WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.040 --> 00:00:04.519 We're taking your calls on the LA Clippers right now. 2 00:00:04.639 --> 00:00:07.839 Peace Peace, Clippers talk on Aaron on Demand, the Clippers 3 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:11.199 Show of Record, your chance to react to playoff basketball 4 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:12.839 Clippers news happens. 5 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:15.880 Let me guess it's about Kawhi. Here we are and 6 00:00:15.919 --> 00:00:16.359 now here. 7 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:19.280 He is the host of your LA Clippers free and 8 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:22.359 postgame at follow Adam a Adam Osley. 9 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:25.879 We got a real must win game back at the 10 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:30.920 Dome on Thursday after the Clippers fall down three to 11 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:33.719 two in this best of seven first round series against 12 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:36.399 the Denver Nuggets. After Jamal Murray dropped forty three in 13 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:39.399 Game five and the Clippers lost one thirty one to 14 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:46.759 one fifteen. Welcome into clipperstock. I'm at a Oslin coming up. 15 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:48.960 We'll take your phone calls eight seven seven five two 16 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:53.039 zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty. 17 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:56.479 Because I am in Burbank, you'll be able to hear 18 00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:01.439 the calls tonight. Hopefully you can still hear me as 19 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:06.560 my voice is thrashed, not because I was screaming at 20 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:11.640 the TV or anything like that. But had the pleasure 21 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:13.959 of working with Rodney Pete the last two days filling 22 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:18.239 in for Fred Rogan at a five seventy and uh, well, 23 00:01:18.319 --> 00:01:21.400 I'm not complaining, but the voice is thrashed. 24 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:23.319 That's what happens. 25 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:27.200 You talk a lot, happy to be able to do it, 26 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:29.040 but I'm just going to talk a little bit lower 27 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:29.560 for you guys. 28 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:29.799 Now. 29 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:34.079 That doesn't mean that I'm okay with just happened, with 30 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:37.200 what just happened. It doesn't mean I'm not upset. It 31 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:42.280 doesn't mean I'm not disappointed frustrated. The moralizes to some 32 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:48.680 extent because the Clippers again came out flat in this game, 33 00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:53.879 second straight game. They come out flat and they get 34 00:01:54.079 --> 00:02:01.319 outplayed by not even Nikola Jokic. You lose a game 35 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:03.239 like this where you're down by as many as twenty 36 00:02:03.239 --> 00:02:08.800 two and Jokic goes four to thirteen for thirteen points, 37 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:16.919 light work thirteen, ten and twelve. But Jamal Murray was 38 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:21.159 by far the best player on the court. And I'm 39 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:23.080 not even sure if the Clippers had the second best 40 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:28.159 player out there. The second best might have been Aaron 41 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:31.560 Gordon or Russell Westbrook. Did they have the second or 42 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:37.759 third best player? Russell Westbrook had twenty one off the bench, 43 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:40.360 eight to fifteen, shooting eleven of which came in the 44 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:44.599 second quarter. He scored more points. He almost doubled the 45 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:48.199 scoring output from James Harden, who was three of nine, 46 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:53.960 which is eleven points. He scored Kawai, who had just twenty. 47 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:57.240 Now he had eleven assists and nine boards. Kawhi, I 48 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:00.000 think has only had two triple doubles in his career, 49 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:06.560 and he almost just had one. There's one guy I'm 50 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:12.400 looking at right now. It's James Harden. He has to 51 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:19.800 play better. If you want to turn the narrative around 52 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:23.759 about you in a playoff series, you have to show up. 53 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:32.680 I know they're playing a very tough to crack defense, 54 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:37.800 but that's why you have a step back three pointer 55 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:43.639 in your arsenal that's really tough to guard. He took 56 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:47.439 two to three pointers in this game. Harden has an 57 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:54.680 offensive skill set that can overcome any defense, and he 58 00:03:54.759 --> 00:04:00.159 takes nine shots total and just two three pointers. He 59 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:04.479 got to the free throw line some He had five assists. 60 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:07.680 When Kawhi is that many, of course he's gonna have less, 61 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:12.400 but three of nine isn't good enough. You have to 62 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:13.360 put up more shots. 63 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:15.000 You have to go out firing. 64 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:20.519 This season has been about you. 65 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:21.399 You've been the MVP. 66 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:28.319 You can't go out sad in the playoffs again, you can't. 67 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:32.000 But the last two games he hasn't been good enough. 