March 15, 2021 • 39 mins
Clippers Talk with Adam Auslund after they lose 135-115 to the Pelicans in New Orleans. Nick Hamilton tries to help explain the inconsistency with the team.
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Clippers and they would lose one thirtyfive to one fifteen to the New Orleans
Pelicans. Welcome into Clippers Talk.I'm atam Oslin to eight seven seven five
two zero eleven fifty eight seven sevenfive two zero eleven fifty is the phone
number coming up. You'll hear fromthe head coach, Coach Lou post game
after the Clippers lose by twenty.Also Nick Hamilton media personality, someone you
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know here at a five seventy LASports, a frequent guest on Going Rogan
as well, a friend in avery good analyst. I want his opinion
after this loss because some of thisI can explain. Some of this I
simply can't. If you put thisin context, and the fact that they
were already going to start this gamewithout Patrick Beverly, who will not be
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here for this three game road trip. They are in Dallas tomorrow for a
two game mini series Tomorrow night andthen Wednesday night against the Dallas Mavericks.
But we know how much Patrick Beverlymeans to this team. We've talked about
this going back years. They areone hundred and five and fifty three with
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him and just seventeen and nineteen withouthim the last three seasons. It is
much more than just the numbers.I say it all the time, and
I mean it every damn time,because he's an inspiration out there. The
way he plays directs everyone and getsthem going in the right direction. He
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is a constant reminder of how thisteam has to play. And when people
tell me, well, what ifhe came off the bench instead and you
had more scoring? The reason Ithink he has to be a starter for
this team. And this is kindof a separate conversation, but it's because
of that mindset and that focus hestarts games with and without him, there
is a lack of focus out there, to say the least, and this
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team has been playing some inconsistent basketballdefensively all season long, where quite frankly,
then being fourteenth coming into this gamedefensively, and it's not going to
get much better after this one justdoesn't line up with this roster. It
doesn't match the talent on this roster. The guys who are capable of playing
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great, lockdown defense. We justsaw it against the Golden State Warriors.
And Golden State, by the way, record wise, is better than the
New Orleans Pelicans. This season.New Orleans is a top ten offense.
They're seventh coming into this one.They might jump up a few spots,
but defensively, they're the third worstteam on that end. And I thought
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they played with a better sense ofurgency from the outset, from the opening
tip than the Clippers. And maybethey're surging and they'll make a run.
And they have a ton of talenton their team, and I think they
have underachieved overall, and they couldbe taking a step back to start things
off with stan Van Gundi before theytake two steps forward. But we know
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what they're capable of when those youngguys are really focused and locked in,
because they just beat the Cleveland Cavaliersby forty Friday night, and tonight they
played with more energy and more effortthan the Clippers, even without pat Bev.
I didn't think the effort was thereto the point that it needed to
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be. Even without him, youknow there's going to be some drop off.
You can't make up for that loss, but you have to be better
than this. And then they lostSir Jebaca with I believe lower back tightness.
We don't know his status, buthe only played the first eight minutes
of the game and he was gone. And then it beats the Zubos got
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into foul trouble with three personal foulsin the first half, and so I
can understand how the New Orleans Pelicanswere able to go into attack mode and
how the paint was so open,wide open for them to the point where
they put up seventy two points inthe paint, just like the Memphis Grizzlies
did a couple of weeks ago,and the Clippers did respond the next night.
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We're hoping the same thing happens tomorrowand Dallas, But seventy two points
in the paint is extreme for ateam that is good in the paint because
they have Zion Williamson and when he'sout there going I think thirteen of sixteen
from the field with twenty seven pointswhen he's got it going like that,
they're tough to stop. But Istill felt like there were self inflicted wounds
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and poor rotations at times, andjust not enough energy with the Clippers to
let a team shoot sixty five percentfrom the field on you. That's just
inexcusable, no matter how good theycan be, and they are top ten
offense, that's a little much.Ain't not much, it's a little much.
And they went twelve of twenty sixfrom three. My key to the
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game, and this was surprising.And there's really no excuse other than an
off shooting night, I guess,but the New Orleans Pelicans are one of
the worst teams of defending the threepoint line. Teams are shooting thirty nine
percent from three on average against themon the season. That is the major
reason there's still five games under fivehundred, and the Clippers are the best
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three point shooting team at forty twopercent. And somehow they came out flat
ice cold. They started one ofseven from three and it really continued throughout
the entire game. They got better, but for their standard, going fifteen
to forty three, that's just thirtyfive percent. That is an off night
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for them. From distance. Outsideof Reggie Jackson hitting those four three pointers
in the third quarter, they reallynever got it going. And that is
a huge trademark of this team.That's part of their identity, that three
point shooting, that passing from beyondthe arc, and I thought overall it
was the Pelicans passing that was phenomenal. They assisted on thirty eight of their
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fifty three made shots. That's northof seventy percent of their shots being assisted,
and honestly, their offensive numbers wentdown at the very end of the
game. The Clippers best quarter camein that fourth quarter, when the game
was no longer earned doubt. Theywere down by as many as thirty three
and the Clippers outscored them thirty twoto twenty five. And inconsequential time,
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mop up duty was for the NewOrleans Pelicans, and they let their foot
off the gas slightly, and theystill or at sixty five percent from the
field. I think entering the fourththey were at sixty nine percent shooting wise,
the Clippers have to get better defensively. This is not championship level defense,
and they have it in them todo so. And I don't know
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if there's a connection between when they'renot hitting shots, they hang their heads.
On the other end, they letit affect their defense, because that
is something that may have happened inthis game when you're ice cold from the
outside and you feel like, oh, maybe it's just not our night.
Even though at any point they canget hot in a quarter. They are
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the best, not just the bestthree point shooting team in the league.
They are a historically great three pointshooting team. They're on pace to be
the second best team from beyond thearc in NBA history. But when those
shots weren't falling, there seemed tobe a lack of effort at times on
the defensive end and a lack ofcommunication. And Pat Bev is that vocal
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leader, and that's another reason theyneed him. He gets everyone charged up
and ramped up, and it's justan inspirational type of player with the way
he plays. There are certain guyslike that in the league that make you
want to play harder because you seethat they give one hundred and ten percent,
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as the cliche would go, atall times. And without him,
there's just been a huge drop offgoing back three years, so even before
the two one three connection came,he's just integral to this team and the
spirit that they play with when they'relooking right, and tonight they were not.
But they have to get by rightnow. There's enough talent on this
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team to win games without Patrick Beverley, obviously, and they've done it.
But they're gonna have to dig deeptomorrow night because Dallas is starting to play
better, a lot better. Theyhave been under achieving all season long.
And I think they've won eight often or something like that. I'll get
that number for you. And justbecause the Clippers lost by fifty one,
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which should tell you that the DallasMavericks should give them their full undivided attention.
If there's ever a team you wantto get some revenge on, it's
that team. Doesn't mean it's justgonna happen. You have to come out
with the right mindset, in asense of urgency. There are thirty two
games remaining in the season, andthe Clippers have to start to put together
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some consistency defensively. Trying to outscorethe New Orleans Pelicans when you're already down
fifteen isn't gonna work. They didmake a little run at the end of
the first half where they cut itto ten after Luke Kennard, who did
play well finished with fifteen points,hit a three pointer at the buzzer,
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and I thought that might have acarry o for effect. I was wrong,
because the Clippers got outscored by seventeenin that third quarter. As good
as they were in the third quarterThursday against the Golden State Warriors, where
they went first season high in aquarter was scoring forty five points, they
gave up forty three to New Orleanstonight in the third. That's where the
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game completely got out of hands.Clippers lose by twenty in New Orleans by
a final score of one thirty fiveto one fifteen. Coming back, we'll
get to your phone calls. Eightseven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight
seven seven five two zero eleven fiftyis the phone number, and you'll also
hear from the head coach to Ronlou After the Clippers dropped to twenty five
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and fifteen on the season, they'renow twelve and nine on the road.
