March 26, 2021 • 42 mins
Clippers Talk with Adam Auslund after they win without 4 starters 98-85 Over the Spurs and Lou Williams goes to ATL for Rondo. Tomer Azarly joins the show.
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Get your fall. It's time toreact La Clippers Basketball. This is Clippers
Talk all the chat, reaction andanalysis hosted by Adam Oslay. You know
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makes everything happen. Adam Mosland.The Clippers payo Mas to Sweet Lou Williams
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with a throwback twenty seventeen twenty eighteentype of victory. They were undermanned,
they were shorthanded, but that heartand hustle was there and they got it
done in San Antonio with a ninetyeight to eighty five victory over the Spurs.
Welcome into Clippers Talk. I'm AdamOslin to eight six six nine eight
seven two five seventy eight sixty sixnine eight seven two five seventy is the
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phone number coming up. You'll hearfrom the head coach t Lou. We'll
talk about Sweet Loew Williams now beingback home in Atlanta with the Hawks and
the Clippers bringing in Rajon Rondo.Tolmair Azarrely from Clutch Points will also be
here for analysis. The Clippers gaveup just thirty points to the Spurs in
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the second half of a game wherethey didn't have Kawhi Leonard, they didn't
have Marcus Morris, they didn't haveSergebaka, and they did not have Patrick
Beverlely or Sweet Lou Williams. Theyhad nine guys available total. They ended
up playing eight and everyone made ahuge impact. That old slogan, it
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takes everyone, it takes everything forthis Clippers team back during the twenty seventeen
twenty eighteen season. It rang truetonight on a night where the Clippers shot
just thirty eight percent from the field, but they did go thirty eight percent
with some timely threes late because theystarted off cold from the outside. They
ended up hitting thirteen of the thirtyfour three pointers, but just an unbelievable
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defensive performance when they were down someof their best defenders and guys weren't hot
until Reggie Jackson dropped sixteen points inthe fourth quarter alone. He did all
his damage in the first quarter withtwelve points, in the fourth quarter with
sixteen points, finished with twenty eightpoints, a season high for Reggie Action
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Jackson. Stay Reggie and he hasall season long. This guy's on a
veteran's minimum. He and Nicholas Bazoumboth absolute bargains for this Clippers team.
Per usual, Nicholas Batoum would hita timely three pointer near the end of
the third quarter, also to startthat third quarter where the Clippers were down
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six of the half. Paul George, who did struggle with this shot overall
just ten of twenty eight. He'sstill working through it, but finished with
twenty four points and thirteen rebounds,tie to beat to Zubots for the team
lead in rebounds. Tonight. Youknow who was right behind them, Terrence
Man with even though he went justthree of ten from the field, he
went off for I want to say, eleven points or ten points or eight
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points. It was eight points inthat third quarter alone. Was playing downhill,
was getting to the free throw line, brought that energy, and even
though multiple guys were not shooting theball well, they didn't let it affect
their game or their defense. Thisis something head coach t lou has been
stressing. When we're not making shots, we can't let that affect every other
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area of the game. And ithad been for the majority of the season.
Defensively, they had been up anddown, they were a middle of
the pack defensive team. They weretwelfth though coming into tonight's game thanks to
the way things have turned around defensivelypost All Star Break, in fact,
since the All Star Break. AndI put this out on Twitter at follow
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Adam a on Twitter if you wantto get to me there. But they've
only been giving up, including thegame where they gave up one thirty five
to the New Orleans Pelicans when Teluhad to get this team's attention again.
Even with that game in there,they've only been giving up one hundred and
four points per game. That wouldbe best in the league if they did
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that over an entire season. TheNew York Knicks they give up one oh
five, giving up one oh fourper game, it's exceptional, especially during
the majority of the stretch. Theyhaven't had Patrick Beverley, they haven't had
Sir Chebacca tonight, no Marcus Morriseither, no Kawhide Leonard Afiza. Zubats
was a freaking beast as he hasbeen, But to have four blocks in
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one quarter. In that third quarterwhere the Clippers held the San Antonio Spurs
to just thirteen points, Big Zoocame through four blocks one quarter. One
of them ended with a Nicholas Beatumthree pointer in the corner, the one
I mentioned earlier. Sam Zia,our technical producer, was waiting to get
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that sequence. He was looking forperfection from a highlight. Tonight we finally
got one because the other blocks,I don't know if they led to layups
or multiple possessions ended in turnovers.Over All, though, the Clippers just
ten turnovers, just eight last night, and they survived the San Antonio Spurs
only having seven when they had sixteenlast night. I told you they are
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the best when it comes to takingcare of the basketball. They proved it
tonight with just seven. But theClippers were just hungrier defensively, giving up
thirty points total in the second half, out rebounding the Spurs by almost twenty.
They ended up out rebounding them byeighteen. When you're under man like
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this, when you're facing adversity likethis, it just shows your character and
the way this team has been builtand the chemistry on the court. They've
won four in a row now,and they did so tonight without four starters.
They are building. They are startingto turn that corner because their next
nine games are back at Staples Center, and there is work to be done
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with this team. Lou will tellyou, I think he's been eyeing this
opportunity for this long homestand when there'sonly twenty seven games left in the regular
season, because there's a lot theycan work on, there's more of his
offense that they can install. They'regonna have seventeen straight days where they are
sleeping in their own bed at nightin Los Angeles. That's gonna do wonders
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for this team that already looks tobe very different defensively than they were in
the first half of the season.But of course, earlier today, Sweet
Lou Williams was traded to the AtlantaHawks for Gen Ronto, and I have
a lot of thoughts on that andwhat gen Rondo is going to bring to
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this team, but it became itbecame official about two hours ago. But
I do want to pay my respectsto Sweet Low Williams, who made my
job even easier and more fun becauseI've been with the Clippers since he has,
and he has brought some memorable highlights. And if people want to talk
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about that tonight eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy because Sweet
Low Williams. He's the underground goatforever. He is a Clipper legend.
He is a fan favorite that helpedbridge the gap between the Lob City era
and the two one three connection wehave now with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George.
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But just last night he made alittle bit of history himself. Here
was sweet Lou Williams, and herewas him hitting a career milestone, and
here was his last shot as aClipper once again. Lou Williams one bucket
away from fifteen thousand career points,holds at the four side, week,
puts it between his legs, crossover on Jones, get the screen to
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us left from two bots, Williamsthe pump fee the jumper from twenty oh
Yeah, Lou Williams fifteen thousand careerpoints for the underground goat. Look.
Lou Williams helped carry this team throughsome difficult times, especially in that twenty
seventeen twenty eighteen season where he ledan underman Clippers team sound familiar to a
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winning record. He had a fiftypoint game with the Clippers. He had
thirty six points on their thirty onepoint playoff comeback against the Golden State Warriors
in the playoffs. Of course,he had multiple game winners and a Clippers
jersey while winning two six Man ofthe Year awards. The underground Goat is
forever a Clippers legend and will alwaysbe a part of this turnaround for this
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franchise as he helped lay the foundationas this organization continues to build towards winning
that first championship. So thank you, Sweep Lou Williams, and we'll welcome
in Jen Rondo coming up next.You're listening to Clipper stock here on AM
five seventy LA Sports. What isby every moment all season long? I'm
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their official cool Why letard sends itback home? But the Clippers still knock?
Come in here, no boardman.Tonight, but the Clippers went for
a season high fifty seven rebounds.They win by thirteen in San Antonio over
the Spurs. Welcome back into ClippersTalk. I'm adam Osland to eight six
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six nine eight seven two five seventy. Coming up, you'll hear from coach
Lou on tonight's victory. The Clippersmake it four straight. But also obviously
earlier in the day, Sweet LEEUW. Williams was traded to Atlanta for Genronto,
you'll hear from the head coach.We're looking for more postgame audio plus
tomare Azzarlie from Clutch Points will behere. But I just I wanted to
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send love to sweet leew Williams becausewhen you have a guy like that who
could just get incendiary at any time, and during that twenty seventeen twenty eighteen
season, the Clippers had no businesswinning forty two games, Lou Williams helped
carry them to forty two wins anda winning record. He had, I
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want to say, five games offorty plus points or more. Had his
fifty point game up at Oracle Arenaagainst Kevin Durant where he had a twenty
seven point quarter. So he willalways be remembered fondly here with Clipper Nation.
But re Gen Rondo he offers alot. He's five months removed from
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starting six of six from the fieldin Game six against the Miami Heat and
the Lakers close out victory to winthe championship. He always finds a way
to step up in those big moments. Everybody was doubting eat Lakers fans were
doubting re Gen Rondo and everyone elsewas because of how he performed in the
regular season at times, and hefinds that switch and he flips it.