68 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:42.480 If the system is broken right now, how are they 69 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:42.920 gonna win? 70 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:47.040 Now? 71 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:49.240 You can look at the final score and say, defensively 72 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:51.279 at them. They gave up one hundred and thirty one points. 73 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:56.120 The Clippers still scored one to fifteen. They shot fifty 74 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:58.399 two percent from the field and thirty eight percent from three. 75 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:00.720 Was offense really the problem? At times? 76 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:01.199 It was. 77 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:06.600 Because you have to be able to score with a team. 78 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:08.759 When a guy is that hot, you have to find 79 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:13.519 a way. A lot of this is tough shot making. 80 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:18.439 Jamal Murray was incredible. He can do this stuff. People 81 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:21.879 had doubted him. Oh he's not even been an All Star. 82 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:27.000 He's a playoff riser. He lived for these moments. I 83 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:29.439 told you before the series. He can get up and play, 84 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:32.199 not like an All Star, like a superstar, like a 85 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:35.480 top five player in the league. Sometimes in a playoff game, 86 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:40.120 that's how good Jamal Murray can look. Asks the Lakers, 87 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:45.399 he is a killer, and he destroyed the Clippers. They 88 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:52.480 had nothing for him. They tried, But if he's going 89 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:55.399 to be that hot, somebody has to get hot for 90 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:59.720 the Clippers too, to counter it. Nolan piled just twelve 91 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:04.439 points on twelve shots. Kawhi had twenty on fifteen shots. 92 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:08.000 He had eleven assists, He had nine boards. I thought 93 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:10.639 of Visa Zubots was good. He had twenty seven, just 94 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:11.360 five boards. 95 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:13.519 But he was good. 96 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:16.319 He was eleven of fifteen. Maybe they should have went 97 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:22.360 to him more. I understand when a guy is a 98 00:06:22.360 --> 00:06:26.680 flamethrower from three, you want to counter that, extinguish it 99 00:06:26.839 --> 00:06:30.439 with threes yourself. Clippers went eleven of twenty nine from 100 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:33.920 the outside, Denver went seventeen of thirty three. They shot 101 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:37.680 almost fifty two percent from three. Rusk Goes three of six, 102 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:41.439 Brown one of two, Aaron Gordon one of two, Michael 103 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:45.240 Porter Junior three of five, but Jamal Murray eight of fourteen. 104 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:51.800 Clippers couldn't hang with their offense. They were top five 105 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:55.800 offense this year. They've been elite in this era with 106 00:06:55.879 --> 00:06:59.360 Jamal Murray and Nikola jokicch and Jamal Murray was due 107 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:01.120 and we talked about it. 108 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:03.399 Jamal Murray hadn't played. 109 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:04.800 His best yet. 110 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:08.120 He had a game like this in him. You just 111 00:07:08.199 --> 00:07:15.079 saw it. My problem might. 112 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:17.879 Be bigger than this game with the Clippers right now, 113 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:22.279 because maybe there's not a lot you can do when 114 00:07:22.279 --> 00:07:25.079 a guy has forty three on twenty six shots and 115 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:26.639 this is just a game that you're not gonna be 116 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:32.040 able to win. Lay could have won Game one up fifteen. 117 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:38.360 I said it the very next day. Where was the 118 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:40.920 sense of urgency and killer instinct in Game one? And 119 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:43.519 if they lose this series, I'm going to be looking 120 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:48.839 at that game they lose the series, I'm going to 121 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:50.759 be looking at the men as played with the Clippers 122 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:53.800 Big four versus the Denver Nuggets Big four, because they've 123 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:58.959 been going for it, they've been taxing their guys. It's 124 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:02.000 the playoffs. In that game one, when I see Kawhi 125 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:05.040 Leonard play forty one minutes with an overtime, when he 126 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:08.279 played forty seven with an overtime less than a week 127 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:12.120 beforehand in a regular season game. Yes, there were big ramifications. 