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Room. Adam Moslin. Well, as they have all season long, the under man Clippers fought, but this time they came up just short with a final score of one oh five to one oh one, and they're twenty twenty one. Twenty twenty two campaign comes to an end at the hand of the New Orleans Pelicans. Welcome into your post game show. I'm Adam Moslin. Coming up. We'll get to your second half highlights. You'll hear from the coach and the players after this one, but first we turn things over to
your voice, the person. I M more perspective, all right, Adam, Well, it was a tremendous season, and I said it just as the buzzer sounded that there was so much to be proud of if you're a part of Clipper Nation, if you're a part of this team, if you're
a fan of this team, there's a lot more positives than negative. And obviously it hurts right now not to be in the playoffs when you felt like you had this game in control up by thirteen, But to fight the way they did again without Paul George and without Kawhi Leonard is a true testament to exactly what this team was all year. We're joined by television voice of the
Clippers, Brian Seaman. Be appreciate you hopping on with us after it was a tough loss to watch, certainly, but I do want to talk about that factor this season, the fact that Kawhi Leonard plays zero games, Paul George plays thirty one in the regular season, misses this last playing game.
Norman Powell comes over, he plays us the first three, then he misses essentially two months with the broken bone in his foot, and yet this team continued to show the resilience, They continue to show that fighting spirit that we knew was in there. If you had to summarize what you saw this year from especially the young group that this team had out there on a night tonight basis, how would you do so minus the results that we saw tonight and
the other night in Minnesota. This is the This is the team that Lawrence Frank, Mark Hugh's, Trent redn You know who am I missing? Michael Winger, He's pretty important, Jerry West. This is the team, the mindset, the locker room that these guys set out to build back in two thousand and seventeen one. That was exactly what you said, resilient. That doesn't matter what the score is. They're going to keep fighting. And this is there's reasons to be proud. I don't like silver linings. You don't
like them, the organization doesn't like them. But to finish forty two and forty when you know throwing but toumb and Morris missing time, it vitsa Zubos miss time, Luke Knnard missed a ton of time, and yet here they are plus five hundred. There were teams that had more talent that could not get even close to the wind total or be in this playoff position. It's a bummer, and this loss is a one. I love the way the Clippers started that second half, but I think they ran out of steam.
I mean mine. Let's be honest, they didn't have the bodies. You know, I was talking to you, talking with the front office. They expected a mere Coffee to have a large role. I think a mere got hurt on that play going into the rim landed. There's no other way that he wouldn't come in. I think everybody was expecting that and they just ran out of bodies. Now, give credit to New Orleans what a job Willie Green has done. There was talk about resiliency, how about being one and
twelve and then getting into the playoffs. But I love this team and I'm supposed to be very honest. I don't want any luck next year. I'm not asking for good luck. I just don't want any bad luck. And if that is the case, we're winning. We're winning almost sixty games based on how many people are playing, and we're running the show next year a year from now, where we're gonna be waiting to see who we play market down because we're going to be in one of the top seeds. I love
where the team is at. When we knew Kauhi wasn't coming back, let's be let's just be straight. Like I think the championship talk kind of died down a little bit, and we were just rooting for this team to be terrific. They gave us what we were hoping for, and a year from now, we're waiting to find out who we played. So that's exactly what we mentioned right after this game ended, the fact that what we saw tonight again guys like Marcus Morris stepping up as a number one option, Reggie Jackson
going out there and taking over this game. He still has the ability to do that. But you know, Terrence mann Aviza, Zoobots, Luke Kennard when he's been healthy throughout the season, has had huge games with guys shorthanded and the team shorthanded. Obviously you mentioned a mirror coffee. He's been great at times, the career high thirty five to finish the regular season. All these bodies, Norman Powell, Kawhi Leonard, Paul George when healthy, it
feels like this team is ready for vengeance what we saw last year. Think about how this team approached every game, approached every matchup, and then eventually approached the postseason. It was vengeance on the mind. It was revenge trying to prove that the bubble was a fluke. It feels like next season is lining up to be similar to that, where they're out blood. They're trying
to go out there and punish anybody who stands in their way. Look at the title winners over the last ten fifteen years, and I'll bet you you'll find heartache before they win it, the year before they win it. And for Clippers in this organization, they've got to go through a few years of heartache to get it done. But this is it. The heartbreak is here. It will mend this summer. And like I said, a year from now, you and I are going to be frustrated because we don't know who
we're playing in the first round. It's gonna be one of those situations and I embrace it. But this has been a great year. I've had fun with you, I've had fun with the entire travel party. It truly felt like two thousand and nineteen again in terms of just being out on the road and being with the players. This is a fun season for me. I think that you know you would agree this. We had a blast all the way through. This is not how we wanted it to end, and I
give credit to New Orleans. We just ran out of steam down the stretch. I completely agree with that last thing that I've got for you that we can expand on a little bit. You already talked about the front office. Now, great of a job they done assembling the team they sought out to assemble essentially, but they had to bring in the right coach and Toronto lou once again tonight feels like he proved that he is one of, if not
the best coach in the NBA. Going small against the lineup with Jonas Valancunis, who has killed the Clippers all year, a brilliant move that got them from down sixteen to up thirteen in a blink of an eye. I think he deserves all the credit in the world, as well as his entire staff.
