WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.040 --> 00:00:04.960 Quoting in we're taking your calls on the LA Clippers 2 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:08.000 right now, this PCE Clippers Talk on Aaron. 3 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:10.240 On Demand, the Clippers show up, record your chance to 4 00:00:10.279 --> 00:00:12.039 react to everything. 5 00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:13.759 Clippers Clippers news happens. 6 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:15.880 Let me guess it's about Kawhi. 7 00:00:15.919 --> 00:00:16.920 Here we are and. 8 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:19.760 Now here he is the host of your LA Clippers 9 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:21.480 free and postgame. 10 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:29.519 At follow Adam a Adam Owsley. It's like there's rock 11 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:34.640 bottom fifty feet of crap. And then me to quote 12 00:00:34.759 --> 00:00:39.719 Rachel Green Jennifer Aniston from Friends, as the Clippers just 13 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:43.039 blew a twenty three point lead in Phoenix to the 14 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:47.159 Suns and they lose one nineteen to one seventeen, and 15 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:50.000 they have lost six of their last seven games coming 16 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:52.600 out of the All Star Break. And it's not going 17 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:56.600 to get any easier with this schedule. Welcome into Clippers Talk. 18 00:00:57.000 --> 00:00:59.479 Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy eight 19 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:02.880 six six ninet eighty seven two five seventy is the 20 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:06.680 phone number. We'll get to a couple of calls. We'll 21 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:10.200 have Chuck Mockler in the very next segment. I see 22 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:12.280 you guys in the chat at Clippers Talk on the 23 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:20.439 YouTube side. I understand your extreme disappointment, frustration, and agonizing 24 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:22.840 pain from what you just went through and have been 25 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:26.640 going through over the last couple of weeks. There is 26 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:29.359 no way to dress this pig up. There's no There's 27 00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:34.280 not enough lipstick, Mary Kay. There wasn't like, you know, 28 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:38.359 a truck that spilled lipstick all over the freeware, So 29 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:42.159 there's not enough. There's no way to cover up this loss. 30 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:47.000 But well, we have a moment. Let's pause ten seconds 31 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:50.879 for station identification. Here on a five seventy LA Sports. 32 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:56.760 This is LA Clippers Basketball AM five seventy KLAC Los Angeles, 33 00:01:56.959 --> 00:02:01.519 ninety eight seven KYSR HD two Los Angeles, an iHeartRadio station. 34 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:04.480 We got Coach lou audio coming for you in just 35 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:06.519 a little bit. Daniel West is working on that. Our 36 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:09.319 producer here back in the bank. This is one of 37 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:12.400 those times where I was okay not traveling with the team. 38 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:17.800 I'm glad I was here because I'm glad I didn't 39 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:21.479 have a live feed going. And you could see every 40 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:26.199 hair follicle being pulled out after every bad shot in 41 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:30.360 the fourth quarter and hero shot three pointer one. If 42 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:34.879 he's a Zubats is right there, he's right there. Look 43 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:39.360 up on the jumbo tron. I'm sure there's some digital 44 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:43.199 box score that shows there's a guy that looks unstoppable 45 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:46.039 in this game. He finished with the career high thirty five. 46 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:52.039 He went fifteen to nineteen from the field. Is that enough? 47 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:57.199 If they can't stop him, no, keep feeding him. Speaking 48 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:02.719 of lipstick and pigs, Rock Rivers used to say. His 49 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:05.039 saying of if it ain't broke, don't fix it was 50 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:12.560 feed the pig, just keep going. They never adjusted. They 51 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:16.639 got on the ball some of the fourth and he 52 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:21.240 might have gone five of seven, but there were times 53 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:25.680 he had Devin Booker sealed and James Harden settled for 54 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:27.560 a three pointer on the left wing. I'm sure the 55 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:30.560 video clip's going around and it's mind boggling. To me, 56 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:36.039 it's baffling. The process was awful. Do you know how 57 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:38.120 many things have to go wrong for you to blow 58 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:40.599 a twenty three point lead in the second half, for 59 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:43.400 you to be dominating in that fashion against a team 60 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:48.719 that had given up on the season, that was lifeless, 61 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:51.719 the Zombie Sons. They just lost to the Zombie Sons, 62 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:54.479 the Walking Dead. I thought they wanted to be on 63 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:57.120 a beach and Cancun. The way they were playing defense. 