Speaker 1: The game is ended, gather round boys, time to recap.
Speaker 2: But the post game coverage is just getting started. The
Speaker 2: successes the failure.
Speaker 3: Let's discuss this is Cliffers Locker Road breaking down today's
Speaker 3: playoff game with the pre and post game voice of
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Speaker 1: Another overtime game for the Clippers, but this time it
Speaker 1: ends in a loss. They lose one twelve to one
Speaker 1: ten OT in Game one in Denver and are down
Speaker 1: one to zero in this best of seven first round series.
Speaker 1: Welcome into your postgame show. I'm ad A Moslin coming up.
Speaker 1: We'll get the second half highlights, postgame box score, and
Speaker 1: we'll take calls on the Patriot AM eleven to fifty
Speaker 1: on Clippers Talk if you want to get on early
Speaker 1: eight seven to seven, five two zero, eleven fifty. But
Speaker 1: first let's get back out to ball Arena and back
Speaker 1: out to Carlowjmenez, Well, Carlo my cuy to victory. Turnovers
Speaker 1: have to take care of the basketball. Clippers didn't do that.
Speaker 1: They came in bunches, specifically in that second quarter where
Speaker 1: they had a fifteen point lead. I'm not necessarily saying
Speaker 1: that's where the game was lost. But I think some
Speaker 1: people can point to that this Clippers team was in
Speaker 1: complete control and they continued to give the basketball away.
Speaker 4: Yeah, they scored two points in the last five minutes
Speaker 4: and ten seconds at them of that first set, second
Speaker 4: quarter that you were talking about, and Kawhi shot one
Speaker 4: shot in the third quarter. Felt like in those moments
Speaker 4: the Clippers had to be better at just winning the
Speaker 4: possession battle and getting their best player the ball, which
Speaker 4: they were unable to do. The Nuggets got eight more
Speaker 4: shots than the Clippers in this bowling game, and if
Speaker 4: you're the Clippers at them, you know you have to
Speaker 4: win seven rights or you have to win four. It's
Speaker 4: best of seven. In a game you lost in overtime,
Speaker 4: you gave away twenty six points off turnovers. Is unbelievable
Speaker 4: that or twenty nine excuse me, off their twenty turnovers
Speaker 4: the Clippers. Really, you have five less turnovers, you win
Speaker 4: the game. It was interesting the Clippers were unable to
Speaker 4: come away with the win in that one, But I
Speaker 4: think there's a lot of positives to take away considering
Speaker 4: how close it was and how many things the Clippers
Speaker 4: could have done better.
Speaker 1: They had plenty of opportunities. They were burned late in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter by Aaron Gordon and Russell Westbrook. They
Speaker 1: were being out hustled out there. The amount of offensive
Speaker 1: rebounds the Denver Nuggets were able to get those second
Speaker 1: chance points came quickly in the fourth quarter when the
Speaker 1: Clippers had done such a good job winning the rebounding
Speaker 1: battle earlier in the ballgame, but Denver seemed to want
Speaker 1: it more. They were getting the fifty to fifty boards,
Speaker 1: they were getting those fifty to fifty balls out there
Speaker 1: as well, and Russell Westbrook ended up hitting a huge
Speaker 1: three pointer to help send this game into overtime, where
Speaker 1: eventually the Clippers would just come up short.
Speaker 4: Nine offensive rebounds between Gordon and Russ Adam just too
Speaker 4: many for the Clippers down the stretch. They struggled in
Speaker 4: this one to be able to box out those two guys.
Speaker 4: And it is something like you mentioned. They had done
Speaker 4: really really well all game long, and then late in
Speaker 4: the contest, unable to box out and stop Denver. They
Speaker 4: got out household. Maybe the altitude got to them. A
Speaker 4: tire group who has played, you know, playoff basketball time
Speaker 4: and time again. The Clippers just unable to close possessions
Speaker 4: leading to Denver extra opportunities down the stretch. A lot
Speaker 4: of stuff to work on for this Clipper team at
Speaker 4: the end of the day, though, Adam, I think we
Speaker 4: talked about it with Brian Shaw earlier and this still
Speaker 4: echoes after this afternoon's contest. It really is about the Clippers.
Speaker 4: I mean, it is about the Clippers doing what they
Speaker 4: do best. It is not about Denver doing something extraordinarily
Speaker 4: well that forces the Clippers to play not their game.
Speaker 4: I mean, the Clippers have to get back, they have
Speaker 4: to not turn it over, they have to find their
Speaker 4: superstars and big moments. But I don't think I come
Speaker 4: away from this game worried necessarily about Wow, Denver really
Speaker 4: outplayed the Clippers in this area outside of hustle, which
Speaker 4: is something the Clippers have done really well all season long.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and the Clippers bench in this one also really struggled.