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And they have been looking for aplaymaker and this is somebody they were interested
in. Last I thought they weregoing to get him. He goes to
the Atlanta Hawks. The Clippers eventuallyget their man. So it's a bittersweet
day. We say goodbye to sweetLoew Williams, who goes back home to
Atlanta on a contender on a teamthat's on the rise, a good,
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solid team that's in the playoff hunt, and who knows how far they can
go with sweet Loew Williams there.But gen Rondo was a need. This
was something the Clippers, a needthey had to fill because this will make
life so much easier for Kawhi Leonardand Paul George, especially at the end
of games. Yes, we genRondo. He's thirty five years of age.
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Five months ago he was one ofthe most important players on the court
for the Los Angeles Lakers during theirplayoff run. And he's been doing this
his entire career, going back tothe Boston Celtics days. When I think
of gen Rondo in the playoffs,though, there's a series that is a
little bit underrated that people don't talkabout enough because they didn't go on to
win at all. But back intwenty eighteen of the New Orleans Pelicans,
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he was with Anthony Davis then andDrew Holliday and they made a run after
they either swept or won in fivegames in the first round over the Portland
Trailblazers who were favored, and Rondoand Drew Holiday just wrecked, completely dismantled
whatever CJ. McCollum and Damian Lillardwere trying to do. Their perimeter defense
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was elite, and gen Ronto steppedup shot over forty percent from three in
that series. So when people say, well, can you take those bubble
numbers into account with his shooting lastseason, he's done it outside the bubble
in the playoffs before two eight,six, ninety seven, two five seventy.
Richard and Monroe via what's up?You're on Clippers top with Adam Oslin
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Hey, Adam. First thing isthe return investment in Reggie Jackson has been
phenomenal, just like with Nick.And that's what people to talk about during
trades and stuff, was you couldn'tget well Reggie cost to have him here.
No think Rondo that's going to turnaround and make Reggie better. You
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Richard is gonna make everybody better.And there's more court time freed up for
Luke Kennard, who I truly believethey have to maximize his talent this season
if they're going to win a championshipand he's been more in rhythm lately obviously
had the eight for eight ridiculous game, but same with Terrence Mann. It
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often offers more court time and moreshots up to two guys that are going
to be needed at times in theplayoffs. They're gonna have to make their
mark with them. But yes,for gen Rondo makes the game easier for
everyone. The other question I haveis do they go against the cap space
and can we utilize that from oneof those open spots. That's a good
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question. I'll look that up orI'll text Eric Pinkas you may have some
insight on that NBA cap ology.Let's go to Jose and south Gate.
Jose, what's up? You're on? Clippers? Stop with that. I'm
awesome. June twenty six, twentynineteen, Sweet Pepper Lou was on Warehouse
shoe store on Western the block awaywhere I grew up from he met all
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the VIP members, I mean wewhatever, you know, the at bost
first to meet him, and hehad somewhere else to be, and he
waited for everybody else that was inline to meet him. At that time.
It was either get a picture ora signature. So me and my
girl and okay, you know what, my girl got a signature for my
son, and me and my songot a picture with lou I'm looking at
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that right now, like, let'sgo Louise. Thank you yesterday Adam right,
gain't even I didn't even get thehalf we wanted to stay. But
let me say this to Adam,thank you, to Noah, thank you
to Rob Lawler, thank you toall everybody else want to know. Oh
they brody on what's the Clippers radiostation? They want to know what good
things have to stay. We haveto say this. Ever since Tylo showed
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the zoo box, can't post thewriting stump. He's being dunking everything.
Karen shout out state, y'll justturns man. He's learning under crit Lamely
or Patrick Beverley. Now on therondo, do you not understand Let's go
clip Jose and Southgate, thank youfor the phone call and the enthusiasm and
positivity there as always, But it'snot even just what Gen Rondo can do
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on the court for this team.Even if he's only playing fifteen to twenty
minutes a night in the playoffs,he'll be playing critical minutes at times,
but also his leadership. He hasa relationship going back to his Boston days
what the head coach Tlu Everybody alwayssays, and it's a cliche and an
old adage that a prototypical point guardis an extension of the head coach.
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Oh, Gen Rondo's gonna be thatin spades. He's gonna know exactly how
t Lou wants this offense and defenserun out there, and he's been a
great two way player throughout his career. But I know it's a hard day
also for Clipper Nation because we're alwaysgonna love Sweet Lou Williams. What's cool
about this team over the last fewyears is even when guys get moved,
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even when you love those guys,you can continue on following them a little
bit I have with Tobias Harris,and they're easy guys to root for because
the Clippers have been bringing in allthese high character players, and there's no
difference with what happened today with SweetLou Williams. I'll continue to track him
and see what he does with theAtlanta Hawks. They won't match up against
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the Clippers the rest of the season, they've already played twice, but guys
like him, I remember following JawanEvans after we left the Clippers Ty Wallace.
They just find these high level characterplayers who are also great competitors,
great people too, And that wassomething our last color spoke to CJ and
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Alhambra. CJ, you're on Clippersstiff without hm Oslin either, so listen.
I really wanted to give a gradefor both the night's game, as
was the transaction, but before Ido, I want to apologize for last
night not in the right state ofmind. I shouldn't have been talking to
anybody, let alone on the phone. Hey, who am I to judge?
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It's all good water under the bridge, CJ. Hey, all right,
Well, all that being said,tonight's game was an a a considering
that we didn't have the claw TwinMorris ninety four feet, mister Patev and
Ibaka, these guys answered. Theseguys played like last night, A well
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balanced game, and it was bothinside and outside and it was just exciting.
But I think really what it camedown to was that it was the
inspiration of Lou Williams that really pulledsome of our younger guys like Terrence Mann
through. And you know, sweetLou is a guy who I really think,
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you know it is probably the fifthbest player that this organization has who's
laced it up and dressed in theuniform. Now, all that being said,
I do want to get to thegrade on the transaction, and I
gave it some I had a kneejerk reaction at first. I gave it
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some primatic thought. I was tryingto be objective and I'd say a as
an, a big fat fail.Why is that horrible? This was?
This was horrible, CJ. Youcan't just say it's all right, I
will. This is a guy who'ssixteen hours before he's bounced records his fifteen
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thousand mark career point, on topof which he was the second of two
players to be a third winner atBest sixth Man, and the first was
Jamal Crawford, another former Clipper.Clipper excuse me, and just like Jamal
won it twice while suiting up forthe Clippers, and c J that's not
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going anywhere, that history that's stillwith the Clippers. Those are all moments
we can celebrate. And last nightin some ways was poetic that he got
to his fifteen thousand point as aClipper because he played his best basketball with
the Clippers. I get all that, but here comes the big rub,
Like, here here's the insult.For insults thirled upon the injury was one,
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we not only gave up lou Will, but two second round picks.
We see the biggest insult. Thebiggest insult was who did we get?
We got Rajan Rondo, CJ.We got we got a two time NBA
champion that just made a huge impactfor the Los Angeles Lakers last season.
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Just go back and watch that footageand look at what gen Rondo was able
to do throughout the playoffs for theLakers. He was arguably their third most
important player behind Lebron James and AnthonyDavis. At times, Ksep had his
moments as well, But gen Rondois that steady leader on the court that
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has been there and done that.And I understand some people are upset about
the mood or upset about the moveand are in a mood, but you
gotta give it time. You gottalet it marinate a little bit, because
I know there's that type of reactionwhen you're emotional in the moment. Because
of all sweet loew Williams has meantto this franchise, the Clippers are trying
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to win a championship this season,and to have someone like gen Rondo on
the court to unlock the best versionsof PG thirteen and Kawhi Leonard is huge
because the difference between Jen Rondo andLou Williams, well, they're two very
different players. But I'll say this, when Jane isn't scoring, he can
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still find other ways to impact thegame greatly. And that's big. And
the Clippers have needed somebody to keepthem in sync offensively, and I think
he's going to be able to dothat. We'll take a quick break,
We'll come back. Eight six sixnine eight seven two five seventy eight six
six nine eight seven two five seventytough day. I know, Clipper Nation,
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but I'm telling you the Gen Rondo'sgonna help this team. He has
the pedigree, he has the resumeto back it. Up. I know
there's some Lakers fans upset today too. In fact, I heard their head
coach Frank Vogel saying, well,outside of when he's playing US, I'll
still roof for Rondo so much hemeant to that team. That's how you
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know it was a good move.Eight six, six, nine eight seven
two five seventy eight six six nineeight seven two five seventy or get to
me at follow Adam A Clippers winby thirteen. They make it four straight.
They're coming back home Saturday night totake on Doc Rivers in the Philadelphia
seventy six ers. More on thattoo. You're listening to Clippers stock.
