Full Transcript for Clippers fall to Phoenix 129-124 in game 3

play of the ball game where he had the steal on Kevin Durant. 60 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:43.599 I didn't know if Russ could play any harder than he normally does, but 61 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:46.759 it looked like he had a little bit extra tonight even still, and he 62 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:50.280 played almost forty four minutes thirty nine minutes from forty nine secreds in this game 63 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:54.280 to put up thirty points, eleven assists, eight rebounds, three steals and 64 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:58.120 a block. And I know he had a number of turnovers. I get 65 00:03:58.159 --> 00:03:59.719 it, but you got to take the good with the bat and he had 66 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:01.840 way more good than bad today. And one of those turnovers was a clear 67 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:05.000 takefoul on Devin Booker that didn't get called. Think about that for a second. 68 00:04:05.639 --> 00:04:10.439 It was a take voul. It was a two handed shove to Russell 69 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:14.240 Westbrook that caused a turnover that would have been free throws and ball for the 70 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:15.920 Clippers. They were in the bonus that would have kept the ball. Instead 71 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:20.439 they turn it back over and then Russ fouls Byambo on the other side. 72 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:25.879 That's that's a big issue right there. And I know that officiating. You 73 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:29.079 know me. You know how I feel about NBA officials. They have the 74 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:30.639 hardest job in the world. I think, for the most part, they 75 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:34.519 do outstanding work. They are fantastic. They're some of the best officials in 76 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:38.600 all of sports, no doubt. It was a tough night tonight, just 77 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:41.439 playing and simple. It was a tough night. Forty six free throws for 78 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:46.399 the Phoenix sus twenty one of them in the third quarter alone, forty six 79 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:48.560 free throw attempts, Adam, it's an unreal number to look at me not 80 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:53.439 to mention a miss goal ten in the first half, clearly off the backboard, 81 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:55.839 that would have been two points. And then for the Clippers, you 82 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:58.279 give up two points at the end of the second quarter to Chris Paul and 83 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:00.160 the lap two points at end of the third quarter Devin Booker on a layup. 84 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:03.079 That's four points there, plus two points taken away from the Clippers in 85 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:05.680 the game they lost by five. They also missed six free throws in the 86 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:09.120 game they lost by five. There's a lot of things you can point to 87 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:14.079 in this one, but man, there's just it's frustrating because it feels like, 88 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:16.040 at minimum the Clippers should be up to one in this series. Yeah, 89 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:19.480 and it's just so much to have to overcome for this team right now, 90 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:23.959 that's already down there, two superstars. They play their hearts out. 91 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:29.360 And there's twenty one more free throws attempted by the Phoenix Suns, and twenty 92 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:31.560 one happened in that third quarter alone. And look, we haven't talked about 93 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:36.000 the officiating pretty much all season long. How often postgame have we had a 94 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:40.600 conversation about the officials. Well, a lot of people are talking about it 95 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:43.879 tonight. It's part of the storyline. When guys are going to the free 96 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:47.120 throw line at will over and over again, it's going to be so it's 97 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:49.959 going to be brought up here. Clippers, yes, still had their chances, 98 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:54.839 but it is tough when the talent disparity is that wide in favor of 99 00:05:54.839 --> 00:05:58.519 the Phoenix Suns and there's other issues going on in a ballgame like this tonight. 100 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:01.279 Yeah, no doubt about it. It's it's just impossible to overcome forty 101 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:05.079 six to twenty five free throw discrepancy twenty one more free throw attempts in a 102 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:11.079 game that the Clippers lose by five five Like normally, if there's a twenty 103 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:15.680 one plus or twenty plus free throw discrepancy, a team's blowing you out. 104 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:18.240 Yeah, and the Clippers lost this game by two possessions in a game they 105 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:23.480 missed six free throws in a game they turned it over eighteen times that led 106 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:26.639 to twenty five points. A couple of those errors or a couple of bounces 107 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:29.839 go their way, that bones Highland shot goes down. You just never know 108 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:31.319 what happens. And that's why I always say all you gotta do is keep 109 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:34.399 it close in the postseason, and you never know how it could crumble the 110 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:38.759 other way. But man, this is gonna be a tough one for the 111 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:42.120 Clippers get over. But they've got to do it quickly because the turnaround is 112 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:45.639 brief. Heading to Game four, Clippers lose Game three one twenty nine till 113 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:47.879 one twenty four. Here at Crypto dot Com Arena, it's Noah Eagle mentioned 114 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:54.360 Clippers are running a back Game four about thirty six hours away, twelve thirty 115 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:59.120 start on Saturday. We'll have your pregame show starting right back here at eleven 116 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:03.920 thirty. Pro Gramming update. We got Noah

Eagle at least the first segment 117 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:09.720 of Clippers Talk eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five 118 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:14.720 two zero eleven fifty coming up. Noah will join me here on Clippers topping 119 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:18.120 up next. Second half highlights and one of the best efforts I've seen from 120 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:23.839 this Clippers team all season long, all heart, all guts out there. 121 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:27.480 They gave it everything they had. They lost by five to the Suns in 122 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:30.959 Game three. You're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers Red you Network, Clippers 123 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:38.920 lose a heartbreaker in a game where they battled and fought and gave everything they 124 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:43.879 had. Without Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, they would lose late one twenty 125 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:46.480 nine to one twenty four to the Phoenix Suns, who were in downtown Los 126 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:50.160 Angeles. Live from Crypto dot Com Arena. I'm Adam Oslin. Welcome back 127 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:55.800 into your post game show. Coming up, we'll have Clippers stock with Noah 128 00:07:55.879 --> 00:08:00.319 Eagle eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero 129 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:05.120 eleven. Fifty is the phone number. But right now, second half highlights 130 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:09.000 clip Wars were down by just three at the half. It was fifty four 131 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:13.120 to fifty one Sons in that third quarter, just like how we started things 132 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:16.120 off in the first quarter. Russell Westbrook picking the team up down the right 133 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:20.399 alley, Westbrook to the rim, fakes it in and the foul up ahead. 134 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:22.000 Westbrook full head of steam, driving right, and he realized he didn't 135 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:24.160 have any numbers. Slows it down, now, drives bats line, spins 136 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:28.360 left, spades over Booker, fakes it in. Russell Westbrook with fourteen. 137 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:31.759 Westbrook into the point quarter score. The last five for La looking a drive 138 00:08:31.799 --> 00:08:37.919 middle, Entrey gets inside fads and fakes at home. Russell Westbrook seven in 139 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:41.879 a row for us clumbly behind the back outside Westbrook a right wing three. 140 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:45.960 He's got it. Russell Westbrook on target. Westbrook got it on the outside. 141 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:48.399 He's off to the Racist down the left alley, attacks the rim, 142 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:52.360 missed it for a foul and Westbrook wants a goal ten and they do count 143 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:56.120 it. A chance for three for Russell Westbrook is the rent got it after 144 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:58.519 to hit the backboard and Westbrook humps

big drive. Middle gets in the lanes. 145 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:05.639 Let's penamona left hand Russo Westbrook with twenty four. Russ had thirteen in 146 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:09.679 that third quarter, but the Phoenix Suns attempted twenty one free throws in the 147 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:15.639 third alone. They led after three ninety four to eighty five in the fourth, 148 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:18.759 though the Clippers were not given up, and it wasn't just Russ out 149 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:22.279 there. It was Bones Highland and Norman Powell doing work force back down, 150 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:26.320 spend, baseline, double combs, bouncing around, swinging around, pow, 151 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:30.200 ripped through drive, baseline, euro step, floating up floaded in new playoff 152 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:33.279 career high for Norman Powell. He's got thirty one rebound cooked around a koke, 153 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:37.360 he has it against stripped. Here comes Powell three on one up ahead 154 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:39.039 for Highland, get to the rim, lays it in with the rights. 155 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:41.840 Here's Pile driving to his right. Euro step On Booker floats it up and 156 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:46.639 in with the right hand. Norman Powell thirty three points and then throws it 157 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:48.879 away. Highland on the steel. We'll take a coast to coast and slam 158 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:54.919 of the right bones. Highland with his playoff career high sixteen points off the 159 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:58.879 bench pal straight away against Tory Craig straight away. Three is on the way 160 00:09:58.039 --> 00:10:03.960 and good for Norman Paul thirty six. His six three makes it one thirteen, 161 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:05.679 one oh six. Quickly in with the front squard as to make it 162 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:09.440 happen. Oh we got hit from the three. Holy put in from the 163 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:15.919 left wing. Norman Powell with a chance for four. They're not quite done 164 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:22.639 yet. Norman Powell went for his career playoff high of forty two points, 165 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:28.559 Bones Highland his of twenty points, but not enough. Couldn't get a few 166 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:31.960 whistles, couldn't get a few bounces. Clippers lose one twenty nine to one 167 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:39.759 twenty four. Late an underman team given everything they had. Without Paul George 168 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:43.559 and Kawhi Leonard, they fall by five to the Big Bad Phoenix Suns here 169 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:46.840 in Game three or Crypto dot Com Arena. Coming up, we'll dig in 170 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:50.960 more to this post game box score, plus coming up on Clippers Talk, 171 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:54.399 we got Noah Eagle on taking your calls eight seven seven five two zero eleven 172 00:10:54.519 --> 00:11:01.639 fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty You listen to the Clippers Radio 173 00:11:01.679 --> 00:11:07.480 Network, A bitter pill to swallow tonight, Clipper Nation without Kauai as they 174 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:11.720 just found out earlier today, he's out with the right spraying knee. Without 175 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:16.600 Paul George, he's had the same injury well, spraying knee. We don't 176 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:18.600 know the extent of it. I'm not gonna get into the details because we 177 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:24.879 don't have them. But without your two superstars, the Clippers fought. They 178 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:30.720 gave everything and come up just five points short. In Game three here at 179 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:33.320 Crypto dot Com Arena, they lose one twenty nine, one twenty four to 180 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:37.440 the Phoenix Suns. Welcome back into your postgame show. I'm Adam Oslin programming 181 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:43.840 note. Coming up, we got Clippers Talk on the Patriot a M eleven 182 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:50.399 fifty eight seven seven five to zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero 183 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:52.840 eleven fifty is the phone number. And guess what we got your voice of 184 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:56.159 the Clippers, Noah Eagle, he'll be with us, or at least the 185 00:11:56.200 --> 00:12:00.720 first segment here, get on now, lines of life up. I already 186 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:05.240 know they are. Clippers. End up shooting fifty four percent from the field, 187 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:09.559 forty three percent from the outside, go nineteen to twenty five from the 188 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:13.840 free throw line. Could have been better there, but the Sun's attempt twenty 189 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:18.879 one more. They were at forty six free throws attempted. That's just one 190 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:24.679 shy of the highest number all season long in a non overtime game. It 191 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:31.080 was forty seven by OKC versus Houston on February fifteenth. It is a playoff 192 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:37.799 high so far in these first rounds, tough to overcome. Clippers had their 193 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:41.000 own self inflicted wounds, though also eighteen turnovers leading to twenty five points. 194 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:46.440 Suns finished with thirteen. But how about Norman Powell forty two his playoff highs 195 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:52.600 just three short of Kauai's playoff high with the Clippers with forty five in that 196 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:56.240 game, six against the Dallas Mavericks in twenty twenty one. Bones Highland goes 197 00:12:56.279 --> 00:13:01.440 for his playoff high of twenty. Russell Westbrook has thirty. I'm telling you 198 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:05.759 there's a lot of reasons to be proud of this team tonight, even in 199 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:07.480 a loss. It was a tough one. We'll talk about it all. 200 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:11.440 Coming up next on Clipper Stock

