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Lad The Clippers hold on and come through late up in Sacktown. It was a four point game with just minutes remaining, and they hit three straight threes and Norman Pale drops thirty one as they win one oh seven to ninety eight over the Kings. Welcome into your postgame show. I'm at a Moslin coming up second half highlights, but first back out to Carlojmenez in Sacramento from Golden I Center. What a victory, What a performance by this team. It
wasn't pretty. Eight turnovers on the fourth I'm sure coach Lou will be focused on that, but they stepped up when they had too late. Carlo, Yeah, they.
Stepped up at them.
They played their brand of basketball and Norman Pale and Coffee got it done for this Clipper team down the stretch nine in the quarter for a mere normally that big three and really started at them with what you mentioned maybe the best stretch of the year for Kevin Porter Junior. Nine in a row probably should have been eleven if he wasn't called for the travel driving to the rim. The Clipper bench had four total points late
in that third quarter. They finished the game with twenty five from their bench, fourteen from Amire and the other eleven from KPJ. Impressive stuff for that group on an impressive win, and you just got to keep building.
But man, this Clipper team, Adam, we.
Talked about it after last game against Philadelphia. They seemingly have found their roles in this team and have found some sort of identity.
And I'll tell you what the math is mathin.
Right now for Norma Pale, the math is math in addition by subtraction is looking to make a whole.
Lot of sense.
Mister negative right now is doing a lot of positive things for the Clippers and Norman Pale. What a performance a double with twelve boards. Only Zubots had more for them. I mean, I can't say enough about what Norman Pala has been able to do with the departure of Paul George. He wanted this opportunity and he is absolutely making the most of it. Carlos.
He's doing everything right at him.
He's efficient, he's effective, he's getting rebounds.
He is playing at.
An elite level through nine games, and it just continues to happen for him night after night. He looks comfortable out there. He's had This is his fifth game with five or more threes. He did it four times in eighty two games last year. I mean, he is just playing on another level for this Clipper team.
And it's so fun to watch.
I mean, when Norman Palace bringing the ball down the left wing and he gets into that hop step, you know the ball's going up and you almost know it's going in.
He looks so.
Comfortable, so in rhythm, so locked in. A true sniper for this Clipper team from the outside right now. He told us, I mean, let's be honest, he told us. He said he could be a starter, he could be an all star. He can average twenty in this league. And he is putting money where his mouth is right now for this Clipper group.
And he's cast from distance. And by the way, when they're loading up on him off of that double or triple team, when he was driving down the lane that kickout, I believe was the Derrick Jones junior for the final three pointer to really put this one away. After the Clippers had some careless and unforced turnovers in the fourth quarter, but they came through in Sacramento against the squad that was a top five offense entering this ballgame and Carlo.
For the second straight game, their defense held a team to just ninety eight points.
I mean, Sacramento Adams shot eleven percent from three, three for twenty.
Six prize from three to eleven percent.
Sacramento, Oh my gosh.
They were looking for any sort of help from three point Land, but they were a lot more expensive tonight.
This Clipper team made it tough.
The Kings under one hundred points today, thirty one from de Aaron Fox you get twenty three from the bonus, but not allowed to help anywhere else. And Keegan Murray goes two for ten, Kevin Hurder two for five. The
Clippers hounded the Kings all game long. On the defensive end, they made nothing easy, and the Clippers also had them crash the offensive glass like no other twelve offensive rebounds leading to eighteen second chance points for your Clippers, and the hustle stats were excellent in all in the Clippers favor. It was fun to watch them be a group that we know they can be. That Brian Schach told us about. He said, look, if we want to win games in this NBA, we have to play harder than the other
team every night. And the Clippers are doing that through these first nine games.
Yeah, it is impressive. They are building up that identity and they're just strengthening it, strengthening it every game. They're now five and four. This was the front end of a back to back. They're coming home to into a dumb conquering heroes. After taking down the Kings, they will be taking on the Toronto Raptors tomorrow night from the Dome. Dome is home. Tip time for that one at seven thirty. We'll have your pregame show starting at six thirty. Carlo Jimenez,
Safe Travels. See it into a Dome tomorrow.
Seune into it, Dadum, let's go coming up next.
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Clippers win in Sacramento and hold the fifth best offense in the league to ninety eight points. They win one oh seven to ninety eight at Golden One Center. Welcome back in. I'm Adam Moslin. This is your Clippers postgame show still to come. We'll get to your postgame box score and on AM five seventy LA Sports tonight, we got Clippers talk for you. Eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight six six ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's get to second
half action. Clippers led by as many as ten in the first half. They were up fifty one to forty five twenty four minutes in. In the third quarter, it was rough. It was tough basketball to watch. I felt like there was a whistle every possession the first five minutes of the third. But a theme so far this season and a guy they brought in right away after they cut ties with Paul George, they went a different direction. They were looking for more defense and a three and
D guy that could be e leaite there. His name Derek Jones. Junior.