I'm atam Mosland and this is afive seventy yel a sports snagger, Paul
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George. This is the official homeof your LA Clippers. Don't miss a
moment of Clippers basketball all season long. The Clippers time traveled back to the
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mid nineties and they held the SanAntonio Spurs to eighty five points. Tonight,
they win ninety eight to eighty five. Without Kawhi Leonard, without Marcus
Moore's, without Pat Bab or SirJebaca, they still find a way to
get it done. Paul George finishedwith twenty four Reggie Jackson led them with
twenty eight points, sixteen of thosein the fourth quarter when five of ten
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from distance, the final three hehits, and we'll try to find this
audio for you, but he's fadingaway in the corner and it's just a
thing of beauty and he's had allthe confidence in the world. Catchen shoot.
Reggie is a real thing. Bailout Reggie is a real thing.
When in doubt, let Reggie Jacksonbail you out. Here was that three
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pointer with Noah. You go onthe call now eight to shoot, working
on peartle on the far side,corner, five to shoot, step back
quarter three. Oh, Reggie Jackson, the dagger, the mood ball.
The prayer was answered. Reggie Jacksongoing eight of sixteen. But it's the
moments of when they need him mostthat he seems to step up. I'm
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thinking back to when the Clippers cameback down eighteen in Miami, when they
were shorthanded that night. Two ReggieJackson. And it's not just him.
Patrick Patterson gets the start tonight becausethey're down so many guys, and Pat
pat goes three of three, justadd water and his shot was wet.
He had seven points a mere coffeeoff the bench, played twenty four minutes.
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He's a couple of three pointers.Also had a nice pass to Pat
Patton the third quarter for an easybucket. Also had a huge throwdown off
of his own steel. This team, I said, it reminds me of
the twenty seven twenty eighteen Clippers teama little bit tonight because they were really
undermanned at times. Then two theydidn't have Terrence Man, as you could
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say under man. But now withTerrence Man, things have been a little
bit different. But there were someof those vibes tonight from this Clippers team.
And it was just apropo with LouWilliams being traded today to the Atlanta
Hawks for Gen Rondo, But itreminded me of those times times where sweet
loew Williams should have been an AllStar that season was leading the Clippers,
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and we thank him for having hisbest years with the Clippers and giving us
so many of those memories. Wecan talk about those, and let's also
talk about Jen Rondo and what he'sgoing to be able to do for this
team, because I think he takesthem to another level. He adds another
dimension that they were missing offensively.Yeah, it's great that Kawhi Leonard and
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PG thirteen have both turned into muchbetter facilitators. But now you have that
traditional floor general out there, andhe's gonna make a huge difference down the
stretch in playoff games where you're executingin the half court a lot, and
it comes down to little things ina seven game series when you're seeing a
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team over and over again. AndJon Rondo is one of the smartest players
in the league. Even when he'snot out there, he's thinking the game.
This is a future head coach.By the way, He's reunited with
one of his old assistant coaches int Lou. Welcome back in the Clipper
stock. I'm at a Moslin toeight sixty six nine eight seven two five
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seventy still to come to Homer Azariand we'll get some more of your phone
calls. Morrison long Beach, what'sup? And my brother let me tell
you them. Two people can comeback to the Clippers family and get a
standing ovation. Chris Paul and brotherLou Williams. You're right, Lou Williams
gave us the best you know,the guild team is going to follow some
kind of way today. It's abusiness, but I think it feels the
right way. We sent him toa place he's familiar with, a team
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where he can win, okay,and I think he's gonna do real well
there. But in terms of Rondo, Rondo has been in He's a quarterback.
The only thing we want to beconcerned with it, if there's any
any concerns, is that everything worksout in the locker room. If that
works out, look out America.Now you don't know what I'm gonna take
away from this game, Adam.I have never seen this in my life.
Nobody has shut down San Antonio thirtypoints and a half. Now,
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I've seen a guy go off withthirty points in a quarter, but that
was too much. What am Isaying? The Clipper defense is lethal?
I mean unbelievable. And if youwas in Vegas, if you wasn't nobody
gambles. But if you was inVegas and they told you the surgery back
up and Kawhi Lynard are not goingto play tonight and they just thanked them
the previous night, you say,well, the Trippers gotta lose tonight because
they're gonna show some price tonight.They beat in San Antonio, and they
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not only shut them down, theybeat him even worse. Although the disparity
and the points was this big,but thirty points for a half, that's
embarrassing in the National Basketball Association.It reminds me of a Mike pro Tello
team when he was twenty coaching backin Cleveland. When the score is like
fifty five fifty four for the game. You know, this was incredible.
So their defenses was happening, andthat's what you need if you think about
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winning that trophy because everybody could score. Look look at Brooklyn they because everybody
could score, but can you stopsomebody? So anyway, it's a good
day for the Clippers. Have putyou later, Morris, thank you for
the phone call. As always,Yeah, I thought the defensive mentality that
t Lew has been talking about somuch, we're seeing it now consistently and
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they have a chance to have toput together a consistent run back at Staples
Center or as they're at home fortheir next nine games. But speaking of
coach lou Let's hear from him postgame after the Clippers win ninety eight to
eighty five, All hard all hustle. This was a team victory, but
a team that was shorthanded and everybodyplayed a role in this one. Here
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was coach Lou speaking with the media. Hey, coach, what are you
What are your thoughts on the efforttonight? You know, the team coming
out shorthanded and getting to win whateverwas great. You know, anytime you
played a good team and elect theSpurs and you shoot thirty eight percent from
the field, score ninety eight pointsand still in the game, it just
tells you about our effort and intensity. All the defense tonight we led missus
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shots, you know, getting awayof us, you know, having a
deefenessive mindset, and I thought ofdeepness, carrious the whole night. And
obviously kind of a bitter sweet dayto see Lou go as well. Just
what are your thoughts on I'm watchinghim sleep? You know, very bitter,
you know over the last two years, just having a chance to be
around Lou and now knew of themfar, we always spoke, but to
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have a chance to actually be aroundhim for two years and just seeing the
person he was and what he meantso much to his team in the franchise.
Just tough, letting him go.And like I said, if you
get a guy who's you know,three times six man the year and scored
fifteen thousand points, most of themup a bench, and just you know,
his contributions to this organization has been, you know, so incredible.
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And you know, this is thetoughest part of the business, like I
said, especially for me being tradeda few times and knowing how that is.
You know, so you know,we're gonna miss Lou dearly. You
know, I hate to see himgo. Big part of what they've done
here the last four years, youknow, with him being a part of
it, and you know, butwhat he's done with for us the last
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two years is I've been Thanks Charley. Next question from Andrew Graff, Go
ahead, Andrew, ird to developon that. Just what was it like
in the first quarter you look downyour bench to make your first sub and
LOUI wasn't there, Like is thatjust an yeah, it is. It's
actually we talked about it a halftime, you know, I said,
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we knew we were right now,you know, Well, like I said,
he's gonna be missing for everything balland not just basketball. I just
think him as a person, That'swhat I love the most. You know,
he's a great basketball player, justhim as a human being and what
he stood a board, how healways brew some morale in the team,
you know, with everybody around him. That's what's gonna be missed the most.
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Your relationship with Rajion. Obviously it'speople who know about the Boston era.
Did it go back even earlier thanthat, it can where you connect
with him before you started coaching inBoston. Well, I've new him,
you know, you know through KGbecause you know, KG being one of
my best friends, and you knowwhen the first went to Boston, being
able to support them and get achance to meet you know, Rondel early
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on. But my four years ofcoaching there, he was pretty much my
project, you know, doctor,you know made me stay on him and
you know, so he's like mylittle brother for the most part. And
just watching him grow and machillas aboutthe years as a player and as a
person, as a father, asa human game. I'm it just great
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to see. Thank you time.There was the head coach Tulu talking about
the trade earlier. Today, SweetleeWilliams goes over to the Atlanta Hawks.
They bring in Rajon Rondo, atwo time NBA champion, who absolutely is
an orchestrator out there on the court. It's a beautiful thing to watch him
run in offense, if you willfollowed his career, wherever he goes,
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they get better offensively, but specificallyin the playoffs in big moments where he
also hits frequently big shots. Eightsix nine eight seven two five seventy is
the phone number. We'll take aquick break, we'll come back. We'll
have Toma Azarreli on from clutch points. The Clippers win their fourth straight.
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They down the San Antonio Spurs ninetyeight to eighty five, and game two
of this two game mini series,Clippers are eight no in the second game
of back to back this season.Give him those back to backs in the
playoffs. Okay, that'd be weird, but I don't know. There's something
about this for the Clippers. Evenwith at Kawhi Leonard in this one,
even without muk no serge, nopad beev, Clippers get it done.