Their next game is coming up tomorrowin Dallas against a surging Dallas Mavericks team,
and we don't know if the Clipperswill have Serge Ibaca back. Hopefully
we'll have that answer coming back frombreak. This is Clippers Talk. I'm
Ata mo Oslind and you're listening tothe Patriot AM eleven fifty LA Clippers Basketball
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on the official home of your LAClippers. The Clippers have dropped five of
their last seven games. Now theylose in New Orleans to the Pelicans one
thirty five to one fifteen. Welcomeback into Clipper stock. I'm ata Moslin
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eight seven seven five two zero elevenfifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven
fifty. Now I bring up thatnumber not to panic anyone, there are
still thirty two games left in theseason, but actually to let you know
that the Clippers are not the onlyteam struggling right now in the Western Conference.
In fact, everyone from the oneto seven seeds lost today except the
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Lakers because they didn't play. They'retaking on the Golden State Warriors tomorrow night.
But the Jazz lost, the Sun'slost, the Nuggets lost, Theer's
lost, and the Jazz, whohave the best record in the NBA,
who at one point won twenty oneof twenty three games, and the Clippers
did beat them. They are fourand five in their last nine. The
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Lakers are four and seven in theirlast eleven so now the Clippers four and
seven in their last eleven. Sosome of the top elite teams in the
West have been struggling as of late, not so in the East. The
Nets, even without Kevin Durant,have been unbelievable. James Harden is going
to win MVP with the team yougot traded too, and Houston's fallen apart.
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Okay, I digress. Clippers loseby twenty though in New Orleans to
the Pelicans. And while we havea moment, let's pause ten seconds for
station identification. Here on the PatriotAM eleven fifty, this is LA Clippers
Basketball AM eleven fifty KIV, LosAngeles, an iHeart radio station. And
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I'm not trying to sweep this lossunder the rug, because I know Clipper
Nation is discouraged and disappointed with theeffort coming off of what we saw Thursday
against the Golden State Warriors where PatBEV didn't play the second half of that
one. So, like I said, I can explain some of it.
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There is some reason and logic towhy you lose a game like this,
but not to this extent. AndI do believe the final score matters how
you play matters and wins and losses. I've never bought a win as a
win a loss as a loss.You can always learn from wins as well
as failure. Now, the goodnews is I believe I want to say
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the Clippers are six and ozo onthe second game of back to backs this
season. I forgot to confirm thiswith Noah Egle, but overall, whether
it's six and ozero or five andone or six and one, they have
been great the second game of aback to back, and they should get
or a team like the Dallas Mavericksshould get their complete attention. This is
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a circle the calendar type of game, and I'm hoping the Clippers respond in
a big way, not just becausethey lost like this tonight, but added
fuel to the fire should be thefact that Dallas beat them by fifty one
and embarrassed them earlier this season.Granted, no Kawhi Leonard in that game,
but the Clippers have enough depth tocompete and win games against the best
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in the league no matter who isout there. I just think they're that
talented. And here was the headcoach to Ron Low post game after the
Clippers lose one thirty five to onefifteen in New Orleans. Lonzo got off
to a good start for them tonight, especially with a few open threes.
How much more difficult is it tostop that team offensively when he's shooting so
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well and playing with as much confidenceas he was tonight. I'm as hard
to stop for any team if youget up seventy two points in the bank.
You know, I thought they goteverything and they wanted almost fifty percent
from three seventy percent from the field. No resistance, no toughness, I
thought. I thought they just youknow, we didn't give any resistance and
we didn't show any tougher tonight,and that's why they had seven two points
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in the pain. Move over toBrad Turner the time. What a game
about? How you trying to makeup not having packed there but then you
lose surge? Does that just becomeI don't want to stay impossible, but
makes it more difficult? They havetwo of your topic players out of a
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game like this. No, Imean, everybody's missing guys all year long,
beach, you know, that's noexcuse. And I just think we
played with the physicality we need toplay with tonight. The guy the guys
thirteen for sixteen from the field,one free to ow, no threes.
I mean, not even put himon the free throw line even you know,
not even trying to get in hisway to even try to stop him,
you know, And you know,until we show some some some toughness,
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until we show some some willingness toguard one on one, you know,
I think it's gonna be tough forus. Then we gotta take that
responsibility every single night. And nowwe didn't do that tonight. We'll move
over to tim there. They shotaround seventy percent, like you said,
for like the first three quarters.You know, at some point that's also
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do you just tip your hat tothem or is that just solely on you
guys for allowing no resistance, Likeyou just tip your hat to them at
some point? Well, I mean, yeah, tip you have when they
did play well. But I thinkwhen you get out to an early start
up, scoring to basketball so easy. Now they become comfortable. Now they
got a big lead, and everythingstarts going in, everything's going their way,
you know, to start the game. That's well. Always talking about
a defensive mindset, starting a gamewith physicality at all five positions, starting
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with a defensive mindset to set thetone early, and we didn't do that.
They got off, you know,very easy in that first quarter and
then it was just an easy gamefor him from there on out. We'll
move over to they tired. Didthis feel a little bit like that first
game in Memphis? Kaboi Sko.I mean that's what That's what our cousin
said. I was talking about.They were more physical than us, they
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were tougher than us, and yousaw the results, and you know,
we just gotta be better. Youknow, we gotta be more physical,
We gotta have a defensive mindset andstarted every game. I don't give a
hell, I don't care who youplaying. We'll move over to law.
Really kind of bouncing off of Ohm'squestion, Uh, we saw in Memphis
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team gave up the same amount ofpoints in that game as they did tonight.
They bounced back the next night.But you already kind of you know,
we're in mid March. I mean, or what is your level of
concern where you see your team doingwhat you want them to see? Uh?
That second game in Memphis last thirdThursday against the Warriors, But uh,
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there keeps being just this regression justto lack of consistency. I don't
know. I just think, youknow, we gotta come out with a
mindset, you know, every singlenight. You know, when we step
on the floor, teams are gonnago at us. They don't give they
don't care about what's on our front. About Jersey who were supposed to be
teams were going at us, andwe gotta put up more resistance, you
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know, and that's from everyone.And until we do that, you're gonna
have games like this. So Imean, I'm not discouraged because you know,
we've shown them we can do andwe can play at a high level.
But we gotta do it every singlenight. You know, we can't
just keep talking about it. Wegotta sorry, we gotta do it.
My bad move over to Miriam.Wanted to check on stairs and do you
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know anything about what his status mightbe tomorrow? And ye else ahead,
I'm I'm not sure. I justknow he had his back tightened up on
back spasms. It's all I knowfor right now, So we'll see tomorrow.
Yeah. Is it weird at allto be going into Dallas where you
know, obviously last time you sawthem it was a fifty point one or
fifty one point loss, especially comingafter a game like this. Well,
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we play like this again tomorrow,it could be another at your point loss.
So we gotta be ready, gottabe prepared, we gotta have our
stuff together. Man, not thenit could be the same result. Tya
saw that he thinks there was Thehead coach to Ron Lu understandably frustrated after
the Clippers lose by twenty and itreally wasn't even that close to New Orleans,
talked about how his team needs tobe more physical, have a more
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have more of a defensive mindset cominginto games. He said there was no
resistance, no toughness out there,and he was not making any excuses for
the injuries. And I thought hebrought up a really keen observation with them
not even challenging Zion enough when hewas getting into the paint. He only
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took two free throws, so theyweren't even attempting to foul him. They
weren't even trying anything. So atough one tonight, Clipper Nation, but
we have seen them bounce back beforethey lose one thirty five to one fifteen
two. The Pelicans coming up next. My friend Nick Hamilton will join me
here Dallas. By the way,they've won eleven of their last fourteen,
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So the Clippers are going to havetheir hands full, as you always do
with Luca don Chiche. But alsochrist apports ingis looks healthy again. I
suppose you could say one positive,and I brought this up during the game,
is that the Clippers were beaten toa pulp, to the point that
hardly any of their starters played lateinto this one. Kawi played twenty nine
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minutes, Paul George just twenty three, and we still don't know the satus
of Sergebocca, who only played eightminutes. Try to get that for you.
