Time for a postgame. Look, it's your La Clippers. This is Clippers Locker Road, brought to you by Cedars Sinai, the official health partner of the LA Clippers, and by Patschonga, official travel casino of the LA Clippers. Breaking down today's action with the pre and post game voice. If you're La Clippers, they're locking in every game, every night, Adam Osland. It wasn't always pretty, but the Clippers got the w in Miami over the
heat. They win one oh three to ninety five. Welcome into your postgame show. I'm Adam Oslin. If you like to get on early for Clippers Talk eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy or get to me at follow Adam A. But first let's get back out to your radio voice of the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez. So in this one, the Clippers started one for eight from distance, Carlow
just to hit fifteen of their next thirty one attempts from three. The love averages was in their favor eventually, and they hit some ones on the fourth quarter. Yeah, and they really needed it at them because that zone defense of Miami. It thrives on teams missing threes, and the Clippers were getting open looks in that first quarter, but they just couldn't knock them down.
The tie turns in the second they hit I believe seven threes in that second quarter, and they really were able to force Miami out of that zone defense and able to get into one on one opportunities on the offensive end. It was, like you said, not the prettiest win, but you got it done on the road and a place that look is very tough to win. This is a hard building to get a win in here in Miami, and a great job by the Clippers to get it done. It was good.
It was I mean, there's a lots of point out that they can improve on, but at the end of the day, he won the game right at him and that's what matters exactly, my friend. And Miami never easy because of that heat culture and the toughness they possess, and they're a team trying to dig out of the play in tournament right now. While that has been a round for them in the past to be successful through, they don't want to be there again. And I thought defensively for the most part,
that zone defense was solid the Clippers. It took some time to adjust, but eventually Kawhi Leonard played very well had twenty four points. James Harden with a bounce back performance, though, knocking down five to three pointers after going oer for with just four points in Detroit on Friday. I love seeing a turnaround like that from a superstar. Yeah, you knew what was coming. There is no way James Harden was going to continue to struggle like that throughout
the ball game. I think what I was most impressed with Adham was the timeliness of his threes. I mean, the feel for the game that James
Harden has. I think it's just so hard to understand because he just seems to make the right play that the Clippers need at any moment, where that's finding the hot hand, whether it's getting to the free throw line, whether that's finding us way to swipe the basketball out of an offensive player on the defensive end, but both all of his threes today were so timely and huge for the Clippers to be able to get this done down the stretch. You
love to see the ball in his hands. Good things always happen when he's in double digits. And assists, and he's two rebounds away from a triple double. Fantastic self from James Harden. Clippers battle on the boards, it was forty eight forty four in favor of the Clippers. In the rebounding department. We gotta see Big Zoo back. Played just eighteen minutes, of course, on a minute's restriction. His first game since early January here four points,
two of four shooting. But you talk with Big Plump post game, and he filled in admirably, especially late during crunch time. Yeah, he was great for this Clippers team. I mean, one thing that's been a knock against Mason Plumley ad him is he jumps sometimes when guy's pumping, he leaves his feet. He didn't commit a personal foul against bam Adebayo, who's been get into the free throw line frequently as of late for this Miami team.
And he did an excellent job not fouling, playing defense, making it hard for out to Bayo, who had to take thirteen shots to get the fourteen points. I thought he did a fantastic job on the defensive end for this Clippers team. Was great in picking role when they doubled Harden. His ability to leap in the air, which you know I supposed to leap when you when you don't know where you're going to the basketball. But plumb seems
to find his teammates every time when he jumps through traffic. He was great, and the wealth on the center position for this Clippers team just to continues to increase. Mason Plumbley a huge twenty six minutes time. Impressive to see the Clippers build that lead with Kawhi Leonard on the bench early in the fourth quarter. But my favorite play of the ballgame was the block he had on Jimmy Butler where he just had him locked up in Alcatraz there for a second,
couldn't get a shot off. I mean, that's an old school Eastern Conference rival where he back with Kawhi on the Toronto Raptors in twenty nineteen when they had to go through a Philadelphia seventy six ers team that had Jimmy Buckets.