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They overcome more. Clippers talk upnext right here on the M five seventy
LA S fours letter there he erasedit at the rim by never had a
chains. This is LA Clippers basketball. On the official home of your LA
Clippers. You're Los Angeles Clippers winin San Antonio again. They defeat the
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Spurs ninety eight to eighty five.With the starting lineup of Terrence Man PG.
Thirteen, Reggie Jackson, A VizaZubots and Pat pat Patrick Patterson,
they are able to win the secondgame of a back to back again eight.
Knowing those situations and earlier today theyupgraded their playoff rotation. Remember at
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the end of Game seven, afterwhat happened in that series. I can't
even remember myself, but I thinkit was the Denver Nuggets last year in
the second round of the playoffs.I don't want to get too deep into
it, but remember postgame, KawhiLeonard talked about needs this offseason and wanting
to get smarter out there. Well, they just brought in the Bobby Fisher
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of players and Rashaun Rondo a courtgeneral, a floor general out there for
the Clippers. It's been in needof theirs. We've taken calls on it
all season long, and they gottheir guy, and I got my guy
on the line. Right now,Telmara Azarrely from Clutch Points is joining the
show. He is one of myfavorite analysts for the Clippers and reporters Tomaa.
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Before we get into the Rajen Rondomove to bring in here and Sweetlee
Williams going to Atlanta, let's talka little bit about how the Clippers got
one of the most incomprehensible victories ofthe season where they had no business beating
the San Antonio team tonight, butthey just found a way to get it
done. Anyways, you know what, before the game, I was talking
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to Justin Russo and I told them, this is the game they're gonna win.
I told them I was there aheart of Shi winning in this game.
I decided feeling that even without Lou, even without Kauai and Marcus eventually
out, this team just has guyswho step up. And it's I don't
know how to explain it. Theyjust some guys who who step up,
know their roles and when an opportunitylike today presents yourself, like Terrence Mann
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starting, you know you saw youhad a double double from him. I
think there's four double doubles in thestarting lineup despite missing four starters. So
it really tells you how deep theClippers can be when they're clicking on all
cylinders. And I mean, honestly, they weren't even clicking on all cylinders
today. But I think they playedwell enough as a group, especially defensively,
to get it done, to getthe Spurs. I mean, holy
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stan Antonio. The eighty five I'vepoints was was certainly impressive. I think
what impressive the most today was youknow, Paul George, even though he
didn't get the free throw a lot, a lot. I believed he had
about nineteen shot attempt in the paintnineteen twenty eight to win the paint.
So, you know, the paintattacks and the antities on getting into the
paint that Tyler had been talking about. It one of the guys that's been
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talking about. Even with Kali,Marcus Leu, Pad Surge all gone,
that was still there. They werestill putting an emphasis on getting inside and
punishing the San Antonio Spurs. Youknow, we saw Zoobots. I think
he took about it was it fourfree throws. You know, we really
made them paint and started at sevenoffensive rebounds. It was just it was
just a collective effort for everyone.And I think it's just up though that
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Miami game, and you know,I can't even remember because They've had so
many impressive games without starters that Idon't remember the other one, but I
think Miami has two of them.Yeah, you're right, effort, I
can't remember. The effort was there, the will, the desire, and
that heart for the Clippers. Youmentioned the offensive rebounds from a beat to
Zoobots having seven. The Clippers asa team had fourteen. That's how they
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were able to win a game wherethey only shot thirty eight percent from the
field. Plus they were able totake care of the basketball. But defensively
they've been so good post All StarBreak. Now have they had a breakthrough
on that end? Has the messagebeen received from coach t Loo to this
team? Now? Tell Mary,do you think they've turned the corner?
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H Yeah, I thought that afterlast game. I thought after after they
beat down the Spurs yesterday, thirtypoint blowout. You know, it looked
like that was three. You know, that was three in a row,
three pretty solid games all around.I know, you know, Charlotte's been
playing well, Lionel was playing reallywell. I just I just think it's
a matter of effort, and Ithink, you know, the Clippers,
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it's tough. You know, usuallyduring the season that January February three All
Star right after All Star schedules kindof off. You just you're started just
going through the motions. You're notreally playing at one hundred percent because you
know, especially for a team likethis, you're built to the playoffs.
You're getting ready for the playoffs.And I think just like we saw last
year after the All Star break,they've just turned it up. And I
think we're seeing that right now.This team is is fully capable of turning
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it on with or without guys outdue to injury. I think it's exactly
what we saw. I think,you know, ty Lou has had a
couple of instances where he's lit intothe team, and we've seen him come
to the postgame press conference I wantto say twice now where he's just been
living. After the Pelicans game andafter the first Memphis game, those were
two of the times. Those arethe maddest that I've seen ty Lou hit
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the dup exactly, and so soI think, like you said, it's
really starting to click in their heads, like, Okay, this is this
is a though time. We reallygot to start putting pressure on on our
opponents and in the standings, thesecond seat, maybe in the first seat
is there for the taking right now. I mean, I think they're more
concerned about playing well and playing asa unit and getting healthy. But you
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know, the second, maybe eventhe first seed, is the after taking.
You just gotta play well, youknow. The rest of the ta
care of itself. So I thinkt Lewis preaching has finally got in there.
I think it's been there, butit's taken a few games to sort
of click. And I think nowwe're starting to see it. We've got
a nine game homestand coming up ahuge opportunity to capitalize, but it depends
on health. So all right,tell me, Eric, got about a
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minute and a half left here.As you mentioned, the Clippers on the
three seed, just a half gameback of the Phoenix Suns for the two
seed, but they make the moveto bring in Rajon Rondo. What were
your thoughts when you saw that godown with the WOJE bomb earlier today?
I mean, initially, it's beenit's it's it's a bit disappointing because you
know, I've covered the Clippers forabout five years now, and you know
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most of these use were Lou Williams, and he's always been, you know,
a cost of a professional. Youknow, always a great guy to
talk to, always open to chattingbasketball or non basketball. On the court,
we've seen what he's done multiple times, six men a year, you
know, all time leading bench scores. So that was great. Look,
I'm I think I need to seesomething from Rondo to see how this team
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sits together. I know everyone saysthings the playmaker. I'd be curious to
see how we messures in. Youknow, he knows ty Lou again,
a relationship with him from Boston,so I'd be curious to see how how
they messed together. I think he'lltake some time. But look, if
we gotta playoff Rondo, the Clippersmight get in good shape if they If
they get that, so we'll seeplayoff Rondo seems to be a real thing.
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There are jerseys with playoff Rondo outthere. He is Tomair Azarrely at
Tommair t O M E r Az A r l Y follow him on
Twitter. He covers the Clippers fourclutch points. Tomare thanks for doing this
tonight. I appreciate it. Thanksfor having me on night. Doing eight
six, six, nine eighty seventwo five seventy is the phone number before
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we break, because I don't wanthim screaming at me Saturday. Quickly,
Jeff and Tarzana, you got thirtyseconds, Adam? Would I ever scream
at you? I think you justdid. No, that's just my normal
voice, Adam Love. I've gotto give the Clippers really good credit tonight.
To be four players down, actuallyfive, to win a game against
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San Antonio at on the road isfantastic. The other thing is was Kauhi
out of the game tonight because hecouldn't play two games in a role.
No, he's been doing that.He just had a foot injury that popped
up. All right. What wouldhappen with Marcus Hors Marcus Morris had a
right calf injury? All right?When are they supposed to get Beverly and
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and Bacca back? Jeff? Youknow I don't have those answers for you.
Hopefully sooner than later. Okay.I was you know what, I
was not happy about the trade ofLou Williams today until TJ call. Then
I got really happy because you realizedhow wrong he was and how wrong you
must have been earlier. No,I wasn't wrong, but what I was
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thinking is the power off of thebench. Rondo is Ron is a very
smart player, like you said,but he's also a coach killer. Dinny
get kicked out of the Dallas becauseyou couldn't get along with That was the
only time there was an issue betweenhim and a head coach, and he's
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back with a coach and they havea bromance in TLU. Come on,
Jeff, Clipper Nation, believe meif you took my advice when they brought
in Pat Pat or Nicholas Batoum.I think things worked out there. It's
gonna work out with for Gen Ronde, all right. Before we get out
of here, I do want tothank the Clippers organization. Noah Ego,
Brian Steam and Ralph Lawl are backhere in Burbank. We had Samza get
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well, Big bro Jake. UntilSaturday, with the Clippers back home for
nine straight home games, They're takenon Doc Rivers in the Philadelphia seventy six
ers tip time at seven pm.We'll have your Clippers countdown show at six
pm. I'm at a moslind We'lltalk to you then
Get your fall. It's time toreact La Clippers Basketball. This is Clippers
Talk all the chat, reaction andanalysis hosted by Adam Oslay. You know
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makes everything happen. Adam Mosland.The Clippers payo Mas to Sweet Lou Williams
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with a throwback twenty seventeen twenty eighteentype of victory. They were undermanned,
they were shorthanded, but that heartand hustle was there and they got it
done in San Antonio with a ninetyeight to eighty five victory over the Spurs.