This crown trying to get their team back on this bowling game. Harden, rob's it back door.
Derek Jones Junior skies in and throws it down. The Clippers will have pretty play out of the time out.
Harden all the right wing Saunters kicks Jones left wing three therer's it.
Derek Jones Junior with his third triple of the night.
He's got eleven.
Couple of big threes there in the third quarter from DJ. Clippers led seventy eight to seventy three heading into the fourth quarter. To start the fourth KPJ nine straight points for the Clippers. That was huge. They were up by sixteen, but it was down to just four with minutes remaining. A sack Town made a push and the Clippers continue to turn it over eight turnovers in the fourth quarter alone.
But that's neither here nor there. When you hit clutch three after clutch three, like this down the stretch.
Norman Palell on the right wing pulls up for three there reason. Norman Powell with a silencer thirty one on the game. His fifth triple puts the Clippers up seven nine to shoot hard and fine Zoo four assists kicks it coffee left wing three straight music, one oh four ninety four Clippers by ten minute fifty to go. In the fourth, Norma left in a dribble, crosses the left with five drives, Alan with three on fines, Jones right corner three got.
It Derek Jones junior dagger one.
Oh seven ninety six Clippers with a minute eighteen to cowing the fourth.
What a nine to oh run by the Clippers. They finished the game on a nine to two run. They finish off the Sacramento Kings winning one oh seven to ninety eight in a Pac DIV contest for the ages. For your Los Angeles Clippers, this was a big victory. They're back above five hundred and five and four and they're coming back home to take on the Toronto Raptors tomorrow at the Dome. Coming up next, final box score and your calls eight six six nine eight seven two
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Clippers hold another team to ninety eight points, a top five offense in the league in their own house Clippers one oh seven Kings ninety eight. Clippers leave Golden one censer and head back to the Dome to take on the Raptors tomorrow night. Victorious. Welcome back into your postgame show. I'm Ada Oslin. Huge victory Clipper Nation coming up on a five to seventy LA Sports. We'll have Clippers stock
for you. Eight sixty six, nine eighty seven two five seventy eight six six ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number. The Clippers were up sixteen, but the Kings weren't going away. It was down to a four point game at ninety eight to ninety four after DeMar DeRozan hit a midi and then Norman pal three, and then a mere Coffee three, and then Norman Powell and the kickout to Derek Jones Junior after they doubled him for three unreal. Clippers win one oh seven to ninety eight.
What a performance late and this team showing up off how they can step up in a big game. Has their three to zero on the road. By the way, Clippers ended up shooting just forty four percent from the floor, but fourteen to thirty from three. They're about to be I think at over thirty eight percent from three on the season. Now, last three games they have been hot from distance. Meanwhile, Sacramento story of the game, three of twenty six from beyond the arc. I told you they
hadn't been shooting it. Well. I was worried at some point they'd catch fire. It never happened. Credit the Clippers defense some and just anordinate amount of cold shooting. Clippers still had twenty one turnovers, and eight of those in the fourth quarter, but they only gave up seventeen points on those twenty one turnovers. They got fifteen points on the fourteen turnovers from Sacktown. So Clippers did their job
of getting in transition when they could. Normurn Palell thirty one points ten of twenty three, shooting five of nine from distance. I just twelve boards two of pensive repounds. Norman Powell is con radio active. As Brian Stepman would say, he is backing up the talk, talking the talk, and now walking the walk. He said it addition by subtraction. Take that for data. Outside of Los Angeles, we are leaving you until tomorrow night six thirties, a pregame show
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The Norman Powell Rangers are taken over. Norman Powell with thirty one and twelve boards and the Clippers win one oh seven to ninety eight in sack Town over the Kings. Welcome to Clippers.