Honestly, not just the likes of Brian Shaw or Larry Drew, but the Sean Fines who have been working with guys for years, the Brendan O'Connors who were in the shadows, Dan Craig defensively, Jay Larenega coming over this year his first year where the Clippers. The list goes on and on and on. That coaching staff did an outstanding job all pent and tylu Is the best coach and he'll have the hardware. He's already got a ring. Obviously
he'll have more coming to him. But it's just been a blast watching those guys go to work. And let's be really straight, like, what would you change about this season? The answers nothing they hadn't Everything that was out of their control went against them. Everything that was in their control they crushed. They did everything right, and you know, they put themselves in a playing game. Unfortunately for them, New Orleans just found that extra gear in
the fourth quarter. An amazing performance by Brandon Ingram all night long. A thirty point trend around in this game, I'll beat. I really thought that Clippers had their hands on the wheel, was worried about it. At the eight minute mark in that fourth quarter, New Orleans pulled away. But you mentioned Tyler tremendous. His whole staff is great top to bottom. This organization. It doesn't have the banner yet, but I wouldn't change anything they've done
over the last few years. He would be both, Brian, it was a pleasure sharing this whole season with you. I can't wait for next season. As we said, vengeance on the mind, I think Batman would be proud. What would he say, Noah, vengeance and not a laugh. There you go. I love it though, thank you for everything, No, thank you man. Well you have a moment. Let's pause ten seconds. First station ID on the Clippers Radio Network, Clips Basketball AM eleven fifty
KIV, Los Angeles at an iHeart radio station. Once again, your final score, one on five, one on one, the Clippers fall to the Pelicans. We've got more Clipper postgame coverage coming up. All right here, Adam Auslin will break down a whole lot of this season, a whole lot of tonight's game, and of course we've got Clippers talk coming up later as well. All right here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. After the Clippers fall, their season comes to a close, and what a season it was.
More breakdown coming up next here on the Clippers Radio Network. Back to more Clippers playoff basketball defense, the offense for the Clippers on the official home of your Los Angeles Clippers. And like that, the Clippers season comes to an end. They fall one oh five to one oh one the New Orleans Pelicans. Here from Crypto dot Com Arena, we'll come back into your post
game show. I'm Adam Oslin still to come we'll have Clippers Talk final edition of the season on the Patriot AM eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is the phone number if you would like to get on early and talk about your favorite memories, new Clippers memories from this season, and also look ahead, because there is much to look forward to with this organization and this roster and the return of Kawhi
Leonard next season. But the Clippers fought tonight as they have all season long. They just came out a little bit or came up a little bit short. I think Brian Seaman Noah Eagle just said it best. They just ran out of gas. They ran out of healthy bodies. They didn't run out a heart, they didn't run out of effort. They just simply did not have enough healthy guys out there. And it wasn't just Paul George, but a mere Coffee left this game, and we believe that it's likely due to
an injury that he did not return in the second half. When the Clippers were going small. They basically went with a six man rotation in the second half of this game, and that's what got them into it and up by ten heading into the fourth quarter, but you could see there were some tired legs out there, and the Pelicans looked like the fresher team down the stretch.
They outscored the Clippers thirty one to seventeen in that final period. That Clippers fall one oh five to one zero one here in the play in as the Pelicans move on to take on the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the Western Conference Playoffs. More post game coming up. You'll hear from the head coach and the players, and we'll have Clippers talk for you all straight ahead here in the Los Angeles Clippers Radio Network sending listening time a Hawk Slam.