Yeah, let me tell you something. I'm sure Jimmy Butler is happy this is the last team he's going to see Kawhi Leonard in the regular season because he made it tough on Butler and at one point, you know, you wondered Why isn't Butler being more assertive, But Kawhi Leonard was just giving him no window to try to find something offensively. Nineteen shots to get the
twenty one points. He made it hard on Butler, who as this as pat Riley says, Adam stirs the straw here with Miami, and he was unable to do so because of the defense from Kawhi Leonard, Who's going to have a tall task tomorrow with Trey Young on the other side. But this was a nice win the Clippers, clearly. You know, it took him a little bit to get going forty three points in the first daft, but they finished with forty nine in that second half. Or excuse me, fifty
in that sixty in that second half. Wow, I was a journalism major. Sixty in the second half to get it done in this one. A great job to turn the tide, a great job to finish things. And now, as ot as Mason Plumley said, Adam, the Clippers want to get it done in Atlanta and really finish this road trip strong Man. Six and one was the goal. Coach Lou told you that before the road trip, even I was skeptical at times how well this Clippers team was you have
little faith doubting Thomas over here. But they have a chance to have one of the best road trips, if not the best, in team history. I believe at this point this is the most successful Grammy road trip in franchise history by this Clippers team, and they have a chance to go six to one if they can pull off the victory Tomorrow in the atl Tiptime from Atlanta is at four thirty. We'll have your pregame show starting at three thirty.
Carlo Jimenez, my guy, great call is always safe travels. We'll talk to you tomorrow from Atlanta. Talk to you tomorrow, Adam, Day thirteen of this thirteen game trip. Let's finish it with a w coming up next. We got second half highlights as the Clippers win in Miami one o three to ninety five. And you're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network loading Clippers fully loaded with Clippers fans. This is LA Clippers basketball. You're listening
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two five seventy But first second half highlights. It was all knotted up at just forty three points in the first half. I joked, maybe first to eight you would win this one. The Clippers would be the first to get there thanks to the claw. Kawhi Leonard off the back rim, offensive rebound Leonard and he'll recycle in the page, curls the screen. Leonard puts it from behind into the hands of Harden. Full core pass Leonard, no one in front. He'll pack it with the right hand. Time out, spoolstra
Leonard at the top. We'll fakes for three to shoot. It's a hen grenade, step back, greeball. Got It's Leonard of bail out buckets, games, orchestrating with New York jumps in the air. Leonard's open rightly three perfect Kawhi Leonard off the hard and assists Kawhi Leonard had ten points in that third quarter alone after having eleven in the first half, but it was just
a two point game. Clippers did not close the third strong. It was sixty nine to sixty seven Clippers heading into the fourth quarter, but without Kawhi Leonard on the floor early in the fourth, the Clippers were able to increase their lead, and it was James Harden with the four point place only retreats
step back three for Harden. He even get the horn and wine. James Horning a chest throw a four point play as he rambows in a three tobly downhill, jumps in the air, finds hard in seven is Shue left the logo, jams left side steph three ball few mans Harden on the right wing, dribbles left hand. Brochier in his shadow, steps back to their left wing threes in the fowl. The Beard is on Fire a sixteen to Ford
Clipper run insane. He had eleven of his twenty one points in that fourth quarter, plus had a lef an assist in the ball game, and the Clippers would win in a low scoring nineties basketball affair, oneh three to ninety five in Miami over the heat coming up next to your final box score right here under Clippers post game show on the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. The LA Clippers continue their hunt for a Lariyo B. They still want to get
that Lario beat. Don't miss a moment all season longed. This is the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers win in Miami one oh three to ninety five. I'm Adam Oslin. Welcome back into your postgame show. Coming up, we got Clippers talk on a five seven LA Sports eight sixty six ninety seven two five seventy of the phone number. Kawhi Leonard ended up with twenty five points on eight of sixteen shooting plus leading them. Board Man gets paid in
the rebounding category with eleven four assists, two steals, two blocks. Jimmy Butler got locked up. Paul George struggle for the most part three of thirteen, but hit some big shots late, got to the free throw line, knocked them down with six of six there fifteen points, seven boards, four assists. James Harden a nice bounce back performance after struggling with just four points in Detroit on Friday, twenty one points seven of thirteen to five of nine