again. Eight seven seven five two zero eleven 201 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:15.720 fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty. We get your voice at 202 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:20.679 the Clippers, Noah Eagle outside of Los Angeles. We'll be back at eleven 203 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:26.759 thirty with your pregame show on Saturday for Game four in LA. It's Clipper 204 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:33.120 Stock next. This has been Clippers locker row, both eye for Paul George. 205 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:37.320 The conclusion to another playoff game of LA Clippers Basketball. You'll miss any 206 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:43.600 of the action all season long. I'm your home for the Clippers. Hey, 207 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:48.320 Adamy, how you doing. Welcome into Clipper Stock. Here's a new 208 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:52.399 sheriff in Cown. You won't be able to denight if we're going to go 209 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:56.360 to the NBA Finals. I believe in my heart the mid range mastery of 210 00:13:56.480 --> 00:14:03.480 Kawhi Leonard. I am all about the Clipper Nation, this playoff Clippers Talk. 211 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:07.360 They're trying to win the whole thing. A post game look. It's 212 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:13.120 your La Clippers recapping this playoff matchup the stars and a look ahead to what's 213 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:16.879 next. To hear episodes you've missed, subscribe to Clippers Talk on iHeart Radio 214 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:22.519 or wherever you podcast. Now your host of Clippers Talk, here's Adam Osler. 215 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:28.480 The Clippers lose Game three one twenty nine to one's twenty four here at 216 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:33.159 Crypto dot com arena Clipper Nation, and now you might have a sour, 217 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:37.559 bitter taste in your mouth after this one brutal loss for the Clippers for a 218 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:41.360 few different reasons. We're gonna sweeten things up though, because we got your 219 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:46.799 voice of the Clippers with us in Noah Eagle Here post game get online now 220 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:50.720 eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven 221 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:56.399 fifty is the phone number coming up. You'll also hear from Coach Lou and 222 00:14:56.519 --> 00:15:00.600 the player's post game will Updike will be here as well from Ips and Dip 223 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:05.799 Pod. Let's start with no. I guess the number forty six. Not 224 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:09.799 too happy about this one, I know. Clipper Nation I'm being inundated with 225 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:15.080 tweets right now, just responding to the lopsided affair when it came to the 226 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:18.360 Battle of the Charity stripe where the Clippers lost it by twenty one. Yeah. 227 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:22.799 I mean, it's hard to overcome a game in which you get outshot 228 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:26.360 at the line by twenty one

free throws, and yet the Clippers had chances 229 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:30.759 in the final minutes of this game. Most times you get outshot by twenty 230 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:33.879 one free throws, you lose that game by double digits easy. You lose 231 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:37.519 that game by fifteen plus easy. And yet the Clippers lost this game by 232 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:41.159 just five points, one twenty nine to one twenty four. I mean, 233 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:46.720 the fight that we just saw from this team from Norman Powell going for forty 234 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:50.240 two points, from Russell Westbrook going for a near triple double with thirty eleven 235 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:54.320 assists and eight rebounds to go with three steals. By the way from Bones 236 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:58.320 Highland twenty points and twenty one minutes and twenty three seconds, the fearlessness, 237 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:02.519 everything that he brought. He was as Terrence Man coming in providing energy, 238 00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:06.879 scoring ten points in over twenty five minutes on four six shooting, going fifteen 239 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:11.879 of thirty five from three, just doing everything that they possibly can to make 240 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:15.720 this as close the game as they possibly could, and they gave themselves chances 241 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:17.799 to win it when it was all said and done. And that's all you 242 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:21.440 can ask for in the playoffs, especially when you don't have Kawhi leonardor Paul 243 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:25.799 George. But that was the surprising part. No Kawai, no Paul George, 244 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:29.440 and the Clippers get outshot by that many free throws in a Game three 245 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:33.039 of the postseason at home against a jump shooting team. Yes that I know. 246 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:37.399 The Clippers outshot them at the Charity Stripe in Game two by seventeen. 247 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:41.360 There's a reason for that. The Suns in the first two games of the 248 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:45.919 series had only taken twenty shots in the restricted area and had taken one hundred 249 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:48.320 shots in the mid range. I don't know what the numbers are yet tonight. 250 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:53.000 I don't know if the Sports VU cameras have calculated everything yet, but 251 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:57.279 it was shocking to see that to be it so far in favor of the 252 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:03.159 Phoenix Suns. So the Sun's regular season high for free throw attempts was forty 253 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:06.920 one. That was back on January nineteenth against the Brooklyn Nets. Ironically, 254 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:11.039 when Kevin Durant was still part of the team. The high that the Clippers 255 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:14.519 had allowed was thirty six to the Dallas Mavericks on January tenth, and the 256 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:18.200 high in the NBA in a non overtime game for free throw attempts this year 257 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:22.000 and the regular season was forty seven, so one more than what the Phoenix 258 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:26.440 Suns got. I was Oklahoma City against Houston February fifteenth. I mean that, 259 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:30.319 what else do you need me to say, Adam? I see a 260 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:34.680 lot of people referencing Monty Williams campaigning for more free throws after they felt like 261 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:40.000 they got the short end of the stick against the Lakers here in this very 262 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:44.400 building about a month ago. I don't know if that had any effects. 263 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:48.160 We're just looking for anything right now. You're gonna drive yourself crazy if you 264 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:51.759 continue to do that. You can't. You've got to put it behind you, 265 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:55.000 which is easier said than done. And I understand why everybody feels the 266 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:56.440 way that they do right now. But at the end of the day, 267 00:17:56.480 --> 00:18:00.279 there's a couple things that you can point to from the Clippers that that things 268 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:03.119 that they could have controlled and if they had gone differently, This game goes 269 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:07.119 differently. One free throw shooting from themselves, they missed six of them at 270 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:10.720 the line in a game they lose by five turnovers. I know that Toronto 271 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:14.279 has already talked about that eighteen total turnover for the Clippers leading to twenty five 272 00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:17.839 Phoenix points. That's a big no no. And then a couple of shots 273 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:19.880 that just didn't fall, and listen, it's a make or misleague. But 274 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:22.599 I know everyone's going to talk about the Bones Highland three ball that didn't go 275 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:26.599 down in the final minute or a minute and a half or so when the 276 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:30.160 Clippers were down by five, that would have cut into two rightfully, So 277 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:33.920 it was right wide, opened straight away and it was halfway down before popped 278 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:37.200 off. But what about the Norman pal jupper in the corner. Now was 279 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:40.119 an eight point game with about six minutes left, would have cut it to 280 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:42.240 five. The Clippers had all the momentum, they've built up a run, 281 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:45.880 the crowd had gotten into it. That completely changes it. And then I 282 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:48.960 do look at the one. You know, I know this was a tough 283 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:52.359 one and a lot of people have talked about it. But the Devin Booker 284 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:56.559 foul that didn't get called on