You're listening to LA Clippers playoff basketball. He goes all the way to the ram Sky Scraping Jam. This is the official home of your LA Clippers. The Clippers fall here at Crypto dot Com Arena by four to the New Orleans Pelicans with the final score of one h five to one on one. But that it concludes the Clippers twenty twenty one twenty twenty two campaign. Welcome back into your postgame show. I'm Adam Oslin coming up on the Patriot Am
eleven fifty. We will have Clippers Talk for you with a special guest on eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty if you'd like to be one of the special guests that calls in tonight final edition of Clippers Talk for the season. But before we get to that, let's get two Tonight's Soko Gas Digdy play of the game. Jackson write to Laft Dancing, I'm a column driving middle into the page. Tell the
rambling said up, Oh he got it. Count it in the fell crypto dot com right I erupts. The Clippers go in front fifty nine fifty eight with nine fourteen to play the third, and Reggie Jackson has a chance for three, So Kyle Gas reminds us to always call eight one one before you dig. Reggie Jackson shared the team lead with twenty seven. Marcus Morris also
had twenty seven on nine of twenty shooting Reggie nine of twenty two. Clippers just simply ran out of gas in that fourth quarter, put up just to seventeen points in the final period, as the Pelicans would come back on the Clippers, who were up by thirteen early on in the period after the Clippers came back on them. Down sixteen in the first half, Clippers lose one oh five to one oh one. Their season comes to an end at the
hand of the Pelicans. Outside of Los Angeles, were leaving you until September. It's weird to say, but coming up next here on the Patriot Am eleven fifty final edition of Clippers Talk eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty outside of Los Angeles. We'll talk to you next preseason in LA. It's Clippers Stalk. Next. Got your fall, It's time to react to LA Clippers basketball. This is a playoff
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As the Pelicans move on to face the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. Welcome into Clippers Tuck. I'm Adam Oslin. Eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is the phone number. Don't have a lot of time taking you to the top of the hour, so we'll try to get to all your phone calls. We are supposed to be joined by a special guest coming up in just
a little bit as well. But in some ways it was just a microcosm of this Clipper season, the bad luck that went against them, the unfortunate timing with Paul George testing pause did for COVID nineteen and not being able to go tonight, and the Clippers being put in this position where they're under man once again, and once again they fought and they battled, and they were down by sixteen, and by the end of the third quarter they had a
ten point lead. But one of those bugaboos that has been there with this team is just scoring droughts. We've seen it all season long, and it happened early in the fourth where they were up by as many as thirteen, and I want to say they went about three minutes without a made field goal and the offense bogged down by ISO basketball. But as no Way Ego put it, they were tired legs out there and that's the result you get.
It was a six man rotation in the second half with the Clippers going small rightfully, so coach lou pushed all the right buttons to get them back into this game, down by sixteen, down by ten at a half, and they completely flipped the script. They took Jonas Valentcunis off the floor, and it was Nick batoum, Marcus Morris, Reggie Jackson, Terrence mann Rocco and Norman Powell who really changed the tone and tenor of this game. As Brian
Seaman would say, who was on earlier with Noah Eagle. If you didn't hear that, we will podcast at all on Clippers stock tonight, a special extended addition in that way you could say, but I love the heart this team showed. They never ran out of heart or effort, they ran out
of bodies. They didn't have Luke Kennard either tonight, of course, no Kawhi Leonard and then a mere coffee It looked like he got banged up in the first half or else he would have been part of that small ball rotation because it looked like a game where he was primed to make an impact. But the Clippers, this is who they are. They're gonna fight, They're gonna be resilient, They're gonna battle, and they're gonna give everything they have.
They're not gonna be out worked. You may out talent them, but they're not going to be outworked. Good luck out talenting this team though. Next season, just an early prediction, they'll be the odds on favorite to win the championship when Kauai's back, when Paul George's back, paired with now Norman Powell, who I thought showed a ton of will at the end of that third quarter, just being relentless, getting to the basket over and over
again, even when he wasn't shooting the ball well early on. Same with Reggie Jackson. They stayed with it and they gave them a chance up by ten entering the fourth quarter. But that's a part of Norman Powell's game that you're gonna be seeing for a long time here because he's under contract. This is not some mid season pickup where the Clippers are gonna lose him. This offseason. He's gonna be around here for some time. And as I mentioned,
we got a special guest tonight on Clippers Talk. It's your voice of the Clippers, Noah Eagle. No, my friend, thanks for doing this tonight. I know we've got some phone calls to get to, but just your initial thoughts. Obviously, the wound is a little bit fresh for Clipper Nation. It feels sudden, kind of surreal right now. But the season concluded tonight, but there was a lot to take from what this Clippers team did accomplish in many ways this year. Yeah, that to me is what
everybody should be focusing on right now. Adam, forget the fact that they lost in this fashion. Obviously, it's tough to lose and to go forty two and forty and have a healthy six game lead over the team that's behind you. To lose that team to then have them eventually advanced to be the eighth seed, it's a tough pill to swallow. But to me, the focus should be not on this. It should be on the comeback wins.