Speaker 1: They only had thirteen points total, nine of those coming
Speaker 1: from Nico but toom. He hit some really timely threes,
Speaker 1: but their bench was outscored by Russell Westbrook alone. He
Speaker 1: had fifteen points to the Clippers bench totally thirteen. I
Speaker 1: think bo Don Bogdanovic has to be much better. Even
Speaker 1: somebody like Derek Jones has to have more than full
Speaker 1: points for this Clippers team. But you know, you mentioned
Speaker 1: the altitude and guys adjusting. Kawhi Leonard wasn't as aggressive,
Speaker 1: only taking fifteen shots in this game. Twelve of his
Speaker 1: twenty two points came in that second quarter. But you
Speaker 1: mentioned a little bit earlier, Carlo. You know, Kawhi wasn't
Speaker 1: quite as aggressive looking for a shot as much down
Speaker 1: the stretch. You got a Credita nuggets at times there.
Speaker 1: But we know who Kawhi Leonard is. He's somebody who
Speaker 1: can get a shot over anyone, but just wasn't looking
Speaker 1: for it seemingly as much.
Speaker 4: Yeah, one shot in six and a half minutes in
Speaker 4: this third quarter at him after you mentioned twelve in
Speaker 4: the second and credit Aaron Gordon. And he played great
Speaker 4: defense today. He was aggressive, he was physical. And this
Speaker 4: is a group for Denver that you talked about, Hey,
Speaker 4: maybe their defense does show up in the playoffs, and Adam,
Speaker 4: they did. I mean, this is a group that's bottom
Speaker 4: three since the All Star Break enforced turnovers and they
Speaker 4: forced twenty in this game against the Clippers. You know,
Speaker 4: Game one always ignites overreactions the Clippers. Well, I'm sure
Speaker 4: we'll have a lot to look at, a lot to
Speaker 4: talk about in practice, and just a multitude of things
Speaker 4: to work on. But you point them out there, Kawhi
Speaker 4: could have been more aggressive. He came into this game, Adam,
Speaker 4: fifteen straight games with twenty five points, and he had
Speaker 4: twenty two in this contest.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it was a bit of an off game outside
Speaker 1: that second quarter for Kawhi Leonard. Expect him to bounce
Speaker 1: back in Game two, where the Clippers will still be
Speaker 1: in Denver tipping off on Monday night at seven. We'll
Speaker 1: have your pregame show back here at six for Game two.
Speaker 1: Carlo Jimenez a great call. A is always hoping for
Speaker 1: a better outcome in Game two Monday night.
Speaker 4: Adam, you know, can't get greedy, but this is when
Speaker 4: the Clippers probably feel like they could have had you
Speaker 4: go home one and one on the road in Denver.
Speaker 5: You'll take it.
Speaker 4: So see if the Clippers can get what it's gonna
Speaker 4: feel like a must win game on Monday. I can't
Speaker 4: wait at him, I can't wait. This one was a
Speaker 4: fun one, not to finish we wanted, But we get
Speaker 4: another and I'll say, let's go to that.
Speaker 1: Let's go second half highlights coming up next, after the
Speaker 1: Clippers falling over time one twelve to one ten to
Speaker 1: the Denver Nuggets in Denver in Game one of this
Speaker 1: best of seven first round series. I'm out a Moslin
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Speaker 1: Word Clippers lose in overtime one twelve to one cent
Speaker 1: in Game one in Denver to the Nuggets. Welcome into
Speaker 1: your postgame show. I medame Oslin coming up Clippers stock
Speaker 1: for you on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. But first,
Speaker 1: let's get to second half highlights. In this one, the
Speaker 1: Clippers led by as many as fifteen in the first half.
Speaker 1: It was down to just four at the midway point
Speaker 1: as the Clippers got outscored eleven to two in the
Speaker 1: final five minutes of that second quarter. With the Clippers
Speaker 1: had nine of their twenty turnovers in the second period.
Speaker 1: Just brutal. They led by as many as fifteen, They
Speaker 1: should have been up by more than four to half.
Speaker 1: It was fifty three to forty nine. Clippers. After a
Speaker 1: bit of a back and fourth third quarter, the Denver
Speaker 1: Nuggets chipped away ever so slightly. They went plus one,
Speaker 1: and the Clippers led by three heading into the fourth
Speaker 1: at seventy five to seventy two. And then James Harden,
Speaker 1: who had a great ball game and did his best
Speaker 1: in that fourth quarter to try to give the Clippers
Speaker 1: a victory.
Speaker 4: We see him a hard end.
Speaker 6: Deep on the left side, triples the left hand, left
Speaker 6: handed quarter off the front of the rim and it
Speaker 6: falls in timber. With a time out, the Clippers go
Speaker 6: for the tie and now they'll need to stop with
Speaker 6: eighteen point seven.
