Speaker 1: it with pace. This looked like Clippers basketball. This looked
Speaker 1: like we had what we had seen all season long,
Speaker 1: with how good they were creating turnovers and being opportunistic
Speaker 1: with fast breakpoints. They ended up with just eleven of them.
Speaker 1: They were also fouled at times, and those didn't count.
Speaker 1: Towards fast break points. They were going up. They forced
Speaker 1: the issue when they couldn't hit threes, they got downhill
Speaker 1: and got whatever they wanted. James Harden led that drive
Speaker 1: downhill attack. Loved seeing it. The Clippers knew they had
Speaker 1: to have it, and they played with the level of
Speaker 1: desperation we were missing the last couple of games. Urgency was there.
Speaker 1: I'm sure being back into a dome obviously helped in
Speaker 1: this one first must win game. Ever, here Clippers want
Speaker 1: to know in those situations, now a little bit of history.
Speaker 1: I knew Denver was going to make a run late.
Speaker 1: The Clippers held on. They executed well a lot of positives,
Speaker 1: a lot of things to take away from this ballgame
Speaker 1: and be hopeful about a Game seven on the road.
Speaker 1: The pressure shifts to Denver. Both teams will be dealing
Speaker 1: with it. Game seven's are walkie. Expect a lot of misses.
Speaker 1: Expect a lot of fifty to fifty balls. Who wants
Speaker 1: it more? Reps usually swallow with the whistle, but the
Speaker 1: big adjustment game Niko Buttomb started the second half, expect
Speaker 1: him to start Game seven. We'll take a quick time out,
Speaker 1: We'll come back. More. Clippers tuck after they win a
Speaker 1: must win Game six. Hear it into a dome one
Speaker 1: eleven to one oh five over the Denver Nuggets. I'm
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Speaker 1: Clippers win one eleven and one oh five and I
Speaker 1: must win game six here at the Dome. The Dome
Speaker 1: is home. Just got some thoughts off air from doctor
Speaker 1: Schapp who was in the building tonight from the Lob
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Speaker 1: are able to win and push elimination back another live
Speaker 1: to die or live to play another day. Hopefully now
Speaker 1: with a little bit of momentum and a huge adjustment,
Speaker 1: they can find a way to win in seven. In
Speaker 1: Denver tip off Saturday at four thirty. We'll have your
Speaker 1: pregame show back here at three point thirty. I am
Speaker 1: really proud of this group and the way they came
Speaker 1: out tonight, and especially James Harden because guys, he was
Speaker 1: my player to watch and everybody was waiting to see
Speaker 1: if he could bounce back and perform in a game
Speaker 1: like this after what we saw the last two games.
Speaker 1: This is why I say it's not like Denver played
Speaker 1: him much differently tonight than they did the last two games.
Speaker 1: It's just if you're a star, you gotta play through that.
Speaker 1: You gotta find a way to win. Anyways, that's what
Speaker 1: he did. He's good enough to get twenty eight no
Speaker 1: matter what the defense is. He showed it tonight. But
Speaker 1: he was instrumental in so many ways, his passing, his diming.
Speaker 1: But there was a level of attack from him in
Speaker 1: aggression to get to the hoop like we hadn't seen
Speaker 1: the last two games, and maybe you know, at times
Speaker 1: when he did do it, he wasn't getting calls o't.
Speaker 1: I don't think you got a great whistle in this
Speaker 1: game either. That's okay, play through it. He went five
Speaker 1: for five at the charity stripe, but this was something
Speaker 1: where he drove down the lane. I think the second
Speaker 1: possession for the Clippers didn't get a call, ball went
Speaker 1: out on Denver. Kawhi was short on a three. After
Speaker 1: the Clippers got it back. On that possession, you could
Speaker 1: just see the intent was there. Then eventually he got
Speaker 1: a bucket in transition over Jokic early in the first quarter.
Speaker 1: This Clippers team led early. Unfortunately, Denver would push things
Speaker 1: and have a lead heading into the second. After one
Speaker 1: it was twenty eight to twenty five, and a lot
Speaker 1: of that was just Clippers couldn't hit anything. One of
Speaker 1: ten from three to start with great looks, wide open looks.
Speaker 1: Nico missed a no dip three late in the first quarter.
Speaker 1: The Clippers started eleven for thirteen inside of the three
Speaker 1: point line the first quarter, but we're just one of
Speaker 1: ten from three. Harden had six points on the first
Speaker 1: quarter of four points. Kawhi had six, Norm had six,
Speaker 1: and they're only down three heading in to the first
Speaker 1: while missing some really good looks to start the second.
Speaker 1: Kawhi but toom Bogie DJ Harden. But I should probably
Speaker 1: say Nico came in for Done at the five to
Speaker 1: twenty mark at the first quarter, and the rest is history.
Speaker 1: He was the first guy at the bench in Game five.