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Powell Rangers, welcome to clipperstock. I'm out of Maslin eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. If you're listening on the radio side, you just heard. I believe that is buckethead on the guitar for the Powell Rangers anthem. I'm not joking about that, Zachocaldy. Our producer will check on that. But Norman Storman Pal or Storman Norman Pale, whichever way you want to say it. Addition, by subtraction,
the guys taking over the league, talk your stuff. It works, he said it a media day. I think his addition by subtraction losing Paul George, Paul George. He had nine points against the Lakers tonight, went oh of six from three. You know what normOn pal just did. He just eviscerated the Kings thirty one twelve boards, are you kidding me? And a key pass late to Derris Jones Junior for a three pointer as the Clippers went three three three
not four Moses Malone style. But they knocked down three threes in a four point game late to put this one away. Clutch shots. It was Storm and Norman Powell, then a mere coffee is for closers, and of course DJ airplane mode as they're flying back to into a dome with that last three pointer there to put this one on ice. They take down the Kings one to seven to ninety eight. This was a victory Clipper Nation, three in a row for the Clips, A good victory. One I wasn't sure if they could get not in
this fashion. The Sacramento Kings were fifth offensively as you would imagine heading into this one. They've been good offensively the last couple of seasons, and the Clippers shut the water off again. After holding Philly to ninety eight points, they hold sack Town in their own house to ninety eight points at Golden One Center. This team is fun. These guys are gritty, they play hard. Sure, there were some turnovers late, they made up for it with the threes.
I can't say enough about this Clippers team. In Norman Powell and a mere coffee with nine of his fourteen points in the fourth quarter clutch How about Kevin Porter Junior. He had nine straight early in the fourth quarter. Different guys stepping up at different times. James Harden had fifteen points in the first quarter. Offense was a grind here and there. I mean, they didn't score in the second quarter.
They didn't have a made field goal till about the eight to twenty mark, and then they did it again in the third. And their defense was so good it didn't matter. They could go into these deep offensive funks and just hold down Sacramento. Who win. This might be a franchise low the King shot three of twenty six from three. In my game preview, I told you about this team has been struggling from three, going back to the preseason. It has been spooky how bad they've been
from distance. It feels like a hex. They got some kind of seance they got to use to get out of this funk from distance. This team is cursed right now from three. But then de Aaron Fox the first shot of the game was a three pointer, and I thought, here we go. Of course they're gonna come out of the funk against the Clippers. Nope, they only hit two more of the rest of the way. Three of twenty six is eleven and a half percent from three. I can't believe what I just saw. The Kings were that
bad and they have very capable shooters. Malik Monk oh of three, Kean Ellis one of three, Trey Lylesh of two from distance, Aaron two of five, Kevin Herder oh of three, Keigan Murray oh of six. Are you kidding me? Tomarto Rozan who had been shooting it well from three, actually one of the few guys on the team he went oh of two. De Aaron Fox gets thirty one. It doesn't matter. Demantas Bonus had twenty three and twelve and he didn't feel it. Big Zoo had fifteen boards.
He had thirteen and fifteen. This team special inspired basketball, the type of brand of basketball that Clipper Nation has been known to love. I well, we gotta screen some calls here eight six six ninety seven two five seventy eight six six ninety seven two five seventy. But I could not be more proud of this group being above five hundred right now, with a chance to start off the first ten games six and four if they win tomorrow back home against Toronto, a team that's really struggling.
I think they're still last defensively in the league. You gotta build off of this. Hey, I got a question, was something born out of that twenty six point comeback against San Antonio? Can we say that yet? Was something born out of that victory? Then they beat Paul George and Philly and now they come through like this in Sacramento three in a row. It's early, but the personnel is there to be this good defensively. I'm not shocked, but it's been even better than I thought so far.
Hashtag JVG for MVP, Jeff Van Gundy for MVP. He's been that good This team right now, just an unbelievable defensive performance against Sacramento. I set it around the six or seven minute mark. I put the tweet out there. Check it. I said, Sacktown is not getting to one hundred points tonight. They almost did ninety eight. You hold a team under one hundred in this league? I think the worst team last season in the NBA average one
hundred and six points per game. The worst team the worst offense in the NBA average like one hundred and six last year in the NBA. Back to back games, you hold a team under one hundred? Are you kidding me. This is incredible stuff by this Clippers team. And when I thought they were about to give a game away with eight turnovers in the fourth quarter and just some boneheaded ones, instead three straight three pointers ridiculous. First Norm
calm everyone down, then a mere coffee. Then Derek Jones Jr. Just clutch shot after clutch shot doing what Sacramento couldn't, hitting big threes, difference in the game, and it showed itself out late. This is special. Joe in lake Forest, who I think was in the chat here on the Clippers talk side on YouTube a little bit earlier, Joe Rosenfeld. I think this is Joe what's up here on Clipper stock with Autam Auslin.
Adam, what's up? Thank you for everything you do. The Clippers content is a plus at all times, so addition by subtraction. I love the equation, but I think I've found it. It's Clippers minus thirteen equals twenty four. That's all I have to say.
