Time for a postgame Look, it's your LA Clippers. This is Clippers Locker Road, brought to you by Cedars Sinai, the official health partner of the LA Clippers, and by Putschonga, official travel casino of the LA Clippers. Breaking down today's action with the pre and post game voice. If you're LA Clippers, they're locking in every game every night. Adam Oslan Clippers go small
and come up small late. They led by fifteen in Milwaukee in the third quarter, they get out scored forty to twenty five by a Bucks team without Jannis Denacunpo and Chris Middleton in the fourth quarter and they lose one thirteen to one oh six. Welcome into your postgame show. I'm atam Oslin coming up lef Clippers stock for you. Eight sixty six ninety seven two five seventy eight
six six nine e seven two five seventy is the phone number. But right now, back out to Milwaukee with your radio voice of the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez. Carlo is the second time in a week the Clippers have absolutely collapsed down the stretch. It happened against the Lakers, it happens again against Milwaukee. It was miss free throws, a team going cold, and a team going small late, and the adjustment just was not effective against Milwaukee. Yeah,
it seemed like Milwaukee was getting anything they wanted with Portus underneath. The Clippers tried to go small and match Milwaukee bunkt per bunquet, but they only scored ten points over the final five and a half minutes, got outscored by thirteen, and just couldn't hit open shots late. I felt like there was a lot of good looks for them down the stretch that usually go the Clippers way, but did not in this one. All the credits till Milwaukee.
They found the advantage with Portis underneath, and they fed it. Portis had fourteen points coming into the fourth quarter. He had fourteen in the fourth quarter, including two big threes and sixteen rebounds. Without Giannis Antokumpo, the Bucks outscored the Clippers in the paint in this one, and they just could not get it done. Glillered with forty one. You almost felt like he was gonna get a forty piece. I know that sounds crazy to say, but
with no Yiannis, he gets up twenty two shots in this one. There's no surprise there. It was the other guys that hurt the Clippers in this one, namely Bobby Portis, who since the All Star Break has been a different animal, averaging over fifteen points a game in this six game winning streak for Milwaukee. I'm sure the Clippers had the scouting report, but there was
nothing they could do about it in that fourth quarter. I mean, they only gave up twenty five points in the first three quarters at most, twenty five points on the first quarter, twenty three in the second, twenty five in the third, to give up a forty spot in that fourth quarter and once again go cold miss key free throws, Paul George missing three in that
fourth quarter. These are just inexcusable mistakes by a Clippers team that wants to be a championship contender, and it was a game that was set up for them to win without Giannison Dennakumpo, and for whatever reason, they just had another meltdown in just about the span of a week. Yeah, it really. It's it's weird because you look that I did that Laker game at him, and I felt like there was things to fix, right. The Clippers turned it over a lot. They didn't get back at transition very well,
and they were unable to get to score on the offensive end. In this one. The Clippers got, I mean a little bit out scheme today. When you think about Milwaukee going zone late, the Clippers really didn't have an answer for that zone and they didn't have an answer for Bobby Portis. We're changing up for the small ball lineup. I think for the Clippers, it's a good thing you play Milwaukee on Sunday because there's a lot to think about, a lot that's going to be fresh on your mind, and a lot
you need to work on going into that game. It will be another back to back for the Clippers. I believe they play Chicago. I don't know if it's the night before or the night after, but the Clippers have to be better at making sure they make adjustments because the adjustments just weren't there today. The zone was there from Milwaukee. It is on the second side of a back to back, by the way, back to back twelve o'clock starts for the Clippers, but the adjustment it was not there for the Clippers.
At him, I felt like at Doc Rivers had found what worked and the Clippers failed. The counter in this one didn't really make a change. Yeah, it's interesting. I understand going small at first to bust the zone. You can attack the cracks there. You can find a couple of players that you can match up well against. Draw two to the basketball. Kick it out swinging a wrong on the perimeter. But they weren't making shots all of a sudden from the outside, and they were getting beat up on the other
end. Something fierce interested to hear from Coach Lue post game if Avitza Zubats maybe was still in a minist restriction coming back from that fever he had this past week. He hits twenty four minutes, doesn't get back into the ballgame late, as Bobby Portis was just scoring over and over again against this Clippers team. He and Brook Lopez were out there late. Clippers let go of a fifteen point lead. They lose one thirteen to one zero six in Milwaukee
to the Bucks. Clippers next ballgame coming up on Wednesday, they have to respond after this one. They have for the most part this season, and after losses. They'll be in Houston taking on the Rockets. Tip time at four thirty. We'll have your pregame show starting at three thirty Carlo Jimenez. Great call, even given the situation. My friends, save travels the h
town will talk to you on Wednesday. Talk to you Wednesday. I it's not all bad for the Clippers. They don't miss nine free throws every single night, and they are gonna be a team to bounce back. They have bounce back a lot this season, so looking forward to that game. Hopefully the Clippers can find a way to get a big win. Clippers fall one thirteen to one oh six in Milwaukee to the Bucks without Giannis aDNA Kumpo. Coming up next, we'll get to your final box score right here on the
Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. Every Clipper game all season long, they didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to the LA Clippers Audio Network streaming on the iHeartRadio lap. Somehow, the Clippers lose while being up fifteen in the third quarter. They fall one thirteen to one oh in Milwaukee to a Giannis Adenikumpo less Chris Middleton less Bucks team. Welcome back into your postgame show. I'm Adame Oslin. Coming up on a M five to seven E LA Sports.