It's probably something we won't know untiltomorrow. Though. More Clippers stock
coming up next year. On thePatriot AM eleven fifty, a lackluster effort
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from the Clippers leads to a twentypoint loss. As defensively, well,
let's just say the New Orleans Pelicansgot whatever they wanted. They put up
one hundred and thirty five points,Clippers just one fifteen. They lose in
New Orleans by twenty. Their nextgame is coming up tomorrow in Dallas,
and they'll try to exact some revengeagainst the Mavericks who beat them by fifty
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one. It was so months agoeight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty
eight seven seven five two zero elevenfifty is the phone number here on Clippers
Talk. I'm Adam Oslin. Beforewe get to your phone calls. You
can also get to me on followAdam A but you can get to my
friend Nick Hamilton at Nick Hamilton twoone three on Twitter. He is the
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founder of Nightcast Media at Nightcast andi te Cast Media on Twitter as well.
Nick. I appreciate you doing this, man. I don't know why
we haven't done this before. I'llblame myself, but I do want to
ask you about this loss by theClippers. Did you see a lack of
just discipline defensively by the team tonight? Because it's something that it's a narrative
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in a storyline we've been talking abouthere on Clippers Talk. We're all year.
They show in glimpses, they showthat they can be a great defensive
team, but that consistency just hasn'tbeen there, and obviously it wasn't there
at all tonight. Yeah. Absolutely. First of all, thanks for having
me on, Adam. I appreciateit to answer your question. Yeah,
there's been there's been a level ofinconsistency when it comes to defensive end and
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the ball. We know what theycan do offensive, which they've proven time
and time again, but it seemslike they have too many defensive laps and
which causes them problems on the otherend when it comes to the offense and
shot selections. So it's like onething trickles down to the other that allows
their opponents to really go off likewe saw tonight with the New Orleans Pelicans.
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I mean, they like to run, they like to get on the
transition. The Clippers were soft.They didn't They weren't able to slow down
the Pelicans at any point, whichwas really surprising because when you look at
this Pelicans team, even when they'reyoung and athletic, you look at this
Clippers defense, you think, Okay, this is going to be a game,
it's going to be a good matchup, and you think the Clippers could
come in and handle business and moveon to Dallas. And unfortunately, you
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know, New Orleans Pelicans rapped upthrees much like Megan A. Stallion racked
up Grammys tonight. So it isall bad for the Clippers. Yeah,
the New Orleans Pelicans did finish goingtwelve of twenty six from distance. It's
not the volume necessarily, but thatpercentage forty six percent. While the Clippers
are the best three point shooting teamin the league and they hit just thirty
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five percent of their threes while attemptingforty three of them, they were fifteen
of forty three. Let me askyou in that respect, because it's something
else that we bring up here andthere, but the three points shooting,
they've been so good all season long, They've been historically great from there.
Do you think that's a style,though, that you can win with in
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the playoffs or is They're going tohave to be other ways to win,
like get to the free throw line, which they don't do enough, and
getting points in the paint, whichthey have struggled in so far this season.
Well, I can go over theold saying you live by the three,
you die by the three. Ithink that the Clippers are much more
talented than just a bunch of threepoint shooters. I think you have to
get more into the paint. Ithink you have to have more points in
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the paint, which they kind ofstruggle with or being inconsistent with as of
late. And I think also too, you got to have a star like
Paul George really get off offensively likewe've seen him do before the injury took
place. And I think Paul Georgewill get to that point again. I
think he's a professional. He's probablyfrustrated at himself as far as not being
able to score more like we've seenhim in times before. So I think
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that's the key also too. Youdefinitely you hit it on the head.
You've got to get to the freethrow line. You've got to be more
aggressive getting to the rack. Youcannot just settle for jumpers or settle for
three point shots when you know youhave the ability to get to the paint
and get to the bucket at leastdraw the file the file, excuse me.
So I think they're gonna have tobe more aggressive, you know,
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to me, just getting inside thepaint on a consistent basis that they're able
to do that with the team thatDave assemble, I think they'll be in
really good shape come playoffside. Butthey've also got to stay healthy too.
It's Nick Hamilton from Nightcast Media andDASH Radio joining me here on Clipper Stock
after they lose one thirty five toone fifteen in New Orleans to the Pelicans,
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and looking at this Pelicans team,they've been kind of baffling to me
because there is so much talent.They shouldn't be five games under five hundred.
I'm wondering how much of an adjustmentis going on playing now understand Van
Gundi, But in terms of ZionWilliamson nick because I love asking people this,
and he was spectacular. I dothink the Clippers made it too easy
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on him at times, but healso is just so tough. That play
he had I think it was midwaythrough the fourth quarter where he gets fouled
and gets the end one and pushesthrough contact on Patrick Patterson is special.
The body, control, the angle, where you got that shot up,
where you got the shot up atWho does he remind you of what he
reminds them of, a more athleticand more and gifted I would say Charles
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Barkley. You can even think ofa more skilled Anthony Mason from back in
the day. I think just Zionis a guy. I mean he leaves
the NBA and points in the paintright, and this is a guy that
he's a freight train. If youif you allow him to continue to move
and get around, it's like anant trying to stop a freight train.
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It's not going to happen. Ithink the Clippers biggest problem is not keeping
him set, not keeping him ina position where he had to stop moving
and just be able to think,you know, on the fly. I
think that was their biggest problem tonight, just defensively, and not a lot
of teams have done that, notjust the Clippers, but prevent not preventing
him from constantly groving around the court, being able to get into certain opportunities
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where he could score or create opportunitiesfor other players on his team to score.
So I think when you when youlook at Zion Williamson, he is
definitely the complete package. He's definitegrowing into his own whether it's an aunt,
ant or aunt or grandmama saying LarryJohnson, who I think he has
some of them as well. Yeah, as Zion Williamson is special, I
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hope he stays healthy for the sakeof the game. In going back to
the Clippers, though, Nick,they do face the Dallas Mavericks. I
don't know if you're covering that gamewhen they lost by fifty one. I'm
assuming you're at least covering the firsthalf, and they lost that game.
It was their worst loss of theseason, but they have bounced back after
losses all season long. They havebeen able to collect themselves and respond immediately.
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Do you see that happening tomorrow againstthe Dallas team that is starting to
come alive and play their best basketballthis season? Yeah, you know,
Dallas is a scary team because they'restarting to click on all cylinders. Now.
I mean, you mentioned about Porzingiscoming back healthy, which I thought
was a really pivotal point for theMavericks. We know what Luca Dottage can
do in career aid off the dribble. But when you look at this Mavericks
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team, they are they're really startingto buy in and really starting to look
at the playoff picture. So ifyou're the Los Angeles Clippers, you first
of all, serge of Boaka.We still don't know what's gonna happen with
him. He's a keep component tothe Clippers getting gonna win. But also
two guys are, like Hawaire saidtonight, everybody's got to step up.
You don't have Pat Beverley, soeverybody's got to step up. Everybody's gotta
be all hands on deck. Butyou've got to play with some type of
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control, and you gotta control thetemple from the opening tip, which is
something that the Clippers did not dotonight, and they let the game kind
of get away from him. Andthat's what that's what's gonna happen. And
I agree with Tyler what's gonna happentomorrow night if they don't get themselves in
gear and control the temple, controlthe ability play your style of basketball,
do not succumb to your opponent's styleof basketball. And if they're able to
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do that, I think they willcontinue to be successful on back to backs,
especially tomorrow night to get to aplayoff Western to see me a Western
Conference playoff opponent in the Allas Magick. So it's gonna be interesting to see
what happens. He is Nick Hamilton. Follow him at Nick Hamilton's two one
three on Twitter and at night CastMedia. Nick, I appreciate you doing
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this. Let's do it again soon, my friend anytime. Adam, thank
you so much for having me onman, and we'll talk to you.