Russell Westbrook. It's a turnover going the other 285 00:18:56.599 --> 00:19:00.440 way that resulted in Phoenix points. So the swing. Then there's the goldten 286 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:03.319 in that first half. But again those are out of the Clippers control. 287 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:06.519 We could talk about all the coals that were either they are missed in this 288 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:08.279 game. What we can't talk about, excuse me. What we can't talk 289 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:11.359 about as well is what they can control, and that's limiting the turnovers, 290 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:15.319 making their free throws, and a couple of those wide open jump shots that 291 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:18.440 just didn't fall. And look, in a seven game series, I've seen 292 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:22.640 games like this happened before, and maybe the Clippers we'll get a friendlier whistle 293 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:27.079 coming up in game four. We'll see sometimes it's the even flows of a 294 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:30.680 seven game series. You never know, and referees can have a bad night 295 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:34.640 too. As you mentioned earlier, it is a very difficult job. But 296 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:37.680 this has been part of the storylines tonight, everybody's talking about it. But 297 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:44.079 yes, the Clippers self inflicted wounds, eighteen turnovers, and almost half of 298 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:48.119 those were turnovers where they were trying to force the ball in to a vizza 299 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:52.440 zoobots. We wanted to see them get featured more They certainly were trying, 300 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:56.319 but you know, there's a lack of chemistry also when you don't have Kawhi 301 00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:59.480 and Paul George out there. Of course, and there were some different lineups 302 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:03.200 we saw. Maybe that led to some of the turnover issues. I honestly, 303 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:06.720 I just think that the spacing was off. If you look at how 304 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:08.720 they're forcing it in, it's because they it didn't have the angle. The 305 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:14.799 angles were wrong, and they weren't trying to rotate the basketball around to get 306 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:18.519 a clear angle to bounce it in for a Viza Zoobots or to lob it 307 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:21.799 over the top for Big Zoo. It was just force feeding him. It 308 00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:23.359 was driving and then oh maybe I can squeeze it to him. They hit 309 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:26.880 him in the head twice. You know, That's all you need to know 310 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:30.680 about how they were trying to get it to their big man so didn't work 311 00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:33.119 out. I don't think they should go away from it now. In Game 312 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:34.599 four, go back to him, see if you can get him going, 313 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:37.519 because if he

does, I'll play DeAndre Ayton. I think that the Clippers 314 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:41.359 have a much better chance of winning not just the game, but overall in 315 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:44.599 the series as well. But you know, disappointing lost, no doubt, 316 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.799 not the end of the world. The Clippers have been down two OHO. 317 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:49.480 Remember two years ago, down two OHO twice in a row, down three 318 00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:53.119 two against the Dallas Mavericks. They won both those series. They can do 319 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:56.440 this down two one. They've got to win game four to make sure that 320 00:20:56.519 --> 00:21:00.319 it doesn't go to a three one series. Heading back to Phoenix, you 321 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:03.079 go back to two you feel like you've got yourself a chance in the best 322 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:04.960 of three situation. And if you can find a way to win Game five 323 00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:07.839 at a two two tie, you come back here for Game six with a 324 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:11.079 chance to close it out. What more can you really ask for? And 325 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:15.720 the way this team is competing right now, the high level basketball they're playing 326 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:19.480 out there, you know, some of those turnovers a little bit reckless, 327 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:25.359 some of them aggressive turnovers, as you said, as Coach Lou calls them. 328 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:27.799 I just love the way and I'm proud of the way this team fought 329 00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:32.400 tonight when they didn't get the news about Kawhi Leonard until earlier this morning. 330 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:36.160 That's my understanding of it being out tonight, and they rallied and they found 331 00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:37.759 a way to compete and had a chance to win this ball game. Your 332 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:41.880 understanding is correct. The team didn't know until right before shoot around this morning 333 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:45.400 that Kawhi was not going to play. There were discussions last night between him 334 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:48.359 and to Ron Lewis to whether or not he could give it a go. 335 00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:53.119 They have ultimately decided it wouldn't be the right move to secure and make sure 336 00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:56.000 that he feels best by the time he gets back on the court, make 337 00:21:56.039 --> 00:22:02.200 sure he doesn't reaggravate it even further. So decision was made. Team has 338 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:04.039 to to move forward. And that's what I love about this team is they 339 00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:07.839 just roll with the punchers and go from there. Eight seven, seven, 340 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:11.160 five two zero eleven fifty. If you'll want to get on and talk with 341 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:14.400 your voice of the Clippers right now, Noah ego, we got them here. 342 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:18.279 Clippers talk post game after they fall once twenty nine till one twenty four. 343 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:21.039 Here in game three or Crypto dot com arena. Let's start things off 344 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:25.920 with Javier in Lahabra Heights. Javier, what's good? You're on with your 345 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:27.880 voice of the Clippers. No Eagle? What's up in? No Eagle? 346 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:30.160 What's up at him? How are you guys doing? What's up? Er? 347 00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:36.039 Well, you know it just it's like you said, I'm frustrating. 348 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:41.640 You know, they fought hard, Like like Noah said, they were lostbo 349 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:47.519 by five points. And again Kawhi didn't play, and Paul George, we 350 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:52.359 we've seen that movie before, so you know, but the guys came to 351 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:55.559 play, and you gotta give them credit. You know, scheme three, 352 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:59.400 you'll go. You know they'll come back game four. But out a question 353 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:03.759 for Noah because I know you called trying to do with a chiropractor, right, 354 00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:10.759 Why? Yeah, why in the third quarter you have Marcus Morris first 355 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:14.880 eight off the bench. I've been saying this for two years. What's the 356 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:18.240 luft that's for Marcus Morris? Noah? All right, well let's start with 357 00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:22.079 this out here. Let's start with this. He hasn't played in a month, 358 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:25.400 so the chiropractor didn't make an adjustment and took him out of the rotation 359 00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:27.680 for this last month. No Kawai in this game, No Paul George. 360 00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:32.240 He needed some form of scoring and Marcus still can't score from the mid range 361 00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:34.160 as we saw it today. He also had that three banked in at the 362 00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:37.839 end of the first quarter, so he has the five points. He only 363 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:41.319 plays nineteen minutes in fifty one seconds. And I know people are gonna say, 364 00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:44.480 well, what about Robert Covington. Well, Robert Covington played about four 365 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:47.599 minutes in this game and then he got taken out and it looked like was 366 00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:49.799 working on the stationary bike. We still haven't gotten word as to what happened 367 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:52.279 with him, but it looked like there was something wrong with him. So 368 00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:56.000 now you don't have Robert Covington. You have Nick Patoum, who is not 369 00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:59.640 shooting the three ball very well at all this series. He has now combined 370 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:02.880 one for seven is it at him? One for eight I believe now from 371 00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:06.599 three and so you need someone

who's gonna be physical, is gonna have a 372 00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:08.640 little bit of size. And before they went to the small ball line up, 373 00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:11.240 like, to me, that's what the chiropractor did. The adjustment he 374 00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:15.200 made was in the fourth quarter he went uber uber small, and that almost 375 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:18.599 won them the basketball game. But you can't go uber small for the entire 376 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:22.440 game because eventually you're gonna get crushed on the offensive glass by DeAndre Ayton, 377 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:26.279 who had what five six offensive rebounds in this game. So that's where he 378 00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:30.319 went with Marcus Morris, but he's made the adjustment. Morris has been out 379 00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:33.519 of the rotation for the last month. Yeah see, now I didn't know 380 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:37.559 about Covington, So now you said that, Now I know, like you 381 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:40.519 said, I know he played for minutes and las I was wondering how to 382 00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:42.200 be going to come back, Now you said it. So yeah, there 383 00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:45.799 are shorts, so somebody's gotta play. And like you said, but Toomb's 384 00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:48.759 not I mean, I like the tomb for the last couple of years, 385 00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:52.000 but honestly, the last you know, a couple of months, he seems 386 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:56.079 like he lost like not one step, like two steps. He's just he 387 00:24:56.200 --> 00:25:00.240 looks old now. But you lock up KD on a possession tonight. Yeah 388 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:03.599 yeah, but like like Noah said, he hasn't been the same to the 389 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:07.039 last couple a couple of months. But well, we'll see what happens Game 390 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:11.440 four on Saturday. They gotta, you know, they gotta comebread to play. 391 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:14.559 Thank you, guys, thank you, all right. I appreciate the 392 00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:18.039 phone called Mike in LA you're on with your voice the Clippers and Noah Eagle 393 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:22.839 Mike, what's up? Hey Adam, Hey Noah. You know, tonight 394 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:26.319 was just a masterclass in heart. I mean, it's so so proud of 395 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:30.000 this team. I mean, just fighting and fighting in a game they had 396 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:33.759 no business being in. And you know, I know people are making the 397 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:40.119 big deal about the extremely you know tight turnaround time now between now in game 398 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:45.200 fours, well like thirty five hours or something. Yeah, but I wonder 399 00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:51.400 if that mighty actually work to the Clippers advantage in a weird way. I 400 00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:55.200 mean, you know, the sun, you know, Big three, let's 401 00:25:55.240 --> 00:26:00.720 call