64 00:03:57.159 --> 00:04:03.120 They couldn't care less about playing for one another. They 65 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:05.680 just gave them their best victory of the season now, 66 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:11.840 and they gave it to them with poor defense, not 67 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:15.280 being able to defend without failing, and poor offensive process 68 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:18.759 in the fourth And look at the tape of the 69 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:23.279 Clippers team in the second quarter. Moving the basketball, everything's assisted, 70 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:29.160 everyone's touched in the basketball gives energy. They played with pace. 71 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:30.959 What I Kawi say last post game, we got to 72 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:32.959 move the ball more and play with more pace. That 73 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:35.560 second quarter they went seventeen of twenty two from the field. 74 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:38.120 It is one of the best quarters of the season. 75 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:45.319 For them to fall apart in that same game a 76 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:53.600 half hour later, it is inexplicable and excusable. This is 77 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:57.319 this is one of the worst losses I've ever witnessed 78 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:04.279 since I've been with this organization. They needed it. I 79 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:06.759 thought both teams would be desperate to start the game. 80 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:12.079 The Suns weren't. The Clippers were. They let them up 81 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:18.120 off the mat. The Sons didn't want it. They let 82 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:20.360 them hit a couple of shots. The Suns started to 83 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:23.800 feel good. Now they're setting their defense and the Clippers 84 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:34.800 offense turned into one pass at most. Let's hear from 85 00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:39.839 coach Lou postgame. Yeah, I need to shut up before 86 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:43.000 it's safe harbor hours. I can swear now, right, okay, 87 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:43.680 Coach Lou. 88 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:51.079 How do you overcome the mental and just play through 89 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:51.399 the game. 90 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:53.439 Play the game in the right way, Play through the game. 91 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:56.720 Whatever works, whatever the defense gives you, take it, and 92 00:05:56.839 --> 00:05:58.720 not force not do dumb shit. 93 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:01.120 That's something I told you could swear. 94 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:08.920 I never talked after the game. 95 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:12.800 Uh, kind of in the first half of the second quarter, 96 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:14.279 specifically when you guys were flowing. 97 00:06:14.279 --> 00:06:14.879 What did you see? 98 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:15.639 You see. 99 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:22.160 Pace ball movement, attacking the right matchups, making the right pass, 100 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:25.519 making the right play. Simple game if you play it 101 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:25.959 the right way. 102 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:28.360 What you're hearing in the background there maybe a little 103 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:31.240 bit distracting, but that's the alarm. Because the Clippers just 104 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:32.639 blew a twenty three point lead. 105 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:38.680 Yeah, same thing, same same team, having beat three times. 106 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:41.839 It's the fourth time up double dig digits and lose 107 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:44.560 the game. Like same thing. Kadie and Book plays the 108 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:48.040 whole second half. Whatever they come down. They make shots 109 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:52.120 early in that quarter, we turn the ball over, lose 110 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:54.120 ball in the back court. We can't get it. Flair 111 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:58.360 three come back, turn over, done, five points in thirty seconds, 112 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:00.720 and then now you got a game because they feel comfortable. 113 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:03.120 But just for us, you know, you can't give up 114 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:04.639 forty three points in the fourth quarter. 115 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:05.279 We know that. 116 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:07.879 But just my biggest thing just playing through the game 117 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:10.199 and when the game they're gonna make a run because 118 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:12.199 they're a good team, but just played through the adversity, 119 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:15.160 play the right way and the game will take care 120 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:20.279 of it. So I know a season has flows to you. 121 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:22.480 Is the lowest point it's been. 122 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:27.480 As far as what this game where you mean just 123 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:30.519 a stretch. No, I mean, you know, we got guys 124 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:32.240 in and out of the lineups, and so that's you 125 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:34.759 know that's gonna happen. We played some pretty good teams, 126 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:36.680 but this one was like, you just can't get this 127 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:39.199 game away. It's the same thing the blueprints, the same 128 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:43.199 way all four games. You know, up double figures, up big, 129 00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:45.319 and they come back, storing back in the fourth quarter 130 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:46.240 and make a game of it. 131 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:50.000 Coach, I know you're talking about and played the whole. 132 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:50.639 Fourth quarter, but. 133 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:52.920 Was really infected. 