So he chose the right game,right, It had to be after tonight's
game. Now, I needed youmore to after tonight's loss. Actually,
so I appreciate it. Man.We'll talk soon. Absolutely coming up next,
we'll get back to your phone calls. At eight seven seven five two
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zero eleven fifty Clippers lose one thirtyfive to one fifteen to the New Orleans
Pelicans. I'm Adam Oslin, andyou're listening to Clippers talk here on the
Patriot A. I'm eleven fifty flitterthere he erased it at the rim by
never had a chance. This isLa Clippers Basketball on the official home of
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your LA Clippers. A bit ofa one step forward, two step back
type field right now with this Clippersteam after they lose one thirty five to
one fifteen to the New Orleans Pelicans, after having one of their best most
sound performances defensively just last Thursday againstthe Golden State Warriors, a game they
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were up by thirty nine and theywere down by as many as thirty three
tonight in New Orleans. Welcome backinto Clippers stock. I'm Ata Moslin.
In the first half, the savinggrace and the reason the Clippers were still
in it was really more about whatthe Pelicans were doing wrong and there were
a lot of self inflicted misques andthey had thirteen turnovers in that first half,
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and it was a wonder how theClippers were still in the game with
New Orleans scoring or shooting almost seventypercent from the field. Well, the
reason was they were giving away possessions. Once they stopped doing that, they
only had one turnover in the thirdquarter. They ran away with this one.
Credit to them, But we knowthe Clippers can play much better than
this, and I think will tomorrowagainst the Dallas Mavericks. They've responded all
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season long. There's no reason todoubt the fact that they had bounced back,
and I believe will tomorrow against ateam that beat him by fifty one.
Guys haven't forgotten about that. Thatwas one of the worst losses that
we've seen in the history of thefranchise. And it happened to a team,
granted they didn't have Kawhi Leonard,but a team would championship expectations,
and it was early in the season, and there was a lot you could
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write off with that because even stillto this point, they're they're learning philosophies
from coach lou and his playing styleand his playbook. If you listen to
Kawhi Leonard on T and T aftertheir victory on Thursday night, Charles Barkley
asked a question that I thought maybewould have got Christian would to call him
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a casual if he was the guybeing interviewed, asking Kawhi Leonard, you
know, is there any difference whatsoeverbasically between Doc Rivers and head coach Tlu?
Now, if you've watched this teamall season, you would say they
look completely different, and they emphasizethings and lean into things like analytics much
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more than they did under Doc Rivers, who we wish well and he's got
Philly playing well. But I alwaysfelt like Tlu was the best option for
this team once they parted ways withDoc Rivers, because with how multiple and
how much versatility there is on thisClippers roster, you have to unlock that
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through matchups and scheming and just beinga mastermind tactician. And that's who Tlu
is and we've seen it in Spursand I don't think it's from him his
end where the problem has been.But some of it is a learning curve
with the coaching staff all around,and some of it has just been a
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lack of focus from this team attimes, and that's just something that has
to change starting now. They can'tkeep learning these same lessons over and over
again. We've already seen them notbe the team to strike first and outwork
their opponent. It just happened againstthe Memphis Grizzlies, and then they flipped
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it around. They won by twentythe very next night against that same squad.
So it's on them. They beatthemselves at times. But here was
Luke Kennard postgame, because this isa bright spot in silver Lining here.
Luca has been getting more and morereps and they're gonna need him this season,
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not just even I think during thisstretch without Patrick Beverley for however long
that is. But he's too goodand too much of a weapon to not
be utilized with this team. Andhe is a sharp shooter and his efficiency
has been good. The problem hasbeen his aggression and him just putting up
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shots. It's a weird thing,but I think it makes sense because he
took a year off and he's fittingin next to a team that's much more
talented than he's ever played with atthe professional level, at any level,
even though he was on some goodDuke teams, and the Duke guys did
play well, including Luke. Inthis game. He had fifteen points on
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six of ten shooting, went threeor four from distance, had that big
three pointer at the end of thefirst half to cut it to ten.
Was hoping that momentum shift would carryover into the second half. It didn't
happen, but it's still good tosee him just get up ten shots.
And his last three games he's beenmaking more and more progress and he's starting
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or that game plan and what they'relooking for from Luke is starting to sink
in now, so hopefully moving forwardthat happens. And here he was post
game speaking with the media. Yeah, I mean, everybody's upset. Like
I was saying, we shouldn't belosing games, especially the way that we
lost the game to Night by thatmuch. You know, we should at
least be competing as hard as wecan, and you know, if it's
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if it's a close game at theend, and compete it hard. We
followed the game plan, you know. I guess we can live with the
result, but we hate losing.We do, and guys feel it,
and it'll definitely carry over to totomorrow at least, I hope you know
that's that's you know, just beinghere for you know, just part of
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the year so far. You know, I know, guys mentality or you
know, they're they're angry, theywant to win, so uh we're looking
forward to the to the next thenext game. And but yeah, this
one hurts. I mean, youknow, it's it's not fun to lose.
We'll move over to Nick Caunter.Hey, hey, Luke, at
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what point did you us feel likethis this gang was getting away from you
see them, you guys really we'retrying to close it in in the second
quarter and then they win the thirdquarter opened up with the nine over run.
At what point did you guys feellike this game is starting to get
away? I mean, we haveconfidence in our team that, uh,
if we're down bid, we believethat we can make you know, runs,
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you know, throughout the game.So you know, we never think
the game is is is out ofour hands, you know, honestly,
you know we got down you know, twenty twenty something. But uh,
you know, we're a team thatjust needs to compete hard. You know,
We're we're a team that's capable ofcoming back in this league. Uh,
but you know, I guess liketowards the third the third quarter,
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you know that they were shooting aroundlike seventy at the time. So it's
tough when when the when the teamis shooting out well, but we got
to do better defensively throughout the gameso they're not you know, shooting that
high high of a percentage. Butwe just need to play harder, you
know that. That's that's what itcomes to too. We move over to
Miriam sort of on that tip,Luke. Obviously, the nature of the
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game is, you know, guysare injured and in and out, but
missing a guy like Pat Bev doesthat kind of play into sort of like
the play hard energy part of this. Yeah, I mean Pat brings the
energy. He gets us going,uh each and every night. You know,
that's what he does, and wefollow him. He's one of our
leaders. So yeah, it's obviouslytough when you miss a guy like that.
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And then you know, Surge hewas out there in the second half,
and you know his voice is bigfor us as well. You know,
we we have good veteran guys thatthat lead us and just to have
those voices in the huddle is bigfor our team. So yeah, it's
tough, but you know, wewe have guys that can play, you
know, guys that step up andand can play for us and make big
plays, and uh, you know, tonight just it wasn't our night,
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and you know, we just gottacompete harder. You know, if we
do have guys out next band up, just they gotta be ready to go.
There was Luke Nard. He didfinish with fifteen points off the bench
when six of ten from the field. But in talking about that defensive mindset,
the reason it's so important to setthe tone to start off games,
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to not sleepwalk into games is becauseeven if you start playing defense sometimes late
in the third quarter, in thefourth quarter, or late in the second
quarter, if a team's already inrhythm, these guys are professionals, and
you put a hand in their faceand they've already seen a couple go down,
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they're still gonna hit shots on you. You have to throw them off
from the get go. And Ithink that's something we'll hopefully see tomorrow with
this Clippers team in Dallas taking onLuca don Chis, Chris dat porzingis,
angry, Jim Carrey is the coachand the Dallas Mavericks. Tip time is
at six pm and Big d wewill have your Clippers pregame show Clippers Countdown
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starting at five pm on AM fiveseventy l A Sports. Before we get
out of here, I do wantto thank the Clippers organization, Noah Eagle,
Brian Seaman, Ralph Lawler, getwell, big brother Jake and back
here in Burbank. It was thefantastic SMZA. Thank you Sam. Until
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tomorrow night, starting at five pmon AM five seventy LA Sports, I'm
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Clippers and they would lose one thirtyfive to one fifteen to the New Orleans
Pelicans. Welcome into Clippers Talk.I'm atam Oslin to eight seven seven five
two zero eleven fifty eight seven sevenfive two zero eleven fifty is the phone
number coming up. You'll hear fromthe head coach, Coach Lou post game
after the Clippers lose by twenty.Also Nick Hamilton media personality, someone you
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know here at a five seventy LASports, a frequent guest on Going Rogan
as well, a friend in avery good analyst. I want his opinion
after this loss because some of thisI can explain. Some of this I
simply can't. If you put thisin context, and the fact that they
were already going to start this gamewithout Patrick Beverly, who will not be
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here for this three game road trip. They are in Dallas tomorrow for a
two game mini series Tomorrow night andthen Wednesday night against the Dallas Mavericks.
