WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.800 --> 00:00:04.400 The Clippers break in their new home with a victory. 2 00:00:04.919 --> 00:00:07.160 They win one ten to ninety six over the Dallas 3 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:10.279 Mavericks in preseason game number four here and Into It Dome. 4 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:14.599 Welcome into your postgame show. I'm out of Oslin. Coming up. 5 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:16.920 We got second half highlight your post game box score. 6 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:19.679 But first let's get back over to your radio voice 7 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:22.719 at Carlo Jmenez. And before even that, as I cut 8 00:00:22.719 --> 00:00:26.039 you off, Carlo, let's pause ten seconds your station identification 9 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:28.280 here on the Los Angeles Clippers are your network. 10 00:00:28.359 --> 00:00:29.280 Yeah, I think. 11 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:43.719 I guess the joke's on me. Clippers win one ten 12 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:47.640 to ninety six in their first ever basketball game played 13 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:50.079 here at into It Dome. That's a good way to 14 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:53.359 christen things here. They take down the Dallas Mavericks. They're 15 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:56.359 our trival and we are just about a week away 16 00:00:56.560 --> 00:01:00.439 from opening night against the Phoenix Suns. Carlo us dig 17 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:02.439 into the box score here and talk about what the 18 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:05.159 starters did. I think you brought up was so important 19 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:07.680 in that third quarter where they were a plus ten 20 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:10.159 the first six minutes after being a negative out there 21 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:12.079 in the first half. They just look to be more 22 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:14.400 connected and much more like a cohesive unit. 23 00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:17.000 As you put it, Yeah, I mean James Harden finishes 24 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:19.640 the game with twelve assists. He was finding his teammates 25 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:23.040 all day long. The Clippers thirty one assists in this game, Adam, 26 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:25.000 That's going to win you a lot of ball games 27 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:26.879 the rest of the year. But then the other number 28 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:29.640 that jumps out to me is the steals. Aviza Zubas 29 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:32.959 had four steals today. He led the team. James Harden 30 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.480 with three steals of his home everybody but Derek Jones 31 00:01:35.519 --> 00:01:38.280 Junior had a steal. And for the five starters scoring 32 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:41.519 double figures really looked like a group that found the 33 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:43.920 pecking order and then how they want to approach the 34 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:46.439 game on a night in and night out basis, which 35 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:48.159 I think was the most important thing today. 36 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:51.239 Yeah, they're establishing an identity and they have been throughout 37 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:54.319 the preseason. Once again, they hold an opponent under one 38 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:57.920 hundred points. That is a recipe for success in the NBA. 39 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:01.519 And while level of competition, okay, the two top guys 40 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:03.959 for the Dallas Mavericks were out in this ball game. 41 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:07.560 No Luka Dancis, no Kyrie Irving. The second half is 42 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:10.199 how you wanted to see the Clippers handle a team 43 00:02:10.439 --> 00:02:13.680 like this without their stars, and they also were doing 44 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:16.280 it in a new Clipper style that we have to 45 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:18.599 get used to because they getting out and running any 46 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:20.719 opportunity they get in there. It's a lot of fun. 47 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:22.360 It is a lot of fun for a team Adam 48 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:25.759 that finished last the NBA and passes last year, last 49 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:28.240 in pick and rolls, they seem like those are two 50 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:30.479 areas in which they're going to shoot right up the 51 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:33.719 NBA leader board this season. They're really moving the rock 52 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:35.759 on the offensive end. James Horden's getting to a ton 53 00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:37.960 of pick and rolls, and like you mentioned, fast break 54 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:43.800 points go lore thirty six of them today on fast breaks. 55 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:46.479 Just an absurd number from this Clippers team. 56 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:50.159 And like we talked about, I think although you might say, yeah, 57 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:52.719 they're running more, I think that's more rest for the 58 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:55.439 starters because now you're not playing a full possession of 59 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:58.240 offense or a full possession of defense because you're getting out, 60 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:00.479 you're running, you're kicking it ahead and three of the 61 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:02.439 guys who aren't running up the floor can kind of 62 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:04.840 take a second, take a breath. It's huge for this 63 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:06.879 Clippers team if you can score quick and not have 64 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:08.759 to expend a ton of energy on the offensive end. 65 00:03:08.840 --> 00:03:12.560 You're gonna take it every single time, and I think 66 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:16.319 the Clippers taking advantage of that was massive. Also, Adam 67 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:19.120 points in the paint, sixty two points in the paint. 