134 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:54.040 He was huge. 135 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:56.800 Yeah, came in you know, I thought his pace was 136 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:59.439 pretty really good, you know, got into the pain made 137 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:01.160 a couple of out and then he made a big three, 138 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:02.279 you know, at the end of the game. But I 139 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:04.879 thought he came in, did a good job aggressive, picking 140 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:07.000 up the floor, you know, being aggressive defensively. 141 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:09.800 Mission guys have been in and out. How challenging is 142 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:12.480 it to for a game like this to find bench 143 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:15.360 groups that can be affected. Obviously the best minutes were struggling. 144 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:18.639 Now, I thought we had a good flow in that 145 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:20.639 in that first half. You know, the bench, you know, 146 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:22.720 really came in, did a good job in that second quarter, 147 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:27.240 and then you know they got aggressive in that third quarter, 148 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:30.199 I mean early fourth quarter. You know, like I said, 149 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:32.200 we turned the ball over, they was able to push 150 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:35.919 it out in transition, we didn't score the basketball, and 151 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:37.320 so they kind of gave him some life. 152 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:39.399 And then you said the other night that the schedules 153 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:41.639 not getting into easier. You want guys bee a little 154 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:43.480 bit more down, kind of gotta push through it. Is 155 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:47.120 there any thought beyond Kawhi of guys being limited or 156 00:08:47.159 --> 00:08:48.960 out tomorrow on a second. 157 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:51.480 Back today, Well, Kawhi be out for sure. I don't 158 00:08:51.519 --> 00:08:52.399 know about everybody else. 159 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:56.279 Should How do you get them back on track to 160 00:08:56.320 --> 00:09:01.679 where this stretch just doesn't mentally take a toll. 161 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:05.120 Like I said, we gotta be the harder playing team, 162 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:07.639 which I thought we were for three quarters, you know, 163 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:10.559 and it's gotta do stuff the right way, you know. 164 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:16.799 To me, like I said, if if we don't you know, 165 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:18.799 get things, do things right, we know what the hell 166 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:20.200 we need to do. You know, if we don't do 167 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:22.759 things right, then it's gonna be games like this, you know. 168 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:26.360 And so give them credit. They came back, they kept fighting, 169 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:29.080 they kept competing, but there was times they were ready 170 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:30.600 to give me in as well, you know, and so 171 00:09:31.080 --> 00:09:33.679 we just didn't do that able to capitalize on that 172 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:36.919 and and put 'em away, you know. But we've had 173 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:39.000 some good spurts, some good moments, but we haven't put 174 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:42.240 it a full game together in a long time. But 175 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:45.600 but when you do tell them over and over to 176 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:47.440 kind of play the right way, play through the tape, 177 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:50.440 you know, all this stuff, and they consistently don't do it. 178 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:52.519 I know, you say, you know, you don't get frustrated, 179 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:54.519 but it's. 180 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:59.200 I'm frustrated now. It's about that. Yeah, I'm frustrated now, 181 00:09:59.519 --> 00:10:01.279 but you know it is what it is. 182 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:07.960 Understandably frustrated. Their coach flu post game after the Clippers 183 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:10.519 blow a twenty three point lead in Phoenix to the Suns. 184 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:13.559 We'll take a quick time out. We'll come back. We'll 185 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:18.279 hear from Chuck Mockler. Just a completely inexcusable and costly 186 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:22.759 loss as the Clippers drop down to the ninth spot 187 00:10:23.080 --> 00:10:26.919 in the Western Conference and are dangerously close to falling 188 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:30.440 out the plan. A month ago, month and a half ago, 189 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:32.519 we were talking about can they be a top four 190 00:10:32.559 --> 00:10:36.799 seed in the West. Now we're talking about can they 191 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:42.240 just finish top ten? Unreal? More Clippers sock next turn 192 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:50.360 M five to seven, LA Sports Clippers. 193 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:54.320 You're listening to LA Clippers Basketball. Take us with you 194 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:57.039 wherever you are on the iHeartRadio app. 195 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:05.600 You're of twenty three against a team that was four 196 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:10.639 and twelve their last sixteen games, is looking towards the 197 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:14.759 offseason with reports of them trading their top guy, and 198 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:17.879 you blow a twenty three point lead to that team. 199 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:20.759 That's what the Clippers just did, losing in Phoenix to 200 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:24.240 KD and the Suns. One nineteen, one seventeen. Welcome back 201 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:27.600 in I'm out a Moslin. This is Clippers Talk. Join 202 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:31.039 the show right now. Because he knew it was going 203 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:33.000 to be a loss. He said he was gonna come 204 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:36.159 on the show earlier today He's like, I hope this doesn't, 205 00:11:36.759 --> 00:11:40.679 you know, bode poorly for us. But uh, Charles, where 206 00:11:40.679 --> 00:11:42.960 did this go wrong? In your mind? How did this happen? 