Speaker 1: As predicted I said, he's getting closer to starting. He
Speaker 1: eventually starts the second half. But back to the second quarter,
Speaker 1: Clippers are going small, and I really liked the urgency
Speaker 1: from coach Lou with Kawhi minutes early on. He took
Speaker 1: him out late in the first and then brought him
Speaker 1: back in at the one twenty five mark. Had a
Speaker 1: right elbow jumper after the Clippers were down by six,
Speaker 1: make it down by seven. I think you could just
Speaker 1: see the way Coach Lou was toddling rotations, very very crisp,
Speaker 1: very sharp rotations, sense of urgency, valuing every possession. I
Speaker 1: think that has an overall effect with the team too,
Speaker 1: to remind you of, hey, this is it, win or
Speaker 1: go home. But that second quarter they start small. Kawhi
Speaker 1: but toom Bogie, DJ and Harden. Harden got to the
Speaker 1: line early. Then there was an offensive foul on DJ.
Speaker 1: Bogie had a great tip in, by the way, on
Speaker 1: a Kauhi miss from three. Now it's twenty eight to
Speaker 1: twenty nine. Clippers take the lead back. Clippers got a
Speaker 1: shot clock violation early in the second quarter. They had
Speaker 1: a couple of them in this game. One after a
Speaker 1: time out in the second half tells you how locked
Speaker 1: in they were defensively. Clippers now are still one of
Speaker 1: twelve from three early in the second quarter, up by one.
Speaker 1: It was brutal, but they stayed attacking. They didn't just
Speaker 1: settle it was a three or get something at the
Speaker 1: rim and look for those who are like just don't
Speaker 1: take them. You need them at some point. They don't
Speaker 1: win this game without them. You do need them. Nolman
Speaker 1: Powell came in for DJ at the nine to seventeen
Speaker 1: mark of the second I thought DJ was really good
Speaker 1: with his minutes end of the first into the second quarter.
Speaker 1: His defense on Jamal Murray after he had twelve in
Speaker 1: the first quarter. That was the guy who really was
Speaker 1: carrying over that forty three point performance in Game five
Speaker 1: and stayed hot, got too many easy ones, got too
Speaker 1: easy looks to start the game. Didn't like seeing that
Speaker 1: made me think, oh, he's gonna get comfortable. But at
Speaker 1: the end of the first quarter, DJ blocked him on
Speaker 1: a three pointer. I am telling you that was a great,
Speaker 1: great tone setter for how he was going to be
Speaker 1: playing him defensively. That threw Jamal Murray off right then
Speaker 1: because he only had nine points to last three quarters.
Speaker 1: It was first DJ and then Nico, but two months Jamaal.
Speaker 1: But the great thing about is they want to run
Speaker 1: that switch or they want to get the switch Jamal
Speaker 1: or Jokic. Nico's comfortable guarding both of them. He's not perfect,
Speaker 1: He's gonna lose some battles, but he can guard both
Speaker 1: of them. Talk about guarding one through five. That's who
Speaker 1: Nico is and doing it against their two best players.
Speaker 1: He can guard their two best players. Clippers eventually after
Speaker 1: the Denver Nuggets, and this was the difference in the
Speaker 1: second quarter because Denver still stayed hot. But the problem
Speaker 1: was they had eight turnovers in that second quarter. They
Speaker 1: had five turnovers during a stretch of six possessions in
Speaker 1: the second quarter, and the Clippers took care of the basketball.
Speaker 1: Harden had a great after their fifth turnover and sixth
Speaker 1: possessions over on Jokic to get to the rim. That's
Speaker 1: what I'm talking about. That's the aggressive James Harden. That
Speaker 1: was a bad man right there. Maybe Jokic looked silly defensively,
Speaker 1: of course, Denver, they weren't going anywhere. Even when the
Speaker 1: Clippers being up forty three to thirty five, Jokic got
Speaker 1: some easy buckets when they were just throwing single coverage
Speaker 1: against him in the first half and specifically in that
Speaker 1: second quarter. I was okay with that, though I think
Speaker 1: it wore him out to some degree. I think it's
Speaker 1: the same thing they used to do to Doncic. Honestly,
Speaker 1: because Jokish ended up with fifteen points in that second quarter.
Speaker 1: There was a lot of single coverage, but he still
Speaker 1: had to work for it. While he got some easy buckets,
Speaker 1: I still think overall they were taxing enough. He got
Speaker 1: a bucket over Kawhi to make it forty three thirty nine,
Speaker 1: Clippers up by four, Harden hits a big three pointer
Speaker 1: forty six thirty nine time out. Zuke came back in
Speaker 1: after the Clippers went small, and I think at one point. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they ended up. So the Clippers are down heading in
Speaker 1: to the second quarter by three by the time of
Speaker 1: Eats the Zu Bots comes back into the ballgame meeting.