We'll have Clippers stock for you eight six, six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number you can also get to me at follow Adam A. The Clippers were outscored twenty three to ten in the last five minutes of this ballgame. They ended up missing nine free throws total. I believe four in the fourth quarter alone,
three by PG thirteen one by Kawhi Leonard. I believe it might have been five, one by James Harden. Also just an inexcusable loss against Milwaukee Bucks team without their MVP, without Giannis Adenakumpo, Yes Dame, he went off. He had forty one points in forty two minutes, but the Clippers had contained him enough and contain the others around him. The role players, the ancillary players weren't doing much until it mattered most. You had Bobby Portis get
fourteen points in that fourth quarter. He finished with twenty eight twelve of eighteen, shooting a couple of three pointers, and the Clippers just didn't adjust. Ever, they played small, They tried to break the zone with shooting and attacking the space. Nothing was working, and on the other end, they gave up a forty spot in the final twelve minutes. They hadn't given up more than twenty five points in a quarter, and they give up forty in
the fourth quarter. The rotations were bad. There was no helping the helper. Five guys on a string, forget about it. It was brutal to watch a slow death in a comeback by the Bucks where they were down by fifteen. I set it on X. They have energy. They're playing like a team that believes. The Clippers had their chances to open this thing up in that third quarter, up by fifteen, they didn't put them away and they paid for it. They lose one thirteen to one oh six in Milwaukee.
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Audio Network. Another melt down by the Clippers. Not up twenty one, but up fifteen in the third quarter, and they could not close the door on the Bucks. They left it open and they kicked it in, waving the four to four. Like Biggie in that fourth quarter, it was Bobby Portis who had fourteen of his twenty eight points on the fourth. The Clippers gave up forty, They went small, they got dismantled. They lost the fourth quarter forty to twenty five. Clippers lose one thirteen to one oh six
in Milwaukee to a Bucks team without Giannis Dennacumpo, without Chris Middleton. Dame dropped forty one. Well. The Clippers got twenty nine from James Harden, who was carrying them, had the first ten points of the fourth quarter. Nobody else could do anything. Paul George missed three free throws in the fourth,
Kawhi misses one, James Harden misses one. Collectively, they miss five in the fourth, nine total in the ballgame, and they let one get away again second time in about the last week, after giving up a twenty
one point leading the fourth quarter to the Lakers. We're gonna talk about it all coming up on Clippers Talk on m five seventy LA Sports eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy outside of Los Angeles, we are leaving you until Wednesday with the Clippers in Houston taking on the Rockets. Pregame at three thirty outside of Los Angeles. Talk to you then in LA it's Clippers Talk next. Hello Clippers fans.
If you're gonna go for it, if that's what you want to do, you do Welcome the Clippers Talk. Your first chance to react to all the action of Clippers basketball. Doing to hear every episode. Subscribe to Clippers Talk on iHeartRadio or wherever you podcast on Henmy right now your host on your home for the Clippers. They were in attack mode. Adam Ousley, the Clippers just lost a ball game where they led by fifteen in the third quarter in
Milwaukee to a Bucks team without Jannison Denakoupo, without Chris Middleton. They lose the fourth quarter forty to twenty five, as the Bucks shoot thirteen of twenty one from the field to get to those forty points. The Clippers shoot seven of twenty to get to just twenty five points, and they fall one thirteen to one oh six, and they collapse in meltdown down the stretch for the second time in about a week after giving up a twenty one point lead to
the Lakers. Welcome in a Clippers talk. I'm Ada Oslin to eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number, or you can get to me at follow Adam a on X. I was tweeting it out as I always do, the game thread. I followed him on Twitter on X whatever you want to call it, and I said in the third quarter when it was about a ten point
game, Milwaukee's not going away. They're playing with great energy right now, and they were not, and the Clippers paid for it again, giving up a lead to a team without their best player, without one of the best
players in the league, and Jannis Dinnakoumpo. We said pregame, it's almost like a must win when all of a sudden you find out Giannis isn't playing, Middleton was already out, Giannis tried to warm up, Grimaced got an achilles injury, and that turns into an opportunity for the Clippers all of a sudden to start off March three and zero start off his back to back rode back to back one of the toughest of the season, two toe zero after
winning in Minnesota yesterday. I understand their retired legs. That plays a role when it looked like a team that ran out of gas, when it looked like a team that didn't have their legs even at the charity stripe, missing nine, five of them coming in the fourth quarter. But there just aren't many excuses you can make when you're up big and you had a chance to put them away, and they did, but they didn't. Free throws are missed. They got a little bit three happy in the third quarter. It
ran into the fourth quarter. We're outside of James Harden to start off a period nobody else was scoring. I want to say he had their first ten points of the fourth. He was carrying, but he missed a free throw. Paul George missed two early in the fourth, missed another on a technical free throw after Bobby Portis got called for three seconds in the key and the
Clippers went small and just got carved up something fierce in Milwaukee. I'm looking for answers post game from coach lou We'll have him, We'll have that audio for you. But how do you just get dominated over and over again by Bobby Portis, who's a good player, but he almost had his average over the last ten games or so at I think about eighteen in the fourth quarter alone. He had fourteen of his twenty eight points in the fourth Clippers had
no answer for him. Paul George was guarding him, Kawhi Lennard was guarding him, armed straight up, and he was putting in hook shots and three pointers. And the Clippers got outscored twenty three to ten in the last five minutes. They have the best clutch rating in the league. It's gonna go down after this, but coming into this game, the Clippers have had the