207 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:48.600 I don't know. I don't know how it happened. Where 208 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:50.759 it goes wrong. One of the things that got me 209 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:53.519 the most upset, and you alluded to it, was the 210 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:57.200 hero ball in the fourth quarter. We had Kawhi and 211 00:11:57.320 --> 00:12:03.039 Harden go two for nine in that frame, and I 212 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:05.600 know we all loved the dunk from Kawhi. What was 213 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:08.480 that the second quarter and things were just rolling and 214 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:12.039 it was great. The energy was great to begin with, 215 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:16.639 and then it just stopped. And I know Zoo had 216 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:21.120 thirty five that were playing through him and stuff like that, 217 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:25.080 but it just like it just didn't it didn't work. 218 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:26.360 They were tired. I don't know. 219 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:31.639 For me, it feels like they won Zoo's minutes by 220 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:35.080 twenty two points when he was on the court. How 221 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:39.000 on earth do you lose that game? It's so shocking 222 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:41.600 it is, And I still felt like in the fourth 223 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:45.080 quarter you mentioned the hero ball, Zuo's got Booker on him. 224 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:49.000 You got the switch you wanted, Maybe dump it into 225 00:12:49.039 --> 00:12:52.519 him at that point. I don't know. Let him get forty. 226 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:54.639 If they can't stop it, then he gets forty. That's 227 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:57.240 how it works if somebody's cooking like that, but it 228 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:58.320 doesn't with Big Zoo. 229 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:02.759 Ever, Yeah, I'm fine with that if it let him 230 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:05.799 get forty. We watched Drew Eubanks come in, and I 231 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:10.440 understand that plus minus is not an individual stat. It 232 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:14.519 is difficult to play eleven games and go minus twenty 233 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:18.360 four or eleven minutes and go minus twenty four. That 234 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:22.840 is difficult. That is so bad. That was not ideal. 235 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:25.279 We also saw, and I know we were down two 236 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:28.679 very key guys. I understand that part of me is 237 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:33.639 probably gonna remember that tomorrow feel somewhat better. I'm still 238 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:34.480 gonna feel terrible. 239 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:36.919 Don't you dare remember that and feel better? Chuck? Don't 240 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:38.360 you dare remember that and feel better? 241 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:42.519 That's fair. But we saw, and we've seen this happen before. 242 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:45.559 I love Chris Jones defense. I love it a lot. 243 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:49.120 Teams are fine with him taking threes. He took the 244 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:52.000 third most threes tonight and. 245 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:54.159 Again in the fourth quarter. He's wide open. 246 00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:58.679 He's wide open. He should have swung that other one 247 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:01.960 to Zoo. I love Chris Dunn's defense, but this is 248 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:05.399 what happens when a team that has so many specialized 249 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:09.600 parts around it for two or one specific guys, when 250 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:12.039 one of those guys is out, the system breaks down 251 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:17.720 because it's not built to withstand absences like we have 252 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:22.399 in terms of how important guys are right like, it's 253 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:28.639 just it's so frustrating and they can't do anything but 254 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:31.320 try and win if you're the owner, if you're Steve Ballmer. 255 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:34.600 But there needs to be if there's a trade out 256 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:37.039 there to make things a little easier in this transition 257 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:40.320 period after this season, I hope they explore it because 258 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:43.240 next year, if you look at the contracts, it is 259 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:46.559 shaping up to be exactly the same as this year 260 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:47.759 personnel wise. 261 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:54.600 What I keep thinking about, what I keep thinking about 262 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:59.200 Charles is how a month and a half ago we 263 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:01.840 are legit talking about if they can be a top 264 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:05.320 four seed in the West. You get Kawhi back match 265 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:09.000 them with this defense, all you need is a better offense. 