Speaker 1: Wow, some crucial buckets in the fourth quarter, as James
Speaker 1: Harden had twelve of his thirty two points in the fourth.
Speaker 1: But the Clippers would lose in overtime as Christian Brown
Speaker 1: hit a huge three pointer to put Denver up by
Speaker 1: four after James Harden had just hit another big three pointer.
Speaker 1: But the Clippers' turnovers came in bunches. They had a
Speaker 1: turnover on an inbound pass. We've been talking about turnovers
Speaker 1: on inbound passes going back to the very beginning of
Speaker 1: the season. Jokis would be fouled. He would hit both.
Speaker 1: Norman Palell hit an inconsequential three pointer at the very
Speaker 1: end of the game. Clippers lose by two final score
Speaker 1: one twelve to one ten. Denver winst in Game one.
Speaker 1: We'll dig into more of your postgame box score next.
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Speaker 1: That's one OF's things. Clippers were in control in the
Speaker 1: first half, had a fifteen point lead in the second quarter,
Speaker 1: and would lose one twelve to one ten in overtime
Speaker 1: in Game one to the Denver Nuggets. Welcome back in
Speaker 1: I'm out of Mosland. Coming up, we'll have Clippers talk
Speaker 1: for you on the Patriot AM eleven fifty if you
Speaker 1: want to get on early. Eight seven seven five two
Speaker 1: zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five to two zero
Speaker 1: eleven fifty is the phone number. Clippers shoot fifty percent
Speaker 1: from the field twelve with thirty three from the outside.
Speaker 1: Denver shot just forty four percent from the field. They
Speaker 1: were just nine of twenty seven from three. You have
Speaker 1: to win that game. The Clipper shot seven percent better
Speaker 1: from the field than Denver. They shot three percent better
Speaker 1: from three. The problem was they had twenty turnovers to
Speaker 1: Denver just having eleven. Those twenty turnovers turned into twenty
Speaker 1: nine points for the Denver Nuggets. I mean, I know
Speaker 1: some of you people are already blaming coach lou like
Speaker 1: it's his fault for all the turnovers. Do you know
Speaker 1: what his number one talking point was coming into this series,
Speaker 1: in front of everything else. He said it over and
Speaker 1: over again, we have to take care of the basketball.
Speaker 1: They knew it, they didn't do it. That's they lost
Speaker 1: this ballgame, self inflicted wombs. Clippers ended up being led
Speaker 1: by James Harden. He had thirty two eleven of twenty
Speaker 1: two shooting, had a fifteen point opening first quarter for
Speaker 1: he hit a three pointer to end the first had
Speaker 1: eleven assists. He was great. Chris Dunn did his part
Speaker 1: overall when you look at the box scores, but those
Speaker 1: ten points. They were looking for an open three from
Speaker 1: him down the stretch of this ball game, and he
Speaker 1: couldn't hit it. It ended up two of five from
Speaker 1: the outside. I Vitza Zubats definitely did his part forty
Speaker 1: minutes twenty one to thirteen, ten to fifteen from the field,
Speaker 1: two assists, could have been more. Kawhi Leonard just nine
Speaker 1: of fifteen twenty two points, six boards, two assists, one
Speaker 1: of three from the outside, seven turnovers. I'm guessing that's
Speaker 1: a career high, maybe postseason or regular season. Clippers bench
Speaker 1: in this one, they didn't get enough Niko Batoom. He
Speaker 1: showed up three of six from the outside, all three
Speaker 1: makes from three, nine points. Dereck Jones Junior one of
Speaker 1: four with four. Nobody else scored. Bogie was of three.
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons was old one. Not enough. Can't get just
Speaker 1: thirteen points off the bench. Russell Westbrook gave them fifteen
Speaker 1: by himself. Clippers were in control and they gave this
Speaker 1: game away to Denver. Credit the Denver Nuggets. They came
Speaker 1: through late. Russell Westbrook scrappy on the offensive glass, same
Speaker 1: with Aaron Gordon. Both of them are huge. In the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. That russ three pointer, he was just five
Speaker 1: to seventeen, but that was one of the biggest shots
Speaker 1: of the game, and the Clippers losing overtime one twelve
Speaker 1: to one, ten to the Denver Nuggets, who got twenty
Speaker 1: five points from Aaron Gordon. Remember that three point shooting
Speaker 1: we were talking about with him heading into the series. Ah,
Speaker 1: he shot forty four percent from three this year he
Speaker 1: was just one of three. It was all the work
Speaker 1: he did. I want to say. Twelve is twenty five
Speaker 1: points coming in the fourth quarter, just on hustle plays
Speaker 1: Nikola Jokicic below as averages twenty nine, nine and twelve
Speaker 1: below his season averages. Jamal Murray just seven of twenty
Speaker 1: twenty one points. You got the game you wonted from
Speaker 1: Jamal and Nikola Jokic, and you lost that game. Anyways,
Speaker 1: that's tough. Clippers fall in Game one one twelve to
Speaker 1: one ten in Denver. Outside of Los Angeles, we're leaving
Speaker 1: you until Game two. Monday night tip off is that
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Speaker 1: I guess that fifteen point lead in the first half
Speaker 1: turned out to be fools gold as the Clippers loss
Speaker 1: of the Nuggets in Game one, one twelve to one
Speaker 1: ten in overtime, brutal one Clipper Nation. We'll be here
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Speaker 1: YouTube side. Appreciate you guys in here after a pretty
Speaker 1: devastating game one loss. To lose a game like that,
Speaker 1: that's difficult, that's hard to explain away, But maybe it's easy.