it all played forty plus minutes or close to that tonight. You know, 402 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:07.359 Kevin Durant and Chris Paul are not young players by any means. They're 403 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:11.519 you know, on the road. They don't have their normal you know, 404 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:15.920 practice facilities or training facilities or whatever else they would have at home. I 405 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:18.799 wonder if that actually does turn into an advantage for the Clippers. What do 406 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:21.599 you think? I don't hate the take, and it's something that we've been 407 00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:23.880 talking about it internally a little bit as well. You know, Game two, 408 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:27.319 let's look back at the minutes distribution there. Chris Paul played thirty eight 409 00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:32.200 minutes, which was one of the lower numbers for the Phoenix Big three, 410 00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:34.160 let's call them. It was the lowest and among their big four second lowest. 411 00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:38.119 Devin Booker played forty five, Kevin Durant played forty four and a half, 412 00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:41.559 and then you turn right around in this game after traveling yesterday for Phoenix, 413 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:45.480 Durant played almost forty two. Booker played about forty five again, and 414 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:49.240 Chris Paul played forty one. So I don't hate that because Chris Paul is 415 00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:53.319 two weeks away from turning thirty eight years old and he's starting to look more 416 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:56.359 and more his age. He's still not looking like a normal thirty eight year 417 00:26:56.400 --> 00:27:00.359 old necessarily, but he's starting to look more and more his NBA age. 418 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:04.279 And Kevin Durant only played forty seven games this season because of a couple of 419 00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:08.920 injuries, didn't have that time to really spend jelling with this team and playing 420 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:11.960 big minutes with his team, so now he's been thrust into that. Devin 421 00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:15.240 Booker, meanwhile, miss twenty straight games during the regular season with a hamstring 422 00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:19.079 injury, and we know that those can really be nagging over the course of 423 00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:22.279 a season. We've seen that with Paul George and even Luke Kannar before he 424 00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:26.519 was traded, So I don't hate the take. At the same time, 425 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:29.680 this is a Phoenix team that understands what's at stake. This is a Phoenix 426 00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:32.440 head coach and Monty Williams that knows he's gonna have to play his guys anyway. 427 00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:34.480 And Devin Booker is playing at some of the highest level basketball I've ever 428 00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:37.880 seen out of him, which is saying something for an all NBA level guard 429 00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:41.799 who's made multiple All Star teams. He's an Olympic Gold medalist, He's one 430 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:44.960 of the best players in the NBA, one of the best shooting guards in 431 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:47.519 the NBA. He's just playing at such a high level right now, it 432 00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:49.839 just feels like nothing can stop him. But there's a chance, and certainly 433 00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:53.440 with a younger Clipper team like we saw tonight that at twelve thirty start quick 434 00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:59.559 turnaround could play in their favor. Yeah, I mean he Devin Booker made 435 00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:03.839 some amazing shots, had some unreal shot. Nothing you can do about that. 436 00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:07.640 You know, it is what it is. Anyways, thank you for 437 00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:11.480 taking the call. And yeah, even though you know it sucks that we 438 00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:15.400 lost, you know they're still gotta be inspredibly proud of this team. By 439 00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:18.480 the way they fought tonight. Oh yeah, thank you, Mike. Shades 440 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:22.519 of twenty eighteen, nineteen. Huh Adam felt a little bit like that tonight 441 00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:26.640 where you're up against back then a Golden State Warriors team with Kevin Durant and 442 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:30.880 of course the Clipper's biggest comeback in playoff history in that game too, thirty 443 00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:33.319 one point comeback. I don't hate the take either. I don't like it 444 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:37.680 as much as I did earlier today when I didn't know the news about Kawhi 445 00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:40.279 Leonard. And obviously a lot of people might be thinking, well, if 446 00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:42.200 they had more time off, maybe Kawhi gets healthy in time. We don't 447 00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:45.720 know. The situation is status is day to day currently. Yeah, so 448 00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:48.319 we're hoping for the best switch. By the way, and again the team 449 00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:51.880 has said they don't think this is a long term issue of any kind. 450 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:55.640 Their hope is that it's very short term. In perfect world, he would 451 00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:57.680 return for Game four and be ready to go. Wuld be pretty well rested. 452 00:28:59.079 --> 00:29:02.319 But even if it's not that, then maybe game five or maybe game 453 00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:04.359 six of this gets extended. The hope is that at minimum he's back in 454 00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:07.920 this series, he's on the floor, and he's playing at the level that 455 00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:10.559 he did in the first two games as well. Yeah, and regardless you 456 00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:14.279 get Game four, you're in business. You're in good shape, tied up 457 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:18.319 at two two against this Phoenix Suns team where all the pressure would

be on 458 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:21.240 them. They're the heavy favorites here, big time. And I think the 459 00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:26.039 Clippers have shown that they've got legitimate cracks as well. John in La you're 460 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:27.000 on Clippers, stop with your voice of the Clippers. No a eagle, 461 00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:33.640 John, what's up? John? You're gone? Morris Morris, I know 462 00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:38.279 you ain't hanging up. Morris, what's up? No? You got it? 463 00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:41.519 You got a skill set? No, you really, you really got 464 00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:45.319 a skill set. It's almost better to listen to you than watch the game. 465 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:48.440 I know that's a statement, but you really do have a skill set. 466 00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:52.680 And let me say something, the Clippers, we got us a doge. 467 00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:55.799 This series is not over. See when you're getting into the playoffs. 468 00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:59.359 This is about heart and spirit and we got it. We got a real 469 00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:02.720 dog. Talk about Westbrook. Okay, so it's not over. I'm really 470 00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:04.440 proud of these guys, man. I mean, and I wouldn't go nowhere 471 00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:07.960 when he was behind in the boy ten thirty one minute go nowhere. These 472 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:11.759 guys is coming back and they should have got a break tonight. But you 473 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:14.759 know, you know how to go, you know how to go. But 474 00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:18.480 we've got some spirit here. I'm not worried about anything. If they had 475 00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:22.200 got blown out, nobody would have said anything. But the almost stole one. 476 00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:26.079 I'm still getting ready to call the police because they did, because for 477 00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:29.920 soon as they still this game tonight. But anyway, Man, keep your 478 00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:32.319 hands at man, because we got some spirit, We got us a dog, 479 00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:34.440 and we in this. And though you got a skill set, man, 480 00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:37.839 you really do. I'll talk la. I appreciate that more so we 481 00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:41.920 appreciate your positivity all the time. Man Morris is one of the most positive 482 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:45.480 callers. I listened every single time he brings it. He brings it. 483 00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:49.839 He always finds that positive spin and he's absolutely right Westbrook. Unbelievable stuff. 484 00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:53.279 Really all three games. I don't think you know he shoots three of nineteen 485 00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:56.279 in game one, but he makes all the plays to win it. At 486 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:59.799 the end. He was as important as anybody in that game. Game two 487 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:03.599 plays great on the offensive, and he was awesome again defensively running around. 488 00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:07.880 And then how about tonight thirty points, eleven assists, eight rebounds, three 489 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:11.720 steals, played almost forty minutes. I mean every single second he was on 490 00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:14.920 the court, he's giving not just one hundred percent whatever, one hundred and 491 00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:18.920 fifty percent maximum effort is. He's like Roffa Nadal. For anybody who watches 492 00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:22.359 tennis, Rafa Nadal takes zero points off him and Russ really remind me of 493 00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:26.839 one another in that setting. But man, Russ is awesome to watch, 494 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:30.559 and it's even better in person to see just how hard he plays every single 495 00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:34.279 play. And really he is the perfect antidote in some ways for what the 496 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:40.200 Clippers have needed without their two superstars. Having a guy like Russell Westbroff being 497 00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:44.000 in a foxhole with him, it just helps rally guys and get him up 498 00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:47.039 even more for a game like this, when your BackStar against the wall sets 499 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:49.920 the tone, completely sets the tone. And you know, I think a 500 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:55.079 lot of people talk about Russ's previous stop and why it didn't work. The 501 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:56.400 main reason it didn't work is because he didn't have the ball in his hands 502 00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:59.519 all the time. Now he's got the ball in his hands, he can 503 00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:00.680 he can really the impact the game, and we've seen it. Plays with 504 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:04.440 pace, gets downhill, gets to the rim, gets to the free throw 505 00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:07.279 line. He's been making his three point shots as well, which is a 506 00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:09.359 huge boost. That's just cherry on top at that point. It's found money 507 00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:13.799 on the side of the road. But everything else that he brings it helps 508 00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:16.559 raise the level of all his teammates around him. Kyle in La, you're 509 00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:19.759 on Clippers. Stop with the voice of the Clippers. No eagle, Kyle, 510 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:24.839 what's up? What Kyle? Kyle is also out. Adam Tagis in 511 00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:29.039 Walnut Tagis, you're a regular. I know you got my back. Please 512 00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:32.400 you're embarrassing me in front of you to know it. Come on, I'm 513 00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:37.680 not gonna embarrass you. Adam. No One and I share the same birthday 514 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:46.559 December eleven. Yeah, Sagittarius season. Oh man, that's when I talk 515 00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:50.039 about the game a little bit. Obviously I'm on the set upset. It 516 00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:53.119 seemed like we're playing five on eight today. He listened to Dally.

