WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.080 --> 00:00:05.040 Phoning in. We're taking your calls on the LA Clippers 2 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:08.080 right now. This is Clippers Talk on Aaron. 3 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:10.320 On Demand, the Clippers Show of Record, your chance to 4 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:12.039 react to everything. 5 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:15.960 Clippers Clippers news happens. Let me guess it's about Kawhi. 6 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:17.359 Here we are and now here. 7 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:20.359 He is the host of your LA Clippers pre and. 8 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:24.559 Post game at follow Adam a Adam Mosley. Kawhi Leonard 9 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:26.600 plays both games of a back to back for the 10 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:29.239 first time in over a year, and the Clippers sweep 11 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:31.600 the back to back here at into a Dome over 12 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:34.119 the Dallas Mavericks as they win tonight one thirty five 13 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:37.479 to one oh four. Welcome into Clippers stock. I'm Ada 14 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:40.439 Moslin coming up. We'll get your phone calls eight sixty 15 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:43.000 six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight six six 16 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:46.200 ninety eighty seven two five seventy Hanging out with you 17 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:50.759 guys for another forty minutes here. The Clippers have four 18 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:53.560 games left in the regular season. They've won four straight. 19 00:00:53.759 --> 00:00:59.560 They've won fourteen of seventeen. They have won eleven of 20 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:02.920 their last twelve. Hear it into a Dome. They are 21 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:08.040 primed for a deep playoff run, but there's still work 22 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:11.319 to be done that involves getting out of the play in, 23 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:18.239 starting on Tuesday night against San Antonio, another must win game, 24 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:23.840 but they all are right now. And for the Clippers 25 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:27.519 to win in this fashion that they have been just 26 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:35.120 handling business left and right, beating bad teams to this extent, 27 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:43.159 winning by thirty one, it's just really impressive and speaks 28 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:46.280 to the professionalism of this team and the laser focused 29 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:48.760 they have down the stretch, knowing what the stakes are 30 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:52.439 in their mind. Seems like the playoffs have already started. 31 00:01:54.480 --> 00:01:59.319 They're getting up for these games. They're playing their best basketball. 32 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:03.159 That first quarter was one of the best opening quarters 33 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:06.120 I had seen from them this season. Remember, Anthony Davis 34 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:11.319 was back tonight in this game, and ad is a problem. 35 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:18.879 Don't forget that he had twenty seven. He had thirteen 36 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:22.000 free throws. Yea, the Dallas Mavericks had thirty eight. That 37 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:25.639 is an opponent season high. By the way, how nobody 38 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:27.840 missed two in a row in the fourth quarter with 39 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:31.280 all those free throws for them, I'll never understand. It 40 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:33.400 could have been free chicken for everyone here. But Anthony 41 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:37.599 Davis ended up with twenty seven and nine. Did have 42 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:43.280 six turnovers. But I loved the way the Clippers came out, 43 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:46.919 and to me, it was Kawhi when he is active 44 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:52.199 defensively early, everybody falls in line. He got a hand 45 00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:55.800 on the basketball with Derek Lively with it, but the 46 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:58.039 ball went out on the Clippers anyways, but it happened 47 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:01.400 within the first couple minutes. I said, Okay, Kawhi is 48 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:06.800 locked in. Is everyone else gonna follow suit? Zuke gets 49 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:11.680 a bucket from James Harden and gets another. That would 50 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:14.080 be a theme in this ballgame, as he went eleven 51 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:21.800 for eleven, but Kawhi actually started somewhat slow offensively. He 52 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:24.800 missed a layup going out Anthony Davis and then missed 53 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:27.319 the tip in, so he goes zero for two there, 54 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:30.759 but after a hard and three put him up eleven 55 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:34.159 to eight early in the first quarter. Then a timeout 56 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:38.719 was called. Then it's Kawhi left. He layup thirteen nine 57 00:03:38.759 --> 00:03:43.560 Clippers bullies PJ and then Anthony Davis