But we know how much Patrick Beverlymeans to this team. We've talked about
this going back years. They areone hundred and five and fifty three with
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him and just seventeen and nineteen withouthim the last three seasons. It is
much more than just the numbers.I say it all the time, and
I mean it every damn time,because he's an inspiration out there. The
way he plays directs everyone and getsthem going in the right direction. He
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is a constant reminder of how thisteam has to play. And when people
tell me, well, what ifhe came off the bench instead and you
had more scoring? The reason Ithink he has to be a starter for
this team. And this is kindof a separate conversation, but it's because
of that mindset and that focus hestarts games with and without him, there
is a lack of focus out there, to say the least, and this
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team has been playing some inconsistent basketballdefensively all season long, where quite frankly,
then being fourteenth coming into this gamedefensively, and it's not going to
get much better after this one justdoesn't line up with this roster. It
doesn't match the talent on this roster. The guys who are capable of playing
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great, lockdown defense. We justsaw it against the Golden State Warriors.
And Golden State, by the way, record wise, is better than the
New Orleans Pelicans. This season.New Orleans is a top ten offense.
They're seventh coming into this one.They might jump up a few spots,
but defensively, they're the third worstteam on that end. And I thought
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they played with a better sense ofurgency from the outset, from the opening
tip than the Clippers. And maybethey're surging and they'll make a run.
And they have a ton of talenton their team, and I think they
have underachieved overall, and they couldbe taking a step back to start things
off with stan Van Gundi before theytake two steps forward. But we know
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what they're capable of when those youngguys are really focused and locked in,
because they just beat the Cleveland Cavaliersby forty Friday night, and tonight they
played with more energy and more effortthan the Clippers, even without pat Bev.
I didn't think the effort was thereto the point that it needed to
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be. Even without him, youknow there's going to be some drop off.
You can't make up for that loss, but you have to be better
than this. And then they lostSir Jebaca with I believe lower back tightness.
We don't know his status, buthe only played the first eight minutes
of the game and he was gone. And then it beats the Zubos got
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into foul trouble with three personal foulsin the first half, and so I
can understand how the New Orleans Pelicanswere able to go into attack mode and
how the paint was so open,wide open for them to the point where
they put up seventy two points inthe paint, just like the Memphis Grizzlies
did a couple of weeks ago,and the Clippers did respond the next night.
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We're hoping the same thing happens tomorrowand Dallas, But seventy two points
in the paint is extreme for ateam that is good in the paint because
they have Zion Williamson and when he'sout there going I think thirteen of sixteen
from the field with twenty seven pointswhen he's got it going like that,
they're tough to stop. But Istill felt like there were self inflicted wounds
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and poor rotations at times, andjust not enough energy with the Clippers to
let a team shoot sixty five percentfrom the field on you. That's just
inexcusable, no matter how good theycan be, and they are top ten
offense, that's a little much.Ain't not much, it's a little much.
And they went twelve of twenty sixfrom three. My key to the
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game, and this was surprising.And there's really no excuse other than an
off shooting night, I guess,but the New Orleans Pelicans are one of
the worst teams of defending the threepoint line. Teams are shooting thirty nine
percent from three on average against themon the season. That is the major
reason there's still five games under fivehundred, and the Clippers are the best
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three point shooting team at forty twopercent. And somehow they came out flat
ice cold. They started one ofseven from three and it really continued throughout
the entire game. They got better, but for their standard, going fifteen
to forty three, that's just thirtyfive percent. That is an off night
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for them. From distance. Outsideof Reggie Jackson hitting those four three pointers
in the third quarter, they reallynever got it going. And that is
a huge trademark of this team.That's part of their identity, that three
point shooting, that passing from beyondthe arc, and I thought overall it
was the Pelicans passing that was phenomenal. They assisted on thirty eight of their
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fifty three made shots. That's northof seventy percent of their shots being assisted,
and honestly, their offensive numbers wentdown at the very end of the
game. The Clippers best quarter camein that fourth quarter, when the game
was no longer earned doubt. Theywere down by as many as thirty three
and the Clippers outscored them thirty twoto twenty five. And inconsequential time,
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mop up duty was for the NewOrleans Pelicans, and they let their foot
off the gas slightly, and theystill or at sixty five percent from the
field. I think entering the fourththey were at sixty nine percent shooting wise,
the Clippers have to get better defensively. This is not championship level defense,
and they have it in them todo so. And I don't know
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if there's a connection between when they'renot hitting shots, they hang their heads.
On the other end, they letit affect their defense, because that
is something that may have happened inthis game when you're ice cold from the
outside and you feel like, oh, maybe it's just not our night.
Even though at any point they canget hot in a quarter. They are
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the best, not just the bestthree point shooting team in the league.
They are a historically great three pointshooting team. They're on pace to be
the second best team from beyond thearc in NBA history. But when those
shots weren't falling, there seemed tobe a lack of effort at times on
the defensive end and a lack ofcommunication. And Pat Bev is that vocal
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leader, and that's another reason theyneed him. He gets everyone charged up
and ramped up, and it's justan inspirational type of player with the way
he plays. There are certain guyslike that in the league that make you
want to play harder because you seethat they give one hundred and ten percent,
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as the cliche would go, atall times. And without him,
there's just been a huge drop offgoing back three years, so even before
the two one three connection came,he's just integral to this team and the
spirit that they play with when they'relooking right, and tonight they were not.
But they have to get by rightnow. There's enough talent on this
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team to win games without Patrick Beverley, obviously, and they've done it.
But they're gonna have to dig deeptomorrow night because Dallas is starting to play
better, a lot better. Theyhave been under achieving all season long.
And I think they've won eight often or something like that. I'll get
that number for you. And justbecause the Clippers lost by fifty one,
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which should tell you that the DallasMavericks should give them their full undivided attention.
If there's ever a team you wantto get some revenge on, it's
that team. Doesn't mean it's justgonna happen. You have to come out
with the right mindset, in asense of urgency. There are thirty two
games remaining in the season, andthe Clippers have to start to put together
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some consistency defensively. Trying to outscorethe New Orleans Pelicans when you're already down
fifteen isn't gonna work. They didmake a little run at the end of
the first half where they cut itto ten after Luke Kennard, who did
play well finished with fifteen points,hit a three pointer at the buzzer,
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and I thought that might have acarry o for effect. I was wrong,
because the Clippers got outscored by seventeenin that third quarter. As good
as they were in the third quarterThursday against the Golden State Warriors, where
they went first season high in aquarter was scoring forty five points, they
gave up forty three to New Orleanstonight in the third. That's where the
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game completely got out of hands.Clippers lose by twenty in New Orleans by
a final score of one thirty fiveto one fifteen. Coming back, we'll
get to your phone calls. Eightseven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight
seven seven five two zero eleven fiftyis the phone number, and you'll also
hear from the head coach to Ronlou After the Clippers dropped to twenty five
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and fifteen on the season, they'renow twelve and nine on the road.