266 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:12.519 You have a top ten offense and a defense. You're 267 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:15.440 one of the best teams in the league. And now 268 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:20.879 we're here they're ninth in the West. This is no 269 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:22.000 one could have foreseen this. 270 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:27.559 Ninth in the West is crazy. I know we kind 271 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:29.960 of talked about before the season over on Clips and Dip. 272 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:31.919 We talked, Hey, let let's be the high let's be 273 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:37.240 a high playing team. Let's be six twelve hours ago 274 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:42.440 we were all we were feeling pretty good. And now 275 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:46.840 we're watching a team we're watching fatigue and we're watching 276 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:50.279 they brought Nico back, and everyone was very excited because 277 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:52.480 Nico was great on the Clippers a couple of seasons ago. 278 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:55.519 We're seeing what fatigue and what miles can do to 279 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:58.720 someone like Nico. I'm not knocking Nick Watum. He's wonderful, 280 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:01.000 but he is not what he was two years ago 281 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:03.679 for the Clippers. And I think maybe we we thought 282 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:05.720 it would be similar to that, but that is not there. 283 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:08.519 It's not like he's even been playing that much. He's 284 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:10.639 probably the least of my way wish. 285 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:13.840 But that's what I mean. That's indicative right of the roster, 286 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:20.919 you know, like it just Harden was. It was the 287 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:24.320 hero ball stuff, and I know two for nine from 288 00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:26.000 three is brutal. I didn't realize it was two for 289 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:29.279 nine until I looked at the box score. I knew 290 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:31.759 we weren't shooting well, but twenty six percent from three 291 00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:34.159 is brutal. We lost. We just lost the game where 292 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:38.279 Bogie made three threes. That's true game. 293 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:38.960 You gotta win. 294 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:41.480 If you've seen how Bogie and this team is play, 295 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:45.440 it's in the trade deadline like this is It leaves 296 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:48.279 a bad taste in the mouth, and it's completely fair. 297 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:50.360 And tomorrow we just might get we might get run 298 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:50.799 out of the gym. 299 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:51.080 Chick. 300 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:51.559 I don't know. 301 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:55.240 Bogey had all thirteen of his points in the first half. 302 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:58.559 He had thirteen in the first half. Zubas had fifteen. 303 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:00.960 I think Bogey took one show in the second half 304 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:04.880 and he played thirty seven minutes. You talk about stagnant 305 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:07.279 offense and what happened to the ball movement. Are you 306 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:09.440 in agreement that in the second quarter the Clippers look 307 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:12.279 like a damn well oiled machine, like this is it, 308 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:14.359 this is what we need, this is how we need 309 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:16.799 them to play. And then they completely went away from it. 310 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:23.440 Yes, they were feeding off of the combination of the suns, 311 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:27.799 not caring until the fourth quarter. And I tweeted this 312 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:30.319 out on the Clippers pod account I said, does this 313 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:32.680 game say more about the Clippers of the Sun? A 314 00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:34.440 lot of people said it said more about the Sun 315 00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:37.519 because it showed how bad their defense was. YadA YadA. 316 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:42.319 That was before they came back, and now it went, oh, right, 317 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:45.279 this is what the Clippers look like, down rotation guys 318 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:48.200 against the team that decides to lock in and has 319 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.440 better top end talent. 320 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:54.799 Coach lu said postgame, they look like a team that 321 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:57.400 was willing to give in. I'm paraphrasing a little bit, 322 00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:59.039 but he said something to the effect it looked like 323 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:01.759 they were ready to give in and we couldn't put 324 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:05.119 them away. That's so wild to me. A team that 325 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:08.000 couldn't be more that couldn't have more of a foot 326 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:10.519 out that they got a groin out the door. 327 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:15.039 Like throwing out the door, and there's only one of those. 