Speaker 1: Maybe it's what I told you when it came to
Speaker 1: Keys to Victory in the pregame show right before tip off,
Speaker 1: I said, and I'm just echoing what coach Lou has
Speaker 1: been talking about and looking at trends and patterns with
Speaker 1: statistics I said, the key of the game is they
Speaker 1: have to take care of the basketball. Clippers had twenty turnovers,
Speaker 1: leading to twenty nine points. The turnovers single handedly got
Speaker 1: Denver back into this one. Credit the Nuggets. They got
Speaker 1: scrappy late. They fought, they battled. There were times they
Speaker 1: were just going shot for shot. But you're up by
Speaker 1: fifteen in that second quarter. The Clippers had a firm
Speaker 1: grasp of the basketball game and they end up being
Speaker 1: up just four by the half. They went five minutes
Speaker 1: and ten seconds scoring just two points to end that
Speaker 1: second quarter. That is wild for that to happen in
Speaker 1: a playoff game against the twenty first rate defense. I'm
Speaker 1: here to tell you I've been saying it. I don't
Speaker 1: buy that they're that bad defensively, the Denver Nuggets. I
Speaker 1: never have. I think it was low effort and guys
Speaker 1: being disinterested and all the turmoil in the locker room
Speaker 1: and Mike Malhane being fired. Well, now it is lit
Speaker 1: a fire underneath this team. Now they have something to
Speaker 1: play for, so they're going to play harder on that end.
Speaker 1: I'm not saying they wear elite defensively in this game
Speaker 1: by any means, but their ball pressure their defense on
Speaker 1: the perimeter, disrupting the Clippers giving their men zero airspace
Speaker 1: led to twenty turnovers. How does Jamal Murray create that
Speaker 1: turnover on Kawhi late in the fourth quarter? He has
Speaker 1: the matchup he wants and Kawhi loses it out of bounds.
Speaker 1: That stuff cannot happen. Jamal Murray is the guy you
Speaker 1: want to pick on. In a game where Jamal Murray
Speaker 1: took twenty shots to get to twenty one points and
Speaker 1: Jokich took twenty four shots to get to twenty nine points,
Speaker 1: the Clippers lost. How does that happen? Well? Twenty turnovers,
Speaker 1: seven offensive rebounds in the last nine minutes by the
Speaker 1: Denver Nuggets, many of which were Aaron Gordon and Russell Westbrook,
Speaker 1: and he gave away a very winnable game that could
Speaker 1: have given you home court. You could have put the
Speaker 1: pressure on Denver immediately, a team that was reeling heading
Speaker 1: into this series, a lot of unknowns the future. What's
Speaker 1: gonna happen? Well, now they can rally around this and
Speaker 1: feel invincible in a playoff series. Untimely turnovers, the volume
Speaker 1: of turnovers, and being out rebounded when it mattered most
Speaker 1: being out scrapped and out hustled when it mattered most
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter unbelievable. Clippers had some really poor performances,
Speaker 1: specifically off the bench, but they only had thirteen points.
Speaker 1: Nico was good. He had nine, three of six from
Speaker 1: the outside right. I say DJ was bad. He just
Speaker 1: he did miss a floater.
Speaker 8: I can't remember.
Speaker 1: It's late in the fourth for early overtime. He had
Speaker 1: a good look at it, as Russe had missed an
Speaker 1: easy one too, but he had just four points. Chris
Speaker 1: Dunn couldn't get any of those corner threes to fall late.
Speaker 1: I thought he was solid overall. His defense was really good.