Their next game is coming up tomorrowin Dallas against a surging Dallas Mavericks team,
and we don't know if the Clipperswill have Serge Ibaca back. Hopefully
we'll have that answer coming back frombreak. This is Clippers Talk. I'm
Ata mo Oslind and you're listening tothe Patriot AM eleven fifty LA Clippers Basketball
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on the official home of your LAClippers. The Clippers have dropped five of
their last seven games. Now theylose in New Orleans to the Pelicans one
thirty five to one fifteen. Welcomeback into Clipper stock. I'm ata Moslin
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eight seven seven five two zero elevenfifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven
fifty. Now I bring up thatnumber not to panic anyone, there are
still thirty two games left in theseason, but actually to let you know
that the Clippers are not the onlyteam struggling right now in the Western Conference.
In fact, everyone from the oneto seven seeds lost today except the
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Lakers because they didn't play. They'retaking on the Golden State Warriors tomorrow night.
But the Jazz lost, the Sun'slost, the Nuggets lost, Theer's
lost, and the Jazz, whohave the best record in the NBA,
who at one point won twenty oneof twenty three games, and the Clippers
did beat them. They are fourand five in their last nine. The
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Lakers are four and seven in theirlast eleven so now the Clippers four and
seven in their last eleven. Sosome of the top elite teams in the
West have been struggling as of late, not so in the East. The
Nets, even without Kevin Durant,have been unbelievable. James Harden is going
to win MVP with the team yougot traded too, and Houston's fallen apart.
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Okay, I digress. Clippers loseby twenty though in New Orleans to
the Pelicans. And while we havea moment, let's pause ten seconds for
station identification. Here on the PatriotAM eleven fifty, this is LA Clippers
Basketball AM eleven fifty KIV, LosAngeles, an iHeart radio station. And
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I'm not trying to sweep this lossunder the rug, because I know Clipper
Nation is discouraged and disappointed with theeffort coming off of what we saw Thursday
against the Golden State Warriors where PatBEV didn't play the second half of that
one. So, like I said, I can explain some of it.
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There is some reason and logic towhy you lose a game like this,
but not to this extent. AndI do believe the final score matters how
you play matters and wins and losses. I've never bought a win as a
win a loss as a loss.You can always learn from wins as well
as failure. Now, the goodnews is I believe I want to say
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the Clippers are six and ozo onthe second game of back to backs this
season. I forgot to confirm thiswith Noah Egle, but overall, whether
it's six and ozero or five andone or six and one, they have
been great the second game of aback to back, and they should get
or a team like the Dallas Mavericksshould get their complete attention. This is
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a circle the calendar type of game, and I'm hoping the Clippers respond in
a big way, not just becausethey lost like this tonight, but added
fuel to the fire should be thefact that Dallas beat them by fifty one
and embarrassed them earlier this season.Granted, no Kawhi Leonard in that game,
but the Clippers have enough depth tocompete and win games against the best
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in the league no matter who isout there. I just think they're that
talented. And here was the headcoach to Ron Low post game after the
Clippers lose one thirty five to onefifteen in New Orleans. Lonzo got off
to a good start for them tonight, especially with a few open threes.
How much more difficult is it tostop that team offensively when he's shooting so
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well and playing with as much confidenceas he was tonight. I'm as hard
to stop for any team if youget up seventy two points in the bank.
You know, I thought they goteverything and they wanted almost fifty percent
from three seventy percent from the field. No resistance, no toughness, I
thought. I thought they just youknow, we didn't give any resistance and
we didn't show any tougher tonight,and that's why they had seven two points
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in the pain. Move over toBrad Turner the time. What a game
about? How you trying to makeup not having packed there but then you
lose surge? Does that just becomeI don't want to stay impossible, but
makes it more difficult? They havetwo of your topic players out of a
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game like this. No, Imean, everybody's missing guys all year long,
beach, you know, that's noexcuse. And I just think we
played with the physicality we need toplay with tonight. The guy the guys
thirteen for sixteen from the field,one free to ow, no threes.
I mean, not even put himon the free throw line even you know,
not even trying to get in hisway to even try to stop him,
you know, And you know,until we show some some some toughness,
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until we show some some willingness toguard one on one, you know,
I think it's gonna be tough forus. Then we gotta take that
responsibility every single night. And nowwe didn't do that tonight. We'll move
over to tim there. They shotaround seventy percent, like you said,
for like the first three quarters.You know, at some point that's also
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do you just tip your hat tothem or is that just solely on you
guys for allowing no resistance, Likeyou just tip your hat to them at
some point? Well, I mean, yeah, tip you have when they
did play well. But I thinkwhen you get out to an early start
up, scoring to basketball so easy. Now they become comfortable. Now they
got a big lead, and everythingstarts going in, everything's going their way,
you know, to start the game. That's well. Always talking about
a defensive mindset, starting a gamewith physicality at all five positions, starting
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with a defensive mindset to set thetone early, and we didn't do that.
They got off, you know,very easy in that first quarter and
then it was just an easy gamefor him from there on out. We'll
move over to they tired. Didthis feel a little bit like that first
game in Memphis? Kaboi Sko.I mean that's what That's what our cousin
said. I was talking about.They were more physical than us, they
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were tougher than us, and yousaw the results, and you know,
we just gotta be better. Youknow, we gotta be more physical,
We gotta have a defensive mindset andstarted every game. I don't give a
hell, I don't care who youplaying. We'll move over to law.
Really kind of bouncing off of Ohm'squestion, Uh, we saw in Memphis
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team gave up the same amount ofpoints in that game as they did tonight.
They bounced back the next night.But you already kind of you know,
we're in mid March. I mean, or what is your level of
concern where you see your team doingwhat you want them to see? Uh?
That second game in Memphis last thirdThursday against the Warriors, But uh,
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there keeps being just this regression justto lack of consistency. I don't
know. I just think, youknow, we gotta come out with a
mindset, you know, every singlenight. You know, when we step
on the floor, teams are gonnago at us. They don't give they
don't care about what's on our front. About Jersey who were supposed to be
teams were going at us, andwe gotta put up more resistance, you
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know, and that's from everyone.And until we do that, you're gonna
have games like this. So Imean, I'm not discouraged because you know,
we've shown them we can do andwe can play at a high level.
But we gotta do it every singlenight. You know, we can't
just keep talking about it. Wegotta sorry, we gotta do it.
My bad move over to Miriam.Wanted to check on stairs and do you
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know anything about what his status mightbe tomorrow? And ye else ahead,
I'm I'm not sure. I justknow he had his back tightened up on
back spasms. It's all I knowfor right now, So we'll see tomorrow.
Yeah. Is it weird at allto be going into Dallas where you
know, obviously last time you sawthem it was a fifty point one or
fifty one point loss, especially comingafter a game like this. Well,
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we play like this again tomorrow,it could be another at your point loss.
So we gotta be ready, gottabe prepared, we gotta have our
stuff together. Man, not thenit could be the same result. Tya
saw that he thinks there was Thehead coach to Ron Lu understandably frustrated after
the Clippers lose by twenty and itreally wasn't even that close to New Orleans,
talked about how his team needs tobe more physical, have a more
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have more of a defensive mindset cominginto games. He said there was no
resistance, no toughness out there,and he was not making any excuses for
the injuries. And I thought hebrought up a really keen observation with them
not even challenging Zion enough when hewas getting into the paint. He only
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took two free throws, so theyweren't even attempting to foul him. They
weren't even trying anything. So atough one tonight, Clipper Nation, but
we have seen them bounce back beforethey lose one thirty five to one fifteen
two. The Pelicans coming up next. My friend Nick Hamilton will join me
here Dallas. By the way,they've won eleven of their last fourteen,
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So the Clippers are going to havetheir hands full, as you always do
with Luca don Chiche. But alsochrist apports ingis looks healthy again. I
suppose you could say one positive,and I brought this up during the game,
is that the Clippers were beaten toa pulp, to the point that
hardly any of their starters played lateinto this one. Kawi played twenty nine
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minutes, Paul George just twenty three, and we still don't know the satus
of Sergebocca, who only played eightminutes. Try to get that for you.