came to help out. 58 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:48.000 Didn't matter, right handed flip shot fifteen to nine. Harden 59 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:52.000 full court passed to Kawhi for a dunk seventeen to nine. 60 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:55.680 Kawhi would miss a runout for a dunk later in 61 00:03:55.719 --> 00:04:00.199 the second half after he had a steal by the way, 62 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:03.719 but they go on a twelve zero run after a 63 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:07.360 Norman pal three pointer as Spencer didn't we got called 64 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:08.840 for a carry by the way, which you don't see 65 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:13.800 very often the Clippers, though Kawhi throws a noop to 66 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:16.439 a Visa Zubos in the first quarter. They're up twenty 67 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:21.759 seven to thirteen. They're just so dialed in on both ends. 68 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:29.319 Everything's working, and they led after one after a James 69 00:04:29.319 --> 00:04:31.839 Harden layup to end the first quarter thirty three to 70 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:34.079 twenty one. You get up by twelve in the first 71 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:41.720 twelve minutes, you're in good shape. Just such a near 72 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:46.319 flawless opening quarter for the Clippers. I felt like considering 73 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:49.560 Ad was cooking to start, Anthony Davis was getting some 74 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:52.879 buckets for them. They have their leader back, they're getting 75 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:54.879 to the free throw line, and the Clippers are still 76 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:59.040 up twelve heading into the second quarter. In the second 77 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:03.480 we get the Bogee Simmons DJ but toom with Kawhi 78 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:10.199 leading them line up. Clippers got up thirty seven to 79 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:14.240 twenty four after a Bogie threw a lob to Derek 80 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:18.279 Jones Junior, wouldn't be the last one of those. But 81 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:22.240 then Kawhi started to cook again. A fade away over 82 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:26.120 Caleb Martin thirty nine to twenty six, Clippers, A Kawhi three, 83 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:31.920 forty two to twenty nine. A Kawhi layup. 84 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:34.120 I. 85 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:41.199 It is incredible to see the scoring appetite that Kawhi 86 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:44.959 Leonard has right now. Now he's playing with such force, 87 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:47.720 getting into the paint, getting to his spots, and there's 88 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:53.920 nothing you can do to stop him. But he is 89 00:05:54.040 --> 00:05:57.920 looking to score early and often in a way he 90 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:02.040 just wasn't earlier in the season. Kawai steal Kawhi three, 91 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:06.480 forty five to thirty three. Kawhi fade away on PJ 92 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:12.000 forty seven to thirty five. Kawai, who it beats the Zubats, 93 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:15.759 Now he's gotta pass it. Two lefty hook shot forty 94 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:20.480 nine to thirty seven. Kawhi is controlling the game and 95 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:25.879 getting everybody involved too. Like it's one thing to score 96 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:29.720 and just look for your own, but then when those 97 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:33.920 doubles start coming, you gotta find the open man. Kawhi 98 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:37.959 ended up with ten of his eighteen points of the 99 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:40.519 half in that second quarter. Eight points in the first 100 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:46.040 quarter ten points in the second quarter balance scoring from him. 101 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:47.959 I don't know if I expected him to be this 102 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:50.839 good in his first back to back. I would say, 103 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:54.000 if anything, he looked sharper and maybe that's part of 104 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:56.639 the reason he wanted to play and has one to 105 00:06:56.639 --> 00:06:58.680 play in these back to backs for a while. But 106 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:01.959 you gotta handle it with caution because he knows he'll 107 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:03.920 still be in rhythm from the night before, He'll still 108 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:06.839 have his timing out there. He didn't look tired whatsoever. 109 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:08.879 Now he only had to play twenty four minutes last 110 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:14.639 night and only twenty five tonight, But Kawhi looked remarkable. 111 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:21.079 Just you're in awe watching this guy and just seeing 112 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:27.639 shades of Jordan and MJ special players say the least. 