Welcome into Clippers Talk. I'm AdamOslin to eight six six nine eight
seven two five seventy eight sixty sixnine eight seven two five seventy is the
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phone number coming up. You'll hearfrom the head coach t Lou. We'll
talk about Sweet Loew Williams now beingback home in Atlanta with the Hawks and
the Clippers bringing in Rajon Rondo.Tolmair Azarrely from Clutch Points will also be
here for analysis. The Clippers gaveup just thirty points to the Spurs in
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the second half of a game wherethey didn't have Kawhi Leonard, they didn't
have Marcus Morris, they didn't haveSergebaka, and they did not have Patrick
Beverlely or Sweet Lou Williams. Theyhad nine guys available total. They ended
up playing eight and everyone made ahuge impact. That old slogan, it
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takes everyone, it takes everything forthis Clippers team back during the twenty seventeen
twenty eighteen season. It rang truetonight on a night where the Clippers shot
just thirty eight percent from the field, but they did go thirty eight percent
with some timely threes late because theystarted off cold from the outside. They
ended up hitting thirteen of the thirtyfour three pointers, but just an unbelievable
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defensive performance when they were down someof their best defenders and guys weren't hot
until Reggie Jackson dropped sixteen points inthe fourth quarter alone. He did all
his damage in the first quarter withtwelve points, in the fourth quarter with
sixteen points, finished with twenty eightpoints, a season high for Reggie Action
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Jackson. Stay Reggie and he hasall season long. This guy's on a
veteran's minimum. He and Nicholas Bazoumboth absolute bargains for this Clippers team.
Per usual, Nicholas Batoum would hita timely three pointer near the end of
the third quarter, also to startthat third quarter where the Clippers were down
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six of the half. Paul George, who did struggle with this shot overall
just ten of twenty eight. He'sstill working through it, but finished with
twenty four points and thirteen rebounds,tie to beat to Zubots for the team
lead in rebounds. Tonight. Youknow who was right behind them, Terrence
Man with even though he went justthree of ten from the field, he
went off for I want to say, eleven points or ten points or eight
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points. It was eight points inthat third quarter alone. Was playing downhill,
was getting to the free throw line, brought that energy, and even
though multiple guys were not shooting theball well, they didn't let it affect
their game or their defense. Thisis something head coach t lou has been
stressing. When we're not making shots, we can't let that affect every other
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area of the game. And ithad been for the majority of the season.
Defensively, they had been up anddown, they were a middle of
the pack defensive team. They weretwelfth though coming into tonight's game thanks to
the way things have turned around defensivelypost All Star Break, in fact,
since the All Star Break. AndI put this out on Twitter at follow
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Adam a on Twitter if you wantto get to me there. But they've
only been giving up, including thegame where they gave up one thirty five
to the New Orleans Pelicans when Teluhad to get this team's attention again.
Even with that game in there,they've only been giving up one hundred and
four points per game. That wouldbe best in the league if they did
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that over an entire season. TheNew York Knicks they give up one oh
five, giving up one oh fourper game, it's exceptional, especially during
the majority of the stretch. Theyhaven't had Patrick Beverley, they haven't had
Sir Chebacca tonight, no Marcus Morriseither, no Kawhide Leonard Afiza. Zubats
was a freaking beast as he hasbeen, But to have four blocks in
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one quarter. In that third quarterwhere the Clippers held the San Antonio Spurs
to just thirteen points, Big Zoocame through four blocks one quarter. One
of them ended with a Nicholas Beatumthree pointer in the corner, the one
I mentioned earlier. Sam Zia,our technical producer, was waiting to get
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that sequence. He was looking forperfection from a highlight. Tonight we finally
got one because the other blocks,I don't know if they led to layups
or multiple possessions ended in turnovers.Over All, though, the Clippers just
ten turnovers, just eight last night, and they survived the San Antonio Spurs
only having seven when they had sixteenlast night. I told you they are
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the best when it comes to takingcare of the basketball. They proved it
tonight with just seven. But theClippers were just hungrier defensively, giving up
thirty points total in the second half, out rebounding the Spurs by almost twenty.
They ended up out rebounding them byeighteen. When you're under man like
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this, when you're facing adversity likethis, it just shows your character and
the way this team has been builtand the chemistry on the court. They've
won four in a row now,and they did so tonight without four starters.
They are building. They are startingto turn that corner because their next
nine games are back at Staples Center, and there is work to be done
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with this team. Lou will tellyou, I think he's been eyeing this
opportunity for this long homestand when there'sonly twenty seven games left in the regular
season, because there's a lot theycan work on, there's more of his
offense that they can install. They'regonna have seventeen straight days where they are
sleeping in their own bed at nightin Los Angeles. That's gonna do wonders
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for this team that already looks tobe very different defensively than they were in
the first half of the season.But of course, earlier today, Sweet
Lou Williams was traded to the AtlantaHawks for Gen Ronto, and I have
a lot of thoughts on that andwhat gen Rondo is going to bring to
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this team, but it became itbecame official about two hours ago. But
I do want to pay my respectsto Sweet Low Williams, who made my
job even easier and more fun becauseI've been with the Clippers since he has,
and he has brought some memorable highlights. And if people want to talk
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about that tonight eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy because Sweet
Low Williams. He's the underground goatforever. He is a Clipper legend.
He is a fan favorite that helpedbridge the gap between the Lob City era
and the two one three connection wehave now with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George.
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But just last night he made alittle bit of history himself. Here
was sweet Lou Williams, and herewas him hitting a career milestone, and
here was his last shot as aClipper once again. Lou Williams one bucket
away from fifteen thousand career points,holds at the four side, week,
puts it between his legs, crossover on Jones, get the screen to
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us left from two bots, Williamsthe pump fee the jumper from twenty oh
Yeah, Lou Williams fifteen thousand careerpoints for the underground goat. Look.
Lou Williams helped carry this team throughsome difficult times, especially in that twenty
seventeen twenty eighteen season where he ledan underman Clippers team sound familiar to a
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winning record. He had a fiftypoint game with the Clippers. He had
thirty six points on their thirty onepoint playoff comeback against the Golden State Warriors
in the playoffs. Of course,he had multiple game winners and a Clippers
jersey while winning two six Man ofthe Year awards. The underground Goat is
forever a Clippers legend and will alwaysbe a part of this turnaround for this
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franchise as he helped lay the foundationas this organization continues to build towards winning
that first championship. So thank you, Sweep Lou Williams, and we'll welcome
in Jen Rondo coming up next.You're listening to Clipper stock here on AM
five seventy LA Sports. What isby every moment all season long? I'm
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their official cool Why letard sends itback home? But the Clippers still knock?
Come in here, no boardman.Tonight, but the Clippers went for
a season high fifty seven rebounds.They win by thirteen in San Antonio over
the Spurs. Welcome back into ClippersTalk. I'm adam Osland to eight six
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six nine eight seven two five seventy. Coming up, you'll hear from coach
Lou on tonight's victory. The Clippersmake it four straight. But also obviously
earlier in the day, Sweet LEEUW. Williams was traded to Atlanta for Genronto,
you'll hear from the head coach.We're looking for more postgame audio plus
tomare Azzarlie from Clutch Points will behere. But I just I wanted to
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send love to sweet leew Williams becausewhen you have a guy like that who
could just get incendiary at any time, and during that twenty seventeen twenty eighteen
season, the Clippers had no businesswinning forty two games, Lou Williams helped
carry them to forty two wins anda winning record. He had, I
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want to say, five games offorty plus points or more. Had his
fifty point game up at Oracle Arenaagainst Kevin Durant where he had a twenty
seven point quarter. So he willalways be remembered fondly here with Clipper Nation.
But re Gen Rondo he offers alot. He's five months removed from
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starting six of six from the fieldin Game six against the Miami Heat and
the Lakers close out victory to winthe championship. He always finds a way
to step up in those big moments. Everybody was doubting eat Lakers fans were
doubting re Gen Rondo and everyone elsewas because of how he performed in the
regular season at times, and hefinds that switch and he flips it.