Speaker 1: He still had ten points. There were still times where
Speaker 1: he was cutting to the basket if Visa Zubats would
Speaker 1: find him out of the high post, and he was
Speaker 1: hesitant to go up a couple times when he could
Speaker 1: have gone up strong. When Jokich was lurking and he
Speaker 1: had three fouls early, he finished with just four. I
Speaker 1: would like to see Chris Dunn be more aggressive, and
Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard has to be much more aggressive. I'm shocked
Speaker 1: I'm coming out of this game talking about Kawhi having
Speaker 1: a bad game. Honestly seven turnovers from Kawhi seven of
Speaker 1: their twenty turnovers. He looked tired at the end. I
Speaker 1: know it's forty one minutes. He's been playing big minutes,
Speaker 1: but the playoffs are just starting. Can't be tired now?
Speaker 1: Is at the altitude? He only took fifteen shots. James
Speaker 1: Harden kept him in it, hit a ton of big
Speaker 1: shots his defense. At times he left something to be desired,
Speaker 1: although he got the stop on Russell Westbrook to get
Speaker 1: into ot but Aaron Gordon that was his man a lot,
Speaker 1: and ag finished with twenty five. Aaron Gordon had more
Speaker 1: points than Kawhi Leonard. Yeah, you're probably gonna lose that game, right,
Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook had more points in the entire Clippers bench. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you're probably gonna lose that game. And they still could
Speaker 1: have won it if they had fifteen turnovers and said
Speaker 1: his twenty. But this is just a really disappointing game
Speaker 1: one because it felt like you could have stolen home court.
Speaker 1: You're up fifteen, Zach, that we need to take a
Speaker 1: ten second idea, Zactly, man, you already got it in
Speaker 1: twelve turnovers from Kawai in the last two games. I
Speaker 1: know uncharacteristically. Some of that is a fatigue thing, but
Speaker 1: it's game one of the playoffs. Renee said, as zuno
Speaker 1: masterpiece got ruined. I guess so others saying we lost
Speaker 1: by two, we're good. Okay. That's one way to look
Speaker 1: at it. Another way is this was the game that
Speaker 1: was there for the taking in Denver. This was the
Speaker 1: game you need to steal a victory against Denver. This
Speaker 1: was the game where Jokic and Jamal Murray combined to
Speaker 1: go nineteen for forty four, and you lost that game.
Speaker 1: A Vita Zubats more than held his own against Jokis.
Speaker 1: He was ten to fifteen with twenty one and thirteen.
Speaker 1: He's the reason Yokish didn't get that triple double. But
Speaker 1: I'm looking at it as a missed opportunity, a big one,
Speaker 1: a significant one. We'll see how significant it is. Clippers
Speaker 1: bounced back and won game two. All good. They got
Speaker 1: the split. The goal is to get the split. The
Speaker 1: question is was this their best chance of getting the split?
Speaker 1: Then they just blew it. I don't like some of
Speaker 1: the doubling on Jokish late in this game, when a
Speaker 1: Visa Zubats has a good position on him. That frustrated me.
Speaker 1: I gotta say, I understand Russell Westbrook. You play the
Speaker 1: odds with him and you look at his stat line.
Speaker 1: He's five of seventeen, two of six from three, but
Speaker 1: they left him open. He hit a big three to
Speaker 1: put him up by two. Harden came back and got
Speaker 1: the quick two to get him into overtime. But that
Speaker 1: shot from Russ. Now he's got more confidence. He's trying
Speaker 1: to burn his former team from a confidence aspect. I
Speaker 1: wonder where the Clippers are at. This is a demoralizing
Speaker 1: type loss. I think they'll be okay, but not the
Speaker 1: way you want to lose Game one. I'm not saying
Speaker 1: you'd rather get blown out, but man, it was right there.
Speaker 1: You lost this game more than Denver won it in
Speaker 1: some ways. Now Denver did what they needed to and
Speaker 1: they made the big plays. And I told you coming
Speaker 1: into this series one of my biggest worries was can
Speaker 1: you win a tight game and go ban for band
Speaker 1: shot for shot against Jamalm and Jokic With how clutch
Speaker 1: they are, they could have, but some of the other
Speaker 1: guys stepped up. Russ and Aaron Gordon. Clippers lose once,
Speaker 1: twelve to one. Ten in ot in Denver in Game one.
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Speaker 1: Lose for the first time in twenty days, and they
Speaker 1: lost a fifteen point lead in the second quarter where
Speaker 1: they had nine of their twenty turnovers. Kawhi tied a
Speaker 1: postseason career high with seven turnovers himself, and the Clippers
Speaker 1: fall in overtime in Denver by a score of once
Speaker 1: twelve to one ten. I'm at a Maslin Welcome back in.
Speaker 1: This is your postgame show, Clippers Talk. We'll go extra
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Speaker 1: you can find us. Christopher in La Christopher, how are
Speaker 1: you feeling right now?
Speaker 9: I'm feeling okay.
Speaker 1: Adam.
Speaker 9: Before I start making my comments, I wanted to let
Speaker 9: you know that last night my son and I went
Speaker 9: to go see ACDC at the Rose Bowl.