68 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:21.560 This was a Dallas team that was second in the 69 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:25.000 NBA after the trade deadline in interior defense. They were 70 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:27.960 excellent when they brought Daniel Gafford over and had Derek Lively, 71 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:30.680 the second two of maybe the best bigs in the 72 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:33.120 NBA in terms of combos. Adam and those two, both 73 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:35.599 of them could start on so many different teams, and 74 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:39.400 the Clippers dominated the interior. Why well, because you have 75 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:41.680 somebody like a viatz Zubas who can play back to 76 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:44.479 the basket, who could really go to work over Derek Lively. 77 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:46.120 We saw him with a couple of nice right handed 78 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:49.599 hook shots. And then Kai Jones, who continues to just 79 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:53.240 be so so good for this Clippers team, a lomb threat. 80 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:54.199 He rin RUMs. 81 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:56.039 I don't know if he gets tired at him. 82 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:58.080 I don't know if Kai Jones get tired, And if 83 00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:00.960 he does get tired, I haven't seen it because every 84 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:04.199 second he is running full speed once again, finishes the 85 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:06.240 game with the most minutes at twenty four. 86 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:08.039 Did that last game at twenty nine. 87 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:11.599 He's an energizer bunny. He's got oxygen left in the tank. 88 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:14.280 With that track and field background, I think his cardio 89 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:17.279 is there and it's real. He can jump just as 90 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:19.759 high at the end of the game as he was 91 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:22.120 early on in the game, and we did see. I 92 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:24.759 thought there was a big turning point because the Clippers, 93 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:26.759 we talked about the starters, they struggled a little bit 94 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:29.839 early on. Derek Lively had a big throatoun on a 95 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:33.000 lob over beats the zubos so Ky Jones comes into 96 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:36.360 the ballgame. They tried the same thing now with Daniel Gafford. 97 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:39.360 He was able to get up and block that shot 98 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:42.120 and redirect it late in the ballgame. By the way, 99 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:45.000 we were still seeing his presence there on the interior. 100 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:47.279 Guys didn't even want to test him. When you set 101 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:50.000 a tone like that, when you establish yourself as a 102 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:52.839 shop blocker, guys are not gonna want to mess with 103 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:54.560 you in the interior near the moat. 104 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:56.920 And we say it all the time, it's not the 105 00:04:56.920 --> 00:04:59.879 shots you block, it's the presence you have on the inside. 106 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:02.399 It's going to make people take different shots, and like 107 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:06.160 you said, no one was testing Kai Jones today. This 108 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:10.439 Clipper team was so good. Seven blocks, twenty steals, they 109 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:11.279 were everywhere. 110 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:12.879 I thought the on ball pressure at them. 111 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:15.199 I don't think we've seen the Clippers have that kind 112 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:18.040 of pressure consistently, especially that first team. You think about 113 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:21.879 Chris Dunn, Derek Jones Junior, and Terrence Mann. When did 114 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:24.639 you ever see them not on the shorts of the 115 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:28.480 offensive player, I mean really hounding them every single time. 116 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:31.000 It was a fun game to watch because the effort 117 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:34.279 that Clippers put in felt like a playoff like atmosphere 118 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:35.639 where every possession matter. 119 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:39.800 And that's what is crystallized throughout this preseason possession to possession. 120 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:42.800 They are playing with the same level level of effort 121 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:45.560 no matter who is out there. All on the defensive end, 122 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:47.759 shots are always going to come and go. We know 123 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:50.439 they struggle with shot creation at times, but if you 124 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:54.519 generate more possessions by getting turnovers, by getting steals, by 125 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:58.000 closing out possessions, also with getting boards, you can make 126 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:01.079 up for a lack of shooting here or there. And 127 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:03.519 it also is a very difficult brand of basketball to 128 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:06.480 play against. If you get that as your identity. Teams 129 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:08.600 will not want to come in here and go up 130 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:11.839 against the Clippers. Add into a dome a defensive minded team, 131 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:15.079 or you have the wall behind them fueling them. I mean, 132 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:17.600 the energy that can be supplied here and into a 133 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:20.439 dome by this fan base is only going to help 134 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:23.360 this Clippers team out and propel them forward with the 135 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:24.920 brand of basketball they're trying to play. 136 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:28.360 Yeah, it really is a perfect storm for this Clipper team. 137 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:31.959 When you talk about their ability to play so feisty 138 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:34.399 on the defensive end and then to have a beating, 139 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:38.839 loud heartbeat around them into a dome, you're gonna feel 140 00:06:38.879 --> 00:06:40.680 like you're in the lions Den, hear it, into a 141 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:42.759 dome if you're an opposing team. And that's what Steve 142 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:45.839 Bomer wanted. He wanted this to feel like the worst 143 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:49.959 place to play basketball as an opponent, and it feels 144 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:53.000 that way with the way the Clippers are building this arena. 