113 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:33.839 But when he's healthy in looking like this, Yeah, now 114 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:36.759 he looks like a top five player in the league. Again, 115 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:40.240 that's what we were waiting for. Right Kawhi has hit 116 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:46.160 the gas. Kawhi found that extra gear. He is right 117 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:49.040 back to where he was last season. And I thought 118 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:52.000 that was the best version, scoring wise of Kawhi. I 119 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:53.839 know that's crazy to say. Some people are gonna say, 120 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:56.000 what about the twenty nineteen row with the Toronto Raptors. Yeah, 121 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:59.399 it was maising, but it's not like he hasn't kept 122 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:02.600 working on his and getting more refined. Twenty twenty one, 123 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:05.480 he was even more efficient before he went down to 124 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:08.879 acl in the playoffs. I fully believe if he doesn't 125 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:12.560 go down the Clippers winning the championship, then has a 126 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:17.360 year off, comes back and on his way leading into 127 00:08:17.399 --> 00:08:22.000 the playoffs against Phoenix in twenty twenty three, I thought again, Okay, 128 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:24.600 this is the best version of Kawhi. Look how efficient 129 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:30.519 he is. He just keeps getting better. It's incredible because 130 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:34.000 you would think these injuries would set him back so much, 131 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:38.360 and he hasn't even been able to train the same 132 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:41.360 way coming off the latest knee flare up from last season, 133 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:44.639 He's had to ramp down on the training. He's had 134 00:08:44.679 --> 00:08:46.480 to just figure it out in game to get his 135 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:49.159 time back there. So it took more games for him 136 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:52.360 to get into the flow that he was in last season. 137 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:56.840 But he's there now because last season. Again, comes back 138 00:08:56.879 --> 00:09:01.519 from the meniscus after the Phoenix series twenty twenty three 139 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:04.320 and has the most efficient stretch in NBA history over 140 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:06.559 a thirty game sample size, where he shot fifty seven 141 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:10.840 to fifty two ninety splits. That was the best offensive 142 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:16.519 version I've ever seen of him. And now go look 143 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:20.759 at his last ten to fifteen games. He's right there again. 144 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:28.720 It's just it's incredible. Clippers at the half, after getting 145 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:31.879 those ten points from Kawhi in the second quarter, lead 146 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:35.960 sixty one to fifty two. I thought there was a 147 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:40.879 little bit of a missed opportunity while Harden got a 148 00:09:40.919 --> 00:09:43.440 floater to go, a couple of them to go at 149 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:46.440 the end of the second quarter. It felt like with 150 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:48.840 Kawhi off the floor near the end of the second 151 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:51.480 the Clippers let things get a little bit too close. 152 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:55.799 Nazi Marshall made it fifty seven to forty, and they're 153 00:09:55.840 --> 00:09:58.320 only up by nine at the half. But then you 154 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:01.960 come out and just feature Zoo. I'm sure coach Lou 155 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:05.759 had the halftime box score in his hand and maybe said, Okay, 156 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:10.039 let's see here. Aviza zubots is five for five. They 157 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:13.240 can't stop him, they can't do anything with him. Maybe 158 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:15.440 we should get him the basketball. And he gets a 159 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:17.720 tough layup on Derek Lively coming out of the half 160 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:21.440 in the third quarter. Then Norm was able to get 161 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:23.639 an easy one in transition, driving the lane for a 162 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:28.919 scoop layup, another Zoo layup, sixty seven fifty two. Okay, 163 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:31.799 now they're gonna open it up. A Zoo push shot, 164 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:36.440 and then Kawhi the steel on Anthony Davis, but missed 165 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:39.720 the dunk. On the other end, Dallas was trying to 166 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:44.360 hank tough. They scored five straight. It's a nine point 167 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:48.159 game again. James Harden floater and he had it going. 168 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:52.600 James Harden been much more efficient ass of late ten 169 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:58.600 of nineteen twenty nine points, fourteen assists, two turnovers. You're 170 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:02.960 seeing it. It's the Kawhi effect. Bogie too, another guy 171 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:08.240 taking him off ball, saving his legs. But Kawhi, it's Kawhi. 