It should be on the resiliency of this team, the young guys taking another step forward, the nucleus continuing to build together to Hron lou leaving another imprint on this team, in this organization, in this city. There's so much to take away that was really positive and to remember about this season that was
really positive. That should be the focus, not the fact that they fell to a New Orleans team that's very good, by the way, that has turned on the Jets after a one and twelve start to the season and been an outstanding and a really tough team to beat. So those are all the positives to focus on. I also look at it this way. The Golden State Warriors last year were the eighth seed in the Western Conference in the play
in Tournament. They had a tough, hard fought loss on the road here in this building to the Lakers. They went home and they lost in overtime to the Memphis Grizzlies. So the parallel I was looking for tonight, So let's look at Let's look at these two. Now, Memphis was the nine and Golden State was the eight. Golden State is now the three, Memphis is now the two. Those are two teams that believe legitimately they can win the NBA Championship this year, and quite honestly, both of them can.
The Clippers are going to be, in my opinion, the best team in the NBA next season. The Clippers are going to be the favorites to win the NBA Championship next season, and if everything for them breaks the right way, which is a huge if, and we've learned certainly the last three years more than even potentially before, luck has a lot to do with winning an NBA championship. You need to be lucky. The Clippers have not been lucky so far. They just haven't been. Three years ago, they were playing
maybe the best basketball in the NBA. Pandemic hits three months off bubble. A lot of factors there that didn't go the Clippers direction went against the Clippers. A couple of deaths for players, close ones, loved ones. They had to leave, they had to come back, circumstances weren't good. They basically had to thrust them into the playoffs. It just didn't It wasn't good, It wasn't ideal. It was unlucky. The Clippers had been rolling before
the bubble. The next year. Last year, Kawhi Leonard goes down with a torn acl in Game four of the second round, and yet they still get to the Conference finals. For the first time in franchise history. And there's still just two games away from an NBA Finals appearance. And it's almost widely accepted now from most experts that you know, if Kawhi didn't go down last year, the Clippers were going to win it all. Yeah, I hear that all the time. Yeah, because he was having he was on
a tear, he was having another raptors of level postseason. The efficiency was off the charts. And but the opponents, I think they were favorable in the Clippers, sure, but that's neither here nor there. It's all revisionist history. Right. So now this year, Kawhi doesn't play any games. Paul George misses a whole lot of games. He only plays the thirty one. He misses fifty one. He misses this play in game because of a COVID positive result. Norman Powell comes over three games in. It's just all
unlucky, right, and yet they still overcome the odds and overachieve. Every single time they've overachieved, they just continue to overachieve, and so they need to be lucky, and one of these years they're going to be. That's the thing. Everything balances out. Karma is real and I always find that everything ends up even Stevens, everything ends up the way it's supposed to. Over the course of an eighty two game season, everything ends up evening out.
So for the Clippers, it's going to even out at some point. You just gotta wait, be patient for it. And I would like to think that next year is the year for this team to go out and accomplish their eventual goal of winning a title. This can be looked at eventually as a transitional bridge year, Yes to the Clippers achieving that ultimate glory and the core the superstars they're under contract for years to come. We'll take a quick
time out more with Noah Eagle. We'll get to your phone calls. Eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty. Eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is the phone number tonight on a special edition, final edition for this season of Clippers Talk. Right here on the Patriot and eleven Mohawks Slam, you're listening to LA Clippers playoff basketball. He goes all the way to the
ram Husky Scraping Jam. This is official home of your LA Clippers. The Clippers fall on their play in matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans by a final score of one oh five to one oh one. Live from Crypto dot Com Arena. I'm out of Moslin and this is a special edition, final edition of Clippers Talk for this season. We're joined by your Voice of the Clippers, Noah Eagle, and uh no, we got some phone calls here and I'm sure some people that want to talk to you over me this time.
Morris in Long Beach. You're armed with the Voice of the Clippers, Noah Eagle, and you know, out of Moslin. Whatever something I was opening praying that the Clippers would keep him under a hundred points. If they kept him under one hundred points, you know that seventeen and two. But your boy Ingram went off on that first quarter and they need to drug just him.
