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Cardiac clips back in effect. I'm not surprised by the outcome or how close this game was. I said yesterday I thought it would be a tight game. It would stress everybody out. It did, and then some blood pressure. Blood pressure medicine is up right now like that was incredible. The way the Clippers almost gave this one away down the stretch that was a playoff like game, did not feel like that. Get used to it, hopefully, because there's
still work to be done. The Clippers win on Sunday over Golden State, there will be no worse than the five seed where they are currently. If they lose, cast their fate aside, they cast their fate to win, They're likely going to be in the plan. Likely they didn't get any help tonight. The Memphis Grizzlies blew a game where they led till about the last five minutes over the Denver Nuggets and then gave it away. Minnesota had an easy one against Brooklyn. The Warriors had an easy
one against Portland. Gotta do everything ourselves, said the joker. I yeah, the Clippers handled their own business, but the Grizzlies are dead to me, Ray said. The Grizzlies were up one away to one, was six to zho five left in the game. They scored just six points in the last six minutes and five seconds. Were they all free throws? Did they get a field goal. I mean, how long did they go without one? This Clippers team tonight, though, showed me something. I know. They almost gave this ball
game away. Believe me. I was gripping as well. I was frustrated as well. After Dj had the steal and score on Zach Levine and the Clippers were up nine, I felt comfortable, but then in Damar putback it's a seven point game hard and lobbed Dj Levine three. It's a six point game. Zoo floater off a beautiful pass from Bogie. Clippers up eight. Kawhi goes to the free throw line a few possessions later after they made him bleed his own blood, and the Clippers are up ten.
Ninety Five to eighty five was the score. When I thought the Clippers would be able to slow bleed this one out. There was four minutes and fifty seven seconds left, meaning the Clippers scored just six points the rest of the way. They got outscored fifteen to six in the last four minutes and fifty seven seconds. Didn't exactly run through the tape. First, Ellis went to the free throw line for Sacramento eight point game. Bogey misses a floater. It was a good look. Couldn't get to go. DeMarcus
fouled by Kawhi. He goes to the lot, makes the first missus. The second seven point game, Norm comes in for bogie at the four h nine mark. Kawhi attacks and gets fouled.
Love seeing that.
Clippers up by nine ninety seven to eighty eight. Kawhi made his free throws. There's three minutes and fifty three seconds left, They're up by nine. Do you feel secure yet? They shouldn't? Levine jumper. After being miserable shooting wise throughout this ballgame, the Clippers they caught a break with Zach Levine, who hasn't exactly stepped up in big moments. He has struggled. I mean he's only been in the playoffs like once,
but he struggled. But he hits that jumper. There, seven point game, Kawhi has a rear view block on him by Ellis Murray misses a three pointer. Harden taps it to himself. He's on the floor. He's trying to call for a time out. They don't give it to him. They call a jump ball. That was a bad call. He had control. He was calling for a time out. He was looking for the official he would win the jump ball, tipped it to Zubos. DJ layup off a Harden long outlet pass. The Clippers are up by nine,
two point fifty eight left. Cy relieve, not exactly. Murray misses a three. Kawhi missus a three on a shot I didn't love. On the other end, it felt like he settled for it. Levine quick strike response a three pointer of his own. Six point game. DJ misses a three. I didn't love that shot either. He was open, but I wanted to see the Clippers force the issue, get to the paint or die trying. Fifty cent was in the building. Levin another three. It is a three point game,
ninety nine to ninety six. With a minute twenty four left, Harden gets fouled by Sibonis on a floater, was short, makes the first free throw, misses the second. Four point game done in for norm for defensive purposes. DeMar Derosen jumper. Two point game. Harden, Kawhi, Zubots Bogie and Norma out there with fifty one point six seconds left, and this
was probably the play of the game. Harden misses a jumper put back, no another rebound, Harden gets to the Norm to Kawhi pump fakes and missus Kawhi tip to Norm to James Harden, who gets fouled. I think they got three offensive rebounds on one possession. Here's the call.
Harden letting the shot clock drip away forty seconds left, thirty eight seconds, tend to shoot Harden deep on the right side, with eight seconds switch by Ellis.
It's hardened against.
Ellis stops right over, pulls up off the background, rebound in the air. Harden's put back short redown again for the Beard flip it a Norman Poud flippers up by two twenty four seconds left nine to shoot. Harden right wing, finds Norm attacks the defense, jumps the air Leonard left corner face Slane jumper off the heel, Soo can't grab the rebound. Tap to Norman pal shot fluck goes dord Tacramento has to foul, and Kegan Murray hacks Harden at half court with ten point one to go, one hundred
ninety eight. Clippers the hustle the difference against the Kings.