172 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:14.639 He's having to do work, not nearly as hard as 173 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:16.840 he had to earlier in the season. James Harden, I'll 174 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:21.919 put it like that. Zuke gets an a one in 175 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:26.879 the third. Now he's nine for nine. MAV's still trying 176 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:29.960 to hang around Lay. Thompson hits a three pointer. Kawhi 177 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:31.720 was a little bit late on that close that I believe. 178 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:37.360 Then Kawhi is a steal on ad as he was 179 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:41.440 trying to handle it or hand the ball over two 180 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:47.320 Klay Thompson. Clippers are up by twelve, Norm Jumper up 181 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:52.120 by fourteen, and by the time Kawhi hits a three 182 00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:56.440 pointer to make it eighty four to sixty nine, He's 183 00:11:56.480 --> 00:12:00.600 got twenty five points in twenty two minutes. Hard and 184 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:06.240 layup eighty six to sixty nine. Then Kawhi plays some 185 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:12.480 incredible defense on PJ. Washington, who was trying to bully him. 186 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:16.440 That's not gonna happen. Dunn ends up ripping it away 187 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:21.000 and then found Kawhi running the floor for a two 188 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:23.919 handed dunk. They said Chris Dunn was out of bounds 189 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:27.879 initially with his right foot. They reviewed it. Now there 190 00:12:27.960 --> 00:12:32.039 was some space there between his white shoe and the 191 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:37.279 white base line. The dunk counts for Kawhi, so you 192 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:40.159 can add on where was he at By the end 193 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:43.879 of the third quarter. I believe the Clippers were up 194 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:47.960 yes one oh five to eighty two, and now Kawhi 195 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:52.279 is at twenty seven points. Nine more points in the 196 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:57.840 third James Harden though in that third quarter he was 197 00:12:57.879 --> 00:13:01.440 doing some work too. He had ten points in the 198 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:06.120 third quarter. It's just all systems go. Everything is working, 199 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:11.480 They're coming together at just the right time. We've said 200 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:20.279 this before. But the hope is obviously from everyone. Kawhi 201 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:23.720 can just stay healthy. That's it. All I need is 202 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:25.720 a healthy Kawhi in a seven game series, and you 203 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:30.120 can beat anyone. That's what this is about. The Clippers 204 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:32.399 would open things up in the fourth quarter. I was 205 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:35.000 surprised Kawhi was still out there. They're up by twenty three. 206 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:38.360 He's played twenty three minutes. It's his first back to back. 207 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:41.759 Got bowed by Anthony Davis to start the fourth hit 208 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:45.080 a couple of free throws, but toom hits a three. 209 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:49.120 It's one ten to eighty four. Ben Simmons gonna pushot 210 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:52.559 over Derek Lively for good measure one twelve to eighty four. 211 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:57.120 And then the Derek Jones junior reverse layup in traffic 212 00:13:57.240 --> 00:14:05.039 that was tough. After he had the reverse oop off 213 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:08.240 a hardened pass in the third quarter, the reverse jam 214 00:14:08.399 --> 00:14:10.480 where he got up and remember early on in the 215 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:12.480 game he went to the locker room. I was concerned 216 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:18.279 Derek Liveley kind of unintentionally took out his legs. He 217 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:21.799 was down for a second. He played the next possession, 218 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:23.759 but after a time out he went to the locker room. 219 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:27.440 I'm going on no, not DJ. We had another scare 220 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:35.159 with Norn Powell get in need a Charlie horse maybe, 221 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:38.120 but saw him on the stationary bike at the very 222 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:41.279 end of this game. Even though obviously Clippers got to 223 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:43.200 bring in the backups, the reserves, they called in the 224 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:46.840 cavalry because they led by as many as thirty two. 225 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:50.279 They win one thirty five to one oh four over 226 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:52.759 the Dallas Mavericks. Here It into it Home. They sweep 227 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:55.639 this two game mini series. Coming up. We'll get to 228 00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:59.440 your phone calls, Mike Allen Aria, We'll get to you next. 229 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:03.679 Here on Upper Stalk only have five seventy LA Sports. 230 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:12.360 The El Lague Clippers. You're listening to LA Clippers Basketball. 