But if I felt if they kept him under a hundred points. But when they got to a hundred, maybe being the Pelicans before the Clippers did, I saw, I started scratching my head and I'm much there left. But I'm gonna tell you this, fellows, I'll be willing to pray for is that the team across town that they don't steal our coach. Okay, I'll see you next year. All right, Morris one of the regulars here
on Clippers Talk. Still breaking down what happens tonight in this game. But we've been kind of going big pis or no with everything that transpired this season, including the positives like the huge comebacks. By the way, I love Morris, I hear him every time on Clippers Talk. He always brings positivity. He always is ready with facts, he's always ready with good analysis,
and he's not wrong there. Defensively, the Clippers were doing a great job through the majority of this game, but they relented a little bit, and part of that was because they did run out of gas. And it felt like the defense suffered more than anything else in that fourth quarter. And that third quarter, that defense was suffocating. That defense was ridiculous. That was maybe some of the best defense we've seen all season from the Clippers in that
third quarter. And I want to say, it was like three minutes left in the third the Clippers are only given up six points in the quarter. It was that type of clamp city. So he's right. Defensively, the Clippers, that's where they hung their hat all seasons. So they've got to find a way to run through the tape. As we have talked about. But it's it's a good lesson to have for next year. And the load
of talent wings, everything on this team is going to be scary. Javier in Lahabra, Javier Lahabra, heights, you're on Clippers, stop with your voice and the Clippers know what you're going out of most Well, what's up, guys? You know, tough loss. I mean, it's just like Noah said, it's just bad luck. I mean, for so many years, it's just this is not one thing, that's another things. And hopefully
next year everybody can be healthy. I mean, I know they can miss some games here and there, but I mean it just it's gotta turn around. And it's not because they didn't play hard. They did, but it's just always one team or the other. And it's like when is it going
to change? You know? But you know, like I said, this year, hopefully Kawai comes back, called George Lucanard and they get signed Covington again and and uh and win the championship because there will be favored next year, no doubt, and next or that's the years you got to win the chip. I mean, that's our best chance. I think I don't know. What do you guys think. I mean, Javier, you're I know it's tough. I know it's tough as a Clipper fan to have to deal
with all the bad luck from over the years. But I'm telling you, the tide is always gonna turn. And we appreciate you calling in as always, Havier. I just the tide's gonna turn for this team. It's only a matter of time. Like let's think about some of those other teams in the sports history that had curses, the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox. Those lasted years and years, those one hundred plus years for some of them, and they broke it. This team is close, they're knocking on
the door, and I hear you. You brought up a good point. I didn't even we haven't really even talked about the fact that Luke Nard didn't play in these two playing games could have been completely different. Let's think about the problem. It's funny, the problem was a little different in each game. The problem in Minnesota was that the offense sputtered. The problem here was
that the defense sputtered. And it feels like Luke Kennard could have really helped, especially in Minnesota, maybe knocked down just one three to keep the momentum on the Clippers side even tonight, one extra jump shot or drive to the lane. He can facilitate for others. So they were certainly missing him. But I understand it's frustrating as a part of Clipper Nation to feel like the
luck is always on the other side. But you just got to have faith that it's going to turn back in your favor, which I believe it will, and I think more than anything else, this offseason is gonna be a lot of fun for Cliper Nation. You want to know why, because the possibilities going in the next season are insane, and not just even next season. Think about Summer League. We're gonna get to see Jason Preston back on the court. We're gonna get to see some of these other guys who maybe
didn't get an opportunity to play. Brandon Boston will be back on the court. He'll keep getting better. We didn't even mention him, Adam. Think about some of the performances he had this season. I think so. I think he was mister forty six. He was also Mister twenty seven against the city he's named after, so it's just an embarrassment of riches on this team. Lawrence Frank, Michael Winger, Trent Reddin, Mark Hughes, Jerry West.
They're gonna tinker, They're gonna find different ways to keep getting better. They're gonna try to fill any hole that they might have. I just think it's gonna be a really exciting offseason, and by the time we get to next season, the excitement is gonna be so high that the team is going to just go out there and I feel like they're gonna run through walls for Clipper Nation like they That's the thing. I've been around these players now for
three years. This is my third year with the team, and this year, getting back to traveling with them, I got to know these guys better than last season, for sure, And I can tell you one thing. They all take a lot of pride about playing with the Clippers. There's a legitimate pride that everybody in that locker room has to be a Clipper to wear that uniform and to represent this organization. Reggie was going to camp outside of
him. He was he was gonna retire down the door, so he and he was dead serious by the way at him, like he was actually going to retire after the postseason run he had if the Clippers weren't going to resign him. That's how much he loves being here. That's how much he loves being a part of this organization. So with that being said, they also they feel that sense of pride and that sense of responsibility that they have the
Clipper Nation of we want to be the first ones to win it. Marcus Morris talks about that, we want to be the first ones to hang that batter. We want to do this, we want to do that. They feel that, and you can feel that in the locker room or on the plane or whatever. So to me, Cliper Nation needs to be excited because this is a season ahead that's going to be one to remember. Ray in Torrence, you're on Clippers Stop with their voice of the Clippers. No Eagle
Right, what's up? Hey? I'm gonna be a little more of a downer on these last two games. These were two winnable games. I love Tyler. I think he's the usually pushes every button and we win. But he didn't push everybunton and we lost two games that we're winnable, and I just seemed, you know, that's been out rebounded. I know we went small, but he ran with some rotations too long, and you know, being the offensive rebounds in that fourth quarter in missing twelve feet throws, that's
not his fault, that's the player's fault. But I just just not like how he coached. And he's great, but usually he wins all these but he lost these two, and I think that's part players, that part on him. So that's my feelings and a little frustrated. I've been a season ticket holders the nineteen eighty eight and so I've seen a lot of things, but these were two winnable games, and I wish we could have won one of them. Welcome to clipperstock noise, criticism coming down on the head coach.