145 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:55.040 We saw it with the teaser for what the fourth 146 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:57.600 quarter will look like. We saw how engaged the all 147 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:01.040 the halftime and in between timeout things were. And in 148 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:03.680 this arena, Adam, we're at the top and lower bowl. 149 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:04.759 We're close. 150 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.800 I mean, you aren't close wherever you sit in this place, 151 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:11.079 it is pretty cool to see. So interested to see 152 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:15.600 how that continues to show itself throughout the season, how 153 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:19.000 the Clippers can continue to find advantages through this whole arena. 154 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:21.959 On the one thing, though, not having ten twelve thirty games, 155 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:24.879 that might be the biggest advantage of all the Clippers 156 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:27.360 on a little bit of a regular schedule. But really 157 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:29.600 fun to see. This whole preseason has been so fun. 158 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:32.000 We think about the emergence of Kai Jones, James Harden 159 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:34.519 and if it's a Zubat's finding rhythm. Chris Dunn and 160 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:36.480 Derek Jones Junior are showing how they can play. And 161 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:38.800 now we turn the page to the opening of Into 162 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:42.000 It Dome one more against Sacramento and then we start 163 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:42.759 to do it for real. 164 00:07:42.839 --> 00:07:45.360 It can't come quick enough, Adam can't come quick enough. 165 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:48.000 Tip off Thursday night, right back here at Into It Dome. 166 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:49.879 I guess the Kings is at seven thirty. We'll have 167 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:53.560 your pregame shows starting at six point thirty. More postgame 168 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:57.319 coming up. But Carlo Jimenez great call is always see 169 00:07:57.319 --> 00:08:00.360 you right back here at home at Into It Dome 170 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:01.040 on Thursday. 171 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:02.560 See it Thursday at them. 172 00:08:02.839 --> 00:08:05.680 Let's go. Coming up next, we'll get to more of 173 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:09.000 your post game box score. The Clippers are victorious in 174 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:13.000 their first ballgame here at Into It Dome. They take 175 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:15.959 down the Dallas Mavericks the one ten ninety six final. 176 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:22.920 You're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers. Audio Network's the 177 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:32.159 sports cars and my Maserati sports car whom all that? So? 178 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:33.639 I can't go back? 179 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:38.720 Thanks Katy. People are saying the wall translated very well 180 00:08:38.759 --> 00:08:58.679 through the broadcast. Let's go. We got a couple more 181 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:02.039 post game segments for you, guys, and and depending on 182 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:04.600 how long my drive is back home, maybe I'll do 183 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:07.240 some Clippers talk after dark. If anybody's still up then 184 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:13.360 this is a lot of fun. I appreciate everybody in here. 185 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:16.759 Clippers karaoke, Yeah, I can't help myself with that song, 186 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:23.159 nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus Old Turn Roll right 187 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:28.480 till we can no more. I really like the reaction 188 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:35.039 from this first game and the fan experience we're seeing here. Now, 189 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:42.799 can I pull up the final postgame box score? 190 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:46.519 Yeah? 191 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:46.200 I don't know. 192 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:48.080 Whatever you're next. 193 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:56.440 You start things off with the US. 194 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:14.200 Uh yeah, maybe a little bit before that, guys, we'll 195 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:18.279 take this till a little bit before ten thirty. 