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And they have been looking for aplaymaker and this is somebody they were interested
in. Last I thought they weregoing to get him. He goes to
the Atlanta Hawks. The Clippers eventuallyget their man. So it's a bittersweet
day. We say goodbye to sweetLoew Williams, who goes back home to
Atlanta on a contender on a teamthat's on the rise, a good,
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solid team that's in the playoff hunt, and who knows how far they can
go with sweet Loew Williams there.But gen Rondo was a need. This
was something the Clippers, a needthey had to fill because this will make
life so much easier for Kawhi Leonardand Paul George, especially at the end
of games. Yes, we genRondo. He's thirty five years of age.
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Five months ago he was one ofthe most important players on the court
for the Los Angeles Lakers during theirplayoff run. And he's been doing this
his entire career, going back tothe Boston Celtics days. When I think
of gen Rondo in the playoffs,though, there's a series that is a
little bit underrated that people don't talkabout enough because they didn't go on to
win at all. But back intwenty eighteen of the New Orleans Pelicans,
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he was with Anthony Davis then andDrew Holliday and they made a run after
they either swept or won in fivegames in the first round over the Portland
Trailblazers who were favored, and Rondoand Drew Holiday just wrecked, completely dismantled
whatever CJ. McCollum and Damian Lillardwere trying to do. Their perimeter defense
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was elite, and gen Ronto steppedup shot over forty percent from three in
that series. So when people say, well, can you take those bubble
numbers into account with his shooting lastseason, he's done it outside the bubble
in the playoffs before two eight,six, ninety seven, two five seventy.
Richard and Monroe via what's up?You're on Clippers top with Adam Oslin
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Hey, Adam. First thing isthe return investment in Reggie Jackson has been
phenomenal, just like with Nick.And that's what people to talk about during
trades and stuff, was you couldn'tget well Reggie cost to have him here.
No think Rondo that's going to turnaround and make Reggie better. You
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Richard is gonna make everybody better.And there's more court time freed up for
Luke Kennard, who I truly believethey have to maximize his talent this season
if they're going to win a championshipand he's been more in rhythm lately obviously
had the eight for eight ridiculous game, but same with Terrence Mann. It
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often offers more court time and moreshots up to two guys that are going
to be needed at times in theplayoffs. They're gonna have to make their
mark with them. But yes,for gen Rondo makes the game easier for
everyone. The other question I haveis do they go against the cap space
and can we utilize that from oneof those open spots. That's a good
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question. I'll look that up orI'll text Eric Pinkas you may have some
insight on that NBA cap ology.Let's go to Jose and south Gate.
Jose, what's up? You're on? Clippers? Stop with that. I'm
awesome. June twenty six, twentynineteen, Sweet Pepper Lou was on Warehouse
shoe store on Western the block awaywhere I grew up from he met all
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the VIP members, I mean wewhatever, you know, the at bost
first to meet him, and hehad somewhere else to be, and he
waited for everybody else that was inline to meet him. At that time.
It was either get a picture ora signature. So me and my
girl and okay, you know what, my girl got a signature for my
son, and me and my songot a picture with lou I'm looking at
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that right now, like, let'sgo Louise. Thank you yesterday Adam right,
gain't even I didn't even get thehalf we wanted to stay. But
let me say this to Adam,thank you, to Noah, thank you
to Rob Lawler, thank you toall everybody else want to know. Oh
they brody on what's the Clippers radiostation? They want to know what good
things have to stay. We haveto say this. Ever since Tylo showed
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the zoo box, can't post thewriting stump. He's being dunking everything.
Karen shout out state, y'll justturns man. He's learning under crit Lamely
or Patrick Beverley. Now on therondo, do you not understand Let's go
clip Jose and Southgate, thank youfor the phone call and the enthusiasm and
positivity there as always, But it'snot even just what Gen Rondo can do
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on the court for this team.Even if he's only playing fifteen to twenty
minutes a night in the playoffs,he'll be playing critical minutes at times,
but also his leadership. He hasa relationship going back to his Boston days
what the head coach Tlu Everybody alwayssays, and it's a cliche and an
old adage that a prototypical point guardis an extension of the head coach.
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Oh, Gen Rondo's gonna be thatin spades. He's gonna know exactly how
t Lou wants this offense and defenserun out there, and he's been a
great two way player throughout his career. But I know it's a hard day
also for Clipper Nation because we're alwaysgonna love Sweet Lou Williams. What's cool
about this team over the last fewyears is even when guys get moved,
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even when you love those guys,you can continue on following them a little
bit I have with Tobias Harris,and they're easy guys to root for because
the Clippers have been bringing in allthese high character players, and there's no
difference with what happened today with SweetLou Williams. I'll continue to track him
and see what he does with theAtlanta Hawks. They won't match up against
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the Clippers the rest of the season, they've already played twice, but guys
like him, I remember following JawanEvans after we left the Clippers Ty Wallace.
They just find these high level characterplayers who are also great competitors,
great people too, And that wassomething our last color spoke to CJ and
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Alhambra. CJ, you're on Clippersstiff without hm Oslin either, so listen.
I really wanted to give a gradefor both the night's game, as
was the transaction, but before Ido, I want to apologize for last
night not in the right state ofmind. I shouldn't have been talking to
anybody, let alone on the phone. Hey, who am I to judge?
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It's all good water under the bridge, CJ. Hey, all right,
Well, all that being said,tonight's game was an a a considering
that we didn't have the claw TwinMorris ninety four feet, mister Patev and
Ibaka, these guys answered. Theseguys played like last night, A well
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balanced game, and it was bothinside and outside and it was just exciting.
But I think really what it camedown to was that it was the
inspiration of Lou Williams that really pulledsome of our younger guys like Terrence Mann
through. And you know, sweetLou is a guy who I really think,
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you know it is probably the fifthbest player that this organization has who's
laced it up and dressed in theuniform. Now, all that being said,
I do want to get to thegrade on the transaction, and I
gave it some I had a kneejerk reaction at first. I gave it
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some primatic thought. I was tryingto be objective and I'd say a as
an, a big fat fail.Why is that horrible? This was?
This was horrible, CJ. Youcan't just say it's all right, I
will. This is a guy who'ssixteen hours before he's bounced records his fifteen
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thousand mark career point, on topof which he was the second of two
players to be a third winner atBest sixth Man, and the first was
Jamal Crawford, another former Clipper.Clipper excuse me, and just like Jamal
won it twice while suiting up forthe Clippers, and c J that's not
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going anywhere, that history that's stillwith the Clippers. Those are all moments
we can celebrate. And last nightin some ways was poetic that he got
to his fifteen thousand point as aClipper because he played his best basketball with
the Clippers. I get all that, but here comes the big rub,
Like, here here's the insult.For insults thirled upon the injury was one,
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we not only gave up lou Will, but two second round picks.
We see the biggest insult. Thebiggest insult was who did we get?
We got Rajan Rondo, CJ.We got we got a two time NBA
champion that just made a huge impactfor the Los Angeles Lakers last season.
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Just go back and watch that footageand look at what gen Rondo was able
to do throughout the playoffs for theLakers. He was arguably their third most
important player behind Lebron James and AnthonyDavis. At times, Ksep had his
moments as well, But gen Rondois that steady leader on the court that
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has been there and done that.And I understand some people are upset about
the mood or upset about the moveand are in a mood, but you
gotta give it time. You gottalet it marinate a little bit, because
I know there's that type of reactionwhen you're emotional in the moment. Because
of all sweet loew Williams has meantto this franchise, the Clippers are trying
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to win a championship this season,and to have someone like gen Rondo on
the court to unlock the best versionsof PG thirteen and Kawhi Leonard is huge
because the difference between Jen Rondo andLou Williams, well, they're two very
different players. But I'll say this, when Jane isn't scoring, he can
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still find other ways to impact thegame greatly. And that's big. And
the Clippers have needed somebody to keepthem in sync offensively, and I think
he's going to be able to dothat. We'll take a quick break,
We'll come back. Eight six sixnine eight seven two five seventy eight six
six nine eight seven two five seventytough day. I know, Clipper Nation,
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but I'm telling you the Gen Rondo'sgonna help this team. He has
the pedigree, he has the resumeto back it. Up. I know
there's some Lakers fans upset today too. In fact, I heard their head
coach Frank Vogel saying, well,outside of when he's playing US, I'll
still roof for Rondo so much hemeant to that team. That's how you
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know it was a good move.Eight six, six, nine eight seven
two five seventy eight six six nineeight seven two five seventy or get to
me at follow Adam A Clippers winby thirteen. They make it four straight.
They're coming back home Saturday night totake on Doc Rivers in the Philadelphia
seventy six ers. More on thattoo. You're listening to Clippers stock.