One of the best coaches in the league. I believe he is the best, and I think it's easy to nitpick after the fact, but coach lou put together the rotation that got them back into this game at twenty point turnaround. Yeah, that's exactly it, Adam. It was just the fact that if he didn't go small in this game, the Clippers would have been blown out. Right, They were down by as many as sixteen, and it wasn't getting any better. So that's what he does. He makes adjustments.
The reason he is so good at making adjustments normally in a playoff series is because he has multiple games to work with, and we saw that a lot last year, where once he found that right combination, he went forward. Let's think about some of those games. Game one against Dallas, they had really chances to win that game, didn't. Game two against Dallas, same deal. Game five against Dallas, same deal. Game one against Utah they lost by three. Game two against Utah, they had a lead in
the second half. But the fact that he had time to really tinker a little bit extra, the way that he did it on the fly today was exceptional. Even Lebron James was tweeting that he was the best coach in the league. Lebron James knows what he's talking about. He's Lebron James. Kyle Kuzma was tweeting that the Clippers, when they are fully healthy, are probably
better than anybody in the NBA. They've got an embarrassment of wings and riches and all of this stuff, and I think that Toronto do it everything he could tonight. Like to me, there was nothing else he could have done if he put Avizza Zubots back in the game. What it was doing, it was clogging the paint for those driving lanes. And what they did in the third quarter so well was drive to the basket, get to the free throw line, and kick out to those open shooters. That floor spacing created
much more open three point opportunities. Whereas one of Vizza Zubots and Isaiah Hartenstein were in there, those looks weren't quite coming the same way, and it wasn't like they needed them in there to battle with valentunas he wasn't playing at a super high level. So to me, Toronto Lou did the right thing.
This was more about the guys just running out of gas, which is a point that he made, and he's right that the guys did run out of gas, but that's more about Kawhi, Leonard, Paul, George Luke, Kennard, Jay Scrub, Jason Preston and then a mere coffee all not being available. The fact that all those guys aren't there and you can't go because they are all fitting into that small ball lineup. That's what they're the
Clippers in tonight, we will take a quick time out here. Clippers fall one oh five to one oh one to the New Orleans Pelicans in their play in matchup here at Crypto dot Com Arena, ending the Clippers season. More phone calls to come. Eight seven seven five to zero eleven fifty Eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is the phone number here on a special edition, final edition of Clippers Stuff for the twenty twenty one twenty twenty two season.
You're listening to LA Clippers playoff basketball. He goes all the way to the ram Us Sky Scraping Jam. This is the official home of your LA Clippers. Clippers lose one oh five to one oh one here in downtown Los Angeles to the New Orleans Pelicans, ending their season. As the Pelicans move on as the eighth seed, they'll be in Phoenix coming up. You're listening to Clippers Stock special edition, final edition of the season. Eight seven seven
five to zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifties. The phone number here on the Patriot Am eleven fifty. No. I want to ask you this your favorite moment of the season. Not easy, No, it's not easy at all, But I feel like it's got to be the Washington thirty five point comeback, right. I still can't believe it happened, and the fact that I was there to see it in person was unbelievable. The shock, the sheer shock in that building. I'll never forget that.
So that that one was probably tough to top. I did like the twenty five point come back against Utah with Paul George making his return. There were a couple of really fun games this year. I mean, maybe the four wins against the Lakers, but I would say it's probably the Wizards thirty five point comeback that that one's gonna stand alone forever. That's my favorite two.