328 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:19.039 This is also the same Clippers team that couldn't put 329 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:21.839 away a Bucks team that had Yanna sitting for the 330 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:26.079 last half of the fourth quarter. I don't that tyleru 331 00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:29.960 presser was. I haven't heard a presser like that since 332 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:33.240 the I don't know what our identity presser is. And 333 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:35.799 that was at least before the trade deadline. So they 334 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:40.920 can make some moves. Now, I'm a little worried about 335 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:44.119 the locker room. That wasn't really an issue before. Now 336 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:47.160 when things get tough, obviously, that's when you know the 337 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:50.119 locker room it's a little more tested. But and listen, 338 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:52.119 I'm not some of these people in the chat who 339 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:54.640 are going to call in and say let fire, let's 340 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:58.880 fire everybody today or anything like that. We got to 341 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:01.599 deal with this for another year because they're not gonna 342 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:02.680 go all in next year. 343 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:08.480 The only hope I have, or the only possibility with 344 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:13.039 them going all in, is if Atlanta wants to trade 345 00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:16.279 Trey Young this summer before he puts pressure on them 346 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:19.240 to one out. That's the one guy that could be attainable. 347 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:22.480 But yeah, I agree with you. This is, for the 348 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:26.200 most part, the most likely roster we're looking at again 349 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:28.480 with more of an emphasis in the youth movement. Maybe 350 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:31.480 next season, but I don't want to think about next season. 351 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:34.079 There's twenty one games left. How do we get here? 352 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:38.960 All right? Charles, thanks so much for doing this, waiting 353 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:41.559 patiently to help me out and pick me up here 354 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:44.519 on Clipper's top post game after their worst loss in 355 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:50.440 what loss honestly is worse than this. Yeah, well, at 356 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:53.319 this point, it's like you might get used to these 357 00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:56.079 if they keep happening. This might be the tipping point loss. 358 00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:59.799 But the Lakers lost last season where they blew a 359 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:03.200 twin on one point lead was egregious. But he didn't 360 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:05.279 have the ramifications of this loss. 361 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:09.960 No, I don't know. I can't. I can't think about 362 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:11.680 other losses because this is the only one we're all 363 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.799 going to think about for a while. 364 00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:20.039 Yeah, blinded by the loss. Okay, Charles, thanks so much 365 00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:20.440 for doing this. 366 00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:24.000 Appreciate you, man, Appreciate you. Here's a full episode on Thursday. 367 00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:27.400 Let's go clips and Dip on Thursday for you guys, 368 00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:30.319 hopefully after a bounce back tomorrow. Quick time out here 369 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:32.880 on NI seventy LA Sports Clippers blow twenty three point 370 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:35.480 lead in Phoenix to the Suns. They lose one nineteen 371 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:38.079 to one seventeen coach who brought up the very start 372 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:42.920 of the fourth quarter a five zero run by the Suns, 373 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:46.519 which was pretty detrimental, the KD three, then the KD 374 00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:49.440 steal on the Tuomen layup that got them right back 375 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:52.119 into it real quick. More Clippers sock next year on 376 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:58.279 MPI seventy Ola Sports. 377 00:20:58.440 --> 00:21:02.319 You're listening to La First Basketball. Take us with you 378 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:05.039 wherever you are on the iHeartRadio app. 379 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:09.000 Clippers blows twenty three point lead, lose one nineteen to 380 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:13.720 one seventeen in Phoenix to the Suns. Perfectly calm, dude. 381 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:17.559 Let's get to a phone call Demetrius in Manhattan Beach, 382 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:22.119 who is an eternal optimist. Demetrius, how are you feeling 383 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:23.519 after this one? You got thirty seconds? 384 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:26.880 I'm sorry, my friend, Well, five seconds gonna be a 385 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:33.599 morning sound. I will say this, Adam, this is what 386 00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:37.160 I took away from the game tonight. It's gonna, like 387 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:40.240 I told you, we need the whole core, the whole group. 388 00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:45.039 We're not built for these type of games, especially coming back. 389 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:47.680 They're not built to hold on to a twenty three 390 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:49.200 point lead. They're not built for that. 391 00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:53.640 Well, well, I will say this, Adam. That and I'm 392 00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:55.960 going to give you some really good pinners here so 393 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:58.799 you can wrap it up. The only good thing that 394 00:21:58.880 --> 00:22:00.960 I can take away from game. As bad as I 395 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:04.480 feel like we need Paul Barrows tonight to finish this 396 00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:08.079 season off, I will take some good notes. Leaving off, 397 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:11.039 I think tylu Is gonna be up to Tyloo now 398 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:14.720 to put a very good rotation together. You got Zubac 399 00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:18.319 averaging almost twenty five to twenty six and it last 400 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:22.200 six games. Okay, you got Norman Powell coming back, you 401 00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:25.160