Clippers minus thirteen equals twenty four. I mean, I get it. Minus Paul George minus PG thirteen equals twenty four. Savage Norman Pal's number. What a bad ass. I haven't seen something like this in a long time, where a guy calls his shot, says, it's his time. Put me in the starting lineup. I'll show you what I can do. Some guys wait for this moment, this opportunity, and they lose themselves eminem style. They can't step into the bright lights.
They can't deliver when they finally get it, they can't make it happen. Meanwhile, Norman Powell thriving as a starter. It's been the best player on the team. He's been one of the best players in the league. What are we talking about? Does Norman Powell have the most twenty plus point game so far this season? Clipper Nation, I'm asking you, does he? Norm is destroying worlds right now?
Norman is doing some pioneer stuff where other teams are gonna be like, maybe Sacramento is gonna be like man Milik Monks, we give more of a leash, Like look at what Norman Pale's doing now? Are giving him this opportunity. I mean, he's a killer. Last season. I'm he's closing out games last season with the Powell Ranger lineup, and he was shooting something like fifty five percent from the floor and forty six percent or forty eight percent in
fourth quarters from three last season. He was the best crunch time performer for them. Nobody was more clutched than Norm last season in the fourth, not Kawhi, not PG, not Harden.
It was Norm.
Now he's doing it for four quarters. What are we looking at? Norman Powell was shooting from three heading into this one forty eight percent. After this game where he went what five of nine from distance? Is he going to be over fifty from three to five of nine is fifty five percent? It might push him over fifty percent from three nine games in where the Clippers are five and four, He shot forty four percent from three
last season. This is not a fluke. We just didn't know what we were gonna get once he had to play more defense and go up against starters and get doubled and get schemed and have teams focus in on trying to stop him. Look at this man, Norman Powell is scoring like we wanted to see Paul Georgia times, just more consistent with it. Not riding a wave. He's just getting it twenty five plus every night. This is incredible. It's early, I know, but damn it. If you want
to be excited about this team right now. Enjoy it. I still got another game coming up tomorrow. It's big. Take it on the wrap, back it into a dome. Julian and whittier. Jullian. You're on Clippers stop with out of Maazon. Jullian hangs up and gets scared. Obviously not a Norman Powell type. When the pressure was on, he shied away. Not Norman Powell, not the Powell Rangers, not the leader. I don't know is he Jason? He was the original, then Tommy took over when he became the
White Ranger. After that it gets a little convoluted and I couldn't keep track Ninja's Ords, Power Rangers in space. All I know is Norman Powell is playing like an All Star. He's playing like a first team guy. Clippers win one oh seven and ninety eight in Sacramento over the Kings. More Clippers stock coming up next year on a five seventy LA Sports.
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Norman pell the right wing pulls up for three. There res it.
Norman Powell with a silencer thirty one on the game. His FIP triple puts the Clippers up seven.
Norman Powell storman, Norman does it again, drops thirty one, matches the Aaron Fox with his production and it's another five to three pointer made game for Norman Powell as the Clippers went up North one seven ninety eight over the Sacramento Kings in Golden One Center. This is how many five to three pointer plus games Norman Palell has already this season five five in nine games. Incredible. Welcome back into Clippers Talk. I'm out. I am Oslin's huge
victory Clipper Nation. If you're in the chat and you're not scared, you could call in. We're live on AM five to seventy LA Sports eight sixty six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight sixty six ninety seven two five seventy. Don't say you hate your voice. You get used to it over time. Trust me, I used to feel like that too, Bonesaw, says the bow Legged Sniper with Norm Powell. That is one of the nicknames. Let's bring a producer, Zach o'calady. He's head of research here too.
At AM five seventy at least. During Clippers talk, Zach I asked you to check out where Norm ranks when it comes to twenty point games so far this season. Lay it out for everyone.
Okay, So it looks as if Jason Tatum and Anthony Edwards have nine games where they've scored twenty or more points this year, and then it looks as if Norm Powell is tied for second most at eight with the likes of the European and the people such as Yiannis Jokic and the future vpeat Doncic.