196 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:20.679 You guys want me to turn the camera around. Some 197 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:25.279 of you weren't in here pregame, although it's now saved 198 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:30.120 in the live section on YouTube at Clipperstock, So we're 199 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:32.120 a little bit higher up right now. It's a great 200 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:35.600 bird's eye view. You can see all the action, obviously 201 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:47.480 a great call from Carlo. Clippers open up the into 202 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:50.919 a dome in style with a victory with some style points, 203 00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:54.200 with some lobs. One ten to ninety six is your 204 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:57.960 final welcome home Clipper Nation, get comfortable here and into 205 00:10:57.960 --> 00:11:00.279 a dome as they take down the Dallas Maverick in 206 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:05.120 the first ever basketball game played here. And it was 207 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:07.159 a lot of fun. We'll get into all of it 208 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:08.879 here on the post game show with you till about 209 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:11.679 the bottom of the hour here just had Carlo Jomenez 210 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:15.120 on and I do want to highlight a few players 211 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:18.159 after I get through the box score here. This Clippers team, 212 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:20.720 they shot fifty and a half percent from the floor, 213 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:23.320 just six of twenty two from distance. Wait, they only 214 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:25.279 got up twenty two shots from the outside. Now I 215 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:28.080 have to cross reference that. Yeah, they only took twenty 216 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:30.120 two threes. But they scored so many points of the 217 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:34.320 paint that does track and there were count them twenty 218 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:39.320 nine turnovers by the Dallas Mavericks. They were a disoriented 219 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:42.600 mess here. It did to it dome. Now, they didn't 220 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:46.519 have their two top players. They're two top ball handlers, 221 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:49.440 the guys who have the highest usage rating and one 222 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:51.600 of them that is an old timer, and Luka Nacish 223 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:54.240 and of course Kyrie Irving, so you have to take 224 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:57.840 that into account here. This was not the entire Dallas 225 00:11:57.840 --> 00:12:01.039 Mavericks team. They didn't even have Dante x Maxi Kleiba. 226 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:04.440 They were missing guys. But did the Clippers take advantage 227 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:06.759 of that. They did so enough in the second half, 228 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:09.039 I believe, where it was only a five point lead 229 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:10.799 for them in the first half, and the starters actually 230 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:13.679 struggled against some of the backups for the Dallas Mavericks. 231 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:16.279 That was not what we wanted to see. But then 232 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:18.440 as this game went along in that third quarter first 233 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:20.759 six minutes, the starters were a plus ten out there. 234 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:24.320 That was much more encouraging. That's what you want to 235 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:26.200 see step on their throat when you have the talent 236 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:29.080 advantage in your favor. The Clippers, they seem to be 237 00:12:29.159 --> 00:12:31.320 much better finally in the second half, and it could 238 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:33.440 take a little bit of time. It could take some 239 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:36.360 time for this Clippers team with this starting unit that 240 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:38.879 I believe is going to be the starting unit, should 241 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:41.720 they not have Kawhi Leonard opening night. This was a 242 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:44.840 bit of a dress rehearsal tonight. Derek Jones Junior in there. 243 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:48.080 Let me go by position here your backcourt was Norman 244 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:52.120 Powell next two? You know what, Norman Powell was still 245 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:54.159 playing a little bit of the three like it was 246 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:57.879 Norman Powell next to James Harden next to Terrence Man 247 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:00.799 with then Derrek Jones Junior the four and of Eatsa 248 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:05.159 Zubats obviously at the five. This is what has been 249 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:07.399 my prediction for a while of what they're gonna go 250 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:10.399 with should Kawhi leonderd not be available opening night, just 251 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:14.000 about a week from tonight against the Phoenix Suns, make 252 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:17.799 it a nine days from now. Did they perform at 253 00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:22.200 a high enough level? Well, look, there there's something to 254 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:25.159 be desired. James Harden was three of twelve from the field. 255 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:28.320 I think the positive there is I don't expect that 256 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:32.120 to happen very often where he shoots that poorly. So 257 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:34.639 if he just gets back to shooting like he normally 258 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:37.559 does and gets back to his usual efficiency, you're talking 259 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:40.240 about a completely different ballgame. In the first half, now 260 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:43.759 he still had twelve assists, he still was diming out there, 261 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:47.799 but this was not your prototypical James Harden game. He 262 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:50.320 had a layup early on off a steal by Norm 263 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:55.080 then had a bad behind the back turnover in the 264 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:57.759 second half early in that third quarter where he would 265 00:13:57.840 --> 00:14:01.799 steal it back James Hall and loud it from half 266 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:05.320 court almost to a Visa zoobots for an easy layup. 