128 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:14.560 He had to play big minutes. It was the game 129 00:08:14.600 --> 00:08:19.000 against Golden State. It's like, how do you play least 130 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:26.759 minutes in a playoff game in overtime then you did 131 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:30.959 in Game eighty two in overtime? Where is the sense 132 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:37.639 of urgency? I guess we're gonna find out if coach 133 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:39.919 Low misplayed his hand or not. It seemed like he 134 00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:42.360 was playing the long game. Denver will tire out. We 135 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:45.360 have the deeper team. They're going to overtax their guys 136 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:47.840 to the point that it's. 137 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:49.039 Going to come back to bite them. 138 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:54.080 And even though they lost Game one, blowing a fifteen 139 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:59.360 point lead, and they had three minutes without Kawhi or 140 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:03.080 James Hard on the court in that game where they 141 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:07.960 went minus four, We'll be okay because we're the better 142 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:12.759 team and eventually that will catch up to Denver. Well, 143 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:18.519 it hasn't caught up to him yet, so I guess 144 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:23.720 we'll find out if coach Lou is a mad genius 145 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:28.039 with it with the way the minutes were distributed, or 146 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:33.559 if it eventually is the Clippers undoing not matching enough 147 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:38.000 minutes with their stars with Denver stars. That's what I 148 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:42.240 keep thinking about. Thought about it after Game four. Didn't 149 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:46.879 like how the Clippers came out in Game four. Didn't 150 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:50.360 like the fate comeback that led to the Aaron Gordon dunk. 151 00:09:53.639 --> 00:09:55.039 I don't want to call it a fake comeback, but 152 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:56.879 I know that's what the kids say when you come 153 00:09:57.159 --> 00:10:01.399 back but come up short. It's like, where was that 154 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:04.480 urgency earlier in that game? Where was it in the 155 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:08.960 third quarter when they got outscored by eighteen? Because I 156 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:12.519 knew a game like this was waiting for Denver where 157 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:15.480 they might be so hot. There's nothing you can do. 158 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:19.559 You can't win that game. They're on fire. They shoot 159 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:22.480 fifty two percent from three, Jamal Murray goes for forty three. 160 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:25.759 And that's just a game you can't win. But what 161 00:10:25.799 --> 00:10:28.519 about some of these other games? Game won in Game four? 162 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:34.480 It's frustrating. 163 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:40.879 Still first of four, Clippers are backing into it, though, 164 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:47.000 I expect them to win on Thursday, getting a Game seven. Yeah, 165 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:48.720 it's gonna be tough to win in Denver if you 166 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:52.960 can somehow win Game six, but just find a way 167 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:56.480 win Game six, extend the series, figure the rest out. 168 00:10:56.480 --> 00:11:02.399 After Game six Thursday night, we'll take a quick time out. 169 00:11:02.440 --> 00:11:05.960 We'll come back. More Clippers stock amunam ouslind And you're 170 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:08.240 listening to Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. 171 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:12.159 I love this team. 172 00:11:12.159 --> 00:11:12.919 I never miss a game. 173 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:17.720 You're listening to LA Clippers playoff Basketball three ball, Yes, sir, 174 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:21.559 right here, I'm the LA Clippers Audio Network magazines that. 175 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:22.519 Aimed at me done. 176 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:27.039 Every magazine was famous. Clippers lose one fifteen in Denver 177 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:30.440 in game five as Jamal Murray goes unconscious drops a 178 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:33.519 forty three spot eight to fourteen from the outside. Russell 179 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:36.039 Westbrook gave him a huge lift in that second quarter. 180 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:40.159 Clippers hid it down to eight. Late in the third, 181 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:43.879 Jamal hits another three. They quickly get back up by thirteen. 182 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:50.159 And the Clippers came out slow and flat again in 183 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:52.639 this one, and their defense wasn't good enough and Denver 184 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:53.519 was hitting everything. 185 00:11:57.559 --> 00:11:58.519 It's a must wan game. 186 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.879 In game six, in backing into a dome tip off 187 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:04.480 at seven pre game at six, it's go to Chris 188 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:06.399 in La Chris Young Clippers stop with that. 189 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:07.440 I'm alson what's up. 190 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:10.080 The glory dadam? 191 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:13.679 And it's spoken to you sits before game three. 192 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:22.360 Just an ugly game to watch today, Yeah, Chris tell 193 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:23.120 me more you. 194 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:29.720 Yeah, Well, you know, thank you Murray at Westbrook they 195 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:35.639 just you know, killed us basically. Yeah, And I hear 196 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:38.919 what you say. You know we're not starting starting out 197 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:41.919 quickly at the beginning of games and uh, trying to 198 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:45.159 pay play catch up is you know it's gonna burn us. 199 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:46.960 I'll trying to you know, win a game that way 200 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:47.440 all the time. 201 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:51.759 That's a great point. That is a great point. That's 202 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:54.279 why I comebacks come up short. Sometimes you have to 203 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:57.799 expend so much energy to try to mount that comeback. 