I've 517 00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:59.000 never seen Mike Fatello and Brian Seaman talk about the rest so much. And 518 00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:01.799 started in the second quarter for me, like with a lot of the bad 519 00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:08.680 calls. Terriss Man getting run over by Durant Palmily had a clean block bones 520 00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:14.359 with call for offensive foul on the CP flop. I think there was a 521 00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:16.079 goaltending on that. That was that was just in the second quarter, and 522 00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:21.559 you guys already talked about the fourth about the take fell on not being called 523 00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:24.160 and then getting in Lee losing the ball out of bounce and they still called 524 00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:28.960 us on Highland. Okay, that's enough of the rest, But I just 525 00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:35.759 made my point. But overall overall, I think, you know, I'm 526 00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:39.480 proud of that, guys. I think with the turnovers in the first quarter 527 00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:45.519 and that kind of like got us out of rhythm and maybe we had to 528 00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:49.839 play small ball a little bit more because of all that turnovers in the first 529 00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:52.920 half, but especially with Westbrook. But what I did see was when we 530 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:58.599 went with the small ball, it seemed like Westbrook they found something where Westbrook 531 00:33:58.720 --> 00:34:02.839 was he getting the ball in the post and he kept backing in and either 532 00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:07.440 he would kind of going for the layup take or he would find the open 533 00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:12.280 man for a shot, and seemed like he was a lot more into control. 534 00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:15.119 His turnovers were a lot limited, and I think that really kind of 535 00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:19.280 propelled them to kind of get back in the game. And I don't know 536 00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:22.679 if they can continue that moving forward in the next game, especially if kwais 537 00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:25.840 and not playing. But I did like seeing him getting the ball in the 538 00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:30.800 post. I don't know what's your thoughts on that. Uh, Noah, 539 00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:36.760 Noah, Russell Westbrook in the posts. I mean, listen, this is 540 00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:39.079 that is an area that he has really developed over the course of his career. 541 00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:42.920 He's a bigger guard. You know, he's about six foot three, 542 00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:45.079 but two hundred two hundred five two hundred ten pounds of just pure muscle. 543 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:49.599 And if you've seen him walking in with his shirt half open, you can 544 00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:52.159 see just how ripped this dude is. So he's willing to get physical and 545 00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:55.760 utilize that body. And he's He's worked on that fade away a lot. 546 00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:59.840 That that fade away off the glass has been kind of his patented move for 547 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:02.000 long time in the NBA. He's got good angles on it, he's got 548 00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:06.239 pretty good touch with it. I just think that anytime he's attacking and getting 549 00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:08.199 feet into the paint, what does Toronto Louis always say, get into the 550 00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:12.920 paint or die trying. However, Russell Westbrook has to get himself into the 551 00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:15.199 paint. That's all that matters. So if it's backing someone down, if 552 00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:19.000 it's going right at them, going down hill, putting the head down. 553 00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:22.039 Whatever it is, good things generally happened. So I've liked what I've seen 554 00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:24.039 out of him. I like how he kind of operates and orchestrates with the 555 00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:28.760 offense, and as long as he's getting two feet into the paint, almost 556 00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:31.480 always it results in something good for the Clippers, either a quality look or 557 00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:36.920 him getting to the free throw line, which I like. Cortez and Georgia. 558 00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:43.000 Cortez here, you got Noah Eagle with you? Cortez, Yeah, 559 00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:47.440 yeah, I'm here. Yeah, what do you want to ask? Clipper 560 00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:57.239 did a good job and we just need to look. I mean, the 561 00:35:57.599 --> 00:36:00.880 team certainly could have used Kauwhai. I mean he was probably playing the best 562 00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:02.920 of anybody in the playoffs for the first two games. Thirty nine or thirty 563 00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:07.320 eight and thirty one points to the first two. So what is that average? 564 00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:10.639 Thirty four and a half through two games and efficiently doing it getting to 565 00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:15.960 his spots defensively, menacing against Kevin Durant. But you gotta give this seam 566 00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:17.400 credit even without him tonight, the way that they fought, the way that 567 00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:21.440 they gave themselves a chance. They didn't have him or Paul George, and 568 00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:23.760 to be in this game against the likes of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, 569 00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:29.000 Chris Paul, DeAndre Ayton. That's impressive stuff. For guys like Bones Highland, 570 00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:31.079 who was out of the rotation for well over a month. Guys like 571 00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:36.039 Norman Powell, who has never looked at as a first option in his NBA 572 00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:38.599 career to put up forty two points. Guys like Russell Westbrook who was literally 573 00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:44.599 dropped from his team earlier this year. Guys like Marcus Morris who didn't play 574 00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:46.480 for a month and came in

and made a couple of big shots. Terrence 575 00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:52.000 Mann who's been cast aside over the course of his basketball life. Nick Patoum 576 00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:57.559 doing what he could despite his shooting struggles. Eric Gordon out there just scrapping 577 00:36:57.639 --> 00:37:00.480 for everything if eats his zoobots and under a piece in the NBA over the 578 00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:02.760 course of his entire career. I mean, you go down the line of 579 00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:07.679 everybody that played for the Clippers tonight, they've got a reason to really play 580 00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:10.119 that brand of basketball we saw, and even without Kawhi Leonard, they still 581 00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:14.920 have a reason to believe that they should have won and I think that's good 582 00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:20.840 instills confidence in some of them postseason performances that they'll remember experience to have for 583 00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:23.880 the rest of their basketball lives. This was a very positive loss. I 584 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:27.840 know that it's hard to say that, but it's still a very positive loss 585 00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:30.840 for this team. And this Phoenix Suns has some weaknesses. This Phoenix Suns 586 00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:35.679 team, they're not clicking on all cylinders. Yet they are beatable. The 587 00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:37.679 Clippers could have won this game tonight, They could have won Game two as 588 00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:42.760 well. They're gonna have confidence going into Game four no matter who is out 589 00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:45.159 there on the court with them. These guys are ready. They're not afraid 590 00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:49.480 of this Phoenix Suns team. I saw Kevin Durant clank two off the side 591 00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:52.679 of the backboard tonight. I saw CP three miss two free throws, a 592 00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:57.320 great free throw shooter. The Suns don't look like a juggernaut at the moment, 593 00:37:57.440 --> 00:38:00.400 at least not yet. And you know, we know that it league 594 00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:02.920 could get to that point at some point soon. But I would say that 595 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:07.679 Phoenix they're not in that rhythm where they're unbeatable. And I think a lot 596 00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:10.679 of people just expected because Kevin Durant is one of the best plug in play 597 00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:14.320 players in the history of the NBA. That you put him in and he's 598 00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:15.519 gonna be Kevin Durant. But I'm gonna be honest with you, he hasn't 599 00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:19.960 looked like Kevin Durant so far in this series. He's looked great when he's 600 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:22.320 had the ball in his hands. But Phoenix Money Williams just said in his 601 00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:27.159 postgame press conference that he's one of the most expensive decoys in the NBA right 602 00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:30.559 now. Money Williams, the head coach of the Sun's just called Kevin Durant 603 00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:32.760 a decoy. That's their problem. They gotta get rid of that guy. 604 00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:37.519 Now. I get it that Bookers just put up thirty eight and forty five 605 00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:40.960 and back to back games, which is more than capable of doing every single 606 00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:45.480 night of this series as well. But Kevin Durant is Kevin Durant. You 607 00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:47.480 know who he is. You know who he is, and for him to 608 00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:52.360 just be putting up twenty seven, twenty five, twenty eight, he's better 609 00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:57.400 than that. He's the best player on the floors, especially if Kawhi Leonard's 610 00:38:57.440 --> 00:39:00.360 not in. When Kauhai is in there, I'd say it's pretty hard argue 611 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:01.960 that Kawhi is not the best player in this series, and quite honestly, 612 00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:06.480 maybe in the playoffs, but Kevin Durant when Kawhai is out, is the 613 00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:08.920 best player on the floor. Use him that way. He's scarce here. 614 00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:13.119 He can score at three levels and there's absolutely not much you can do when 615 00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:15.440 a seven foot or with a jumper like that, he's rising over the top 616 00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:19.519 of you. All Right, no final thoughts from you here heading into Game 617 00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:22.000 four on Saturday with this Clippers group, still a lot of positives to take 618 00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:25.480 away. And I think that Toron Lou showcased that he's still that same guy 619 00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:29.320 on the sideline. That's what I saw in that fourth quarter. You know, 620 00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:31.960 Tron has talked about that he's one of the only guys that's willing to 621 00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:36.159 literally try anything, and we saw that. I don't think we've ever seen 622 00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:38.920 him use a five guard lineup. We've seen small ball where Nick Batoum and 623 00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:43.480 Marcus Morris are in there to be the size, or maybe you've got Robert 624 00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:47.239 Covington at the five. We've seen that before. We've never seen five guards. 625 00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:50.920 And for him to utilize the five guards and for it to work as 626 00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:52.679 well as it did, is spectacular. I think that's a great sign that 627 00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:57.119 Tlu is on his game right now. He's in his postseason mode. Aside 628 00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:59.880 from that, Norman Powell, who did not play well in the first two 629 00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:01.840 games, he'd be the first two minutes score to combine twenty six points in 630 00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:06.000 the first two puts up forty two tonight. I'm not saying he's gonna put 631 00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:08.119 up forty two

every single night. He's capable. We saw it tonight. 632 00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:12.000 He can absolutely do that again. And part of him was that he made 633 00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:14.760 shots. If he's gonna make shots, he's gonna play like that. But 634 00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:16.920 I think Norman Pale is critical to this series that the Clippers are gonna want 635 00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:21.559 to steal another game here. And then I thought Bones Thailand is another positive 636 00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:24.679 takeaway. Bones Hiland scoring twenty points off the bench and his performance was most 637 00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:29.239 certainly repeatable. He didn't do anything that was out of the ordinary from what 638 00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:32.360 he normally does. Similar to norm he made shots and both of them could 639 00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:35.760 have had a three ball that fell that would have changed the complexion of this 640 00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:37.719 game. But a lot of positive and a lot of confidence to build heading 641 00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:40.480 in the game for a game it feels like the Clippers need to have heading 642 00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:44.400 back to Phoenix, and certainly if Kawhi Leonard's gonna be out for that one, 643 00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:47.079 same energy is required out of Russell Westbrook in this team. I think 644 00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:50.239 they can bring it. I think they can win game four. I think 645 00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:52.880 they can make it a best of three, and then you're given more time 646 00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:55.039 for Kawhi Leonard and Paul George to get as healthy as they possibly can and 647 00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:59.840 make a return because if that happens, look out No A great call, 648 00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:02.559 brother, Thanks for doing this tonight on Clipper Stock, Adam. I appreciate 649 00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:06.760 you. You know, it's always fun to talk to the fans and talk 650 00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:09.440 to you, and I just enjoy being around here. Can't wait out him, 651 00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:15.599 can't wait Coming up next more of a phone calls postgame audio from coach 652 00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:19.239 Lou Clippers falling game three one twenty nine, so one twenty four Here at 653 00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:22.119 Crypto dot com, Marina, and you're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers right 654 00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:25.639 your network. Clippers lose one twenty nine and one twenty four Here at Crypto 655 00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:30.079 dot com arena. Welcome back in This is Clippers Stock. I'm out of 656 00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:36.360 Moslin eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero 657 00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:38.960 eleven fifty is the phone number. You guys still want to talk with me. 658 00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:42.519 I know it's just a little me here now. No eagerly your voice 659 00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:45.960 of the Clippers left, but that was pretty cool to have him on once 660 00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:50.559 again. Hoping for a few more of these sessions before the season is over. 661 00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:53.119 Let's hear from coach Lou postgame. Clippers lose this one by five. 662 00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:57.719 A valiant effort. You know what, we don't have Coach Lou yet. 663 00:41:58.079 --> 00:42:02.159 There's audio, there's quotes coming out, but apparently we don't have it postgame. 664 00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:07.679 Maybe something's being edited Clippers. I thought this was one of the most 665 00:42:07.719 --> 00:42:13.199 spirited efforts I've seen all season long, without a doubt, considering the guys 666 00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:15.559 they were missing. It reminded me a little bit of the game in Memphis 667 00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:19.960 where Russell Westbrook led them to a victory in that two game series in Memphis 668 00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:23.280 near the end of the season, and Russ was so great, the offense 669 00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:28.280 centered around him. He was back in his comfort zone, and tonight he 670 00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:31.880 start things off with the steal and gets it to Norman Powell. Just indicative 671 00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:35.400 of how this game would go. For the most part, for the Clippers. 672 00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:38.960 Those two working together, Russ was creating offense through his defense, got 673 00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:45.960 Norman Powell going, don't you know understate just how important getting the first bucket 674 00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:50.639 to go is and he got to lay up a dunk and transition because Russ 675 00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:55.000 ripped it from Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns. I'm telling you this team 676 00:42:55.480 --> 00:43:00.800 is vulnerable right now because they haven't built up that industry yet and they don't 677 00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:07.280 look that confident. Cliper Nation, hats off to you. The way you 678 00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:12.119 guys were cheering on the squad tonight had an effect on the ball game. 679 00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:17.840 Clippers don't keep making those runs playing small ball without you. It wasn't just 680 00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:22.519 the heart on the floor, but I thought in the audience tonight, Clipper 681 00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:27.280 Nation was loud. It was rowdy. When Terrence Man hit that three pointer 682 00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:31.480 late in the fourth quarter, it was shades of Game six Terrence Man against 683 00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:36.719 the Utah Jazz. I felt it for a second. Cliper Nation was believing 684 00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:40.800 in this team and the way the guys performed out on the court. Why 685 00:43:40.840 --> 00:43:45.239 wouldn't you. They're gonna compete no matter who is out there, no matter 686 00:43:45.280 --> 00:43:50.159 who's available. On Saturday as well, let's go to Nick and Arcadia. 687 00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:53.119 Nick, you're on Clippers stock