Speaker 1: The Clippers went small for a significant amount of time
Speaker 1: with Zuke coming back into the five fourteen mark. They
Speaker 1: almost went seven minutes small with Jokis out there some
Speaker 1: of the time, and the Clippers are now up by
Speaker 1: seven at forty six to thirty nine. By the time
Speaker 1: Big Zoo re enters the game. They went plus ten
Speaker 1: in those small ball minutes. Coach Louke cooked. It worked.
Speaker 1: In fact, after that Russ hit a big three pointer,
Speaker 1: Jokic got a floater, zu gets a hook shot on Jokic.
Speaker 1: They're going back and forth. Now it's fifty three fifty
Speaker 1: after a Jokic layup. Jokic then gets a put back
Speaker 1: after a Murray miss thanks to Batoum. It was a
Speaker 1: great contest, and you could tell Murray was a little
Speaker 1: bit uncomfortable. You go from dj to now, but Toom
Speaker 1: guarding you with that length. But it was a one
Speaker 1: point game at the end of the first half. Clippers
Speaker 1: were miserable from three Harden at twenty one points in
Speaker 1: the first half Kawhi at thirteen, but they're only up
Speaker 1: by one at fifty eight to fifty seven because Murray
Speaker 1: has twelve and Jokic had twenty points in the first half.
Speaker 1: I'll get to the third quarter coming up, but I
Speaker 1: do want to get to a phone call. Let's go
Speaker 1: to Sean in Inglewood. Sean, you on Clipper stop without
Speaker 1: a Masam.
Speaker 5: Nico, Nko, Niko. You know, it's funny that you talked
Speaker 5: about that seven minute stretch when they went small. They
Speaker 5: may have meant small, but Nico played big. He makes
Speaker 5: me think of the that guy in the comic book
Speaker 5: Fantastic four that the arms keeps stretching forever.
Speaker 1: I mean, he fantastic.
Speaker 5: I'm telling you that's a good man for him. But
Speaker 5: he was just like there were times that Jamal Murray
Speaker 5: just wouldn't even shoot the ball. They had. They posted
Speaker 5: Jamal on the up on Nico, and he looked up
Speaker 5: and he did. He gave up the ball and if
Speaker 5: that was done, he would have shot it. And I'm
Speaker 5: just telling you, Nico was everywhere. Zoo played some of
Speaker 5: the best defense I've ever seen him play, too, So
Speaker 5: I mean, hats off to a lot of guys, and
Speaker 5: then it looks like Norman Powell found his second gear,
Speaker 5: you know. So I think that Norman's gonna be really, really,
Speaker 5: you know, on fire for Saturday. So I'm just excited
Speaker 5: about them, I do. I mean beginning to notice. I mean,
Speaker 5: let's say Norman.
Speaker 1: Norman's been up and down in this series, Sean. We've
Speaker 1: seen him have good games. In the next game, he
Speaker 1: has a bad game, so it's.
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, but he's been trending up, you know, so
Speaker 5: I think maybe he finally whatever it was, he finally
Speaker 5: got around that. So I really think we have a
Speaker 5: really good chance. But Jim Jackson said it best, and
Speaker 5: you said it too. They gotta keep pushing the ball,
Speaker 5: keep pushing the tempo and you know, not getting to
Speaker 5: a half court star.
Speaker 1: I agree with you. You gotta get some easy buckets.
Speaker 1: That's what they've done all season. They've been opportunitystic with
Speaker 1: getting transition points. They need to continue that and also
Speaker 1: make Jokic tire out because he's played so many minutes.
Speaker 1: Make him have to run some and I think that's
Speaker 1: what part of the deal was. When they went small
Speaker 1: to start that second quarter, even when Jokic came back
Speaker 1: they stayed with it. They went plus ten with that
Speaker 1: small ball. It worked. Sean appreciate the phone call in
Speaker 1: the third quarter. We saw Niko Batouma out there, we
Speaker 1: knew we was starting, Chris Dunn was out. It's okay.
Speaker 1: Chris Dunn has absolutely been huge for them at times
Speaker 1: in this series. This whole idea of like, well, Chris
Speaker 1: Dunn was the problem. See, that's not true. As doctor
Speaker 1: Schapp said, he might have been the second best player
Speaker 1: for them in Game two. He was huge for them
Speaker 1: in Game two when they got that win. Obviously the
Speaker 1: main guy was Kawhi in that game. But Chris Dunn,
Speaker 1: he has been a part of this. He has had
Speaker 1: his fingerprints on this. It's just an adjustment now for
Speaker 1: later in this series. And it makes a lot of sense.
Speaker 1: Of course, immediately, the Denver Nuggets a getting easy layup
Speaker 1: as there was nobody rotating on the back side with
Speaker 1: Christian Brown out there getting downhill. But Jokis picked up
Speaker 1: his third foul Norman Powell after that. Then, but Toom
Speaker 1: hits a three pointer in the third sixty one to
Speaker 1: fifty nine, Clippers Brown misses a three. Is Kawhi a
Speaker 1: nice close out on the other end, Norm floater. Clippers
Speaker 1: up by four. Norm was doing work in this fourth quarter.
Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon misses a three, Kawhi hits one of his
Speaker 1: two to three pointers over Michael Porter Junior. Clippers up
Speaker 1: by seven. M PJ though responds with a three over
Speaker 1: Pal time out. It's sixty six to sixty two. Kawhi took.
Speaker 1: I thought it was a bad three pointer out of
Speaker 1: the timeout, but then Jokis gets blocked by Zoo. Kawhi
Speaker 1: would miss a layup in transition but was fouled on
Speaker 1: the play. Clippers go up sixty eight to sixty two.
Speaker 1: Christian Brown hit some big shots. A three pointer at
Speaker 1: the end of the shot clock here, but then they
Speaker 1: called it a two pointer, so I believe it was
Speaker 1: sixty eight to sixty four. Originally a three foot was
Speaker 1: on the line. He would hit some threes later in
Speaker 1: this game. More on that coming up. Norm then took
Speaker 1: a rush three I felt like on the left wing
Speaker 1: and transition, but you could also say they were trying
Speaker 1: to get some quick points. Murray jumpers back to a
Speaker 1: two point game in the third. Then Zoo gets stripped
Speaker 1: by MPG on a double team, but Michael Porter Junior
Speaker 1: missed a scoop layup, then on the other side an
Speaker 1: easy one. That happens when you have tired legs start
Speaker 1: missing some easy bunnies. Harden then misses a layup in transition,
Speaker 1: but they got it back and Norm went at Murray
Speaker 1: for a layup. Clippers back up by four. Harden then
Speaker 1: had a beautiful strip on Nikola Jokic to a Kawhi
Speaker 1: push shot over Christian Brown. Clippers up by six. Big
Speaker 1: Zoo the defense on Jokic. He had a block on
Speaker 1: Joki trying to go across the lane, and that was
Speaker 1: the play where Kawhi got it to Norman Powell for
Speaker 1: that two handed dunk. Clippers now opening things up. They're
Speaker 1: up by eight at seventy four to sixty six timeout Denver,
Speaker 1: and out of that timeout the Clippers got a shot
Speaker 1: clock violation lock down defense. I think the ball ended
Speaker 1: up in the hands of Russ and the grenade exploded.
Speaker 1: Kawhi then misses a fade away on the other end,
Speaker 1: and I don't know if this was the basketball gods
Speaker 1: finally giving the Clippers a break, but the ball bounced
Speaker 1: around awkwardly and ended up back in the hands of
Speaker 1: Kawhi somehow for a big right handed dunk. After that,
Speaker 1: Clippers are up by ten. Murray miss over Nico. The
Speaker 1: defense was there hard and then a tough layup going left,
Speaker 1: crossing the lane. Clippers are up by twelve. Norm then
Speaker 1: clamped believe it or not Aaron Gordon and caused a
Speaker 1: turnover on the other end. Insane defense by Norman Powell.
Speaker 1: There Kawhi pass inside as I thought, this was a
Speaker 1: great feed from Kawhi to Zoo on what looked like
Speaker 1: in al yup. They said foul on the floor. Russ
Speaker 1: intentionally fouled him and ends up being a side out.
Speaker 1: Nico then misses from three, but there's a tip out
Speaker 1: by Zoo. It was beautiful to Norman Powell who drove
Speaker 1: and got the layup. Eighty sixty six. This is a
Speaker 1: Clippers twelve zero run and their last five may during
Speaker 1: that run. We're all at the rim loved seeing it.
Speaker 1: Christian Brown would hit a three pointer to stop the run.
Speaker 1: Clippers still up by eleven. DJ in the short role
Speaker 1: attacked for a bucket that was aggressive. They gave him
Speaker 1: the space they were in drop he attacked. It's eighty
Speaker 1: two sixty nine, so Now the Clippers last six straight
Speaker 1: buckets are at the rim. As Kawhi came out at
Speaker 1: the four to seventeen mark of the third, Shrewd moved
Speaker 1: from Coach Lou said, okay, we're up. We're up by thirteen.
Speaker 1: I can take him out. Kawhi stayed out, got him
Speaker 1: some valuable rest because you knew he'd be starting that
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. Clippers then have it at eighty two to
Speaker 1: seventy one, and Norm hits a three ball in the
Speaker 1: right corner put him back up by fourteen. Again, that
Speaker 1: was their largest lead at this point. Gordon has an
Speaker 1: up and under and it's eighty five seventy three. Then
Speaker 1: the DJ three in the right corner off a great
Speaker 1: quick bounce pass from Niko Batoum to give the Clippers
Speaker 1: their new largest lead at fifteen. Christian Brown three pointer
Speaker 1: to answer that, hardened to zoo for a floater. Clippers
Speaker 1: back up fourteen. Jokish big three, wide open look. Didn't
Speaker 1: love seeing that. Hard misses a three pointer, but DJ
Speaker 1: block Murray from behind to end the third. Derek Jones
Speaker 1: Junior again suffocating defense on Jamal Murray. Clippers lead ninety
Speaker 1: to seventy nine after three they went plus ten in
Speaker 1: that third quarter. Denver hit four threes in the third.