204 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:00.600 And the Clippers tried again in this one down twenty 205 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:04.200 two and the fourth again. So I don't know, they 206 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:07.000 only got one day off now between game six and 207 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:10.360 if there is a game seven. I believe the Clippers 208 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:13.559 are gonna win Game six, but I didn't think they'd 209 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:14.559 lose last two games. 210 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:16.919 So what do I know anything else? 211 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:17.200 Chris. 212 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:20.600 Yeah, So it's like, you know, after we did lose 213 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:24.279 Game four, you know, I saw that we we're gonna 214 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:27.200 have two days you know before this game. 215 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:29.080 It's like, oh, that that will help us out, you know, 216 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:30.120 get a little risks and. 217 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:34.559 Strategize for the game five, you know, but didn't happen. 218 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:37.480 And another thing I thought about, okay, you know, like 219 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:43.720 I actually didn't see the the way Game four ended. Yeah, 220 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:46.240 because I was on my way to a concert at 221 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:50.799 the Greek so I was speaking there. There's another game 222 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:52.360 where you know we lost. 223 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:52.559 At the end. 224 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:55.879 I was thinking of that playoff cun game in Phoenix 225 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:59.480 where they kicked in the ball in the Western Conference Final. 226 00:13:59.519 --> 00:13:59.960 I think it was. 227 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:04.519 The valley oop yep. 228 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:09.720 Yeah, and hey, the Denver Nuggets were riding high coming 229 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:10.480 into this game. 230 00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:12.919 I appreciate the phone call, Chris. You made some great 231 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:13.440 points there. 232 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:17.120 The Denver Nuggets were riding high after the way they 233 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:22.559 won Game four. The Clippers said when they made that comeback, 234 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:24.840 they had the lead briefly with a minute and a 235 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:27.120 half left in Game four after the Bogie put back 236 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:29.720 on the offensive rebound. And to be fair, Bogie played 237 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:32.840 better today again. Eighteen points five to eleven, four of 238 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:36.080 eight from the outside. That's great. But the Clippers were like, 239 00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:38.000 it's good that we showed some fight and didn't give 240 00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:38.639 up in that game. 241 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:40.360 But the way Denver won. 242 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:47.960 Was so exhilarating, so historic that of course they were 243 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:50.120 going to be riding a wave of momentum heading into 244 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:55.240 Game five, and it showed early. Let's go to Ryan 245 00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:58.240 and Santa Ana, Ryan Young Clipper stock without Am Auslin, 246 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:00.440 Hi run Adam. 247 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:01.080 How's it going? 248 00:15:02.039 --> 00:15:04.120 Well? I guess not that good, but thank you. 249 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:09.519 Yeah, yeah, this is very disheartening. 250 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:15.080 It's sucked a lot. Let's see, Harden didn't show up. 251 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:20.080 He's fitting into his what people have said about him 252 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:20.799 in the postseason. 253 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:22.080 I don't like that. 254 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:27.519 I hope he can turn it around. And Adelman. I 255 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:28.919 don't know if It'sattleman, I don't. 256 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:30.360 Know if Yokis is the head coach. 257 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:33.720 But whoever is the one that is countering Tyler Low's 258 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:35.360 ad juice adjustments? 259 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:39.039 Tell me what adjustments specifically are being countering. I keep 260 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:43.240 hearing about adjustments. I need actual get the whiteboard out. 261 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:44.039 What are you talking about? 262 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:46.960 I'm got next to an ode guy, But I do 263 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:51.120 see that James Harden or Chris Done is guarding Yoki still. 264 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:54.759 I guess they're having a zoo back off and so but. 265 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:56.799 Jamal Murray and. 266 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:03.600 They're not starting possessed. It's with switches. It's if you 267 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:06.320 don't switch. Yeah, he's probably rolling to the rim free. 268 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:11.679 It's it's just much more complicated. My guy, Darren Visserri 269 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:14.519 talks about this all the time from Locked On. But 270 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:18.600 people act like they could drop a play on a 271 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:21.559 whiteboard and they criticize their head coach. 