The win in Brooklyn was special also, But Luke Kennard go on Reggie Miller at the end, and then those clips of he and Aviza Zoobots being playful with one another that came out a week or so later, where where Zoo's like, oh, it's not like I've never done it before. It looks like you haven't done back in my day. Zoo. By the way, Zoo is deceptively hilarious. He is deceptively hilarious. Right after that comeback, I think I told the story on the air right after it, but I'll
remind everybody who's listening. So right after that that thirty five point comeback, we were on the bus and Brian Seman was clapping for everybody who got on the bus, and that included players, coaches, et cetera. And Torontoluke gets on and Brian's clapping. He goes, don't clap for me, clap for the clap for the players, but not the starters. Don't clap for the starters. And so Brian still clapping as Zoo gets on the bus,
who was a starter and didn't play at all in the second half. That's right, Coach afterwards says Serge better do something more, and t Lu goes, don't clap for Zoo. So it was terrible, and Zoo goes, oh, come on, coach, I'm part of the history too, and Dante Jones says, yeah, you're right. If it wasn't for you, there be no history that was. That was an elite moment from that night.
Man, I'll never forget that one. Behind the scenes, look there with your voice of the Clippers, No Eagle, Let's go to Peter and Huntington Beach. Peter, you're on Clippers talk tonight. How are you I'm doing. I'm a little down because I was at the Crypto dot Com and I'm going to switch gears a little. It was a great season. I'm
looking forward to next year. I I'm gonna say the reason that we came back tonight, I have never heard Crypto so loud and rocking as it was tonight, So I'm gonna take a little credit because I was screaming and yelling my butt off, so I hope you guys don't mind. But other than that, the only thing that I can say is the free throws killed us down the stretch. We miss I mean Mooc missed, Reggie missed, everybody
missed. Three throws. They're free throws. Holy smokes your thoughts. Thank you for the phone called Peter. Well, first of all, I love the fact that you're bringing up a Clipper nation because they take the credit. All right, take the credit, bro. I completely agree. It was rocking in here, especially that third quarter when fat Man Scoop came out. I mean that was different level. Is he Lyon saying that this was the loudest Crypto dot Com orne. I mean the Utah game was probably pretty loud
too. That was. It was a sellout and PG return. They came back from twenty five to win. That one was great, but this was probably Yeah, this was probably number one in terms of sheer noise at Crypto dot com Arena, without a doubt. As for the free throws, I think it's kind of what we touched on before. These guys were just tired, man, and it's hard to shoot free throws and concentrate when you're that tired. Think about it, full season, this is a this is game
eighty four of the season for them. Guys like Reggie, guys like Marcus, Guys like Norm who is still working himself essentially back into shape. It's not easy. Reggie and Marcus had played just ridiculous minutes all season long, so it weighs on them, and then they had to play big minutes tonight, so I understand why they missed the free throws. It's a frustrating, without a doubt, it's frustrating in a game you lose by four to miss
that many free throws. But guess what, New Orleans missed pretty much the same amount. So it wasn't like you had a sheer advantage and you just couldn't take advantage. Brian in South Pasadena. You're on Clippers, stop with your voice of the Clippers, no Ah Eagle, Brian, what's up? Hi? I wanted to put the positive things about a coach over the history. Maybe Larry Brown was up there, but we I think we have the best coach of all time. I believe that he's like Doc Livers, only
better Doc Rivers, that can make adjustment, send the game. Every game he makes this great adjustments. It's a pleasure to watch what he does. He doesn't he got. He drives me a little bit much. I was at the I was at the game. I was getting the best when we went down by fifteen sixty, and then he makes adjustments at the half, right before the half because we bring it to ten. And then it was
incredible the adjustment he did their quarters. And uh, Like I said, it's a pleasure to see a good coach working right in front of you. And uh, I just I just loved this. Ryan, thank you for the phone call. I mean that's why I know what Ego calls him the chiropractor. Yeah. I think that Toron lu has earned his stripes around the NBA. And if he hasn't in your heart. Yet just give him a little bit more time because it's only a matter of time. It's to me,
what stands out about him versus any other coach in the league. I should say not any many. You got guys like Money Williams and Willie Green who we saw to night, who are similar. The demeanor is always calm. Toron Lu never gets rattled and so as a result, that's why his teams can always come back because they look at him and he's never rattled. He just looks like his normal self, and he's joking around at halftime.
They might be down twenty, he's like, oh, we got him right where we want him, and then players actually believe it, like that's half the battle. That's something that a lot of coaches don't have, and it's a tool that he uses to an elite, elite level. It's strange. I've never heard just the profusive praise that the players give to the head coach all the time, just saying, whatever coachle wants, we trust in him.