best clutch rating in the league. Between this and the Lakers game. Giving up a twenty one point lead in the fourth quarter, that is tough to believe at the moment that this team can close teams out. I know I'm gonna get calls about a lack of killer instinct. Well they're warranted right now. I know I'm gonna get calls on coach Lou going to what he's most comfortable with, playing small late, even against a team that had Bobby Portis
and then Brook Lopez late too. It could be because of Itza. Zubats is still coming back and is on a minute's restriction after having that fever earlier. This week he only played twenty four. Maybe his minutes restriction was a twenty five. We'll see. Because he had eleven boards, he had four offensive rebounds. I don't think Bobby Portis would have as easy of a time
kidding those little push shots, hook shots floaters over him. But what a disastrous into this ballgame for the Clippers when it was right there for the taking, when they could have closed it out when they were up fifteen multiple times in that third quarter, could not get the shot to put them over the top, couldn't knock down free else, couldn't go to any bread and butter plays against the two three zone. Just looked like a team that was running
out of gas, was trying to park the bus. Is this hey in football and hold on for a victory instead of playing to win. Still, I mentioned James Harden scoring in the fourth quarter, but it still took almost three minutes for him to get that first shot that those first points of the fourth and nobody else was getting anything going. He had a nan one, he had a three, a floater, there was another and one a quick
ten, but Milwaukee was answering everything. The Clippers opened up the fourth with an eight point lead, just to lose one thirteen, one oh six. Have they not seen his own before? Did they just empty the tank in the third trying to put the Bucks away? Is it more difficult because they were playing a physical team in a defensive battle yesterday against Minnesota. I don't think anyone cares about those excuses tonight. I don't because of the second time
in about a week they've given up not just a double digit lead. It's one thing. You give up a fifteen point lead in the first quarter. Look, yesterday of Minnesota was up sixteen on the Clippers. They come back, but they were up sixteen with forty minutes left to play. The Clippers in the third quarter were up fifteen multiple times and had a chance to end
this thing. It was seventy nine to fifty six, was six twenty eight left in the third quarter, after Paul George three pointer, who played much better overall, who shot the ball much better overall, as did James Harden, but all for not in a loss. Not sure how you can let a game go like this one, when there's what twenty three games left in the regular season, when you're trying to be a top two seed. Still, when Milwaukee is down Yannis, it's just unfathomable how how it's confounding.
But you know what, I think it started in that third quarter. I think that's where the game was lost. They could have got up by twenty. You're up fifteen, pushed that lead, they gave up a Bobby Pored his layup with a minute and a half left in the third. Dam got to the free throw line for a couple I mean a Malik Beasley three pointer, and instead of having a double digit lead, at least at least be
up ten snay point lead. Did I mention Patrick Beverly's on the other side, I believe he gave Milwaukee their first lead since the first quarter in that fourth with a bucket might have been a three. Do you not know what Patrick Beverly's about. He's been a part of some big comebacks before in a Clippers Jersey. They weren't going to go away. You had to continue to
score and get stops. Just a lot going wrong at once in that fourth quarter, and I'm looking for answers of why they stayed small, because it clearly wasn't working against Bobby Portis, and it's just something we've seen too many times in a situation where it seemed unnecessary. I understand you're trying to beat the zone, have five shooters on the floor. Believe it was the Big Three plus a Mere Coffee plus Norman Powell. But they got destroyed defensively.
Milwaukee was ready for it. That's the other kicker you lose to a Doc Rivers team, Tyloo's mentor brutal. Clippers fall one thirteen to one oh six. Let's go to Jose and Downey. Jose, you're on Clippers style without of Maazlony the song I got disconnected. You took all the words from my
mouth man, That's exactly everything I was about to say. I feel they got too trigger happy from the three point line in the third quarter when there was there was probably tired legs, but you're right, there's not an excuse in that little time that they did have Zubuck out there before they sucked them out. There's a lot of switching going on by the Bucks, and he would find himself under the basket with a smaller guy on him and uh Man
I was tweeting. I was tweeting multiple times, Jose feet of Vitza zoo bots. The Bucks were going small. This was before even Bobby Portis was back out there. They weren't even giving him opportunities. It. Yeah, it frustrates me to no end when the offense forgets about a Viza zoo bots and what a weapon he can be and they just, I don't know, they need a refresher course. I guess because before he went down with that calf injury, he and James Harden they were work in the pick and roll
to perfection. I kind of one of those today where he got an easy one. I believe it was an oop from James Harden continue Jose. Yeah. The other thing is there's times where Paul George shoots only in the teams. You know, he only gets you team points, but then he's giving giving you like maximum effort on the defensive side. I don't feel like I saw that from Kawhi when he was having his off night. You know, sometimes you're gonna have the off night. He still ended up taking three more
shots and I think than Paul George and uh and hardened. Uh. Sometimes I feel like I understand feed him because he could get you and get you some points, but he was obviously struggling against his own and let's set up some place for somebody else. That's where I feel like Tyler got a little out coach. He wanted to be stubborn with the same play, which worked for worse for us many times, but just not this time, and we had to go away from it. But we didn't. A quick question for
you, and I'll leave you with this. I've been meaning to ask you. I feel like we need another stretch four and I've been meaning these. The trade deadline has passed. If you bring in a guy now, they're not playoff eligible, there's your answer. I'm sorry, man, but you're a little late. Well, they could add somebody who hasn't had a contract, like to Michael Green. Don't think he would help. He's not gonna be available for the playoffs. Sign a guy now you're not playoff eligible?