272 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:23.279 No business. 273 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:27.440 I know that they're counting whatever he's I mean, whatever, what. 274 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:30.279 What should he have done against Jamal Murray? Tell me 275 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:30.840 what he should. 276 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:32.080 I don't know. 277 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:35.919 I don't know, But isn't the point that they tried 278 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:41.799 everything and he kept hitting shots. There's not much you 279 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:43.039 can do against that stuff. 280 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:47.759 I'm just saying whatever, whatever Tyler is, uh. 281 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:50.200 I'm not saying has had a good series. 282 00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:53.960 I'm pointing out what I'm frustrated with specifically, and not 283 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:57.200 just saying, oh, he's getting out kosher out of Justed. 284 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:03.159 I'm saying, to me, the biggest criticism is about the 285 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:07.759 minutes distribution and Denver and their stars playing more minutes 286 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:09.839 in this series, and the Clippers have played their guys 287 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:12.319 and coach Lou I think banking on the fact that 288 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:14.000 they're going to run out of gas. But it hasn't 289 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:17.240 happened yet, So I get it. If there's specific criticism, 290 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:20.440 I'm all for it. But just I keep hearing, maybe 291 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:22.319 it's a pet peeve of mind, but I keep hearing. 292 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:23.680 Oh, he's being out coached. 293 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:26.599 They're making more adjustments, And then I asked for okay, 294 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:27.920 tell me what those adjustments are. 295 00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:28.599 And I don't get. 296 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.799 Anything I'm saying. 297 00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:35.759 I'm saying is that whatever they're whatever the defensive scheme is, 298 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:39.559 they're figuring it out and they're they're adjusting to those schemes. 299 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:44.079 So it's very like, uh, yeah, they're doing a good 300 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:46.880 job counting it. I don't know what it is exactly. 301 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:50.599 I think that the countering is they're making shots. Russ's 302 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:54.960 making shots. Jamal Murray can get separation and make tough shots. 303 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:57.799 He's been doing this for a long time. Like, I 304 00:17:58.720 --> 00:18:02.799 don't think it's that crazy. I get what you're saying, though, Ryan, 305 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:04.880 anything else, I. 306 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:08.680 Think, yeah, Like what you're saying is that he should 307 00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:10.519 play more. Are you thinking that he used to play 308 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:11.039 more minutes? 309 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:12.960 Right like Kawhi Hard. 310 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:16.640 Coming into this game the Big Four for Denver with 311 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:22.079 Michael Porter Junior, Aaron Gordon, Nicola, Jokic, Jamal Murray had 312 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:26.519 played about fifty eight minutes more than Norm, Kawhi, Zoo 313 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:28.599 Bots and James Harden in this series. 314 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:32.279 So what my only counter is, and I do agree 315 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:35.039 with you they should play more, But do you think 316 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:39.079 what basically what the Lakers they're doing is that they 317 00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:42.200 played on the whole fourth quarter, the almost second half, 318 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:43.400 and that like bit him in. 319 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:45.279 As I'm talking about. 320 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:49.000 Very specific instances like in Game one where you went 321 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:53.279 three minutes without Harden or Kawhi on the floor and 322 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:54.839 you think you can get away with that. 323 00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:59.720 Yeah, now that's kidding because that ended up. Those little things. 324 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:02.279 Add up exactly. That's what I That's what I mean. 325 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:06.359 Okay, Well, thank you for your time, all right, I 326 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:06.920 appreciate you. 327 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:10.920 Man uh Jose and Downey Jose? What's up here on 328 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.519 Clipper Stock? 329 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:12.839 Hey? 330 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:15.559 Brother, I hope you feel better soon. I'm not so 331 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:18.079 sure decorated this, but you do sound down. I don't 332 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:19.519 think it's just the Clipper game. 333 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:23.319 No, my voice is I've just been talking a lot 334 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:26.599 the last two days, specifically the last two hundred and 335 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:29.160 eight days, and I think my voice is trying to 336 00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:32.160 hit the wall because I haven't had a day off 337 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:32.759 for so long. 338 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:34.759 But it's all good. I got the tea in, honey. 