without Am Moslin. Nick, what's up, 688 00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:58.760 Adam, It's great to talk to you. You know, you make a 689 00:43:58.920 --> 00:44:04.599 great point about Clipper Nation tonight. I'm actually coming from the game, and 690 00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:10.719 Clippers Nation brought the Clippers back to where they need to be tonight. Listen, 691 00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:14.920 our defense, though, wasn't there? How many points did we give 692 00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:19.719 up tonight? We got to play better defense. But we are right there. 693 00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:24.119 You're absolutely right like this this Sun's team. They've only had eight ten 694 00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:31.159 games together, and I think that whether or not Kawai comes back or PG, 695 00:44:32.679 --> 00:44:38.760 the Clippers have what we need in our toolbox right now to win this 696 00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:45.079 series. I firmly believe that we got we got tehront Lou and then we 697 00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:49.840 got the Clippers bench and it's it's good enough. And Adam, all I 698 00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:54.079 gotta say is that your favorite Mets fan believes exactly what you're saying. Clipper 699 00:44:54.239 --> 00:45:00.239 Nation batch here on Saturday night and then Game six also, what do you 700 00:45:00.280 --> 00:45:02.840 say, Adam, Well, Saturday night afternoon. But I agree with it. 701 00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:06.320 For the most part, I'm with you. I had clips and six 702 00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:09.159 coming into this series. Nick, I believe in this squad. No matter 703 00:45:09.199 --> 00:45:16.079 who is out there, this team was refusing to lose late. They gave 704 00:45:16.280 --> 00:45:22.159 everything they had out there. You mentioned the defensive effort. It's tough when 705 00:45:22.199 --> 00:45:25.679 you're getting called for those fouls. People were wondering about the defense at the 706 00:45:25.800 --> 00:45:29.480 end of the second quarter, end of the third quarter of each the Subots 707 00:45:29.519 --> 00:45:32.360 gave up a layup to CP three end of the first half, and they 708 00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:37.800 gave up another one to Devin Booker end of the third quarter. Sometimes that 709 00:45:37.880 --> 00:45:42.719 stuff happens because you don't want to get close to a guy when fouls are 710 00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:46.360 being called that often. It puts you on your heels. It puts you 711 00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:52.000 in a tough position. The Clippers weren't able to defend without fouling. They 712 00:45:52.039 --> 00:45:55.000 didn't get the benefit of the whistle tonight. It could change moving forward. 713 00:45:57.000 --> 00:45:59.800 I'm interested to hear from coach lu post game and what he thought, because 714 00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:02.159 obviously, you know, Marcus Moore's had a technical in the first half. 715 00:46:02.239 --> 00:46:07.920 Guys weren't happy the take foul. I mean, Devin Booker is trying to 716 00:46:07.039

--> 00:46:12.119 foul basically Russell Westbrooker and transition at the end, and they didn't call it, 717 00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:16.400 and it leads to a turnover, critical play. Clippers have their own 718 00:46:16.480 --> 00:46:21.199 stuff to clean up. They missed six free throws, They had eighteen turnovers. 719 00:46:21.880 --> 00:46:25.519 You know, I won't go too hard after them when you have eighteen 720 00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:30.480 turnovers. Some of that is just a lack of familiarity. New starting lineup, 721 00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:35.199 new lineup to close the game. It's guys who haven't played with each 722 00:46:35.199 --> 00:46:37.039 other, and you don't have your two superstars, the guys with the highest 723 00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:42.320 usage rating on the team running the show offensively, Turnovers were going to happen. 724 00:46:43.760 --> 00:46:46.800 But I just love the resilient nature of this team. Some people thought 725 00:46:46.880 --> 00:46:51.400 that it was lacking at times this season, and I agree with that. 726 00:46:52.800 --> 00:46:57.440 There weren't as many comebacks. You kind of weren't sure what the identity of 727 00:46:57.519 --> 00:47:00.599 this team was. Were they still that stay ready Clippers group? Do they 728 00:47:00.719 --> 00:47:06.280 still have as much heart? Something was missing after losing Patrick Beverlely, I 729 00:47:06.360 --> 00:47:10.159 felt like over the last year. But Russell Westbrook He's filled that void. 730 00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:16.039 His competitive spirit, the edge he plays with gets guys up for ball games, 731 00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:21.360 and the way he started this game, the way he finished it, 732 00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:25.199 still playing hard at the end. They gotta be confident going into Game four. 733 00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:29.320 Still with or without Kawhi Leonard. All right, quick time out, 734 00:47:29.360 --> 00:47:32.199 We'll come back. We'll have Will Updike on from Clips and Dip podcasts. 735 00:47:32.239 --> 00:47:37.440 Still looking for post game audio from coach lou Clippers lose twenty nine twenty four 736 00:47:37.800 --> 00:47:39.719 here in Game three. They're down two games to one in this best of 737 00:47:39.880 --> 00:47:45.039 seven first round series against the Phoenix Suns. You're listening to the Los Angeles 738 00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:52.679 Clippers Radio Network and the Patriot AM eleven fifty tough, one, no sweat. 739 00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:57.719 They lose tonight. The Spike giving everything that has. They just were 740 00:47:57.719 --> 00:48:00.679 missing their two superstars, and they lose by five to the Phoenix Suns, 741 00:48:00.320 --> 00:48:07.440 one twenty nine to one twenty four. You cannot halt the effort. Execution 742 00:48:07.679 --> 00:48:10.880 lacking at times, but it's also understandable you're running different lineups out there. 743 00:48:10.960 --> 00:48:15.519 Marcus Morris played for the first time in a month. Rocco played a little 744 00:48:15.519 --> 00:48:19.639 bit. They had a different starting lineup with Norman Powell in it, who 745 00:48:19.679 --> 00:48:23.559 went for his playoff career high of forty two. He eclipsed his previous high 746 00:48:23.599 --> 00:48:28.559 of twenty nine. Goes for forty two answered the call. Russ had thirty 747 00:48:28.800 --> 00:48:35.719 bones. Highlight playoff career high of twenty. These guys they just kept coming. 748 00:48:35.800 --> 00:48:39.320 They didn't give up. They didn't give in, no matter how the 749 00:48:39.400 --> 00:48:43.639 odds were stacked against them without Kawhi Leonard and they just found out about that 750 00:48:43.760 --> 00:48:47.320 earlier today. I shoot around and they performed to this level. I'm proud 751 00:48:47.360 --> 00:48:52.360 of this group. I get it. Cliber Nation, you want the victory 752 00:48:52.599 --> 00:48:57.079 tough one tonight, but the Clippers fought. They lose one twenty nine till 753 00:48:57.079 --> 00:49:02.679 one twenty four and underman shorthanded group they scrapped and they lose by five to 754 00:49:02.800 --> 00:49:07.719 a Phoenix Suns team with an extreme talent advantage tonight. In this one, 755 00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:10.480 you heard the music, you know what it means. We got Will Updike 756 00:49:10.599 --> 00:49:15.679 on from Clips and Dip podcast does the pod with myself and Charles Mockler. 757 00:49:15.760 --> 00:49:19.199 I think they were doing a live later tonight, or maybe not because they 758 00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:21.320 were at the game. We took a picture with Noah Eagle, who was 759 00:49:21.360 --> 00:49:23.159 on in the first segment and did Clippers stock. If you missed that, 760 00:49:23.559 --> 00:49:28.679 it will be podcasted. Will where do you want to start tonight? How 761 00:49:28.760 --> 00:49:30.320 did the Clippers lose this game? Because I know a lot of people are 762 00:49:30.400 --> 00:49:36.960 pointing to this number forty six in the box score. I mean, like 763 00:49:37.119 --> 00:49:39.480 that's a huge part of it. I mean, you gotta hand it to 764 00:49:39.920 --> 00:49:45.280 Devin Booker, who was I mean absolutely incredible in this one. Yeah, 765 00:49:45.360 --> 00:49:49.360 some some, there were some blunders. I mean the one that keeps haunting 766 00:49:49.440 --> 00:49:53.159 me, I guess is that the kind of lazy but tumbe inbounds that resulted 767 00:49:53.199 --> 00:49:58.159 in the Devin Booker three. Look, this is one of those games where 768 00:49:59.760 --> 00:50:02.800 you we had to kind of throw everything at the wall, and it's unfortunate 769 00:50:02.840 --> 00:50:06.480 that we didn't come away with the win. I think like that would have 770 00:50:06.559 --> 00:50:10.519 been one of the sweetest Clippers postseason wins we've seen in a minute, maybe 771 00:50:10.639 --> 00:50:16.719 since that Games six versus Utah. But this, I mean, I gotta 772 00:50:16.760 --> 00:50:21.239 be honest.