Speaker 1: Clippers hit four threes though, and that twelve zero run
Speaker 1: they had maybe the difference in the ballgame overall, or
Speaker 1: the biggest stretch for the Clippers, who went sixty two
Speaker 1: percent from the field, by the way in that third.
Speaker 1: To start the fourth, Kawhi bogey Norm DJ Harden, they're
Speaker 1: going small. They did have a couple of turnovers. As
Speaker 1: Harden was looking for DJ, Russ went the other way
Speaker 1: but missed the dunk inexplicably ere you know, it does
Speaker 1: happen with Russ sometimes, but Peyton Watson was there for
Speaker 1: the put back, so it's a nine point game. Kawhi
Speaker 1: then stayed aggressive and hit a tough mid range shot
Speaker 1: at the free throw line. Clippers back up by eleven
Speaker 1: MPJ and one with a foul on DJ on the
Speaker 1: left block. It was kind of a tough call, but
Speaker 1: he would miss the free throw, Clippers up by nine.
Speaker 1: DJ then missed a double clutch layup on the other end.
Speaker 1: I thought he made it harder than it needed to be,
Speaker 1: but there was some good defense there. Murray then missed
Speaker 1: to pull up on the right elbow over Derek Jones Jr.
Speaker 1: Harden missed on the right side, but then got the
Speaker 1: ball back for a putback on the left side. It
Speaker 1: was a great effort play follow your shot kids. James
Speaker 1: Harden crossed the lane after the miss. It was like
Speaker 1: a game of twenty one. Tippet missed it on the
Speaker 1: right side, put it up on the left side. Clippers
Speaker 1: back up by eleven. Then DJ has a steal on
Speaker 1: a pass to rush underneath. It was a great defensive play.
Speaker 1: Kawhi to Dj on the other end. Three ball ninety
Speaker 1: seven to eighty three is the score. Murray layup Kawhi
Speaker 1: mid range, mid post, far side jumper. Fourteen point game
Speaker 1: again Murray three over Bogie. If it wasn't Dj Abratom,
Speaker 1: he wasn't scoring much in the second half, only had
Speaker 1: nine points in the second half. Kawhi then got blocked
Speaker 1: in a layup by Watson who was waiting for him.
Speaker 1: Bogee fouled Jamal in transition. I actually thought it was
Speaker 1: a good foul. They were about to get an easy bucket.
Speaker 1: Jokichen Brown come back into the ballgame at the eight
Speaker 1: thirty six mark, but Toom then comes back in for
Speaker 1: Norm next to Bogie Harden and Kawhi. Russ missed a
Speaker 1: three out of an out of bounds play. It was
Speaker 1: last touched by Denver. Then as we guys were fighting
Speaker 1: for the basketball and Harden hits a three on the
Speaker 1: other side. Clippers are now up one two to eighty eight.
Speaker 1: Timeout Denver. Out of the timeout, Murray turnover as Nico
Speaker 1: deflected it. What stellar defense Bogu would miss a three
Speaker 1: On the other end, Watson was short with a jumper
Speaker 1: on the left elbow the other way for Denver. Then
Speaker 1: Harden lost it, Kawhi picked it up, missed a three long.
Speaker 1: There was an outlet Russ to Watson, who missed and easy.
Speaker 1: The ball bounced around. Russ eventually got it for an
Speaker 1: easy basket to make it one two to ninety. Just
Speaker 1: a chaotic sequence. Bogee, big time three, big game Bogie
Speaker 1: put the Clippers up by fifteen. Murray missus a jumper Peyton,
Speaker 1: Watson rebound and put back. Kawhi missus over Jokic. I
Speaker 1: didn't hate the shot though. It was a tough shot,
Speaker 1: short corner, near side, well contested, but it told me
Speaker 1: Kawhi was staying aggressive out there. Russ layup though in
Speaker 1: his eleven point game time out out of the timeout, Harden, Powell,
Speaker 1: DJ Kawhi, and batuomer out there, but two misses a
Speaker 1: three on an open look generated from James Harden. Jamal
Speaker 1: looked a little bit hurting and grim is seeing bringing
Speaker 1: the ball up the floor after the rebound Jokic floater
Speaker 1: one oh five ninety six nine point game Coach lou
Speaker 1: then looked at the bench and said, Zoo, get up.
Speaker 1: He saw that floater from Jokic center urgency. Zoo, get ready,
Speaker 1: You're coming back in. He came in at the four
Speaker 1: to twelve mark for DJ Norm then attacks, gets fouled,
Speaker 1: puts the Clippers back up by eleven. After hitting both
Speaker 1: free throws. Remember they missed ten free throws last game.