Speaker 1: Right on. I hope the Clippers are back in black.
Speaker 1: I hope they're back on Monday.
Speaker 9: Yeah, hopefully they'll you know, turn up the TNT and
Speaker 9: become dynamite.
Speaker 1: You got it. So how'd you feel about the ballgame?
Speaker 1: Where was it lost?
Speaker 9: It was basically lost in that second quarter, you know,
Speaker 9: and when they went to five minutes without scoring, and yeah,
Speaker 9: I felt, you know, going into you know, the you
Speaker 9: know this game and the World game. I just wanted
Speaker 9: a chance for them to win at the end, which
Speaker 9: they did have, but you know, it just.
Speaker 10: Didn't come up.
Speaker 9: The cards didn't come up right for them.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's self inflicted. They were their own worst enemy.
Speaker 1: You can't turn it over twenty times. Kawhi can't have
Speaker 1: a game like this where he ended up with Let's see,
Speaker 1: he had fourteen points in the first half, so he
Speaker 1: had just eight points in the second half, and he
Speaker 1: had seven total turnovers, like they wasted. A great performance
Speaker 1: from James Harden from a Visa Zubats and bad performances
Speaker 1: from Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokich. I don't know, it
Speaker 1: feels like they gave this one away. It's no disrespect
Speaker 1: to the Denver Nuggets because they made the plays late.
Speaker 1: Clippers also let them get back into it and tip
Speaker 1: of the Caps as Denver Nuggets. They came through and
Speaker 1: they needed to, and that's something I worried about coming
Speaker 1: into this series. But the Clippers were in control in
Speaker 1: the first half, so I agree with you.
Speaker 9: Oh they were. I mean, it's like you know, I mean,
Speaker 9: I was kind of like the first half was kind
Speaker 9: of like the way the Houston game at the end
Speaker 9: of the season, at the end of the home season,
Speaker 9: where we would get a big league Houston would cut
Speaker 9: down to about eight and then the Clippers would go
Speaker 9: on a run and put it back above double digit.
Speaker 10: So it was kind of, you know, starting that way,
Speaker 10: but then uh, Denver cut it to four at halftime,
Speaker 10: and you know, must have given them new life going
Speaker 10: into halftime.
Speaker 1: They did, you go from up fifteen to up just four,
Speaker 1: And Chris, I appreciate the phone call as always, my friend.
Speaker 1: Hopefully we'll be talking after a Clippers victory on Monday night.
Speaker 1: Steph in Houston Steph, you're on clippers off without a
Speaker 1: males and what's up, Steph.
Speaker 11: Oh Man, everything's going good except for the right there
Speaker 11: for that loss. But man, uh yeah, we definitely were
Speaker 11: in control of this game, especially in the first half.
Speaker 11: I knew Denver was gonna make a run, just because
Speaker 11: you know they're at.
Speaker 9: Home, and.
Speaker 2: You know they're Denver.
Speaker 11: They're they're always going to make a run. But I
Speaker 11: would say, you know, from the play standpoint, Kawhi with
Speaker 11: his seven turnovers, uh he he definitely has to do
Speaker 11: a better job of casting out of the double teams
Speaker 11: and not waiting so long for the double teams to come.
Speaker 9: Uh.
Speaker 11: Even you know on the last play with Murray when
Speaker 11: he when he turned the ball over, then he didn't
Speaker 11: have to wait as long as he did. He could
Speaker 11: have went he had to mismatch, could have win, got
Speaker 11: to a spot and pulled up, made the shot, or
Speaker 11: at least got got a good look.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 11: Yeah, him with only fifteen shots is like some of
Speaker 11: that is like a couple of those turnovers, we could
Speaker 11: have got shot shots.
Speaker 1: Though they had some indecisive plays in the fourth quarter
Speaker 1: and overtime where they were mismatch hunting and it was small,
Speaker 1: small pick and roll stuff where James Harden would screen
Speaker 1: for Kawhi, so Kawhi would have Christian Brown on him,
Speaker 1: and overall Brown did a good job. It wasn't the
Speaker 1: mismatch you would have thought. You know, Kawhi has to
Speaker 1: be better. He has to be more decisive out there
Speaker 1: and getting to his spots. Completely agree with you, right,
Speaker 1: And that's probably the last thing I thought I'd be
Speaker 1: saying coming out of this game. Honestly, we're criticizing Kawhi
Speaker 1: for a poor game.
Speaker 11: Yeah, yeah, And I don't think it was all on him.
Speaker 11: You know, he did looked tired. You know, the altitude
Speaker 11: might have played a role in that, especially down the stretch.