from the outside and eleven assists off the bench. Norman Powell seven of his sixteen points in the fourth quarter, King of the fourth, six of twelve from the field, just two of seven from the outside, but a clutch three pointer in a tight game late for the heat, they got just twenty one from Jimmy Butler on nineteen shots. Beam Montebayo fourteen and thirteen. Terry Rozier was seventeen on seventeen attempts. Clippers win one O three to ninety five
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they were in attack mode. Adam Osley Clippers were able to escape Miami without getting burned by the heat as they started one for eight from three just to hit fifteen of their next thirty one to three pointers and they scrape out in ugly but satisfying victory for Clipper Nation, winning one o three to ninety five in Miami and what looked like a playoff type of setting with the style of
ball being played out there. Welcome to Clippers Talk. I'm at a Oslin eight six six ninety seven two five seventy eight six six ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number. Well, we have a moment though, Let's pause ten seconds for station identification. Here on a M five, seventy LA Sports, This is LA Clippers Basketball, AM five to seventy KLAC Los Angeles, ninety eight seven KYSR HD two Los Angeles and iHeartRadio Station. Kawhi Leonard
would lead them in scoring. Again. Now, I got one box score saying twenty four points. I have another saying twenty five points? Which one do I go with? Do I round up win? In doubt? When a guy's playing this well, I guess you'd give him the twenty five. Let me give you some numbers as we continue to push the Kawhi for MVP
agenda here on Clippers Talk. Over his last twenty eight games now where the Clippers are twenty four and four, he's been averaging twenty six points per game while shooting fifty seven percent from the field and almost fifty one percent from three Wake up national media, Wake up book makers. Kawhi Leonards should be top
five at least in the MVP conversation. When you are the best player on the hottest team and it is just a game back of me and the number one seed in the Western Conference, that's typically traditionally where those guys end up. I don't know why they're waiting only miss four games this season. Put them in the conversation, keep them in the dialogue and on the tip of
your tongue when you talk about the best players in the NBA today. Kawhi Leonard playing his best basketball ever in the regular season, on a top seventy five player ever, and for some reason, still not being talked about enough. He's not the one that's gonna campaign. We'll do it for him. Eight sixty six ninety seven two five seventy eight sixty six ninety seven two five
seventy. As I mentioned, it was an ugly ball game. The Clippers were down twenty two to nineteen twelve minutes in twenty two to nineteen, they started one of eight from distance. This is a lesson, though, on why you have to keep shooting him from the outside, especially when you're the best three point shooting team in the league. Eventually, the law of averages
will play in your favor, and they did. I believe they hit seven threes in the second quarter after just one in the first cour and they end up sixteen of thirty nine. That's forty one percent from three, and it saved them. We talked about it during the broadcast Carlo Amennez asked what they need to do to break the zone? What starts with the shooting. They had to be better there. They weren't early on. They weren't close to
shooting to their capabilities early on this Clippers team, they struggled immensely. The zone can junk up the game, can make you play outside yourself. It can just throw a different wrinkle at you that you don't see very much. And it's not just a team going to the zone. It's a team that is very familiar with running it to perfection. In the Miami Heat, nobody plays zone better than they do, and they got a great head coach and
Eric Spolster leading them. Luckily, the Clippers have Toron lou and a heck of a lot of talent now that he gets to work with, including James hard And, who, after having just four points in Detroit on Friday, dropped twenty one, including multi pull four point plays where he was fouled on a step back three pointer, the one he patented, the one that is as deadly as any shot in NBA history, the one that will make him a first ballot Hall of Famer, and he was too enticing with it.
In Miami, and the defenders could not help themselves common fouls on both They didn't get called for correculus closeouts, but fouls Nonetheless, James Harden had ten of his twenty one in that fourth quarter, huge buckets as the Clippers started to pull away with Kawhi Leonard on the bench. You don't see that very often. So when you talk about encouraging signs from this team, even in a sloppy game where yes, they ended up with one of my box scores
says fifteen turnovers, the other says sixteen. I'm gonna go with fifteen. They had their issues hanging onto the basketball and made it far too interesting late when they were up by I want to say thirteen at one point in the fourth quarter in a tightly contested ballgame where thirteen felt more like twenty five because points were at a premium. But the Clippers continue to turn it over, keep Miami believing, keep Eric Spolser calling time outs and extending this ballgame.