I actually think Sga is getting it this year, but doncons will be right there with him. Of course. Is this not impressive? Are you not entertained? Okay, how many guys? I got a new one for you, Zach, if you got the Zach as Petros say, how many guys have more games so far with hitting five three pointers or more efforting? I know you're gonna have to go to Steph Curry at the time. Zach's quick with it. Steph hasn't even played five games, I don't think so far,
so he might be out. That might make it a little bit easier for you guys. This is special. This ain't some insanity run. This is a guy who has been good, who has averaged twenty per game before, who was a starter in Portland, they had a great offense. He was next to CJ, next to Dame. Now it's just him James Harden and if he'st the zubas with the starters, and Norm is a bucket addition by subtraction. We're gonna hear from Norm in a little bit. We got some postgame audio for you. But these are the
type of guys I love to root for. Somebody who has been underrated, counted out, didn't make top three of six man voting last season even though he led everyone with points off the bench last season. Didn't get into the All Star Game three point contest even though he shot forty four percent from three last season. Understand the grind, That's what Norman Powell would say. He's been through all this. He wasn't supposed to be this level of score coming
out of UCLA at all. This is somebody that works tirelessly. Prime Norman Powell is upon us as Al says, Noel's for this Clippers team. Over the last three games, three in a row, trying to make it four in a row in Toront's They're back. Take it on Toronto tomorrow. Add into it Dome. You will be entertained. Believe that glad here too. I don't know if that's gonna be very entertaining. I worry about a sequel that comes out twenty five years later. And Rudley Scott's a little bit
washed right now. Not Norman Powell, the age of thirty one getting his big show. Opportunity lights not too bright for Norman Powell. A mere coffee again. Coffee is for closers, as Brian Seman would say, just coming through down the stretch of a ball game. Coffee got this whole thing started without his big performance, I think, twenty one points in their twenty six point comeback against San Antonio. This winning streak isn't happening. The good vibes from this team not happening.
Man.
I'm loving this Clippers group. The defense leading to offense leading to Norm buckets. I just some of the shots he is hitting right now, guys. The confidence is at null time high. He started the fourth quarter with a three pointer and then hit the biggest shot of the game when it was a four point game. Was just a few minutes remaining, which got everybody else to have a little bit more confidence offensively a mere three Derek Jones Junior.
Three.
Derek Jones Junior has been an amazing pickup for this team. Are you kidding me? Speaking of addition by subtraction? Paul George Leaving opened up the non taxpayer mid level exception? Who'd they use that? On day one of free agency? Hours after they said they're cutting off ties with Paul George basically in a statement the negotiations were over. Wasn't going to happen. Dereck Jones Junior was the guy they brought in first. I said, right then, Oh, I see
leaning into defense. You can't make up for the lost scoring production from Paul George, or maybe you can now with Norman Pals, So let's lean into defense. Derek Jones Junior five of eight four to three pointers and a huge oop off a pass from James Harden, just unbelievable. Zach's still efforting, No, I got it, you got it already. Tell me it's Norm. Tell me it's Norm with the most five three pointer games.
So again, it's Anthony Edwards number one. What how do you get he's been he averages the most three points made this year so far. So he's been averaging let me say, one, two, three, four. In the month of October, he's had every single game of at least five or more threes may four games correct, and then to start off November he's already had three games, so that's a total of seven.
All Right, I love Ant. I'm okay with him being in front of Norm. Who's next?
Jason Tatum is second.
I got no issues with Jason Tatum. He'll beat the Lakers. I got no issues with that.
But also they have the most games played so far. The Celtics have played ten games US far in the season. Fair and then you're tied with Norm and I believe it's LaMelo ball Ty goes to Norm.
I don't know why, but Charlotte I think is under five hundred. The Clippers are over five hundred. That's why. Not bad company though, LaMelo.
It's good to see him.
It's good to see him back. You can entertain out there he's bawling. I see it. Well done. Zach o'caldy, our producer here and head of the research department. When it comes to figuring out just how great normOn pal has been Zach, can you do something else for me? Can you go to law Murray the NU on Twitter. I think he has some postgame audio from Norm Powell that I want people to be able to hear. They
see it, they see the performance. Now we want to hear from Norm Powell, who has let his play do his talking for the most part, but he's also done a little bit of talking and has backed it up the entire time. I'm seeing that. Apparently jeff En Gandhi challenged him to rebound in this one. Oh he did that in spades twelve boards. Of course, there are many rebounds to be had with the poor shooting from Sacktown three of twenty six from three? Are you kidding me?
This team right now? Guys Noran Powell, what he's been able to do? I cannot say enough here He was postgame in the locker room, I believe, speaking with Lob Murray of the Athletic.
So how many double dolls shot as you had by now?
And how happy are you to get that honkey off your back?
I mean, it was never a monkey on my back. You know. I played a game to win. I think last year I had a chance you could remember like one or two of them, but two who took me out the game. So I blame him for this being my first double double. But JAVG got on me shoot around last game about my rebounding and going to get
the ball. So I just made an emphasis to make sure we crash because if I had some games where they've tied it up off tipping and stuff like that, So just making an emphasis to rebind the ball tonight.