I'm atam Mosland and this is afive seventy yel a sports snagger, Paul
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George. This is the official homeof your LA Clippers. Don't miss a
moment of Clippers basketball all season long. The Clippers time traveled back to the
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mid nineties and they held the SanAntonio Spurs to eighty five points. Tonight,
they win ninety eight to eighty five. Without Kawhi Leonard, without Marcus
Moore's, without Pat Bab or SirJebaca, they still find a way to
get it done. Paul George finishedwith twenty four Reggie Jackson led them with
twenty eight points, sixteen of thosein the fourth quarter when five of ten
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from distance, the final three hehits, and we'll try to find this
audio for you, but he's fadingaway in the corner and it's just a
thing of beauty and he's had allthe confidence in the world. Catchen shoot.
Reggie is a real thing. Bailout Reggie is a real thing.
When in doubt, let Reggie Jacksonbail you out. Here was that three
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pointer with Noah. You go onthe call now eight to shoot, working
on peartle on the far side,corner, five to shoot, step back
quarter three. Oh, Reggie Jackson, the dagger, the mood ball.
The prayer was answered. Reggie Jacksongoing eight of sixteen. But it's the
moments of when they need him mostthat he seems to step up. I'm
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thinking back to when the Clippers cameback down eighteen in Miami, when they
were shorthanded that night. Two ReggieJackson. And it's not just him.
Patrick Patterson gets the start tonight becausethey're down so many guys, and Pat
pat goes three of three, justadd water and his shot was wet.
He had seven points a mere coffeeoff the bench, played twenty four minutes.
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He's a couple of three pointers.Also had a nice pass to Pat
Patton the third quarter for an easybucket. Also had a huge throwdown off
of his own steel. This team, I said, it reminds me of
the twenty seven twenty eighteen Clippers teama little bit tonight because they were really
undermanned at times. Then two theydidn't have Terrence Man, as you could
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say under man. But now withTerrence Man, things have been a little
bit different. But there were someof those vibes tonight from this Clippers team.
And it was just apropo with LouWilliams being traded today to the Atlanta
Hawks for Gen Rondo, But itreminded me of those times times where sweet
loew Williams should have been an AllStar that season was leading the Clippers,
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and we thank him for having hisbest years with the Clippers and giving us
so many of those memories. Wecan talk about those, and let's also
talk about Jen Rondo and what he'sgoing to be able to do for this
team, because I think he takesthem to another level. He adds another
dimension that they were missing offensively.Yeah, it's great that Kawhi Leonard and
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PG thirteen have both turned into muchbetter facilitators. But now you have that
traditional floor general out there, andhe's gonna make a huge difference down the
stretch in playoff games where you're executingin the half court a lot, and
it comes down to little things ina seven game series when you're seeing a
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team over and over again. AndJon Rondo is one of the smartest players
in the league. Even when he'snot out there, he's thinking the game.
This is a future head coach.By the way, He's reunited with
one of his old assistant coaches int Lou. Welcome back in the Clipper
stock. I'm at a Moslin toeight sixty six nine eight seven two five
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seventy still to come to Homer Azariand we'll get some more of your phone
calls. Morrison long Beach, what'sup? And my brother let me tell
you them. Two people can comeback to the Clippers family and get a
standing ovation. Chris Paul and brotherLou Williams. You're right, Lou Williams
gave us the best you know,the guild team is going to follow some
kind of way today. It's abusiness, but I think it feels the
right way. We sent him toa place he's familiar with, a team
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where he can win, okay,and I think he's gonna do real well
there. But in terms of Rondo, Rondo has been in He's a quarterback.
The only thing we want to beconcerned with it, if there's any
any concerns, is that everything worksout in the locker room. If that
works out, look out America.Now you don't know what I'm gonna take
away from this game, Adam.I have never seen this in my life.
Nobody has shut down San Antonio thirtypoints and a half. Now,
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I've seen a guy go off withthirty points in a quarter, but that
was too much. What am Isaying? The Clipper defense is lethal?
I mean unbelievable. And if youwas in Vegas, if you wasn't nobody
gambles. But if you was inVegas and they told you the surgery back
up and Kawhi Lynard are not goingto play tonight and they just thanked them
the previous night, you say,well, the Trippers gotta lose tonight because
they're gonna show some price tonight.They beat in San Antonio, and they
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not only shut them down, theybeat him even worse. Although the disparity
and the points was this big,but thirty points for a half, that's
embarrassing in the National Basketball Association.It reminds me of a Mike pro Tello
team when he was twenty coaching backin Cleveland. When the score is like
fifty five fifty four for the game. You know, this was incredible.
So their defenses was happening, andthat's what you need if you think about
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winning that trophy because everybody could score. Look look at Brooklyn they because everybody
could score, but can you stopsomebody? So anyway, it's a good
day for the Clippers. Have putyou later, Morris, thank you for
the phone call. As always,Yeah, I thought the defensive mentality that
t Lew has been talking about somuch, we're seeing it now consistently and
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they have a chance to have toput together a consistent run back at Staples
Center or as they're at home fortheir next nine games. But speaking of
coach lou Let's hear from him postgame after the Clippers win ninety eight to
eighty five, All hard all hustle. This was a team victory, but
a team that was shorthanded and everybodyplayed a role in this one. Here
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was coach Lou speaking with the media. Hey, coach, what are you
What are your thoughts on the efforttonight? You know, the team coming
out shorthanded and getting to win whateverwas great. You know, anytime you
played a good team and elect theSpurs and you shoot thirty eight percent from
the field, score ninety eight pointsand still in the game, it just
tells you about our effort and intensity. All the defense tonight we led missus
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shots, you know, getting awayof us, you know, having a
deefenessive mindset, and I thought ofdeepness, carrious the whole night. And
obviously kind of a bitter sweet dayto see Lou go as well. Just
what are your thoughts on I'm watchinghim sleep? You know, very bitter,
you know over the last two years, just having a chance to be
around Lou and now knew of themfar, we always spoke, but to
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have a chance to actually be aroundhim for two years and just seeing the
person he was and what he meantso much to his team in the franchise.
Just tough, letting him go.And like I said, if you
get a guy who's you know,three times six man the year and scored
fifteen thousand points, most of themup a bench, and just you know,
his contributions to this organization has been, you know, so incredible.
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And you know, this is thetoughest part of the business, like I
said, especially for me being tradeda few times and knowing how that is.
You know, so you know,we're gonna miss Lou dearly. You
know, I hate to see himgo. Big part of what they've done
here the last four years, youknow, with him being a part of
it, and you know, butwhat he's done with for us the last
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two years is I've been Thanks Charley. Next question from Andrew Graff, Go
ahead, Andrew, ird to developon that. Just what was it like
in the first quarter you look downyour bench to make your first sub and
LOUI wasn't there, Like is thatjust an yeah, it is. It's
actually we talked about it a halftime, you know, I said,
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we knew we were right now,you know, Well, like I said,
he's gonna be missing for everything balland not just basketball. I just
think him as a person, That'swhat I love the most. You know,
he's a great basketball player, justhim as a human being and what
he stood a board, how healways brew some morale in the team,
you know, with everybody around him. That's what's gonna be missed the most.
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Your relationship with Rajion. Obviously it'speople who know about the Boston era.
Did it go back even earlier thanthat, it can where you connect
with him before you started coaching inBoston. Well, I've new him,
you know, you know through KGbecause you know, KG being one of
my best friends, and you knowwhen the first went to Boston, being
able to support them and get achance to meet you know, Rondel early
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on. But my four years ofcoaching there, he was pretty much my
project, you know, doctor,you know made me stay on him and
you know, so he's like mylittle brother for the most part. And
just watching him grow and machillas aboutthe years as a player and as a
person, as a father, asa human game. I'm it just great
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to see. Thank you time.There was the head coach Tulu talking about
the trade earlier. Today, SweetleeWilliams goes over to the Atlanta Hawks.
They bring in Rajon Rondo, atwo time NBA champion, who absolutely is
an orchestrator out there on the court. It's a beautiful thing to watch him
run in offense, if you willfollowed his career, wherever he goes,
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they get better offensively, but specificallyin the playoffs in big moments where he
also hits frequently big shots. Eightsix nine eight seven two five seventy is
the phone number. We'll take aquick break, we'll come back. We'll
have Toma Azarreli on from clutch points. The Clippers win their fourth straight.
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They down the San Antonio Spurs ninetyeight to eighty five, and game two
of this two game mini series,Clippers are eight no in the second game
of back to back this season.Give him those back to backs in the
playoffs. Okay, that'd be weird, but I don't know. There's something
about this for the Clippers. Evenwith at Kawhi Leonard in this one,
even without muk no serge, nopad beev, Clippers get it done.