Yeah, I know, I'm sorry, man, but can we at least talk about things that are possible, like making adjustments with the guys that are on the roster. Let's take a quick time out. Clippers blow a fifteen point lead in Milwaukee. No Yiannis, no Chris Middleton, Dame has forty one. Bobby Portis drops fourteen in the fourth. Clippers will lose one thirteen to one oh six. More Clippers dock next year on a M five to seven E LA Sports every Clipper game all season, law they didn't stop playing
hard. You're listening to the LA Clippers Audio Network streaming on the iHeartRadio WAPP Clippers let one go again, oh fifteen. They lose one thirteen to one oh six in Milwaukee to the Bucks, who didn't have the Greek freak. Welcome back. In a Clipper stock, I'm at a mouslin to eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. Okay, I'm gonna put out a
rule. Can we talk about things that actually can change postgame? Talking about roster moves past the trade deadline doesn't work for me when a guy that you bring in isn't gonna be even playoff eligible. Let's just talk about this game maybe in what could have been done better, how they could have optimized lineups. All I'm asking John is Santa Clarita. You're on Clipper stock for that.
Amusin, thanks for having me on, Adam, I totally agree with everything you're sa and I was following what you're tweeting and what Joey Lynn was tweeting. How you can see it coming. James Harden carried the team, but he started to miss a lot of three years later in the game and
it was kind of hard to watch. But you know, I think they did run out of gas and not that this can be something you can change even today or this season, but the league's been willing to change the way that teams operate around back to backs and forcing stars to play a little bit more minutes in a back to back situation. Do you think they could like I don't know, do you think they could shave some of the preseason off
and maybe get rid of some of those back to back nular. I'd like to talk about things from this game that could be different, not rule changes, not things have to be negotiated in the CBA the next time it's up, Like, what are we doing? Man? Help me out? What would you have liked to see down the stretch outside of Clippers win. Yeah, I would have liked to see Kawhi make some more shots, Like he said, play a little bit bigger and hopefully Zoobosh can play more minutes in
future games. You know, coming up on Wednesday, we're gonna need him against a pretty good Houston team. All right, thank you for the phone call, John, appreciate it. Uh, let's go to I'm really rolling the dice Harold and North Hollywood. Harold, what's up? You're on clipperstock glutton for punishment? You know, you know, Adam, I might not taco you know, call, but I do listen to the show. I know you do, Harold, and you know, look at winning and losing.
I mean the Clippers as long as I remember, I know they must have broken the hearts of the fans so many, so many times. Put the bottom line, who's going to be Denver in the West anyway? The Nuggets are going to be there, And that's the question. This is all just Harold, Harold. Are they going to be the first team to go back to back since the Golden State Warriors did it in twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen? I think so. It doesn't happen that often. I think they
are beatable. I think they are beatable. You gotta be great, you gotta execute. They'll kill you down the stretch if you don't ask the Lakers. But they're beatable Clippers, capable of beating the Denver Nuggets. Yes, they just beat them the last time they played. Both teams were full strength, and Zoobots and Kawhi Leonard are the only two guys I've ever seen wreck
their pick and roll with Jokich and Jamal Murray. I'm not saying it's gonna happen every time, but they have a shot against them, no doubt. Okay, no, Hey, you know, do you think so? And that's okay? And I think they have a shot too. But hey, the Clippers could lose to the Thunder. They could lose to the Minnesota Timberwolves before they even get a shot at taking on the Denver Nuggets and the ratings champs. They got to play much better in this. They could lose in
the first round. They're gonna give up leads like this. They could lose to Phoenix. They could lose to the Pelicans. Their first round opponent could be very difficult. I think we got Johnny and Wither here, Johnny, what's up here? On Clipper stop? Let him on? Hey, it's about them. I mean, like the biggest issue was we we lost to Bobby Porter's junior at the end of the you know, a great game all that, there's no reason why he should be hitting those shots, hitting those
threes that he did. And I'm so tired of Pat V killing us whenever he sees us. But at the end of the day, you know what, inact, we're tired, we're sagarentesward the end of the fourth quarter. Bobby Porter's put us. He cooked us at the end of the day. But hey, you know what, it's the back to back. I know it was the early game on Sunday, but there's no excuse. You know, Clippers are going for the win. Clippers are gonna win it this year.