Speaker 11: She did look a little gassed. But you know, we
Speaker 11: had opportunities to win the game for sure. Another thing,
Speaker 11: I feel like Zubak is going to have to get
Speaker 11: a little closer to matching Jokis minutes because you know,
Speaker 11: as much as I love but to him, he can't
Speaker 11: go our Jokic.
Speaker 5: And here's the thing.
Speaker 1: I think they actually won the small ball minutes in
Speaker 1: this game against Jokis. I'll have to double check, but
Speaker 1: I think they won the small ball minutes against Jokic
Speaker 1: in this game, guys. So I don't know if that's
Speaker 1: necessarily the point to make here, Steph. I don't think
Speaker 1: that's what they lost.
Speaker 5: Uh.
Speaker 1: If they lost them, it was like by one. But
Speaker 1: I think they won them. I appreciate the phone call, Steph.
Speaker 1: Take a quick time out. Clippers lose one twelve to
Speaker 1: one ten in ot in Game one in Denver, I'm
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Speaker 1: Well, that's a push of the gut. Clippers did well
Speaker 1: against Jogics, against Murray, against Michael Porter Junior, and they
Speaker 1: still lose the game. They must have helped them somehow. Oh,
Speaker 1: they had twenty turnovers. Kauhi had seven of them. It
Speaker 1: only took fifteen shots. They only had eight points in
Speaker 1: the second half. They did not think I'd be saying
Speaker 1: that after this ballgame. Clippers losing overtime one twelve to
Speaker 1: one ten in game one in Denver, they're down oh
Speaker 1: one and it's the best of seven first round series.
Speaker 1: He's Ryan in Santa Anna. Ryan, you're on Clipper staff
Speaker 1: with out of malls and what's up, Brian?
Speaker 8: Hey, doubley, how's it going?
Speaker 1: Uh, you've heard, you've heard helse Go.
Speaker 8: Yeah. Yeah, So the twenty turnovers weren't great. Seven from Kawhi.
Speaker 8: You might say, that's Kawhi urristic of him. So, yeah,
Speaker 8: that's not cool.
Speaker 3: I think.
Speaker 8: But there's a lot too, Like, there's a lot of
Speaker 8: positives to take them away from me. Honestly, you cut
Speaker 8: down the turnovers, we should be all right, play the
Speaker 8: same way.
Speaker 1: Here's my problem. Here's my problem. You're ever cut down
Speaker 1: the turnovers and next game, yo, kids, is gonna end
Speaker 1: up going like fifteen of twenty five from the field.
Speaker 1: He was just twelve of twenty four.
Speaker 8: That wasn't supposed to be the original plan. The original
Speaker 8: plan was, Hey, let's let Joe Kit get his and
Speaker 8: then worry about the rest the turnovers. And you gotta
Speaker 8: give Denver a lot of credit. The Clippers had a
Speaker 8: lot of momentum and then they started valvating. They that
Speaker 8: really cut down the momentum for the Clippers and stuff,
Speaker 8: which is good on them, but I guess uh Clippers
Speaker 8: really got to like be aware of that. They were
Speaker 8: just valvating like crazy in order to cut down the momentum.
Speaker 8: And that's why I really like dragged it on.
Speaker 1: I thought there were a few week calls that went
Speaker 1: against the Clippers in this game, A couple on James Harden,
Speaker 1: a call on a East's zoo Bots where Yo Kis
Speaker 1: sold the contact. I don't think it decided the game.
Speaker 1: I don't, and there's people in the chat that are
Speaker 1: saying it. Did we decide the game? Is the Clippers
Speaker 1: having twenty turnovers and Kawhi having seven of them. That's
Speaker 1: yeah where I'm gonna put it.
Speaker 8: Kawhi cleans that up, and it was good on James Harden.
Speaker 8: See you only had two turnovers and the second one
Speaker 8: came late. H Kawhi cleaned that up. Has a more
Speaker 8: efficient game. I think. I see Clippers still pulling one
Speaker 8: out in Denver, and that's all that's all they really
Speaker 8: need to do.
Speaker 1: They have to win game two. I mean, here's the thing.
Speaker 1: Does it turn into a must win situation in game two?
Speaker 3: Now?
Speaker 1: If they go down at you. Is the series over?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 8: No, no, I don't know about that, but yeah, they
Speaker 8: have to have more of a sense of urgency. Russell
Speaker 8: Westbrook really provided that for the for the Nuggets, to
Speaker 8: be honest. Uh, he was very aggressive and that I
Speaker 8: mean we know from an experience from past histories, is that, Yeah,
Speaker 8: that either bites you or it really helps you. And
Speaker 8: today really helped them. So hopefully it goes in our
Speaker 8: way next time.
Speaker 1: All right, Ryan, appreciate the phone call. Let's go to
Speaker 1: Morris and Engle. Would Morris, what's up? You're on clippersoft
Speaker 1: without a mousme Hi Morse?