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They overcome more. Clippers talk upnext right here on the M five seventy
LA S fours letter there he erasedit at the rim by never had a
chains. This is LA Clippers basketball. On the official home of your LA
Clippers. You're Los Angeles Clippers winin San Antonio again. They defeat the
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Spurs ninety eight to eighty five.With the starting lineup of Terrence Man PG.
Thirteen, Reggie Jackson, A VizaZubots and Pat pat Patrick Patterson,
they are able to win the secondgame of a back to back again eight.
Knowing those situations and earlier today theyupgraded their playoff rotation. Remember at
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the end of Game seven, afterwhat happened in that series. I can't
even remember myself, but I thinkit was the Denver Nuggets last year in
the second round of the playoffs.I don't want to get too deep into
it, but remember postgame, KawhiLeonard talked about needs this offseason and wanting
to get smarter out there. Well, they just brought in the Bobby Fisher
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of players and Rashaun Rondo a courtgeneral, a floor general out there for
the Clippers. It's been in needof theirs. We've taken calls on it
all season long, and they gottheir guy, and I got my guy
on the line. Right now,Telmara Azarrely from Clutch Points is joining the
show. He is one of myfavorite analysts for the Clippers and reporters Tomaa.
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Before we get into the Rajen Rondomove to bring in here and Sweetlee
Williams going to Atlanta, let's talka little bit about how the Clippers got
one of the most incomprehensible victories ofthe season where they had no business beating
the San Antonio team tonight, butthey just found a way to get it
done. Anyways, you know what, before the game, I was talking
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to Justin Russo and I told them, this is the game they're gonna win.
I told them I was there aheart of Shi winning in this game.
I decided feeling that even without Lou, even without Kauai and Marcus eventually
out, this team just has guyswho step up. And it's I don't
know how to explain it. Theyjust some guys who who step up,
know their roles and when an opportunitylike today presents yourself, like Terrence Mann
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starting, you know you saw youhad a double double from him. I
think there's four double doubles in thestarting lineup despite missing four starters. So
it really tells you how deep theClippers can be when they're clicking on all
cylinders. And I mean, honestly, they weren't even clicking on all cylinders
today. But I think they playedwell enough as a group, especially defensively,
to get it done, to getthe Spurs. I mean, holy
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stan Antonio. The eighty five I'vepoints was was certainly impressive. I think
what impressive the most today was youknow, Paul George, even though he
didn't get the free throw a lot, a lot. I believed he had
about nineteen shot attempt in the paintnineteen twenty eight to win the paint.
So, you know, the paintattacks and the antities on getting into the
paint that Tyler had been talking about. It one of the guys that's been
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talking about. Even with Kali,Marcus Leu, Pad Surge all gone,
that was still there. They werestill putting an emphasis on getting inside and
punishing the San Antonio Spurs. Youknow, we saw Zoobots. I think
he took about it was it fourfree throws. You know, we really
made them paint and started at sevenoffensive rebounds. It was just it was
just a collective effort for everyone.And I think it's just up though that
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Miami game, and you know,I can't even remember because They've had so
many impressive games without starters that Idon't remember the other one, but I
think Miami has two of them.Yeah, you're right, effort, I
can't remember. The effort was there, the will, the desire, and
that heart for the Clippers. Youmentioned the offensive rebounds from a beat to
Zoobots having seven. The Clippers asa team had fourteen. That's how they
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were able to win a game wherethey only shot thirty eight percent from the
field. Plus they were able totake care of the basketball. But defensively
they've been so good post All StarBreak. Now have they had a breakthrough
on that end? Has the messagebeen received from coach t Loo to this
team? Now? Tell Mary,do you think they've turned the corner?
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H Yeah, I thought that afterlast game. I thought after after they
beat down the Spurs yesterday, thirtypoint blowout. You know, it looked
like that was three. You know, that was three in a row,
three pretty solid games all around.I know, you know, Charlotte's been
playing well, Lionel was playing reallywell. I just I just think it's
a matter of effort, and Ithink, you know, the Clippers,
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it's tough. You know, usuallyduring the season that January February three All
Star right after All Star schedules kindof off. You just you're started just
going through the motions. You're notreally playing at one hundred percent because you
know, especially for a team likethis, you're built to the playoffs.
You're getting ready for the playoffs.And I think just like we saw last
year after the All Star break,they've just turned it up. And I
think we're seeing that right now.This team is is fully capable of turning
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it on with or without guys outdue to injury. I think it's exactly
what we saw. I think,you know, ty Lou has had a
couple of instances where he's lit intothe team, and we've seen him come
to the postgame press conference I wantto say twice now where he's just been
living. After the Pelicans game andafter the first Memphis game, those were
two of the times. Those arethe maddest that I've seen ty Lou hit
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the dup exactly, and so soI think, like you said, it's
really starting to click in their heads, like, Okay, this is this
is a though time. We reallygot to start putting pressure on on our
opponents and in the standings, thesecond seat, maybe in the first seat
is there for the taking right now. I mean, I think they're more
concerned about playing well and playing asa unit and getting healthy. But you
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know, the second, maybe eventhe first seed, is the after taking.
You just gotta play well, youknow. The rest of the ta
care of itself. So I thinkt Lewis preaching has finally got in there.
I think it's been there, butit's taken a few games to sort
of click. And I think nowwe're starting to see it. We've got
a nine game homestand coming up ahuge opportunity to capitalize, but it depends
on health. So all right,tell me, Eric, got about a
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minute and a half left here.As you mentioned, the Clippers on the
three seed, just a half gameback of the Phoenix Suns for the two
seed, but they make the moveto bring in Rajon Rondo. What were
your thoughts when you saw that godown with the WOJE bomb earlier today?
I mean, initially, it's beenit's it's it's a bit disappointing because you
know, I've covered the Clippers forabout five years now, and you know
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most of these use were Lou Williams, and he's always been, you know,
a cost of a professional. Youknow, always a great guy to
talk to, always open to chattingbasketball or non basketball. On the court,
we've seen what he's done multiple times, six men a year, you
know, all time leading bench scores. So that was great. Look,
I'm I think I need to seesomething from Rondo to see how this team
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sits together. I know everyone saysthings the playmaker. I'd be curious to
see how we messures in. Youknow, he knows ty Lou again,
a relationship with him from Boston,so I'd be curious to see how how
they messed together. I think he'lltake some time. But look, if
we gotta playoff Rondo, the Clippersmight get in good shape if they If
they get that, so we'll seeplayoff Rondo seems to be a real thing.
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There are jerseys with playoff Rondo outthere. He is Tomair Azarrely at
Tommair t O M E r Az A r l Y follow him on
Twitter. He covers the Clippers fourclutch points. Tomare thanks for doing this
tonight. I appreciate it. Thanksfor having me on night. Doing eight
six, six, nine eighty seventwo five seventy is the phone number before
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we break, because I don't wanthim screaming at me Saturday. Quickly,
Jeff and Tarzana, you got thirtyseconds, Adam? Would I ever scream
at you? I think you justdid. No, that's just my normal
voice, Adam Love. I've gotto give the Clippers really good credit tonight.
To be four players down, actuallyfive, to win a game against
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San Antonio at on the road isfantastic. The other thing is was Kauhi
out of the game tonight because hecouldn't play two games in a role.
No, he's been doing that.He just had a foot injury that popped
up. All right. What wouldhappen with Marcus Hors Marcus Morris had a
right calf injury? All right?When are they supposed to get Beverly and
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and Bacca back? Jeff? Youknow I don't have those answers for you.
Hopefully sooner than later. Okay.I was you know what, I
was not happy about the trade ofLou Williams today until TJ call. Then
I got really happy because you realizedhow wrong he was and how wrong you
must have been earlier. No,I wasn't wrong, but what I was
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thinking is the power off of thebench. Rondo is Ron is a very
smart player, like you said,but he's also a coach killer. Dinny
get kicked out of the Dallas becauseyou couldn't get along with That was the
only time there was an issue betweenhim and a head coach, and he's
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back with a coach and they havea bromance in TLU. Come on,
Jeff, Clipper Nation, believe meif you took my advice when they brought
in Pat Pat or Nicholas Batoum.I think things worked out there. It's
gonna work out with for Gen Ronde, all right. Before we get out
of here, I do want tothank the Clippers organization. Noah Ego,
Brian Steam and Ralph Lawl are backhere in Burbank. We had Samza get
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well, Big bro Jake. UntilSaturday, with the Clippers back home for
nine straight home games, They're takenon Doc Rivers in the Philadelphia seventy six
ers tip time at seven pm.We'll have your Clippers countdown show at six
pm. I'm at a moslind We'lltalk to you then
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