I guarantee it. I'm calling this out right now. Clippers are gonna win it. I guarantee it. But there's no way Bobby Porter should be getting those shots off at the end of the game. You know, I don't know what you think about that. It's the other sometimes to beat you. And Bobby Portis went five for seven first fourteen points in the fourth quarter, and the Clippers just had no answer. They didn't adjust, they didn't
try anything else. I was just beating your head against the wall, brutal mentioning the jerzy Mitch, what's up you're on Clippers soft with that A Mawson I'm doing? What about not playing small in the fourth quarter? See more plumbing. He's pretty athletic. I gotta help out with with our main scores and with the unfortunate injury with Westbrook. I'm holding to see more of youth. You knew that, you knew that line was coming, you know,
Boston Kobe joined him. I want I want to see the young plays too. Rest of the stars we had this game. I notice it is a very good bench player. He's really started in his career well, and and he's great in big moments. Did I mention he also had sixteen rebounds. He's their heart and soul guy. He's their Draymond at times. He's a champion, made big plays for them when they won it all in twenty twenty one. You just got to find a way to turn the gas off a
little bit, shut the water off, do something. We saw Lebron James go off in the fourth quarter, ends up burning the Clippers house. Poppy Portis. It's just unbelievable right now, the way they've let some games slip when they really are in a position. Let it happen against teams that they should have beaten up twenty one up fifteen tonight, Morris and long beach Morris, what's up here on clipperstock? Give me some more. Let me take
that man, Adam. Let me tell you what happened to the Clippers tonight. Happens to everybody in the National Basketball Association. Ain't nobody going eighty two or zero, Adam Morris, No one's asking for no one's asking for eighty two. And oh look, look, this is the National Basketball Association, the best athletes in the world. You didn't say nothing about Damian literally getting forty one points, and then you got Porters getting twenty. Yeah, my
good. I don't know I wanted that sixty nine points. These brothers got off. They got off. And we've had guys on our team, We've had guys tonight. I remember there was I was listening to my boy talking. There was a moment when the only ones with the Trippers that could score was Paul George and Harden. Well, the other night they didn't do anything, although I did harton getting ten assists on one turnover. You know,
so from game to game things change in the National Basketball Association. But I'm not hanging my head down. Porters is a good player. Porterses did me right what Draymond Green is to the Golden State Warriors. So you know, we lost on the road in Milwaukee. Milwaukee championship caliber team NBA. I know Porters is the third and fourth options. Let me tell you some of the morris. Milwaukee's not winning the championship without Johnston and a Koumpo and Chris
Middleton, two guys they didn't have tonight. Yeah, they have some pedigree there. They still have Damian Lillard. You could live with his forty one. You can't live with Bobby Fortis having twenty eight and fourteen in the fourth quarter. They just continue to go to him over and over again. Nothing changed. That's what's frustrating about this loss. I think for Clipper Nation, we'll take a quick time out. Well come back. You're gonna hear from
coach lou postgame. Clippers lose one thirteen to one oh six. Yeah, you can see it coming. Milwaukee got hot in the fourth, they played with great spirit, Go wiet and off night six of nineteen, just sixteen points nobody could stop the run. It was the stupid Austin Powers steamroller coming at you and you just couldn't stop it. Clippers give up a fifteen point
lead, they lose in Milwaukee won thirteen to one oh six. More Clipper Stock next year on the M five seventy LA Sports, Clippers lose in Milwaukee won thirteen to one oh six. Welcome back in the Clipper Stock. I'm out of Moslin. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Please call and bring some positivity, but also, I don't know, be somewhat of a realist. Please, San Milwaukee is the championship
team, Yeah they are. They also didn't have the guy that makes them a championship team tonight and Giannistin Dinakubo and the Clippers blew a fifteen point lead and they went small late and they got destroyed by Bobby Portis. Listen to this from Lom Murray of the Athletic Clippers were outscored by thirteen points after going small at the eight oh two mark of the fourth Bobby Portis scored eleven of his fourteen points in the fourth quarter against Hardin Powell, George Leonard Coffee in
that lineup. Let's go to Rose in Los Angeles prose what's up here on Clippers stock with that in Austin East Vale. I'm sorry, that's okay. It's a new city. Not a lot of people know about it. How you doing man here? You know, it's a tough loss for the Clippers after blowing twenty one point lead to the Lakers, and then you see this happened in a game against Milwaukee where they're down to of their best players.
They're definitely down their best player. Probably shouldn't happen when you're up by fifteen, but it did tonight. It did what you said to bring some positivity and I like to do that to basically, you know, I love my Clippers. Give it to me and you know, yeah, people don't realize maybe it hasn't been talked about too much tonight with Clippers did play a tough Minnesota team last night and won barely by one. I don't know if anybody
watched that action. It was back and forth. As a great game that takes a lot out of a team, and it is Minnesota. That's one point. Then you have to play Milwaukee, who is way up there in the rankings too. So without here's the positivity. I'm really happy going into that third quarter looking like the Clippers, and I think everybody was, including yourself. The thing I'd like to just kind of focus on is that, and we didn't have Russell Westbot, so we did run out of gas.
We did have a tough game last night against Minnesota, and just your thoughts about that. Yeah, I brought that up earlier. I appreciate the phone call Rose that could account for why they ran out of gas. Defensive slugfest yesterday in Minnesota against what was the best team in the West. The Clippers dropped them down to the two seed after Okay, see one in Phoenix. Look, I think there's something to that. There's also something too. They
don't have you, honest, they don't have Chris Middleton. You're up fifteen, close out the game, step on their throats, drop a couple of daggers. They get it up from fifteen to twenty twenty five games over. I couldn't do it tonight. Keith and Los Angeles, you're on Clipper stock without amuesm. What's up? Keith? Ah, I bless you man. I'm calling to give you some some positivity. My brother, give it to me, Keith, give it to me. No. At the same time,
like you said, we got to be realistic. This was and it's funny. I heard the exasperation in your voice as soon as the game man as they blessed my brother's hard But it was whip the puff law. We've been on the road a lot, my brother, Adam, We've been on the road a block. Man. You know what I'm saying. That's the realism, you know, like you said, everything you said is always just on the money. However, here's the positivity. And Adam Scott me if
I begin to watch too poetic. But again, remember why I had to say what I said when I first met you. After forty years of following the Clippers, I'm addressing you and Clipper Nation. Is this not the unit that could go all the way. I'm not saying it's not gonna be easier or of course not, but considering all things, like you said, there's been some times, man, we handled another where you don't easily handle other teams, or this, that and the other. You know what I'm saying.