267 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:09.440 Then had a hard and three pointer after a Dereck 268 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:12.559 Jones junior lob from Terence Man in the third quarter 269 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:15.039 that got everybody up and out of their seat. If 270 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:17.559 you're on the wall, you probably were already up and 271 00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:19.360 out of your seat. The people at the wall tonight, 272 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:23.559 you got to give it up. They were fantastic. And 273 00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:26.200 this was somewhat of a sparse crowd compared to what 274 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:29.559 it will be opening night. It's a preseason game, you 275 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:32.799 understand that, and it was still loud, guys. In fact, 276 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:37.200 I almost felt like when the crowd dispersed when they 277 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:42.559 left then it got a little bit awkward. I realized 278 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:45.360 how much louder it was when they were in here, 279 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:47.879 and then it was like, oh, I can hear myself 280 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:51.000 so well all of a sudden, maybe I'm talking too loud. 281 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:54.559 That's how it felt to me. So it was incredible. 282 00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:57.840 It was noticeable here into a dome, and the Clippers 283 00:14:57.840 --> 00:15:01.519 did feed off that energy, I believe, with the backups 284 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:04.080 and that second unit in the first half, and then 285 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:07.320 the starters to start that third quarter and to really 286 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:11.000 find a rhythm. Speaking of Kevin Porter Junior led them 287 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:14.200 with eighteen points eight of fifteen shooting guys, I'm telling 288 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:17.039 you that right elbow step back jumper, he hit three 289 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:20.440 of them in this game. But Carlojmenez brought this up 290 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:25.879 with KPJ. He also had six assists, now four turnovers. 291 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:28.240 There was still up and down play. There were still 292 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:31.120 some ill advised shots, you could say from KPJ. But 293 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:33.679 let's just go through some of this. He had a 294 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:36.600 floater off a screen from Kai earlier on the first half. 295 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:39.799 Then he had that tough step back jumper on the 296 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:43.360 right elbow, then went coast to coast at one point, 297 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:45.759 I think midway through the second quarter for a little 298 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:49.840 eight footer, then a lob to Derek Jones, who had 299 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:52.600 a few of them off a steal, then a step 300 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:57.679 back three pointer, and in the third quarter kpjuh he 301 00:15:57.759 --> 00:16:02.000 lobbed it to big Zoo Like. Seeing that the similarities 302 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:04.480 between him and James Harden are very much apparent, you 303 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:09.240 can see there are real parallels between those two players, 304 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:12.159 not just because they're both lefties. They both love getting 305 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:16.399 into their bag, they both love ISO basketball, and there 306 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:19.039 are times where it went a arrive for KPJ in 307 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:21.919 that area. There was a possession where he brought it 308 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:24.600 down and put up a three pointer pretty early in 309 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:28.039 the shot clock and kind of said, ah, I probably 310 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:30.720 should have let us set up our offense here and 311 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:33.759 got into some actions and ran a little bit of 312 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:36.399 the offense more. And it was hard on himself, it 313 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:38.879 seemed like. But then you know he got up for 314 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:41.679 an alley from a mere coffee and transition because he 315 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:44.879 also if you didn't know, yeah, he's got a forty 316 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:49.240 inch vertical KPJ is an athlete out there. Another right 317 00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:52.879 elbow jumper in the fourth quarter from him, and then 318 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:57.559 the best highlight of the night maybe at least from 319 00:16:57.600 --> 00:17:00.639 a shooting perspective. He's falling out of bounds on the 320 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:05.279 far side short corner left base line and gets it 321 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:08.119 to go on a fade away and it's an and 322 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:11.200 one as well. So KPJ is showing off tonight. I 323 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:13.680 think a lot of you guys were impressed and can 324 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:16.480 see why I said. You know, at some point, Kevin 325 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:19.640 Porter Junior, I think he could end up starting on 326 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:24.960 this Clippers team. I think right now it makes sense 327 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:28.119 to bring him off the bench to help lead and 328 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:32.079 playmake in the bench unit and shot create because they 329 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:35.960 just don't have enough of those guys. Some people are 330 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:38.799 saying my tone is shifts on KPJ. You know why 331 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:42.640 because the evidence shifted because what Coach Lou said shifted. 332 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:46.599 When that changes, I'm changing with it. You got it evolve. 333 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:49.839 When Coach Lou said this is when I flipped a 334 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:52.839 switch and was like, Okay, I see how he sees KPJ. Now, 335 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:55.599 when Coach Lou said for us to be successful, he's 336 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:58.000 gonna have to be a big part of that, that's 337 00:17:58.039 --> 00:18:00.640 when I said, okay, and I did a deep dive 338 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:03.720 watched up of his defense, which was also pretty darn good. Tonight. 