339 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.799 What do you want to say, Jose? 340 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:38.200 That's good, you know what. 341 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:43.319 I think something that's been a little different from the 342 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:48.359 first three games to the last two games in playing 343 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:53.680 the smaller guy guarding Jokice. I'm not really too understanding 344 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:56.519 as to why I thought Zoo was doing a pretty 345 00:19:56.559 --> 00:20:00.599 good job on on Yolkice, you know, playing him and 346 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:05.279 matching his minutes against them. I felt today that with 347 00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:08.039 playing the smaller man on him and kind of having 348 00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:11.920 zoo like moving around as to who he's gonna guard. 349 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:13.799 Is he guarding the person in the corner at all 350 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:19.000 times or who left a lot of like not knowing 351 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:23.559 the defensive rotation which left Murray open. Great, okay, and 352 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.400 he's gonna. 353 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:26.079 Let me explain a pick and roll. 354 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:28.880 So one of the toughest pick and rolls in the 355 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:32.319 game to defend is Jokis and Murray because it can 356 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:36.720 turn into a pick and pop for both guys as well. Uh, 357 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:39.319 they can also do an inverse pick and roll where 358 00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:42.039 it's Murray's screening for Nikoloa Jokis. But let's say it's 359 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:45.759 the traditional pick and roll where Nikola Jokich comes up 360 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:52.400 to set a screen on Murray's man Chris Dunn. Well, 361 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:57.799 Jokic's man is Zubots, and if Murray flies around that 362 00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:02.079 screen fast enough and it's a good screen, Chris Dunn 363 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:05.359 is going to be behind him. So therefore he either 364 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:08.200 has a free run at the rim or reaches Zubos 365 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:10.640 cuts him off, and now there's a switch, and now 366 00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:14.160 Chris Dunn needs to get on nikol Jokic. 367 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:15.640 That's how these things happen. 368 00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:18.400 It's not that they come into a possession and they're like, hey, 369 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:22.880 let's just throw Chris Dunn or James Harden on Jokic. 370 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:26.279 That's not the plan. It's how you have to adjust 371 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:27.759 to a devastating pick and roll. 372 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:32.599 Okay, and then okay, very true on that. The other 373 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:37.359 thing too, I think the lack of production from Harden 374 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:41.400 has been he has found himself a lot on Jokic 375 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:43.799 in the last two games, having to put a lot 376 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:47.039 of body on him. It could mere reason as to 377 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:49.839 why he's struggling. I do think he's a lot better 378 00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:53.039 than what you said where he can he had He 379 00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:55.799 was driving to the lane very well the first quarter. 380 00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:59.319 I thought, oh man, he's gonna start shooting that three, 381 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:01.839 gonna start going for him because they're gonna be worried 382 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.680 that he's gonna scream. 383 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:04.079 But I don't know. 384 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:06.160 That intensity kind of let up on him, and it 385 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:09.240 kind of led me to as he might be tight. 386 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:12.079 No, this is this is a great Jose. This is 387 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:12.720 a great point. 388 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:17.319 They have been putting James Harden in the action, in 389 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:20.799 that pick and roll and making him guard much more 390 00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:24.960 the last two games, and the analytics, the numbers will 391 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:27.640 tell you they have. They have been hunting that and 392 00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:31.720 it is wearing down his legs and Yah, it's one 393 00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:38.000 of those things where it's it's a very difficult thing 394 00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:44.200 to adjust to unless they're gonna have some pre switching 395 00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:47.480 going on, which is difficult with passers like Nikola Jokic. 396 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:50.960 It's Harden is gonna have to fight through it. But 397 00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:54.079 I still think he can be better on the offensive end, 398 00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:56.440 but they are making him run a lot more on 399 00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:59.119 the defensive end the last two games. It's a great point, Jose. 400 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:03.079 Yeah, and I think we were just lacking some the 401 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:06.640