So I and let me just say also, and then I'll kind of land my plane, so to speak. This is also where we again, after forty years of watching these guys, this is where we tend to falter right after the All Star break when we begin to these first and second rounds. But again, man have to watch to Blake Griffin, Chris Paul, Aaron Art, that whole Live City. I'm saying this unit here is the best one yet. Am I right or wrong? Brother Adam, I yield
the MinC You're correct, You're correct about that. I appreciate you giving me the floorback. This Clippers team is the most talented team in franchise history. They have had a run during this regular season that is unmatched, not just by the record or at one point they were twenty six and five and a thirty one game stretch, but the level of dominance they showed, the big wins they had. I mentioned the one against the Denver Nuggets. They's had
a huge one yesterday against Minnesota. They were healthy. So you're not wrong, Keith. But there's twenty two games left, and you want to build good habits in these finals. Twenty two games tonight the game against the Lakers. I hope we're not seeing a pattern here of a team letting up and letting go when they're up big. That is my concern. We got Michael in l A. Michael, you're on clipper stoft with that, amst Hey, Adam. Two things First, you know this laws was frustrating. Ladders
reminded me of you know, last year. I guess it was a game, right, I guess right after the All Star break when they lost to Milwaukee, and that was when Paul George said they had to go out and get Russell Westbrook. And you know, Paul George was locked up by then. Drew Holidays obviously on the team anymore. But you know, the idea was that they needed, you know, they needed a point guard to unlocked
two and three. And that's right, but just you know, still getting that point garden, they're not being able to execute and close down the stretch is bothering and bothers with me and makes me wonder whether this you know this just you know, being honest. Well, look, let me say let me say this, Michael, let me say this. They scored twenty five points in the fourth quarter. That's not terrible. The problem is they gave up forty. That's what can happen. They got carved up defensively when they
went small. So to me, that's the difference of the ball game. I agree with you. They have the right guy now in James Harden. They still left points out there. I believe there were seven of twenty from the field in the fourth quarter. Let's hear from coach Lou. Here's what the hell I say. Let's hear from somebody who knows, who has forgotten more basketball than I'll ever know. Here was coach Lou post game after the Clippers let go and blew a fifteen point lead in the third in Milwaukee.
They lose one thirteen to one oh six. Struggle shooting in basketball. They got in a penalty early and Dame got aggressive, you know, dropping the ball to the to the basket and got them back in the game at the third quarter when they got into the bonus, you know, and so when they went to this, you know, we got a little jump shot happy
instead of keep attacking the basket, getting to the paint. And I think we were in the bonus pretty early in that fourth quarter, and we just you know, they did a good job of going to the zone and then we didn't handle it well. Would just be considered this Laten Saters a bad
loss considering you're trying to up in the West. They don't. They're all bad losses, you know, however you look at it, you know, but you know, coming off a back to back, you know, whether John's play or not, we knew it's gonna be a tough game, and Dame came out to the tone early for this team. I thought Pat Beav's defensive you know, trying to get on the guy's skin, infected us early.
But then we you know, kind of you know, gained the lead and you know, like that third quarter got into the bonus and they really got to the free throw line a lot. Yeah, and the Clippers were in the bonus early on the fourth quarter. I thought they would exploit that they could have lived at the charity stripe. Of course you actually have to make them, and they missed five free throws in the fourth quarter. Coachley was also asked about, you know, the fatigue factor, so it may
have played a role with that missing devil free throws. Guys may have not had their legs. As for going small, this has come from Lombary of the athletic coach. Lufellow would be better rotating to shooters without Zoo, so there's logic to that. Instead, it was more of an inside outside attack from Milwaukee Bucks. They took advantage of the Clippers going small. Coming up next, well, Chuck maclaarn it's a loss, so he comes on during
those will Updyke during victories, Clippers were up by fifteen. They lose one thirteen to one oh six in Milwaukee to the Bucks without Jansonna Koopo and Chris Middleton. You're listening to clipperstock here on a five seventy LA Sports every Clipper game all season, law they didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to the LA Clippers Audio Network streaming on the iHeartRadio app. Clippers lose in Milwaukee,
won thirteen to one oh six. They had a fifteen point lead in the third, they had a thirteen point lead, It was just forty seconds left in that third quarter. Ends up being just an eight point lead hanging into the fourth. They miss free throws, they missed shots. The Bucks got whatever they wanted on the other end as the Clippers went small, and somehow, some way they let go of what looked to be a two to zero start to this big time road trip in March. Welcome into Clipperstock. I'm
out a Moslin. Speaking of March, we got a little clips in double Dip for you with Chuck Mackler, the proprietor of March Madness, the Clippers version of it. Chuck, where was this game lost? I mean, there's a couple of things that kind of point to with this one. Do we can talk about the free throws? The Clippers on the second night of a back to back had nine minutes of bonus time, which is something that I'm fairly sure has never happened before for the Clippers. But that's something you
can't throw away. Second nide of a back to back, right that that really got me just settling for shots, just jacking up shots that were short. You saw that, you saw the fatigue. Sure it was the second nid of a back to back. I don't really care. If the other team is missing two of their best three players, one of them being their their best player, I guess I gotta go with just it was lost by
poor decision making in the fourth quarter, is what it seems. How much do you put on coach lou in that small ball lineup that was inept again? To Bobby port it's a lot. I put a lot. I don't know if I haven't been a coach who apologist or anything. I think he's a phenomenal coach. I love coach Lou no doubt. I don't really know who would coach the Clippers better. But right now we're seeing some small ball
situations that are losing the Clippers games. Right we swim. I think he had to play PJ Tucker for those couple of games just to show everyone else on the team that this isn't it. But I think tonight like it just wasn't working. We were watching it not work right. We were all watching Mommy Portos do his thing against the small ball lineup, and they were fouling like crazy. With that small ball lineup. Sometimes the hands in the passing
lanes work, but they were not there tonight. It was just it was tough. It was a tough on a mere and norm we're pretty brutal in this one. Obviously it's not along them, but they didn't get a lot from the bench, and it just it was Yeah, I put a fair amount on Tyler. I mean they were fouling like crazy basically in the second half the Milwaukee Bucks had fourteen free throws attempted in that third quarter alone.