It's probably something we won't know untiltomorrow. Though. More Clippers stock
coming up next year. On thePatriot AM eleven fifty, a lackluster effort
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from the Clippers leads to a twentypoint loss. As defensively, well,
let's just say the New Orleans Pelicansgot whatever they wanted. They put up
one hundred and thirty five points,Clippers just one fifteen. They lose in
New Orleans by twenty. Their nextgame is coming up tomorrow in Dallas,
and they'll try to exact some revengeagainst the Mavericks who beat them by fifty
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one. It was so months agoeight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty
eight seven seven five two zero elevenfifty is the phone number here on Clippers
Talk. I'm Adam Oslin. Beforewe get to your phone calls. You
can also get to me on followAdam A but you can get to my
friend Nick Hamilton at Nick Hamilton twoone three on Twitter. He is the
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founder of Nightcast Media at Nightcast andi te Cast Media on Twitter as well.
Nick. I appreciate you doing this, man. I don't know why
we haven't done this before. I'llblame myself, but I do want to
ask you about this loss by theClippers. Did you see a lack of
just discipline defensively by the team tonight? Because it's something that it's a narrative
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in a storyline we've been talking abouthere on Clippers Talk. We're all year.
They show in glimpses, they showthat they can be a great defensive
team, but that consistency just hasn'tbeen there, and obviously it wasn't there
at all tonight. Yeah. Absolutely. First of all, thanks for having
me on, Adam. I appreciateit to answer your question. Yeah,
there's been there's been a level ofinconsistency when it comes to defensive end and
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the ball. We know what theycan do offensive, which they've proven time
and time again, but it seemslike they have too many defensive laps and
which causes them problems on the otherend when it comes to the offense and
shot selections. So it's like onething trickles down to the other that allows
their opponents to really go off likewe saw tonight with the New Orleans Pelicans.
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I mean, they like to run, they like to get on the
transition. The Clippers were soft.They didn't They weren't able to slow down
the Pelicans at any point, whichwas really surprising because when you look at
this Pelicans team, even when they'reyoung and athletic, you look at this
Clippers defense, you think, Okay, this is going to be a game,
it's going to be a good matchup, and you think the Clippers could
come in and handle business and moveon to Dallas. And unfortunately, you
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know, New Orleans Pelicans rapped upthrees much like Megan A. Stallion racked
up Grammys tonight. So it isall bad for the Clippers. Yeah,
the New Orleans Pelicans did finish goingtwelve of twenty six from distance. It's
not the volume necessarily, but thatpercentage forty six percent. While the Clippers
are the best three point shooting teamin the league and they hit just thirty
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five percent of their threes while attemptingforty three of them, they were fifteen
of forty three. Let me askyou in that respect, because it's something
else that we bring up here andthere, but the three points shooting,
they've been so good all season long, They've been historically great from there.
Do you think that's a style,though, that you can win with in
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the playoffs or is They're going tohave to be other ways to win,
like get to the free throw line, which they don't do enough, and
getting points in the paint, whichthey have struggled in so far this season.
Well, I can go over theold saying you live by the three,
you die by the three. Ithink that the Clippers are much more
talented than just a bunch of threepoint shooters. I think you have to
get more into the paint. Ithink you have to have more points in
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the paint, which they kind ofstruggle with or being inconsistent with as of
late. And I think also too, you got to have a star like
Paul George really get off offensively likewe've seen him do before the injury took
place. And I think Paul Georgewill get to that point again. I
think he's a professional. He's probablyfrustrated at himself as far as not being
able to score more like we've seenhim in times before. So I think
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that's the key also too. Youdefinitely you hit it on the head.
You've got to get to the freethrow line. You've got to be more
aggressive getting to the rack. Youcannot just settle for jumpers or settle for
three point shots when you know youhave the ability to get to the paint
and get to the bucket at leastdraw the file the file, excuse me.
So I think they're gonna have tobe more aggressive, you know,
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to me, just getting inside thepaint on a consistent basis that they're able
to do that with the team thatDave assemble, I think they'll be in
really good shape come playoffside. Butthey've also got to stay healthy too.
It's Nick Hamilton from Nightcast Media andDASH Radio joining me here on Clipper Stock
after they lose one thirty five toone fifteen in New Orleans to the Pelicans,
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and looking at this Pelicans team,they've been kind of baffling to me
because there is so much talent.They shouldn't be five games under five hundred.
I'm wondering how much of an adjustmentis going on playing now understand Van
Gundi, But in terms of ZionWilliamson nick because I love asking people this,
and he was spectacular. I dothink the Clippers made it too easy
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on him at times, but healso is just so tough. That play
he had I think it was midwaythrough the fourth quarter where he gets fouled
and gets the end one and pushesthrough contact on Patrick Patterson is special.
The body, control, the angle, where you got that shot up,
where you got the shot up atWho does he remind you of what he
reminds them of, a more athleticand more and gifted I would say Charles
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Barkley. You can even think ofa more skilled Anthony Mason from back in
the day. I think just Zionis a guy. I mean he leaves
the NBA and points in the paintright, and this is a guy that
he's a freight train. If youif you allow him to continue to move
and get around, it's like anant trying to stop a freight train.
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It's not going to happen. Ithink the Clippers biggest problem is not keeping
him set, not keeping him ina position where he had to stop moving
and just be able to think,you know, on the fly. I
think that was their biggest problem tonight, just defensively, and not a lot
of teams have done that, notjust the Clippers, but prevent not preventing
him from constantly groving around the court, being able to get into certain opportunities
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where he could score or create opportunitiesfor other players on his team to score.
So I think when you when youlook at Zion Williamson, he is
definitely the complete package. He's definitegrowing into his own whether it's an aunt,
ant or aunt or grandmama saying LarryJohnson, who I think he has
some of them as well. Yeah, as Zion Williamson is special, I
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hope he stays healthy for the sakeof the game. In going back to
the Clippers, though, Nick,they do face the Dallas Mavericks. I
don't know if you're covering that gamewhen they lost by fifty one. I'm
assuming you're at least covering the firsthalf, and they lost that game.
It was their worst loss of theseason, but they have bounced back after
losses all season long. They havebeen able to collect themselves and respond immediately.
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Do you see that happening tomorrow againstthe Dallas team that is starting to
come alive and play their best basketballthis season? Yeah, you know,
Dallas is a scary team because they'restarting to click on all cylinders. Now.
I mean, you mentioned about Porzingiscoming back healthy, which I thought
was a really pivotal point for theMavericks. We know what Luca Dottage can
do in career aid off the dribble. But when you look at this Mavericks
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team, they are they're really startingto buy in and really starting to look
at the playoff picture. So ifyou're the Los Angeles Clippers, you first
of all, serge of Boaka.We still don't know what's gonna happen with
him. He's a keep component tothe Clippers getting gonna win. But also
two guys are, like Hawaire saidtonight, everybody's got to step up.
You don't have Pat Beverley, soeverybody's got to step up. Everybody's gotta
be all hands on deck. Butyou've got to play with some type of
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control, and you gotta control thetemple from the opening tip, which is
something that the Clippers did not dotonight, and they let the game kind
of get away from him. Andthat's what that's what's gonna happen. And
I agree with Tyler what's gonna happentomorrow night if they don't get themselves in
gear and control the temple, controlthe ability play your style of basketball,
do not succumb to your opponent's styleof basketball. And if they're able to
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do that, I think they willcontinue to be successful on back to backs,
especially tomorrow night to get to aplayoff Western to see me a Western
Conference playoff opponent in the Allas Magick. So it's gonna be interesting to see
what happens. He is Nick Hamilton. Follow him at Nick Hamilton's two one
three on Twitter and at night CastMedia. Nick, I appreciate you doing
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this. Let's do it again soon, my friend anytime. Adam, thank
you so much for having me onman, and we'll talk to you.