231 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:15.879 Take us with you wherever you are on the iHeartRadio app. 232 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:18.720 Clippers win one thirty five to one oh four over 233 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:20.919 the Dallas Mavericks. Here It into a Dome. Welcome back 234 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:24.519 in to Clippers Stock. I'm outa Moslin. Yes, all they 235 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:27.600 do is win. Right now, they have won fourteen of 236 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:31.200 their last seventeen, four in a row. With four games 237 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:33.639 left in the regular season, They're back here at the 238 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:35.759 Dome in a couple of days. Tuesday night against the 239 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:42.480 San Antonio Spurs. Kawhi Leonard plays his first full back 240 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:45.519 to back. Available on the front end of it, available 241 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:47.799 on the back end of it. He's been saying he's 242 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:50.679 available for a while. They let him play this back 243 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:57.000 to back and he looked spectacular. Twenty nine on nineteen shots. 244 00:15:57.039 --> 00:16:00.679 He goes twelve of nineteen from the field sick boards. 245 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:04.000 His rebounding is really underrated and especially needed for this 246 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:07.320 Clippers team, as they outrebound Dallas again forty five to 247 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:12.000 forty one, three assists, he leads them to the plus minus. 248 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:17.279 He's a plus twenty seven. Kawhi is just He's Kawhi. 249 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:22.559 He's right back to where he was last season when 250 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:25.919 I thought it was the best version of him. It's 251 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:30.399 still there. Remember remember Toby, there was no structural damage. 252 00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:36.559 It was swelling, a flare up that kept him out 253 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:40.000 of the playoffs. He did have to go under the 254 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:43.120 knife again for whatever you want to call it cleanup. 255 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:46.200 I don't know. All I know is this. A healthy 256 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:50.240 Kawhi Leonard is one of the greatest basketball players in 257 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:53.559 the history of this game. And a healthy Kawhi Leonard 258 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:56.279 can lead you to a championship. And everyone's starting to 259 00:16:56.320 --> 00:17:01.200 recognize now national media wise that this Clippers team is 260 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:09.319 that dangerous. Credit Steve Balmer. You're putting the right people 261 00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:13.799 in charge. Lawrence Frank cooked this offseason and during the season, 262 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:17.279 bringing in Vogue Don Bogdanovich, who has been shooting fifty 263 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:21.640 from three over his last twenty games, and he was once, 264 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:25.920 you know, one of two from three tonight. That was 265 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.720 a great move. A lot of people had first questioned it, 266 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:37.839 how about now, but this team treading water and then 267 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:41.680 some without Kawhi to give him enough time to hopefully 268 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:44.160 be peaking right before the playoffs start and hopefully not 269 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:46.319 a play in but a playoff series for the Clippers. 270 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:50.920 Credit James Harden. It beats Zubos, Norman Powell holding it down. 271 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:54.960 Just so many guys on this team, the coaching staff, 272 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:59.720 everybody gets to this point where right now it feels 273 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:05.000 like some masterful planning from this Clippers team with Kawhi 274 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:09.759 and everything, how they've treated the situation like he is 275 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:12.000 exactly where you want him to be at this time 276 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:16.240 of the season, and that ultimately is going to decide 277 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:18.839 the clippers fate. If you got a healthy Kawhi and 278 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:21.279 no just a healthy Kawhi, but a Kawhi Leonard that 279 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:24.759 is in rhythm like this. Yes, nobody wants to see 280 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:27.480 this Clippers team in a seven game series. Coach lu 281 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:31.039 said postgame after Kawi's first back to back set of 282 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:37.000 the season, quote, he performed good twenty nine on twelve 283 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:39.759 nineteen shooting. I would say in twenty five minutes, yes, 284 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:43.440 Coach Lou, he performed good. He performed well out there, 285 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:46.559 he cooked. Let's go to Mike in La. Mike, quickly, 286 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:48.119 you got thirty seconds here on Clippers stock. 