But then to just compound the pain here, the Clippers got into the bonus early in the fourth quarter, and they didn't take advantage of it because even when they got to the free throw line, even when they could have exploited that over and over again and ended this game cleanly, they missed five free throws in the fourth quarter. Paul George missed three, of Harden with one,
even Kawhi Leonard missed one. It's just inexcusable. I get tired legs, but three free throws missed by a ninety free throw shooter in Paul George. It's just there's no way to rationalize that. Yeah, there was some bad luck in this game. That is also partly how you lose this game.
You know, we can't pretend that some anomaies didn't happen. Paul George was frustrating the night, but I think some of the some of the fans are maybe on the second night of a back to back when it comes to fatigue as well, and we're upset to watch them, you know, kind of throw it away post figuratively and literally. In the fourth but we all wanted to split on this back to back. They won the conference game. I'm not trying to sugarcoat it. This is the second time in five days
we've had to watch this team completely. I can't say what I want to say or really on the radio, but they did it to themselves. If you can connect the dots from there, we've seen that two times in five days. They were thirty one in one or something like that when when leading so in the fourth quarter, it just it is gross basketball. It favored the Bucks. Yeah, I think we're gonna get more of the same.
Maybe you know from tylu pregame on Wednesday, Gainst the Rockets is staying mentally focused because that I mean, he's not wrong about that, right, Like that's that's where we've been losing things. Is kind of the mental game. We've seen these mistakes. So they got to clean it up. And if you really want a positive spit on it. They have a lot of chances to clean it up in March. They do. They still have what are
we looking at fourteen more games here in March. They're two to one so far during March Madness, seventeen games and thirty one days for the Clippers. This was just I mean, the situation begged for a victory. Without Yannis adenik Koopo and Chris Middleton, everything was lining up. The Clippers only were missing Russell Westbrook in this game after yes a one in Minnesota that they pulled off by one. So you just want to get greedy this time of the
year. Is I think where I fall. It's just a missed opportunity where the Clippers could have gotten back into competing for maybe even a top two seed, which is gonna be very difficult to do considering they have the toughest schedule the three teams above them in the Western Conference Right now, I guess you could say they shot the basketball better than they did yesterday. Paul George and
James Harden responded in that area. For the most part. PG had a couple of inconsequential threes late that were meaningless after somehow they were down by ten after going into the quarter up by eight. But you know, I'm just wondering, are there any other guys you would have played late that could have had fresher legs out there? Did coach lou just have his hand tied? I think he kind of has his hand tide, right. You know, you look at the norm minutes and Bones only got ten in this one.
It's tough to play Bones against his Bucks team. I thought he made a couple good plays, but he's still getting back to actual meaningful basketball, you know, physically and all that stuff. Maybe Mason, I guess you maybe try and do Mason there, But but Tyson was playing well, right, like right, very true. But you look, you know, Brandon Boston Jr. Is not doing anything against that Bucks team. I love Xavier Moon, but he's not doing anything. And we know, we know what the
PJ. Tucker would not shoot. So I think part of it is uh tie, his hand being tied by just some lack of other options at the big four position. I'm not trying to say that if they would have had auto porters, they would have won this game. But these are the problems you're gonna run into, and sometimes it is just as simple as needing your guys to be better than the other guys. We we almost had it tonight, right, Our big three was pretty solid, but Kawhi couldn't quite you
know, get the percentages we wanted from the floor. But we we shouldn't need all three guys to be on it against the team again playing a zone without their two best defenders. Do you have any big picture concerns about this team in the clutch, because clutch rating wise, they were the best in the league entering this game. I think when it came to net rating, it looks like they're falling down to sixth now after this ballgame. Maybe if
I just go from December first on. But are you seeing a pattern here that is more concerning? Considering as you mentioned, the Lakers game was just five days ago. I think I'm gonna give it maybe another week or so before I fully hit the panic button. It is after the break. It's an old team. It's gonna take some motion to get them in motion, if that makes sense. So talk to me in two more blown leads in the fourth quarter. I don't want to second bleep. I hope that doesn't
happen. But not fully there yet. We still have to see how the kind of de facto backup point guard bones Island's gonna look. So not a big picture, but I would say a medium picture right now. It's definitely in the back of my mind. The burner is warm, I would say, yeah, and I thought Bones had some good moments in his eleven minutes knockdown a three pointer after he had missed fifteen straight this season, got off
the snide. There also that ridiculous Okie Dokee wraparound pass to Daniel Tyee second wrap around pass to Tye in the last couple of games. Maybe they're developing some chemistry. However, the skeleton key is not enough to comfort me after this lost by the Clippers. They lose one to thirteen to one oh six in Milwaukee to the Bucks. But they'll get back after it on Wednesday in
Houston. And hey, this team for the most part this season. What they've lost back to back games twice the last two or three months or something like that, Chuck, so expect a big response, and they do have a day off tomorrow, no long after play three games in a row like the ninety nine lockout. Chuck, thanks for coming on a little clips in double dip here on Clipperstock, my friend. We'll talk to you on the YouTube tomorrow. Oh, thanks for having me, Chuck. Let's get out.