What's it like for you to actually pursue rebounds? Like it's one thing to get stop skiing, your stancing or thing, especially from a guard position, it wasn't like to turn around, check out, make sure you're consistently getting on the ball and in those possessions.
This discipline, you know, especially with them and other teams. I'm using Garden the three or the four guy, and he's always crashing, so just making sure I get a body on him a lot of the times, you know, I'm just making sure that he doesn't get the ball and making sure that you know, zoo is somebody else can clean it up. But you know, just hit and check in and making sure that I'm in the rebounding area when shots do go up.
There was Norm Powell post games speaking with Lot Murray of the Athletic Oh we had him on pregame. I did not know and didn't have a preview of Norm Powell rebounding like this. Jeff Van Gundy is old school and they're listening to him. He's a legend, He's a defensive genius. Do you see Do you see what's happening out there? I gotta update you on the advanced stats right now because I think they are updated currently. The Clippers, I want to say, what were they heading into this game?
They might not be updated. It still says fourth defensively, twenty first offensively. Now, I understand the offense without Kawhi Leonard is going to struggle. But guys, you see the potential with a team like this. You see the amount of dogs on this team as everyone's saying, we need a dog sound effect because Chris Dunn started that. Chris Dunn had a ridiculous rebound. I think it was in the first half. You guys what I'm talking about. Chris
Dunn got a board over Alex Lynn. How did that happen? But this team, they are battling in a way, and they are constructed in a way that if you just get Kawhi Leonard back, it's on. It's on. That's all you need. All this talk about they need a power forward, they need Zach Levine, you know what they need. Just get Kawhi back. I think you'd fit in seamlessly. And these deep lulls where they start the second quarter and have like four points the first six minutes, early third
quarter struggles too, that's handled. Kawhi is getting those tough buckets, and then defensively they're even better with Kawhi. Godspeed, Kawhi Leonard getting healthy. Please, we need it. That will feed families. Kawhi Leonard on this Clippers team, with the way it's been formulated, with this roster, I can't say enough about the defensive effort and the way these guys are playing. We'll take a quick time out, we'll come back. Clippers will win up in Sacramento one oh seven to ninety
eight over the Kings. They're back home tomorrow. Take it on the Toronto Raptors. Tip time seven thirty, pre game six thirty. I'm at a Moslin This is Clippers Talk here on AM five seventy LA Sports.
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ata Oslin. Clippers win one oh seven to ninety eight up in Soacker Mentel normal twenty five plus again this time thirty one points, hits five threes and has twelve boards eight sixty six ninety seven two five seventy eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number if you'd like to get onto Clippers Talk front end of a back to back Clipper's back home tomorrow taking on the Toronto Raptors who are struggling and they just lost to Sacramento in Sacramento the other night,
Norm going rated R on the regular people saying Norm is on his bullys. That's the point that I made the other night against Philly. Well, Paul George would leave you wanting more and didn't always back up the tough talk. Oh it's happening right now with Norman Powell. He called his shot and the shots are falling. He wanted to get in the starting lineup. They can't take them. Out
best player on the team right now. I do think you might be able to say he is the most impactful player because the ball's in his hands a ton and Norm can't create off the dribble like that. But he's getting better. We've seen him get better. I mean that pass he had out of the double team to Dereck Jones Junior for the final three pointer in that three to three point stretch to end this ball game.