Carlo Jmenez on the call. Daniel West with the highlight package. There, that's the game. You know why, because the Clippers had just seven offensive rebounds total tonight. They got three on that possession. Incredible. The Kings had eleven offensive rebounds, they had fourteen second chance points, the Clippers just six. But that possession, ironically, was the Clippers getting the best of them on the boards and showing that grit and toughness
when they had to have it. Only problem was, well, James Harden's back at the free throw line makes the first. It's one oh one ninety eight. This is the second. Here was another underrated big play late coach Lou calling for James Harden to foul Zach Levine. You're up by three. Don't let him get a shot off. He just hit two threes. I always subscribe to that philosophy. Why let
him get a shot off? The fear is he takes a shot and you foul him then and it turns into a four point play or at least three free throws. How many times has that actually happened. It's so rare. You know what's less rare just letting them take a three pointer or down three to tie the game and making it that strategy by the Clippers play the foul game Zach Levine would go to the line with three point nine seconds left off the intentional foul from James
Harden hit both. It's one on one to one hundred. Time out, Clippers. They call it in bounds play with Harden as the trigger man. He doesn't throw it into the backcourt to Norman Powell. There's about to be a five second violation. He forces it into Bogey. It was a great steal by Keegan Murray and it's Kings ball down one with two point two seconds left. Seems similar to a game with the Clippers down one against the
Kings in overtime, not that long ago. Back and into it Dome where Kawhi hit the game winner with the lefty floater. Are the Kings about to return the favor? No final possession well defended. DeMar Derosen tried to draw the foul and split the defense of Done and of Eatsa Zubats on a long right wing three. They didn't give it to Himlippers go on to win one on one to one hundred, and now you can have that sigh of relief, Clipper Nation. We'll take a quick time out,
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Clippers Fine away. Heys to Marto Rosen trying to try that foul Lay didn't get it, didn't get the shot, and the Clippers win one on one to one hundred in Sacramento. They'll finish off this twenty twenty four to twenty twenty five season in San Francisco on Sunday against the Golden State Warriors. Ray and Redondo Beach, you're first up here are Clippers stock without a mazzle?
Thanks Adam. I wanted to talk to Clipper Nation. I've seen a lot of posts online people crapping on Harden. It wasn't a great way to close the game, he still got us a triple double. And don't you forget he's been the our MVP of the season and that man has carried us through thick and thin. So it's now our turn to have his back. So anyone who's based in the Los Angeles area, I want to see
you into a dome on Sunday. We're gonna get loud, we're gonna support our team, and we're gonna get the fifth seed at least.
So let's go clips.
I love it, ray Light, the positivity getting Harden's back. There My only problem with the way this game. Not my only problem, it's a big problem. It's a real problem. First of all, good process is not as important as just results. At this point, you would love to have both. We didn't get it down the stretch. They got outscored fifteen to six. I believe in the last five minutes they almost let this one go because of miss free throws a turnover on an inbounds pass as well well.
When the Clippers have had bad losses this season, those two things were prevalent, and they even had those in some wins. It has been an issue going back to Game one against Phoenix up nine with three and a half minutes left. That was an into a dome. James Harden missed some free throws late in that one that would lead to a loss. They had some bad turnovers up in Sacramento that almost led to a loss earlier this season. I don't love that, but I'll take the
victory and move on. But yeah, I can't just erase the last five minutes of the game and act like the Clippers executed well down the stretch. And if it happens in a playoff or a playing game or on Sunday against the Golden State Warriors and they have those same miscues, you're probably gonna lose. So they do have to be better. In the first quarter, Norman Palell had ten points. He was my player to watch. I did like how he looked overall, even though he finished with
just sixteen. It was a low scoring game. Kawhi Leonard had twenty of his twenty eight in the first half, was very aggressive and hit that three pointer before the half was over to put him up by one at fifty to forty nine. And then James Harden had the big third quarter where he had nine of his twenty three points in the game, and yes, he still finished with a triple double. Just you can't have that turnover.
You can't have the miss free throws late, and that has been an unfortunate trend for this team missing free throws. Layton games, Norman Powell missed two free throws in a row again. He did it on Tuesday against the Spurs. That stuff can't happen. So I'm not gonna act like there aren't things that they can do much better. Bottom line, that got the win. It's great. I'll take that over everything,
but I'm also gonna play point out some of the shortcomings. Luckily, DJ had nine of his eleven in the fourth quarter and Harden had some great feeds to him on a lob on a long outlet pass. Where would they be without Derek Jones Junior this season? Incredible? Soon as they lost Paul George, they called off negotiations. They went out and got him right away. They pivoted to defense immediately. That steal and score he had on Zach Lavine to put them up nine in the fourth quarter. Just ballhawk,
Alex and Florida. You're on clipperstoft with that mouleson what's up Alex.
What's up at him. I don't know. If you've just seen the thing with Anthony Edward. I think he could be suspended for the for the next game because he got eighteen technical fouls for this season.
I thought seventeen was an automatic suspension. Is it eighteen or is it past seventeen?