I know there's no such thing as a moral victory in the 773 00:50:21.360 --> 00:50:24.360 playoffs, but this was something else. Man. There were so many times 774 00:50:24.400 --> 00:50:28.719 when it felt like this team could have rolled over and he really could not 775 00:50:28.920 --> 00:50:32.039 have falted them at any point. You know, we went with a five 776 00:50:32.159 --> 00:50:37.079 guard lineup in this one, Olive Garden in full effect, and you know, 777 00:50:37.280 --> 00:50:39.840 the team, the team, you know, they were able to keep 778 00:50:39.920 --> 00:50:45.280 it within about three possessions once you know, Phoenix really pulled the head there 779 00:50:45.320 --> 00:50:47.440 in that third quarter. They could not get over the hump. We have 780 00:50:47.599 --> 00:50:52.360 five guards. Everyone that everyone around me in the press boxes scratching their heads 781 00:50:52.360 --> 00:50:54.480 saying, okay, well, how the heck is this gonna work out? 782 00:50:54.559 --> 00:50:59.679 The Suns even end up bringing DeAndre Aden back in. They cut this five 783 00:50:59.719 --> 00:51:02.960 guard, ends up taking the game to three points. This was absolutely incredible 784 00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:07.440 stuff. And yes, the free throw to like, the free throw disparity 785 00:51:07.599 --> 00:51:09.239 is insane, you know how I feel about that stuff. It's one of 786 00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:13.400 those things that you just you can't control that. You can't control that at 787 00:51:13.400 --> 00:51:15.440 all. Yes, there was a terrible mistakes foul. Yes, I mean 788 00:51:15.480 --> 00:51:19.960 there were there were so many things. But I think I think this Clippers 789 00:51:20.039 --> 00:51:23.519 team four seen Phoenix is Big four if you can even still call it that 790 00:51:23.639 --> 00:51:28.760 at that point, to all play forty minutes, I guess with the accession 791 00:51:28.800 --> 00:51:35.039 of DeAndre Aden uh and to just barely beat this Clippers team shorthanded underman, 792 00:51:35.360 --> 00:51:38.400 not a lot of time together on the floor, and to the Clippers will 793 00:51:38.440 --> 00:51:44.639 only come up short by five points two possessions. I mean, I think 794 00:51:44.679 --> 00:51:47.039 the Clippers did something really spectacular here, and I think if you're a Clippers 795 00:51:47.079 --> 00:51:52.840 fan while the lost things, especially seeing how beatable this Seenic Suns team is, 796 00:51:52.119 --> 00:51:55.239 it does sting a little bit. You've got to hold your head high 797 00:51:55.280 --> 00:51:59.079 after a performance like this. Man, this this was something else. This 798 00:51:59.239 --> 00:52:05.159 was special. Yeah, I think it stings most because this was a game. 799 00:52:05.400 --> 00:52:08.880 Had they had won, you'd remember forever. But we'll probably get buried 800 00:52:08.960 --> 00:52:13.360 in the history books just because they didn't come up with the w even though 801 00:52:13.480 --> 00:52:17.199 the effort and the will and the heart they showed tonight was spectacular. It 802 00:52:17.320 --> 00:52:22.000 was an all timer from a Clippers group in the playoffs. If they had 803 00:52:22.039 --> 00:52:24.000 won this game. To your point, this is one of the best Clippers 804 00:52:24.079 --> 00:52:28.480 postseason wins. Ever, that's what we'd be talking about tonight. Ever, 805 00:52:29.280 --> 00:52:32.639 I mean the way the odds swung earlier today, once the news came out 806 00:52:32.719 --> 00:52:37.800 that Kawhi Leonard was going to be out, everybody seemed to think that it 807 00:52:37.920 --> 00:52:42.199 was over, that the Phoenix Suns were going to roll the Clippers tonight. 808 00:52:42.679 --> 00:52:45.719 That's not what happened at all. They pushed them to the break, They 809 00:52:45.840 --> 00:52:50.599 made them earn it. Everything was earned by the Phoenix Suns. Unless you 810 00:52:50.599 --> 00:52:53.400 want to point to some of the free throws, but everything else was earned 811 00:52:53.440 --> 00:52:58.719 by them. I'm proud of this team. I'm still proud of this team. 812 00:52:58.719 --> 00:53:00.920 And you know what, like all in the greater conversation, Sure this 813 00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:05.800 game gets lost to the history books. I tell you three guys who who 814 00:53:06.239 --> 00:53:08.719 they will remember this playoff game for a long time. And as Norman Powell, 815 00:53:08.800 --> 00:53:14.000 Russell Westbrook and Bones Highland and I just I could not be happier. 816 00:53:14.039 --> 00:53:17.079 I could not have asked for anything more from from any single one of those 817 00:53:17.159 --> 00:53:22.320 guys. Yes, there were some some some uh some less than sellar decisions 818 00:53:22.360 --> 00:53:27.079 by Rust at times, but overall an incredible game. Bones Highland most playoff 819 00:53:27.119 --> 00:53:31.679 minutes, most playoff points in his career, and Norman Powell man unreal. 820 00:53:32.039 --> 00:53:35.679 We needed him to step it up. I talked about him having a big 821 00:53:35.760 --> 00:53:38.599 game in this one. When once the series returned home. I had assumed 822 00:53:38.639 --> 00:53:42.559 that Kawhi Leonard would still be there, but man, he showed up in 823 00:53:42.719 --> 00:53:46.679 the hugest of ways, and he was absolutely indispensable for the Clippers. I 824 00:53:47.039 --> 00:53:51.880 mean, like, yeah, it is it does sing to lose this one, 825 00:53:51.960 --> 00:53:57.239 but like they just gay absolutely everything and for them to be hanging tell 826 00:53:57.320 --> 00:54:02.159 to tell with this team that you know has been penciled in as contenders by 827 00:54:02.159 --> 00:54:06.719 a lot of people. I mean that to me is something that's really really 828 00:54:06.800 --> 00:54:08.719 special. And these are the kind of moments that, like, yes, 829 00:54:08.840 --> 00:54:13.119 I do still realize that this was a loss, but like, these