I don't know Norms looking good. Norm's looking impressive. He had that pass to the oop for Derek Jones Junior against Philly off the dribble. These light ball off the dribble passes from Norm Powell are looking different. Not to mention the between the legs than kick out to Terrence Man in that game against Philly was insane. Terrence Man is struggling, guys, I can't defend it. Oscar asking what's up with Terrence confidence? I think I don't know how
else to put it. He's not even looking for his shot often. It is frustrating right now, Terrence Man, he did have I want to say, no, that was last game Terrence Man. In this one. I give you the final line he had because it was more of the same overall. I thought there was some progress against Philly against San Antonio a little bit, but he went over four and two from three two points coming at the
charity stripe. Now, for those who will use the plus minus against him when it's bad, will you still do it when it's good, even though the rest of his sat line isn't that impressive. Because he was a plus seventeen out there, he led them in the plus minus category a plus seventeen, and the starters went plus ten in the first I don't know eight minutes of this ballgame before they made their first substitution. In the first quarter,
the starters went plus ten. That's as good as they have looked to start a quarter so far this season. That first quarter by the starters up thirty four to twenty eight, and they led by ten as many as ten early in that first quarter. They were good. By the way. Give it up to Kevin Porter Junior. I was frustrated with his play, saying, maybe you go to bones here, it doesn't look like he has it. And then fourth quarter KPJ and one then gets to the
free throw line. Jumper on the right elbow then has a scoop lay up with the right hand and then to the rim again with the left hand, and then he had a steal. It was a great play, but then he traveled. He almost had eleven straight points. If not for that travel he had nine straight points for them early in the fourth quarter. Huge buckets by Kevin Porter junior. Guys. I don't think they're going away from him. He's doing justin enough to hang in there. I think
to continue to get minutes. I mean, I get it. I get the frustration at times. And this team down the stretch with some of those turnovers backcourt violation, James Harden had a few of them. I want to say they had eight total in the fourth quarter. Let me see how many James Harden had in the fourth quarter as well. I want to say it's just fatigue, but some of these are just really careless passes. So he ended up with three turnovers in the fourth three of
their eight turnovers as they got to twenty one. How are you winning a game where you have twenty one turnovers and the opposition as fourteen. It's not easy. They still won the possession battle when it comes to shot attempts eighty one to seventy eight. So you look at offensive rebounds with twelve of them, Kings with five. I never would have thought that they'd be this successful of a rebounding team heading in to this season. But James
Harden's getting like eight a game. Wasn't his night tonight, just four boards, but Norman Power gets twelve and Big Zoo gets fifteen. Big Zoo had some timely buckets. I felt like too love seeing that Zoo had the hook over Sabonis to get him up to sixteen. In the fourth quarter, Clippers up by sixteen, Sabonas came back at Zoo on the right block, but I don't know. Zoo's team won the game and he out rebounds the bonus. Sabonis had more points, but now he was nine of twelve.
Beast Zou bots six and nine, and Big Zoo is averaging over thirty minutes per game. It's all I ever wanted. He's at thirty five minutes per game so far this season. It's all I ever asked. People in here are saying, like Tom rains and this is a time out because it's zero understanding and sympathy for a guy who's legitimately hurt. If you're gonna say stuff like Kawhi is not only
stealing money, haha, he's burning up our cap space. Like if you say stuff like that for a guy who gave his ACL to the team a moniscus trying to win them a championship. But it's not his fault. His body's breaking down. Blaming the player for that is ridiculous. It's his fault that he took the contract extension. No, we're not doing that here. That's not the way. It's illogical, irrational.
It makes zero sense to blame a guy for putting it all out there and getting hurt where the Clipper is gonna win in twenty twenty one if Kawhy doesn't tear his ACL. I fully believe so, and he's had issues ever since, so come on, we gotta be better than that. People are talking about Moosa and Brandon Boston playing well, but Moosa's in Charlotte, Brandon Boston's in New Orleans.
Now he's getting a bigger opportunity. I said it. This is part of the point that I made early before the season started of why Jordan Miller needs to play. I said this on clips and DIP I said, well, you surprise anyone if all of a sudden, Brandon Boston turned into a rotational piece in the NBA. It wouldn't surprise me. He just never had the opportunity. I get it. The Clippers that are in or were in for sure. When now mode you're playing next to Kawhi and Paul George,
you're not gonna get many minutes. But this season, I think Jordan Miller can still play. I think he can help them, but it's not an easy decision. Everybody wanted him to play over a mere coffee. You can't play anyone over a mere coffee. Now he's finishing games. It was he DJ James Harden, Norman Pallain of East the Zoobos before, but Tom came in for Big Zoo late that closed this one out. I just want to see a healthy Kawhi again, desperately because I think this team
really suits him. You wrap this team around the healthy Kawhi Leonard, you got a shot against anybody, at least in the West right now, even against OKC, They're still young enough where you might be able to get them before they get too much experience. If that was a one to eight matchup and Kawhi is healthy and the Clippers are ready to go. I'm okay with that. That's
not impossible. Man, this team. You start to think of the possibilities, but we still don't have a timeline on Kawhi, so it's a little bit pointless to speculate and start thinking about that. Just focus on what they're doing right now. By the way, Trenton flowers their G League teams night, San Diego Clippers drop twenty points, two blocks, three steals. I came from Law Murray. Norman Powell's the story. Though you need a big bucket, just fine. Addition by subtraction.
There aren't many players that I could root for and be happier for to have this type of performance game after game than Norman Powell. Guys who have earned this and he is rewarding their faith in him. How many offseasons have we said, you know, Norman Powell might be the trade piece. Who knows how many times have we said that. It's not that we didn't like Norm, it's just how many guys do they really have that are sought after? Norm's one of them. Well, you can't lose
this guy now. He means too much. And if for some reason they did have a season swoon where they're ten games under five hundred by the trade deadline, but Norm's still putting up numbers as trade value goes up even more. I don't want to see that right now. I don't want to think about that. Alphonso Lopez says in the chat at Clippers Talk, Kawhi slander has got to stop among Clippers fans. There's too much of it outside the Clippers fan base. We can't feed into that.