So he chose the right game,right, It had to be after tonight's
game. Now, I needed youmore to after tonight's loss. Actually,
so I appreciate it. Man.We'll talk soon. Absolutely coming up next,
we'll get back to your phone calls. At eight seven seven five two
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zero eleven fifty Clippers lose one thirtyfive to one fifteen to the New Orleans
Pelicans. I'm Adam Oslin, andyou're listening to Clippers talk here on the
Patriot A. I'm eleven fifty flitterthere he erased it at the rim by
never had a chance. This isLa Clippers Basketball on the official home of
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your LA Clippers. A bit ofa one step forward, two step back
type field right now with this Clippersteam after they lose one thirty five to
one fifteen to the New Orleans Pelicans, after having one of their best most
sound performances defensively just last Thursday againstthe Golden State Warriors, a game they
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were up by thirty nine and theywere down by as many as thirty three
tonight in New Orleans. Welcome backinto Clippers stock. I'm Ata Moslin.
In the first half, the savinggrace and the reason the Clippers were still
in it was really more about whatthe Pelicans were doing wrong and there were
a lot of self inflicted misques andthey had thirteen turnovers in that first half,
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and it was a wonder how theClippers were still in the game with
New Orleans scoring or shooting almost seventypercent from the field. Well, the
reason was they were giving away possessions. Once they stopped doing that, they
only had one turnover in the thirdquarter. They ran away with this one.
Credit to them, But we knowthe Clippers can play much better than
this, and I think will tomorrowagainst the Dallas Mavericks. They've responded all
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season long. There's no reason todoubt the fact that they had bounced back,
and I believe will tomorrow against ateam that beat him by fifty one.
Guys haven't forgotten about that. Thatwas one of the worst losses that
we've seen in the history of thefranchise. And it happened to a team,
granted they didn't have Kawhi Leonard,but a team would championship expectations,
and it was early in the season, and there was a lot you could
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write off with that because even stillto this point, they're they're learning philosophies
from coach lou and his playing styleand his playbook. If you listen to
Kawhi Leonard on T and T aftertheir victory on Thursday night, Charles Barkley
asked a question that I thought maybewould have got Christian would to call him
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a casual if he was the guybeing interviewed, asking Kawhi Leonard, you
know, is there any difference whatsoeverbasically between Doc Rivers and head coach Tlu?
Now, if you've watched this teamall season, you would say they
look completely different, and they emphasizethings and lean into things like analytics much
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more than they did under Doc Rivers, who we wish well and he's got
Philly playing well. But I alwaysfelt like Tlu was the best option for
this team once they parted ways withDoc Rivers, because with how multiple and
how much versatility there is on thisClippers roster, you have to unlock that
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through matchups and scheming and just beinga mastermind tactician. And that's who Tlu
is and we've seen it in Spursand I don't think it's from him his
end where the problem has been.But some of it is a learning curve
with the coaching staff all around,and some of it has just been a
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lack of focus from this team attimes, and that's just something that has
to change starting now. They can'tkeep learning these same lessons over and over
again. We've already seen them notbe the team to strike first and outwork
their opponent. It just happened againstthe Memphis Grizzlies, and then they flipped
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it around. They won by twentythe very next night against that same squad.
So it's on them. They beatthemselves at times. But here was
Luke Kennard postgame, because this isa bright spot in silver Lining here.
Luca has been getting more and morereps and they're gonna need him this season,
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not just even I think during thisstretch without Patrick Beverley for however long
that is. But he's too goodand too much of a weapon to not
be utilized with this team. Andhe is a sharp shooter and his efficiency
has been good. The problem hasbeen his aggression and him just putting up
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shots. It's a weird thing,but I think it makes sense because he
took a year off and he's fittingin next to a team that's much more
talented than he's ever played with atthe professional level, at any level,
even though he was on some goodDuke teams, and the Duke guys did
play well, including Luke. Inthis game. He had fifteen points on
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six of ten shooting, went threeor four from distance, had that big
three pointer at the end of thefirst half to cut it to ten.
Was hoping that momentum shift would carryover into the second half. It didn't
happen, but it's still good tosee him just get up ten shots.
And his last three games he's beenmaking more and more progress and he's starting
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or that game plan and what they'relooking for from Luke is starting to sink
in now, so hopefully moving forwardthat happens. And here he was post
game speaking with the media. Yeah, I mean, everybody's upset. Like
I was saying, we shouldn't belosing games, especially the way that we
lost the game to Night by thatmuch. You know, we should at
least be competing as hard as wecan, and you know, if it's
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if it's a close game at theend, and compete it hard. We
followed the game plan, you know. I guess we can live with the
result, but we hate losing.We do, and guys feel it,
and it'll definitely carry over to totomorrow at least, I hope you know
that's that's you know, just beinghere for you know, just part of
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the year so far. You know, I know, guys mentality or you
know, they're they're angry, theywant to win, so uh we're looking
forward to the to the next thenext game. And but yeah, this
one hurts. I mean, youknow, it's it's not fun to lose.
We'll move over to Nick Caunter.Hey, hey, Luke, at
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what point did you us feel likethis this gang was getting away from you
see them, you guys really we'retrying to close it in in the second
quarter and then they win the thirdquarter opened up with the nine over run.
At what point did you guys feellike this game is starting to get
away? I mean, we haveconfidence in our team that, uh,
if we're down bid, we believethat we can make you know, runs,
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you know, throughout the game.So you know, we never think
the game is is is out ofour hands, you know, honestly,
you know we got down you know, twenty twenty something. But uh,
you know, we're a team thatjust needs to compete hard. You know,
We're we're a team that's capable ofcoming back in this league. Uh,
but you know, I guess liketowards the third the third quarter,
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you know that they were shooting aroundlike seventy at the time. So it's
tough when when the when the teamis shooting out well, but we got
to do better defensively throughout the gameso they're not you know, shooting that
high high of a percentage. Butwe just need to play harder, you
know that. That's that's what itcomes to too. We move over to
Miriam sort of on that tip,Luke. Obviously, the nature of the
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game is, you know, guysare injured and in and out, but
missing a guy like Pat Bev doesthat kind of play into sort of like
the play hard energy part of this. Yeah, I mean Pat brings the
energy. He gets us going,uh each and every night. You know,
that's what he does, and wefollow him. He's one of our
leaders. So yeah, it's obviouslytough when you miss a guy like that.
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And then you know, Surge hewas out there in the second half,
and you know his voice is bigfor us as well. You know,
we we have good veteran guys thatthat lead us and just to have
those voices in the huddle is bigfor our team. So yeah, it's
tough, but you know, wewe have guys that can play, you
know, guys that step up andand can play for us and make big
plays, and uh, you know, tonight just it wasn't our night,
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and you know, we just gottacompete harder. You know, if we
do have guys out next band up, just they gotta be ready to go.
There was Luke Nard. He didfinish with fifteen points off the bench
when six of ten from the field. But in talking about that defensive mindset,
the reason it's so important to setthe tone to start off games,
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to not sleepwalk into games is becauseeven if you start playing defense sometimes late
in the third quarter, in thefourth quarter, or late in the second
quarter, if a team's already inrhythm, these guys are professionals, and
you put a hand in their faceand they've already seen a couple go down,
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they're still gonna hit shots on you. You have to throw them off
from the get go. And Ithink that's something we'll hopefully see tomorrow with
this Clippers team in Dallas taking onLuca don Chis, Chris dat porzingis,
angry, Jim Carrey is the coachand the Dallas Mavericks. Tip time is
at six pm and Big d wewill have your Clippers pregame show Clippers Countdown
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starting at five pm on AM fiveseventy l A Sports. Before we get
out of here, I do wantto thank the Clippers organization, Noah Eagle,
Brian Seaman, Ralph Lawler, getwell, big brother Jake and back
here in Burbank. It was thefantastic SMZA. Thank you Sam. Until
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tomorrow night, starting at five pmon AM five seventy LA Sports, I'm
at a Moslem. We will talkto you then
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