are 830 00:54:13.159 --> 00:54:16.000 the moments that have galvanized Clipper Nation, right, These are the kind of 831 00:54:16.039 --> 00:54:22.199 things that have galvanized this family. When absolutely every single thing that could possibly 832 00:54:22.360 --> 00:54:27.840 go wrong goes wrong and you're still right there, You're still you still have 833 00:54:27.920 --> 00:54:30.400 a seat at the table, You're still at the doorstep of the thing that 834 00:54:30.480 --> 00:54:34.960 you're chasing. It's I mean, I gotta be honest, there's nothing like 835 00:54:35.079 --> 00:54:37.360 being a Clippers fan. And I feel like this game was kind of, 836 00:54:37.639 --> 00:54:39.480 despite of being a loss, was just kind of the encasolation of that. 837 00:54:40.320 --> 00:54:44.599 It's the friends we've made along the way. Damn it. That was that 838 00:54:44.840 --> 00:54:49.599 type of game. And you know, to your point, if this Clippers 839 00:54:49.679 --> 00:54:54.599 team came out doa and lost by twenty, I wouldn't have even blamed them 840 00:54:54.760 --> 00:54:59.800 with the news that came out today, there could have been that emotional letdown. 841 00:55:00.559 --> 00:55:04.400 It didn't happen. It tells you the character of this team. And 842 00:55:04.480 --> 00:55:07.800 I think a lot of people question whether or not they still had that in 843 00:55:07.960 --> 00:55:10.760 them at their core, whether or not they could still fight like this after 844 00:55:10.880 --> 00:55:15.159 what we have seen the last couple of seasons compared to this year. It's 845 00:55:15.239 --> 00:55:19.960 there. It's there. This Clippers team is still that resilient bunch that will 846 00:55:20.000 --> 00:55:22.920 not give in no matter who was out there. So there are a lot 847 00:55:22.960 --> 00:55:25.559 of good things to take away from it. I mean, Norman Powell has 848 00:55:25.559 --> 00:55:30.199 an argument for best player on the court tonight and tonight when Devin Booker has 849 00:55:30.280 --> 00:55:35.000 forty five points, that's how good he was. Thorn Fowe seven or twelve 850 00:55:35.039 --> 00:55:38.440 from the outside all right, I think he doubled his point total of the 851 00:55:38.559 --> 00:55:42.599 first two games of the series. Where did he have twenty four? So 852 00:55:42.760 --> 00:55:47.639 not quite but still an incredible performance from Norman Powell. And then Bones Highland. 853 00:55:47.679 --> 00:55:52.800 You mentioned coming of age, and credit to tylu for continuing to go 854 00:55:53.000 --> 00:55:58.280 to him. He wasn't great the first two games scoring wise, but he 855 00:55:58.440 --> 00:56:01.719 still was contributing, competing out there. His defense was good, he was 856 00:56:01.800 --> 00:56:05.559 a positive on the court. They made some of the runs with him even 857 00:56:05.639 --> 00:56:08.719 without his scoring. And then it finally came around. In that fourth Quarterbones 858 00:56:08.800 --> 00:56:13.679 Highland had nine points and that could carry over. That's a guy who was 859 00:56:13.760 --> 00:56:16.239 looking for a confidence, looking for a heater to finally catch it. I 860 00:56:16.320 --> 00:56:21.800 don't know. I'm excited to see him on Saturday. And that three man, 861 00:56:22.199 --> 00:56:24.760 that three in the fourth quarter that was in and out for Bone Thailand. 862 00:56:24.960 --> 00:56:30.360 Oh my gosh. We were watching the replay in the physics of how 863 00:56:30.440 --> 00:56:34.320 that did not go in just they It still eludes me. It reminded me 864 00:56:34.440 --> 00:56:37.840 off Robert Horry had a shot. This was like the only Big three he 865 00:56:38.000 --> 00:56:45.480 ever missed. It was in two thousand and three against the San Antonio Spurs 866 00:56:45.559 --> 00:56:47.679 with the Lakers, a series they would eventually lose. I don't know which 867 00:56:47.760 --> 00:56:52.400 game it was, but it just rattled in and out, spun around, 868 00:56:52.519 --> 00:56:55.280 did everything but drop And afterwards he said, I did everything right, it 869 00:56:55.400 --> 00:56:59.199 just didn't go. Now, obviously that's not the case. If you do 870 00:56:59.360 --> 00:57:02.840 everything, it will go. But it was tantalizing and the top would have 871 00:57:02.920 --> 00:57:07.800 come off Crypto dot com arena if that shot hit dropped from Bones Highland. 872 00:57:07.840 --> 00:57:13.920 There is something special and exciting about this young player who's really just scratching the 873 00:57:14.000 --> 00:57:19.480 surface of his potential. But coach lew going small late. I know there's 874 00:57:19.519 --> 00:57:23.159 a tradeoff there. You're losing and you're giving up offensive rebounds, but damn 875 00:57:23.199 --> 00:57:28.480 it, it worked overall. You're giving up defense a little bit for scoring 876 00:57:28.800 --> 00:57:30.719 in a game where they weren't defending that well anyways, or weren't allowed to 877 00:57:30.840 --> 00:57:36.639 because they couldn't defend without fouling obviously. Well, and I think that that 878 00:57:36.840 --> 00:57:39.039 was I mean, I think that that was exactly Tylo was calculation right. 879 00:57:39.159 --> 00:57:42.400 Like like I said, when the Sun started to pull away there in that 880 00:57:42.519 --> 00:57:45.719 third quarter, we just could not We could not get the game closer than 881 00:57:45.840 --> 00:57:50.199 like that than like three possessions like the Sun's just we we couldn't do it. 882 00:57:50.920 --> 00:57:53.760 And I mean, just all the credit in the world so that the 883 00:57:54.440 --> 00:57:59.039 Tyl call on that you know, we've been I personally have been very critical 884 00:57:59.119 --> 00:58:01.559 of the guard having line up. This was more than worth the price of 885 00:58:01.599 --> 00:58:06.920 admission. Like this was. This was incredible to watch. It was. 886 00:58:07.440 --> 00:58:12.880 It was as well fought a

basketball game by an underbrand team as I've seen 887 00:58:13.079 --> 00:58:15.760 in a long time. Yeah, you're right, hold your head high, 888 00:58:15.800 --> 00:58:20.239 Clipper Nation. After this one. They lost, but the spirit was not 889 00:58:20.400 --> 00:58:23.639 broken and they have a belief that I think they can win that they think 890 00:58:23.679 --> 00:58:28.039 they can win Game four, and I think so too, no matter who 891 00:58:28.159 --> 00:58:31.079 was available for that ball game. Like I said, just like the what 892 00:58:31.280 --> 00:58:37.159 they were up against, which just insurmountable and tricked to be within five points 893 00:58:37.239 --> 00:58:45.320 is unreal. Everything was against them out Man, not outguns Field Prodigy album. 894 00:58:45.320 --> 00:58:50.039 Will I appreciate you coming on tonight, my friend and doing a little 895 00:58:50.079 --> 00:58:53.559 Clips and double dip here on Clippers Talk. Always a pleasure, and we 896 00:58:53.679 --> 00:58:58.880 will have a new episode of Clips and dippriyall wherever you listen a podcast and 897 00:58:59.119 --> 00:59:04.519 over on YouTube. That's at Clippers Podcast right on. Coming up next final 898 00:59:04.639 --> 00:59:09.119 thoughts. Still looking for postgame audio from coach Lou Clippers lose by five one 899 00:59:09.239 --> 00:59:13.400 twenty nine twenty four was the final and favor of the Suns here in game 900 00:59:13.480 --> 00:59:17.159 three. Clippers are back in about thirty six hours twelve thirty tip on Saturday 901 00:59:17.239 --> 00:59:21.599 for Game four, and this is Clippers Talk here on the Patriot damn Um 902 00:59:21.719 --> 00:59:25.239 fifty. Clippers lose tonight one twenty nine two one twenty four here at Crypto 903 00:59:25.280 --> 00:59:30.119 dot com arena in game three. I'm Adam Oslind welcome back in This is 904 00:59:30.280 --> 00:59:36.760 Clippers Talk. I do see this postgame quote from coach Lou talked about Devin 905 00:59:36.840 --> 00:59:40.679 Booker hurting them and the free throw disparity with Phoenix at twenty one more attempts 906 00:59:40.760 --> 00:59:45.119 they had twenty one in the third quarter alone. He said, I loved 907 00:59:45.159 --> 00:59:50.440 our fight and our competitive nature tonight. Some calls just didn't go our way. 908 00:59:51.800 --> 00:59:55.360 Look, I think they will on Saturday. I've seen it too many 909 00:59:55.480 --> 01:00:00.119 times in a series. One night that calls don't go your way, the 910 01:00:00.199 --> 01:00:04.880 next night they do. There's no reason to harp on it anymore than we 911 01:00:05.000 --> 01:00:07.519 already have. But I know Clipper Nation was upset about it, and I 912 01:00:07.679 --> 01:00:14.960 was reading the tweets all throughout the broadcast, so it was worth mentioning, 913 01:00:15.239 --> 01:00:17.760 of course. But the Clippers lose this one with some self inflicted wounds as 914 01:00:17.760 --> 01:00:22.880 well. But I loved the way this team battled. I gotta tell you 915 01:00:23.159 --> 01:00:28.000 this was reinvigorating. I'm sure for Clipper Nation to see them. This was 916 01:00:28.079 --> 01:00:31.400 a classic Clippers never out of it, no matter how many guys are out 917 01:00:31.480 --> 01:00:37.039 for them type of performance against one of the most talented teams in the league. 918 01:00:37.119 --> 01:00:39.719 Before we get out of here, Jose and Southgate, you're on Clipper 919 01:00:39.800 --> 01:00:45.519 stock. It's up Jose Adam, this is chess, not checkers. Like 920 01:00:45.559 --> 01:00:50.480 Denzil sit and train. There thirty six that were turning around. It's not 921 01:00:50.599 --> 01:00:52.599 a perfect world, but in ty lose world. Hey, what's the worst 922 01:00:52.679 --> 01:00:57.159 that can happened? And it's all thirty games? Do you Krylenar? Some 923 01:00:57.239 --> 01:01:02.239 rest the boys needed was we put them in a dog fight. Get the 924 01:01:02.280 --> 01:01:10.039 spirits, so and that dog Clippers and Tylu mentioned that as well before we 925 01:01:10.119 --> 01:01:15.519 left the podium. Sons have been playing heavy minutes. The Clippers stay with 926 01:01:15.639 --> 01:01:22.599 this level of energy and this type of competitive spirit, they're gonna be all 927 01:01:22.679 --> 01:01:25.800 right. They lose tonight one twenty nine, two one twenty four without the 928 01:01:25.880 --> 01:01:30.559 two on three connection. They gave everything they had before we get out of 929 01:01:30.559 --> 01:01:35.239 here. I do want to thank the Clippers organization. Noah Eagle, hell 930 01:01:35.320 --> 01:01:39.440 of a call. If you missed it, you missed a lot, big 931 01:01:39.480 --> 01:01:43.559 brother, Jake Corner, thank you, Ah, we didn't do your segment 932 01:01:43.880 --> 01:01:46.400 around of time. I forget things. Then, is Zagostino not forgetting you 933 01:01:46.559 --> 01:01:51.639 tonight? Statistician to the Stars, Katie Newton back in the bank, the 934 01:01:51.719 --> 01:01:55.440 callers, the listeners, we appreciate y'all. Hey, it's almost like our 935 01:01:55.480 --> 01:01:58.800 back to back. We'll be back here in thirty six hours. Shart to 936 01:01:58.800 --> 01:02:04.760 you. Then, This has been playoff Clippers Talk, a postgame conversation about 937 01:02:04.880 --> 01:02:08.239 your LA Clippers with Adam Oslap. If you like the show, subscribe to 938 01:02:08.320 --> 01:02:14.159 Clippers Talk on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you podcast. They have the best 939 01:02:14.239 --> 01:02:17.679 page. This team has those championship ingredients. They have some of that DNA. 940 01:02:19.280 --> 01:02:22.440 You can see it. This is Clippers basketball. Join us next time 941 01:02:22.559 --> 01:02:24.960 on the LA Clippers Audio Network