Remember who Kawhi is when healthy. He's the most Jordan Esque player. Kawhi is a basketball demon, a demi god, and he's always so far. When he's come back from injury, he's only gotten more and more efficient. He just set the efficiency record last season over a thirty game stretch, fifty five forty seven ninety splits over a thirty game stretch. So I'm still holding out some hope. Yeah, we've had our heartbroken before. He hasn't been able to stay healthy
multiple times. But man, I'm just hoping. Why not. You can just envision this team with Kawhi and how good they can be with this defensive mentality. This fits him, James Harden running things, this works for him. This is such a well constructed team. I want you guys to give Lawrence Frank some love too, a lot of love. I told you I posted all those pictures of Lawrence Frank superimposed onto some chef during this summer. Whenever the Clippers made a move, I said, Lawrence Frank's cooking. I'm
telling you, guys, he's cooking. Do you see the vision? They're gonna be a great defensive team. But toomb back Derek Jones junior Chris Dunn dogs add that in with Terrence man a beatsa zubats a mere coffee. They got defenders coming coming from everywhere. They're shrinking the floor on teams. Coach lucid At pregame with Carlo Jimenez. But it may have been a good thing that they saw Tyrese Maxi right before dearon Fox to just get warmed up for
a player like that. Now, Fox still had thirty one twelve of twenty shooting, but so minus eleven out there too. Clipper stars were good against Sacramento starters, They really were. Chris Dunn just went o of one from the field, but you still felt his impact out there in his eighteen minutes and that offensive board he had for that defensive board. I should say against Alex Lynn was just like what on the right block out rebounding a seven footer like that. And by the way, there's something else
that has developed here, guys. Kai Jones might be out of the rotation. I'm sorry kai Jones Hive, but the Clippers have gone small with Patune playing the five. Kai Jones just I'm not saying he's fully out against certain teams. I think you're still gonna need him, but the play has been two up and down, and too many downs recently. It's just hard to trust to guys. Just seems so raw out of position at times. You know he can get up and have those crazy oops. He had another
one from a half court lobroam James Harden recently. But we haven't been seeing much kai Jones the last couple of games, and I think he may be out of the rotation. I don't know if that means someone else can get in or they're just gonna cut it down to nine. Juan Angolo said. I heard commentators say Clippers, Celtics, and Thunder are the only teams with double digit leads in each game. Drive By Buddy says fourth quarter is all we gotta worry about for now. That KPJ did
good in this game. You can tell he took the slander personally, like to see it. I don't know if I had anything to do with the slander. I mean, he's been getting raked over the coals at times by Clippers fans. But you gotta like the ten game sample ends tomorrow. That'll be game ten, so we'll see what coach lou does afterwards. Scott trans says Kai Jones needs a post move when the dunk is in there. Have you seen his footwork? He doesn't have a post movement.
He's very, very far away from having a post move. I'm sorry. I love the guy. I'm a big Kai Jones fan. I hope he's not fully out of the rotation. But maybe they're expecting also Mobama to come back sooner than later. I don't know, but this Clippers team, they are deeper and more defensive oriented than I think anyone thought. And Jeff Van Gundy is pulling off miracles right now too. I saw this tweet on Twitter from AJ Diggs saying, I remember people laughing at Bro for saying he wanted
to be an All star or a starter. Talking about Norman Powell played with four Hall of Famers and accepted his role. All he's done is eat off the plate given him every summer. He's went in the lab and just grinded opportunity and preparation meet It's nice. Yeah, the prep was there. Stay ready, so you don't have to get ready, Norm Powell. This is a really special run right now. I don't think the percentages are going to
stay where they are all season long. Let me see if I can get an update on what exactly he's shooting so far this season nine games in. Yeah, I got it for you. No, it's still not updated. Son of up thinking you might be at fifty percent from three through through nine games and over twenty five points now because he was averaging that coming in and you just had thirty one. Clippers win one oh seven and ninety eight. They hold a team under one hundred for
the second straight game, this time up in Sacramento. They're coming home back to into a dome tomorrow, taking on the Toronto Raptors. Tip Off is at seven thirty pregame at six thirty. Before we get out of here, I do want to thank the Clippers organization. Ralph Lawler, Brian Seeman, Noah Igo, Carlo Jimenez on the call. Zach o'caldy our producer tonight here in Burbank. Thank you, Zach. Until tomorrow, starting at six thirty Clippers Toronto Raptors from Into It Dome.
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