Speaker 5: You doing that game to Kawhi today? The Vintos, You're
Speaker 5: not gonna game right. I was goin to chat with
Speaker 5: him during the game, right, and somebody were telling me
Speaker 5: that the stadium was electrifying. The stadium was electrifying. I
Speaker 5: wasn't here. I'm here in that way. But check this out.
Speaker 5: That's why they got what it's called the home court advantage.
Speaker 5: That stuff do mean something. Monday money is a musk win.
Speaker 5: Monday is a musk win game. Why is that? Because
Speaker 5: you can't go down to Love and Denver looked like
Speaker 5: they stow the Pipers doom for him. There's still the
Speaker 5: pipp of Jersey. They looked like it was a better
Speaker 5: defensive team. But the Clipper needs to hold their hands
Speaker 5: up and it couldn't win in a way this either way,
Speaker 5: this is a playoff game. One hundred and twelve points
Speaker 5: over time. You know what, there was depend some defense
Speaker 5: at him. So I'm I'm feeling pretty good. Like the
Speaker 5: pis callers said, this is good science there and again,
Speaker 5: Kawhi and will never have a game like he had today.
Speaker 5: And I'm gonna leave you with that. Behave yourself at him,
Speaker 5: all right.
Speaker 1: Morris with some positivity here. I like that. I appreciate it.
Speaker 1: I agree. I don't think he's gonna have seven turnovers
Speaker 1: in this playoff series or in the playoffs. Again, it's
Speaker 1: only happened one another time, But is the damage already
Speaker 1: done off Kawhi steps up and wins them game two,
Speaker 1: We're good. I'm not putting it all on him. If
Speaker 1: Kawhi and the Clippers win game two and Kawhi bounces
Speaker 1: back in that game, we're good. But my problem is,
Speaker 1: while you're talking about, oh, it was such a close game,
Speaker 1: it was back and forth. No, it wasn't. The Clippers
Speaker 1: were up fifteen. They were leading till the last couple
Speaker 1: of minutes of the fourth quarter. I think till Russ
Speaker 1: hit that three pointer. From like the seven minute mark
Speaker 1: of the first quarter, till Russ hit the three pointer,
Speaker 1: the Clippers have been leading the entire way, So I
Speaker 1: can't characterize this as ah. It was just a tight,
Speaker 1: back and forth ball game. Somebody had to lose, somebody
Speaker 1: had to win. Clippers led by fifteen, they led by
Speaker 1: I think twelve in the first quarter. They let this
Speaker 1: one get away from them. Are the Nugget's gonna be
Speaker 1: as bad with Yo Kitchen Murray in Game two? I
Speaker 1: doubt it. Now, maybe it evens out and Aaron Gordon's
Speaker 1: not as good and Russ isn't as good as in
Speaker 1: Game two. I just feel like this was such a
Speaker 1: winnable game and a misopportunity by the Clippers. That's what
Speaker 1: gets me. It's a loss, but I can't just say
Speaker 1: it's a loss all the same the way they lost.
Speaker 1: The boosting morale the Denver Nuggets will have after winning
Speaker 1: a game in this fashion will be a problem for
Speaker 1: the Clippers moving forward. Denver has their swaggered their confidence back. Clippers.
Speaker 1: They gotta take it from him. Denver was in disarrayed.
Speaker 1: They fired their head coach, they fired their GM, and
Speaker 1: now they found themselves. They look connected out there when
Speaker 1: they needed to be. And for them to outwork the
Speaker 1: Clippers in the fourth quarter with all those offensive rebounds,
Speaker 1: that's something I hate seeing. The Clippers were the best
Speaker 1: defensive rebounding team percentage wise in the NBA this season,
Speaker 1: and they let that happen. Close out possessions, you win
Speaker 1: the game. They shot seven percent better from the field
Speaker 1: than the Nuggets. They shot fifty percent the Denver Nuggets
Speaker 1: forty three point six percent. They shot better from three.
Speaker 1: They hit three more three pointers than Denver. Denver started
Speaker 1: off hitting their first three three pointers, then they went
Speaker 1: one for their next eleven. So much went in the
Speaker 1: Clippers favor and they couldn't turn that into a win
Speaker 1: because of self inflicted moves. Got to take care of
Speaker 1: the basketball. Monday Night Game two in Denver, tip off seven,
Speaker 1: pregame show starting at six pm. Before we get out
Speaker 1: of here, I do want to thank the Clippers organization.
Speaker 1: Ralph Lawler, Brian Seman, Noah Igo, Carlo Jimenez on the call.
Speaker 1: Zacho called you back here in the bank. Brother Jake
Speaker 1: Warner thinking about you as well, and Daniel West. We'll
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