Speaker 1: Jokic has a miss, Aaron Gordon then goes up for it.
Speaker 1: Not this time a Vitza Zubots gets the miss on
Speaker 1: Jokic and then is Aaron Gordon is going up for
Speaker 1: the putback, Zuo blocks him. That was maybe the defensive
Speaker 1: play up the season to this point. Aaron Gordon has
Speaker 1: been getting those shots in and Zoo recovered after getting
Speaker 1: Jokic to miss to block Aaron Gordon, Harden would miss
Speaker 1: a bank Shaw on the other end. Jokis then to
Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon for a three instan an eight point game.
Speaker 1: Uh oh. Norm then gets blocked by Aaron Gordon. Mury
Speaker 1: Jamal Murray run out on a Russ pass, a nice
Speaker 1: lead pass, and it's a six point game at one
Speaker 1: seven to one oh one, about three minutes left Denver.
Speaker 1: Now you can just see they're smelling blood. They're close
Speaker 1: enough where they could make a run and run their
Speaker 1: way right into the second round against Okac. They can
Speaker 1: see the finish line. They looked hungry. Out of the
Speaker 1: time out, Hard misses a floater, Jokish to Russ, who
Speaker 1: smokes a layup, but Tom gets the rebound. Eventually, it
Speaker 1: was bouncing all over the place. Harden, though may have
Speaker 1: tipped it to him. Jokish I think thought he had
Speaker 1: it in. Harden was behind him and may have gotten
Speaker 1: the tip to Nico, Buttoom on the scramble for that basketball,
Speaker 1: then Norms stuck a great three off an extra pass
Speaker 1: off of beautiful exquisite ball movement one ten to one
Speaker 1: oh one. Remember it was down to six before that
Speaker 1: time out by the Clippers. Huge, huge shot from Norman
Speaker 1: pal who was puffing his chest out looking at the crowd.
Speaker 1: Jokish then spins on Zoo, who blocks him twice. Gordon misses,
Speaker 1: Russ missues a three, but then Aaron Gordon gets a
Speaker 1: put back. Norm lost the ball being aggressive going to
Speaker 1: the rim. Russ's layup and but Toom blocks it, but
Speaker 1: there's a foul on Harden. With fifty eight point five
Speaker 1: seconds left, Christian Brown hits both free throws, five point
Speaker 1: game one ten to one oh five. Clippers use their
Speaker 1: last time out as James Harden was trapped as he
Speaker 1: got the ball into the front court hardened turnover. Out
Speaker 1: of the timeout. Jokis eventually picked it up, but he
Speaker 1: missed a layup and the ball bounced around to Kawhi,
Speaker 1: who wisely probably could have had an opportunity for a
Speaker 1: lamp in transition. Jamal Murray was back there, but instead
Speaker 1: he brought it out and ran the clock. They intentionally
Speaker 1: foul him. They had a foul to give out of
Speaker 1: the inbounds play. They foul Kawhi again. He goes one
Speaker 1: to two, but the Clippers go on to win one
Speaker 1: eleven to one oh five and force a Game seven
Speaker 1: back at Ball Arena in Denver on Saturday. Tip off
Speaker 1: at four point thirty. Pre game at three point thirty.
Speaker 1: We'll take a quick time out. We'll come back more
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Speaker 1: Coach Lou revealed the ace up his sleeve. It was
Speaker 1: Nico Batoum as he ends up playing thirty four minutes
Speaker 1: in this ball game starts the second half. Was switching
Speaker 1: onto Jokis, was switching on to Jamal Murray, elite defense,
Speaker 1: a great connector on the other end, clutch shots, clutch boards.
Speaker 1: Saint Nick was in the building and helped save the
Speaker 1: Clippers to extend the season as they win Game six.
Speaker 1: I must win game here and into a dome one
Speaker 1: eleven to one oh five over the Denver Nuggets. Game
Speaker 1: seven is Saturday. I'm at a Moslin Welcome back into
Speaker 1: Clippers Talk. Let's go to Clipper Chris, who called in
Speaker 1: on Empire seventy Early Sports. Chris, what's up? Keep it
Speaker 1: about thirty seconds.
Speaker 5: Well, they did it. You know, they get to Game seven, and.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I just hope it will be the same result
Speaker 6: as that game seventy one and against Memphis back in
Speaker 6: twenty twelve.
Speaker 1: Game seven on the road, they did win in Memphis
Speaker 1: back in twenty twelve. You're right, Chris, that's a great call.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I remember just like this.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I remember Memphis couldn't make any shots at the
Speaker 6: beginning of that game and Clippers got a double digit
Speaker 6: lead and Memphis just could never overcome it throughout the
Speaker 6: whole whole game.
Speaker 1: That is a good memory on your part. A Game
Speaker 1: seven on the road. You know, I might have to
Speaker 1: use that for my Clippers rewind for Game seven on Saturday.