And so guys fall into their roles. So if they don't play a half, if they don't play that night, they know the reason why. He's just trying to win he's trying to find the right combinations and like I said before, he's willing to try anything, which you need to be if you want to be a great head coach in the NBA, literally anything. And so we couldn't ask for a better head coach. We couldn't ask for a better front office, and we couldn't ask for a better roster that's gonna
go into next season. Couldn't ask for a better play by players Clippers, then the great Noah Eagle, whose leadership is unmasked throughout this entire year and into the playing here. No I just want to say, it's a pleasure of working with you as always. We have the most fun up here with you and big brother Jake Warner and Dennis Agastino as he's here. It's a special group here as well. Adam. The feeling is mutual. Seriously, you've made everything so easy for me since I've joined the team, and I
appreciate you, and I appreciate big brother Jake. Shout out to Dennis who wasn't here tonight, but he did great work all season as well. And it's a family we got. Now. You guys can't care rid of me now you guys are family. So if you want to get rid of me, it's gonna be like gum, I'm just gonna keep popping up on your shoe. So good luck. Is no Eagle your voice of the Clippers. Noah, thanks again. We'll take a quick time out here. We'll come
back. We'll finish things off. Final Clippers Talk edition of the season. After they lose one oh five to one oh one here in downtown Los Angeles to the Pelicans, and Noah, are you looking forward to next season? Can't worry it out him? Timahawks Slam. You're listening to LA Clippers playoff basketball. He goes all the way to the ram Husky Scraping Jam. This is the official home of your LA Clippers. It is hard to say goodbye to this Clippers season. After they lose one oh five till one oh one.
Here at Crypto dot Com Arena to the Pelicans, congratul congratulations to them. There movie on they'll be the eighth seed taken on the Phoenix Suns in the first round. A few more minutes here, final edition of Clippers Talk for the year. Let's go to John and York Melinda, John York Clippers Talk with Adamawson, what's up about him? Few more tight clips here again until you I call it, But I'm proud of the guys that came out tonight. I think he was really fitting that Freggie and Look, Uh let's
tell out there. I think they both had twenty seven and both played over forty three minutes, so neighbors. That carries them that whole season. So I was I was really happy with how Look played today. I think he took the criticism the heart and so I'm probably going to board making big plays. But yeah, gotta be tough. But at least we don't have to hear more about uh speculation about Kawai having to worry about rushing Peg if they
were to win back into a Phoenix series. Now things just both folks are recovering. So it's gonna be. It's gonna be seen the next year, and it's something good to build up to this season. John, thank you for the phone call. John from at Courtside Underscore clips follow him there for his Clippers coverage. Look, there's so much to look forward to with this
team. There's so many positives. I know, it's felt like they've been snake bit it's underscored by the fact that Paul George wasn't available in this game. I'm sure that woad stweet you double checked it. Did it have the blue check mark? Was it real? It was? Unfortunately, and without both of their superstars, plus Luke Kannard plus a mere coffee in the second half, it was finally an obstacle or a hurdle that the Clippers could not
overcome. But the fight was there, the effort was there. That's all you can ask for. And I know there's a love affair with Clipper Nation and this team and this roster, and I think the feelings mutual. We talked about Reggie Jackson, how much he loves this organization in this fan base. That's why he gives out his PP and J bites, closing things out appropriately. So Jose in south Gate, you're on Clipper stock. What's such
cliber Nation? We'll stop at him. Man on you watching that game, I wasn't gonna hear it to I was, you know, I mean, I'm gonna listen to Adam. I know it's gonna sink, but I know I just missed Noah. I just wanted to say that I grew up listening roth mother and my son's growing up listening to you guys, you and on Noah, what a I'm gonna say? Oh yeah, man, no Clipper talk, all right, I mean want to talk about it. When you're talking about the season. It was a good season. You help us out,
Adam, thank you for being their pregame and post game. I can't wait to come back next year with our guys. But hold on, before we leave, I got one thing to stay rightbody, two three lasts all right, Jose and south Gate taking us out in style. The good thing is Clipper Nation. The best is still yet to come. And I say this very often. It's true. This team has only been put at this high of a level since Steve Ballmer took over in twenty fourteen. It's almost
been like a new franchise since then. Now it's a level playing field with them and their Hallway rivals. And just look at the moves they have made. Look at how great this front office is, Look at this coaching staff, this roster. When they get pointed in the right direction, meaning when these guys get all healthy together at once, I do think they have a chance to be a general and they have a chance to do when no Clippers
team has done before, which is when Matt Larry obeat. The pursuit continues next season. But before we get out of here, I do want to thank the Clippers organization. Noah Eagle, Ryan Seema, Ralph Wahler, Big Brother Jake Warner, our head engineer, Big Brother Jake Podcast here at hold On. We'll set it in downtown Los Angeles at the Crypto dot Com. Arita Katie Newton our producer back there, Zach o'caldy, Denis Dagastino, statistician
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