287 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:52.480 What's up, hey, Adam. You know, for all the people 288 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:54.720 who said before the season that we're going to finish 289 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:57.400 thirteenth in the West and whatever, I am loving with. 290 00:18:57.920 --> 00:19:02.880 This is just awesome and you're absolutely right, Kawhi is 291 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:08.319 looking phenomenal. I just hope that you know, zoo and 292 00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:11.359 hard and get some real consideration for some All NBA, 293 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:15.400 you know, awards for you know, third team All NBA 294 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:18.480 or something at the end of the season, because yeah, 295 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:19.240 they deserve it. 296 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:23.680 Yeah, this Clippers team, they have a lot of guys 297 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:26.400 that should be up for awards. I appreciate the phone call, Mike. 298 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:30.440 I'm trying to give them their flowers now because they 299 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:33.599 put themselves in a situation where they win their last 300 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:36.200 four games, they'll be out of the play in into 301 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:43.039 the playoffs, and they will have hopefully the best offensive 302 00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:46.960 version of Kawhi Leonard we have seen. And that's that's 303 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:49.480 what you need. You need stars. You need superstars in 304 00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:53.359 this league to perform at the highest level, and we 305 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:56.519 have all the faith in Kawhi Leonard to be able 306 00:19:56.559 --> 00:20:00.000 to do that. Alan and Silverlake. Alan, you're on Clipper 307 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:00.680 stop without. 308 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:05.759 A Mazzle, Adam. This is what championship teams look like. 309 00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:10.240 You have a dominant center, you have a superstar playing well, 310 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:14.240 you have a smothering defense, you have shooters coming off 311 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:18.519 the bench. It's just it is very exciting, you know. 312 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:21.599 And the only thing I didn't like today tonight, and 313 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:23.880 you said something about it, is I do not know 314 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:25.839 why Kawhi started that fourth quarter. 315 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:28.640 I'll tell you. I'll tell you why they started the 316 00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:32.960 fourth quarter, Allen, And I'm pretty positive about this. Coach 317 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:35.680 Lou wanted him to get more reps next to this 318 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:38.119 lineup that they've been using to start second and fourth 319 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:40.559 quarters over the last couple of weeks that has been good. 320 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:43.839 He wants to see more data from it with him 321 00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:48.759 next to Bogie, buttoom DJ and Ben Simmons. That seems 322 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:52.559 to be the set second unit lineup lineup led by 323 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:54.920 Kawhi Leonard. And I think that's all that was. 324 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:59.200 I thought the same thing. But you know, you just 325 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:03.000 when you see norm get need like that and you 326 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:06.680 just think it's you know, even so, it's just it's 327 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:09.039 always a gammible every second on an NBA court, you 328 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:10.200 just that's fair. 329 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:14.960 But you know, just look, look, I mean I tweeted it. 330 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:18.039 I was like, they're up twenty three Cohi? Is it 331 00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:20.599 twenty three minutes on his first second out of a 332 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:23.599 back to back in over a year. That's maybe just 333 00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:27.160 no one to fold him here, and we're good. We're good. Uh, 334 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:32.079 But I get like they do need reps. They do. 335 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:34.599 Like the reason they're playing so well right now is 336 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:38.240 because they have been getting those consistent reps. So it's 337 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:43.000 kind of hard to argue with it in some ways. 338 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:46.359 Look, it's it's very exciting if it all. You know, 339 00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:49.880 if Zoom makes his shots, he doesn't make them every night, 340 00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:54.640 and and I agree, if they're in a seven game series, 341 00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:57.079 you know you're worried about the plan because it's you know, 342 00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.559 one team can get. 343 00:21:58.400 --> 00:22:00.640 Inspired if who makes a shot night, but. 344 00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:04.759 Zoo, honestly, I mean, I know he makes. This just 345 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:07.759 seems like he has yet every night's great with him, 346 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:10.559 but there's some nights that just seem like, you know, 347 00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:13.920 they're the I guess I'm dissatisfied with anything except one 348 00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:16.240 hundred percent shooting from him, I guess, is all I'm saying. 