Oh, if you look at if you look it up, he's just got his eighteenth one uh for the season. I think he could be out for the He's facing on one game suspension.
If this technical isn't rescinded, he will miss the game on Sunday. You're right, it probably will be. I don't know, based upon the way I'm seeing people talk about it online. And I don't think the NBA wants that. But yes, that is a wrinkle to all of this. They're still playing Utah, who has nothing to play for, and they should probably win even without Anthony Edwards. But my guess is it gets rescinded. But anything else you want to say about this game?
Ouse, Yeah, okay, I don't know. Would you? I don't know when the next time? Well you you do. You've been doing Clippers talk like every day.
You don't know when the next Clippers talk is.
Every day you every day, every day.
If I'm alive, it's happening tomorrow. I got my cousin Big Mike coming on. Who's the Warriors fan? We'll preview that game on Sunday?
I think, But how come last week when we all were tied up, the Clippers were ahead of everyone else, when everybody had the same record. The Clippers were ahead of everyone, So why would it not be the same thing now if you remember last week? And so, I don't know how that wouldn't be the same case because we have the tiebreaker against the Warriors whether they lose or win, and they have it against the Wolves. So how could the Worries. I don't understand how they would be ahead of us.
I need someone smarter than me to point this out. But at that time they had the same record as Denver, and Denver uh they won again.
So they went in front of us now.
Because they have because right because the head to head tie breaker. Well, they finished two and two against them in the regular season, but Denver has the better conference record, so that pushes them ahead of the Clippers. And of course that game in Denver after the fires in Southern California, that everybody says shouldn't have been played looms large right now. That hurt them, and obviously having a rescheduled game because they were only scheduled for three games against Denver this year.
They were two to one against them, but then coming out of the n Season Tournament, they had another game against Denver. That's who they caught, so it gave them a chance to tie the season series at two to two. They're both forty nine and thirty two. And because it goes from head ahead and then bumps down to conference record, and Denver's thirty one and twenty in conference and the Clippers are just twenty eight and twenty three. That's why they're behind Denver.
No, I understand that Denver one. I just don't know how Golden State could be ahead of as those.
Well they're not now Golden.
State, Okay, if we lose to them now, because they're one game behind us, they've they've lost the game. See how they would get ahead of it at all?
Even I think I think it's because at that point it would come back to three way ties like that would get that would get extremely messy. But Alex, do you have anything else say about today's game?
Oh no, no, I'll let you get to another call. I appreciate you, Adam. I was just very confused about that because I don't know what's going.
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Clippers one on one, King's one hundred. Wipe the sweat from your brow because the Clippers made us sweat in this one. Big time miss free throws, a turnover late, they sweep Sacramento low, they come through Elvis in La you're a Clipper stop without a Maslin?
What's up at him? How you doing?
What's up? Els?
I was just I was just calling because when I was watching the first quarter, I was like, what is going on? Why is everyone moving like it's warm up? I felt like they came out of the gate super slow. What did you think during the first quarter?
You think they came out of the gate slow. I think both teams were missing. Uh maybe, I don't know. I thought there was some good defense being played early on, and the Clippers had. My issue was the turnovers to start things off. I mean, this game was plagued by offensive fouls. I've never seen so many offensive fouls called. There might have been seven. I've never seen anything like it. Yeah, we had an offensive foul on one end, offensive foul
on the other end. Just back to back dueling offensive fouls going on. But the Clippers had six or seven turnovers in the first quarter alone. They cleaned it up in the second quarter, and then the Kings ended up having seven turnovers I think in the second and the Clippers led by one at the half. They win this game by one, one oh one to one hundred in Sacramento. But yes, I know when people were complaining about the officiating.
A lot of this is about the offensive fouls that were called, and they were just offensive foul happy the refs. We'll take a quick time out, we'll come back, we'll close things out. Clippers by one. All's well, then ends well? Right, win's a win. Right, There's some things to clean up, especially because the same things have been happening all season long, and they almost cost them this ball game, and they will in the playoffs or on Sunday if they happen again.
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I would highly recommend that the Clippers win on Sunday against the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco and avoid the playing. But hey, that's just me, maybe because I've seen what can happen in the playing before. I remember twenty twenty two didn't go well for the Clippers. They win their worst the fifth seed on Sunday. You lose, you're likely the seventh seed taken on the Memphis Grizzlies in a seven to eight matchup. Winner goes on to
play Houston. The first round loser plays the winner of the nine to ten playing game. I don't know, guys, that could get scary. It was scary enough in this game where the Clippers pull. We're out one on, one to one hundred before we get out of here is the Clippers won in Sacramento. I want to thank Clippers organization, Ralph Lawler, Brian Seeman, Noah Igo, Carlo Jimenez on the call, Daniel West back here in the bank, big brother, Jake Warner. We'll talk to you guys at eleven thirty on Sunday.
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