Speaker 1: We got your pregame show at three thirty, tip off
Speaker 1: at four thirty. Chris, I appreciate the phone call Mike
Speaker 1: in La Mike, you're on Clippers so oft without a mauzzle.
Speaker 3: Say how awesome that defense down the stretch was Zoo
Speaker 3: and Nico just I mean, without without that defense, We're
Speaker 3: going home. That was clutch defense. You know the blocks,
Speaker 3: I mean, you know at the end, you know that
Speaker 3: last you know, Yo get shot. I mean, you know,
Speaker 3: Zoo stopped that. That was all Zoo and you know
Speaker 3: the yeah, that's right, you did stop at points. Yes, no,
Speaker 3: And then you know the you know Russell Westbrook, you know,
Speaker 3: attempting you know, dunk or layup or whatever it was
Speaker 3: that Nico just swatted out of there. I mean that
Speaker 3: was that was defense with a capital D. That was awesome.
Speaker 3: I got to give U, you know, amendous amount of
Speaker 3: credit to coach Lou for you know, shaking things up
Speaker 3: in the second half and you know, putting Nico in
Speaker 3: the you know, quote unquot starters role. Uh. And you
Speaker 3: know I could it done without some of.
Speaker 1: Thirty seconds? Mike, what do you got?
Speaker 5: Sorry?
Speaker 3: I guess I God have done with some of the
Speaker 3: uh you know, you know left down that lad have
Speaker 3: done for the you know, come back to it right
Speaker 3: towards the end. But all in all, great win.
Speaker 1: Looking forward to Game sevens love it, Mike, Appreciate you
Speaker 1: always being a faithful listener here on Clippers Stock, my friends.
Speaker 1: Let's do it again for Game seven, win or loss.
Speaker 1: Hopefully we'll win. We gotta take a quick time out.
Speaker 1: Game seven is Saturday in Denver Ball Arena. Tip off
Speaker 1: at four thirty or pregame show at three thirty. The
Speaker 1: Clippers forced it with a one to eleven to one
Speaker 1: oh five victory. Tonight, hear it into its home and
Speaker 1: Coach Fleu finally his hand was forced to unlock the
Speaker 1: secret weapon that would be Nico buttoom I'm out of Maslin.
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Speaker 1: With their backs against the wall and with being fueled
Speaker 1: by the crowd at the wall here and into a dome.
Speaker 1: The Clippers come out swinging and win a must win
Speaker 1: Game six, one eleven and one oh five. Hear it
Speaker 1: into a dome, I'm out of oslind As we get
Speaker 1: set for Game seven on Saturday in Denver Ball Arena,
Speaker 1: tip off at four point thirty. Your pregame show starting
Speaker 1: at three point thirty. What a victory, What a response
Speaker 1: with so many people counting this team out, saying they
Speaker 1: look dead in the water? D O way do they
Speaker 1: have it? Do they have a sense of urgency? I
Speaker 1: talked to a few people pregame that felt like, I
Speaker 1: don't know, Clippers could get run out of the building.
Speaker 1: This is scary. Well, we knew coming into this one.
Speaker 1: They were a minus twenty three in the first five games,
Speaker 1: in the first five minutes total in this series. They
Speaker 1: were much better to start off this ball game. Finally,
Speaker 1: they came out with a sense of urgency in the
Speaker 1: first quarter, and I gotta say it was a great
Speaker 1: team effort. Early on. They were moving the basketball and
Speaker 1: while they were missing three pointers, I didn't mind the offense.
Speaker 1: For instance, you guys who want to hate on Chris
Speaker 1: Dunn in this one, he got the Clippers their first bucket,
Speaker 1: Show him some love. Then Zoo got a bucket, then
Speaker 1: Norman Powell, James Harden. They're up eight to four. Let's
Speaker 1: see where they were five minutes into this ball game.
Speaker 1: They led by one at ten to nine five minutes in.
Speaker 1: That had been the problem for this team starting games slowly.
Speaker 1: This time, they were plus one the first five minutes.
Speaker 1: You can't keep playing from behind against this Denver Nuggets team.
Speaker 1: Tonight they didn't. Makes all the different is everything for
Speaker 1: this ball club? Was really happy with the response. I
Speaker 1: thought they would win this game. I didn't know in
Speaker 1: what manner this looked like Clippers basketball. To me, this
Speaker 1: looked like the Clippers defense we had seen all season long.
Speaker 1: And offensively, Norman Powell, who people saying, oh, you can't
Speaker 1: play next to Kawhi. He had twenty four on fifteen shots.
Speaker 1: Kawhi still got his twenty seven eleven of twenty two.