339 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:07.599 There are some mixtapes out there on YouTube. Got to 340 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:10.839 know his offensive repertoire a little bit more of his bag. 341 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:14.640 That right elbows step back jumper is real. He is 342 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:18.680 very talented and you can see the skill level and 343 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:21.799 that is why this Clippers team brought him in. Now 344 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:24.480 we still don't know. There's an investigation going on with 345 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:26.880 the NBA. He could still be suspended to start the season. 346 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:31.960 That would set him back greatly. But it has to 347 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:37.359 be pointed out at this point at least that Kevin 348 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:40.759 Porter Junior, and i'd say two of the last three games, 349 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:43.839 has looked much more comfortable out there. He ended up 350 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:48.079 being a plus six with eighteen points, six assists, but 351 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:52.359 eight of fifteen shooting. And you need another guy that 352 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:55.039 can iso and get a bucket when times get tough 353 00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:57.640 against really good defense. Sometimes you just need a guy, 354 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:02.039 or you say, great offense beats great defense. Kevin Porter 355 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:05.720 Junior can hit shots at a high degree of difficulty. 356 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:11.400 So I came around pretty quickly once coach lew said, Hey, 357 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:14.160 for us to be successful, he's gonna have to be 358 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:18.920 a big part of that. But again, a suspension possibly 359 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:23.559 looming that would change things more Clippers postgame coming out 360 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:26.079 at your Clippers post game locker room show live from 361 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:29.559 Into It Dome. Guys, I'll give you the view again 362 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:32.559 after they take down the Dallas Mavericks in our trivel 363 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:36.920 in their first contest, first basketball game, played it into 364 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:41.079 a Dome. What a night, historic night. Shout out to 365 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:43.839 everybody on the wall. We could hear you loud and clearly, 366 00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:47.279 and shout out. Most importantly, should be going to Steve 367 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:54.920 Balmer for a dream realized here. He's delivered completely. You 368 00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:58.920 will not be let down Clipper Nation with the amenities, 369 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:03.000 with everything here at Into It Dome, It'll be blown away. 370 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:05.119 I still can't believe I'm sitting right here right now. 371 00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:09.559 It's surreal because the Halo board is as you would 372 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:14.559 expect right above us, and it's just a sight to behold. 373 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:17.400 Welcome to the best place in the world to watch 374 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:21.440 a basketball game. Into It Dome. More Clippers postgame coming 375 00:20:21.519 --> 00:21:13.599 up next right here on the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. 376 00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:20.119 Hey still here. I appreciate you, guys. William Blast says 377 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:24.759 we need somebody physical other than Zubas kai Jones. Kai 378 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:28.960 Jones is leaps and bounds better than he was his 379 00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:32.480 first preseason game. We saw him a little bit against 380 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:37.480 Daniel Gafford. That was his biggest tests so far by far, 381 00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:40.559 and the last two teams. It's hard to put a 382 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:43.759 lot into that going up against Portland and before that 383 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:51.440 the Brooklyn nets. That just is but I am very impressed. 384 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:53.680 I was watching him in the layup line earlier. I 385 00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:57.119 actually said what's up? Because the ball went flying my 386 00:21:57.240 --> 00:22:01.519 way as I was sitting courtside where Steve Balmer is pregame, 387 00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:07.880 and he is so locked in focus right now, do 388 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:10.039 I think make a run at the backup center position. 389 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:12.160 I've been saying, you know, there's not a competition going 390 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:16.599 on because he has to get a two way. He's 391 00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:19.920 fighting for a two way. Mobamba is on a veterans minimum. 392 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:22.799 He's on the squad. Kai Jones is not in the 393 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:26.960 same position. But man, he keeps playing like this, He's 394 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:31.279 gonna push Mobamba. Who Look. I've seen guys lose their 395 00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:34.039 job due to injury before. I'm not saying that's happening here, 396 00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:49.079 but Kyle looks great. Clippers win tonight add into a 397 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:53.720 Dome Night one game one preseason game number four for 398 00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:58.480 Los Angeles Clippers. The regular season is starting in just 399 00:22:58.559 --> 00:23:00.880 about nine days from now October. We're twenty third against 400 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:07.440 the Phoenix Suns. Still nice to christen into it Dome 401 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:10.160