Let's get out that second keyword. We don't have to give out the first one again. That's for people to go back and find if they didn't hear it the first time. But the second keyword to win that Russell Westbrook bobblehead chuck the floor is yours give it out. Frustration. We're gonna go with frustration for this for the second keyword you're asking me on this night, of all night, so we have to go with frustration. Fair enough, it's appropriate. All right, Charles, we'll talk to you tomorrow, my
friend. Sounds good Talkola, Adam. Let's go clips before we get to Zachiocalady and get out of here. Let's hear from Jose in Southgate. One last tidbit of positivity. I know we can get it from Jose. Jose, what's up? Well? I was singing this phone so off for I guess this game because it was two games before the Laker game, or at least three losses before the Laker game, where we were up in the fourth quarter and we just lost it. So I tried to hold it to you
know what. It was the Lebron and Lebron things. We bounce back with the Kings and then we made a nice and gritty with the Wolves. But here we go again at him. And that's why I like you because you're not holding it back. You're saying the truth. And that's why it's like, okay, are we are? We just waiting for the playoffs. That's probably what the old team is going to do. You know Paul George on the podcast, he's talking about you want to be in that three or four
spot. All right, we get it. So I'm still holding onto that optimistic like, all right, we listened to get in the playoff boys. And one good thing is, you know yesterday we were we were on the short time. I want to want to that my son called off, but I did want to say besides the mere coffee taking on that Westbrook road which goes Highlands. Today he showed a little bit of highlighted a little nice big
too. I don't know, nice pass too. I'm tice. But one thing I did like, rap it up b come on finding his shot, finding a shot game aggressive because I thought he was getting too old, but no, he still has this. So that lets me show that we are waiting for the playoffs and let's go Clipper all right, all right, that's what I want to hear. I like that Clippers still in the fourth spot in the West three and a half games up in the New Orleans Pelicans behind
them in the five spot. Before we get out of here, we got Zacho call Toy our producer tonight doing a lot of work. Zach, fantastic job. As always. Let's play a little one in one. You asked me a question, I gotta throw one back at you. Okay, uh, First off, thank you for having me on. You got one question. One question. I saw a lot of the Bucks jerseys in the front
row tonight and they were the retro ones the nineties. I just want to know, Adam, what are your favorite jerseys that are non Clippers, that are non Clippers? Yeah, all time. One of mine would be the pinstripe Orlando Magic jerseys from the nineties, and I think they've were back with t MAC at some point wearing those two. Those are nice. I like those. The black Chicago Bulls jerseys with pinstripes from I think the ninety five
to ninety six season. Jordan right, the purple Charlotte Hornets pinstripe jerseys. Are you sensing the theme here? From the nineties, A lot of pinstripes. I don't really like that one, but yes, go on. And lastly, the Charlotte Bobcats. Baby, No, I'm just kidding. Nobody liked those, you know. I just like these new Clippers jerseys. I can't wait with the cursive. They're beautiful to look at. So I'm looking
forward to those. All right, one question for you, Yes, I know you didn't call in, but where was this game lost tonight by the Clippers? I mean the fact that you don't play well against a team that doesn't have an MVP candidate and you, honest and their best role player in Chris Middleton. I mean, yeah, but they had your favorite player, Dame Dolla that that's true, and you got it like at least double team Dame. You gotta get the ball out of the hands and what so,
so Bobby Portison get even more open shot. He was the Dame tonight in that fourth quarter. It was Bobby Porti's time. I mean, you can look at it this way, like, yes, I agree, the small ball is what doomed the Clippers this quarter. But also it's just how the hell do you not like it's your professionals. How the hell do any ProTeam still struggle against his zone. That's the thing that always befuddles me. So you can't make shots. It's hard to bust his own but uh yeah,
it was brutal to watch tonight. Thank you, Zach, thank you, thank you. Before we get out of here, I do want to thank the Clippers organization, Ralph Lallabrian, Seaman Noah Ego, Carlo Jimenez on the call, the callers, the listeners, the venors, big Brother Jake Warner. Until Wednesday, the Clippers looking to bounce back once again after a brutal loss. They'll be in Houston pregame at three point thirty. I met a Moslim. We'll talk to you then