Speaker 1: James Hardin ten of twenty twenty eight points, twenty one
Speaker 1: of which came in the first half. It was a
Speaker 1: balanced attack. You had at least a big three in
Speaker 1: this one. Although I'll throw Big Zoo in there's a
Speaker 1: big four because this defense was so damn good. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna leave Big Zoo out like that. Nikola Jokic's postgame said,
Speaker 1: this is the best series of the first round. Quote.
Speaker 1: If you like basketball, like a real fan, not a
Speaker 1: fake fan of basketball, these are the games you should watch.
Speaker 1: Coach lew said that James Harden, who played the final
Speaker 1: thirty six minutes tonight, the final thirty six minutes, what
Speaker 1: a warrior. They only missed I think eighty five seconds
Speaker 1: of this ballgame. James Harden, He's been doing it all
Speaker 1: season long, by the way, incredible though, played the final
Speaker 1: thirty six minutes to night forty seven minutes. Overall. He
Speaker 1: was pretty gassed down the stretch, Coach Lou said, as
Speaker 1: you would expect to, which he said, that's why he
Speaker 1: took quote a couple of timeouts to try to save
Speaker 1: him for the end. I thought it was a master
Speaker 1: for performance from coach Lou with the timeouts and rotations.
Speaker 1: By the way, he also called a Visa Zubots a
Speaker 1: monster on the defensive end tonight for his work against
Speaker 1: Niko Jokic. He's not lying, Coach lu said, also quote,
Speaker 1: it's about being a team, whatever it takes to win.
Speaker 1: Just want to say thank you to them, Chris Dunn
Speaker 1: and Ben Simmons for staying engaged despite not playing in
Speaker 1: the second half second straight game. Ben Simmons hasn't played
Speaker 1: in the same and half after you had a rough
Speaker 1: first half in Game five, but he's been good at
Speaker 1: times in this series. They have won a lot of
Speaker 1: his minutes against Jokic. This was the first game where
Speaker 1: Chris Dunn didn't play in the second half. They got
Speaker 1: buy in. They got guys who are willing to do
Speaker 1: what it takes. Hey, it may not always be your night.
Speaker 1: Those minutes might not be there for you. That's okay.
Speaker 1: Stay ready been a model for a long time. James
Speaker 1: Harden postgame about playing big minutes, quote, got to half
Speaker 1: to half to It is what it is. It's part
Speaker 1: of it. Whatever the team needs, if it's forty seven,
Speaker 1: forty eight minutes over time, whatever, I'm gonna do it.
Speaker 1: Niko Batomb said postgame, it's game seven, it's zero zero,
Speaker 1: it's do or die for the team. Go out there
Speaker 1: and fight. That's it. Are you a hype yet for Saturday?
Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard postgame said quote, I'm enjoying every game I've
Speaker 1: been on the sidelines of the last couple years in
Speaker 1: the playoffs, so I don't take it for granted. I
Speaker 1: just try to cherish every moment and thank God that
Speaker 1: I'm able to play. We all think in God, the
Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard's able to play just a steady force in
Speaker 1: this ball game. He didn't have, you know, a quarter,
Speaker 1: a crazy explosion quarter in this game.
Speaker 4: But.
Speaker 1: His presence was felt. That's why I say it kind
Speaker 1: of felt like an under the radar twenty seven, ten
Speaker 1: and five. But it was steady, it was reliable, it
Speaker 1: was dependable. Kawhi Leonard in this game. Very solid performance,
Speaker 1: and he might have more left in him for Game seven.
Speaker 1: We're hoping he played just thirty nine minutes. Norm Powell
Speaker 1: played thirty nine, Zubas just thirty three, Nico thirty four,
Speaker 1: Bogie twenty third straight gamer. I thought he was overall impactful.
Speaker 1: DJ just eighteen. We'll see if they're just running eight
Speaker 1: guys or seven in game seven. If Nico starts over
Speaker 1: Chris Dunn, that's the adjustment I was waiting for. Finally happened.
Speaker 1: It's try to tell y'all, this was theas and the
Speaker 1: whole all season long. When things get dire, that's the
Speaker 1: guy that coach Lou's gonna look to. Hey, if we're
Speaker 1: going out, we're going out swinging with Nico. Clippers force
Speaker 1: a Game seven after a one to eleven, one to
Speaker 1: oh five victory here in game six, it into it
Speaker 1: Clipper Nation. Patch yourself on the back. You guys showed
Speaker 1: up in a big way tonight. You help fuel this
Speaker 1: victory before we get out of here. I do want
Speaker 1: to thank the Clippers organization. Ralph Lawler, Brian Seaman, Noah Eagle,
Speaker 1: Carlo Jimenez on the call, Daniel West our producer back
Speaker 1: in the bank, big brother Jake or not here, but
Speaker 1: Dee Bart stepped up in a big way. He's five
Speaker 1: and zero, by the way, when he's our engineer here
Speaker 1: at the Dome, a good luck charm, you could say.
Speaker 1: I'll have to take him with us at Denver. I'll
Speaker 1: talk to you guys soon, little Clippers stock up dark
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