349 00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:21.480 Yeah, well, I think that's a little bit unfair. Okay, 350 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:26.160 go eleven of eleven from the field, but he's one 351 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:29.799 of the most efficient players in the league. He's at 352 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:32.880 sixty two percent from the field. I don't think worried 353 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:34.720 about Zoo if he's making his shots or no. I 354 00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:37.599 was like, if he getting shots is the only question. 355 00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:40.920 That's true. And you know, if he did have to 356 00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:43.920 pick apart one other thing, it still seems like they 357 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:46.519 haven't perfected the entry pass into him. 358 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:49.640 Well, it's because they double so much now as part 359 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:52.000 of the problem. Like they were doubling when Kay Jones 360 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:53.920 was on him in the second half. They would throw 361 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:57.640 a double each in every time. But I appreciate the 362 00:22:57.680 --> 00:23:00.519 phone call Allen because of each Zoo bots is like 363 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:05.279 that now. But yeah, Visa Zubats, by every metric, is 364 00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:08.960 one of the most efficient players in the league. I 365 00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:11.519 never worry about it Visa Zubas making shots. I worry 366 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:15.599 about him getting enough. And tonight in this game, he 367 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:19.480 only got eleven, but he made all eleven. He made 368 00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:23.680 the most of his opportunities. Aria and San Diego, Ario, 369 00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:25.319 you're on Clipper staff without a muscle. 370 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:30.640 Say what's up, Adam. I'm just really happy as a 371 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:33.680 fan to just, you know, see, like we had a 372 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:36.880 big lead in this game against the mass and I'm 373 00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:39.640 just happy to see that they finally just didn't blow 374 00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:42.839 the lead, because what's been happening a lot this season 375 00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:46.279 is that we've blown lots of twenty point leagues to 376 00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:49.200 like the Pacers or a lot of other teams. So 377 00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:52.160 I'm just really happy to see that they kept the 378 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:56.480 league and just played great. And it's just good to 379 00:23:56.519 --> 00:24:01.079 see Kawhi just playing like his eventure, the vintage Claw. 380 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:04.119 I mean, in his last couple of games, he's just 381 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:08.640 been great offensively and defensively. I mean he's getting to 382 00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:12.079 his spots and like at the beginning, at like when 383 00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:17.519 he came back, he was really only just shooting three. 384 00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:20.960 Then I like that now he's just getting to his 385 00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:23.720 spots and it's just helping this team. And with all 386 00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:28.359 the playoff seatings going around, it's Minnesota winning, Memphis winning 387 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.119 Golden State. 388 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:34.680 I here are you making some great points. I appreciate 389 00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:36.319 the phone call. I got to take a quick time 390 00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:40.240 out here, but yeah, the Clippers have blown some big 391 00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:43.559 leads this season. Uh you mentioned the Pacers game, the 392 00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:48.160 Sun's game up by twenty three. Lately, though, they are 393 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:51.440 slamming the door and that is really good to see. 394 00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:56.480 And those are the type of positive habits from a 395 00:24:56.519 --> 00:25:00.079 team that has been building those good habits and patterns 396 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:03.079 and traits over the last couple of weeks now, and 397 00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:06.359 it's like, what we got to understand is Kawhi has 398 00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:09.799 only played well around thirty games this season. Okay, well 399 00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:12.640 about half of those now have been the real version 400 00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:16.519 of Kawhi off of minutes restriction, basically since the start 401 00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:21.640