Rightfully so, but I'll say this, it gives coach lou a lot of ammunition, even in a victory, to get this team's attention, to say, you have to be better, you have to close out teams stronger than this. So you know what, one of the box scurs says, seventeen. I'm gonna go with that. It felt like seventeen turnovers leading to nineteen points for the Miami Heat. Clippers, too loose with the basketball, too sloppy, too careless, self inflicted wounds kept this game close, but they
knocked down their free throws late. Give him credit there, Paul George at the charity stripe, Kawhi Leonard as well, Norman Powell once again King of the fourth, seven of his sixteen points in a clutch three pointer when the game was still in the balance late in the fourth quarter that they really needed. And then a jumper where he's just so good. Now when they're trying to run him off the line, I'll just take guys off the dribble man,
they'll knock down a long two point two. But PG had a nice block and steal on Heimi Hawkes. Those two have had some runs at UCLA in the past. Hawky has went at him lost crossed over Paul George a couple of times. At one point early in the fourth quarter, Paul George came back at him, had the block steal, not sure where they ended up calling it, but then hit a three on the other end. That was a big shot in the fourth quarter. And how about my guy big
plumb coming through the reverse layup was really the dagger in the game. Turnover still made an interest, but Mason Plumbley was very good down the stretch. He knocked down the majority of his free throws as well left handed. Now he ended up three or four at the charity stripe they found him. I want to say for a dunk late. Was it James Harden who found him?
I just that reverse layup was special, But in a game where Big Zoo returned and only had to play eighteen minutes, probably was at twenty minutes. Was his restriction two of four four points three boards. You have a guy like Mayson plumbing the act disposal to give you five nine rebounds, two offensive rebounds, and yeah, that reverse was his only make from the field, and it was a big one, a critical one. I think it gave them enough cushion to eventually go on to win one to oh, three
to ninety five. A lot of good performances, Clippers went small at times. I liked what I saw with two on three, next to Harden, next to a Mere Coffee and Terrence Man a lot of switch a bill out there, I thought you know. Paul George struggled just three of thirteen, but again a big shot, big free throws James hard to bounce back performance. Terrace Man was good overall, but just twenty minutes seven points. Russell Westbrook struggled, missed that dunk leading to a three pointer the other way.
That is the stuff that can't happen. He was just two of nine. When he smokes layups and dunks like that, it is a live ball turnover and they seem to always end up in buckets going the other way. But still had a great performance Friday night against the Pistons. These days happen. Clippers have so much talent they overcome it. Anyways. A Mere Coffee again got to his me hit a three pointer as well, five points. Just
he's special. Not many guys can thrive in a role when they don't know what exactly that moving target of their role will be on a night to night basis, and a Mere Coffee's just two good stars in his role. Love what he has brought to this team of last month and a half was screaming to get him on the court right after the trade. They don't have any more wings. Put out a mere coffee, I said, And now, well the rest is history. Hopefully he's been that good. He's been integral
to what this team has been able to do as the Clippers. Now, let me give you this Cliper Nation. When I tell you this is the best regular she's in stretching franchise history, I am not lying to you. They have now won thirty of their last thirty eight games, twenty five of their last thirty since December first, and fifteen of their last nineteen and they're five and one on this Grammy road trip. That's already the best mark they've
ever had. Even if they lose tomorrow hopefully not, but even if they do, it's still the most successful Grammy road trip in franchise history to my knowledge. They're in Atlanta tomorrow. We'll preview that as well. But first, to start things off, Jabbier Lahabra Heights, Jabber, I'm short on time. Give me about thirty forty five seconds here, Okay, my friend, all right, you got a real quick games like this. It was
an ugly, ugly win, but they they got it real quick. I know, hey, ugly went better than a pretty loss, right, But yeah, I noticed that's cool. I had mentioned this the last couple of games. They've been starting slow and they got to lock up on defense. I mean they started slow again today. But you know, I guess talent, you know won them the game. But but I just you know, good game. Russell Westbrook can have a good game. And he only played
with fifteen minutes. That was pretty good. Tyleron knew that was not his night, and he took him out last. Thing's real quick, man. Paul George, like we mentioned last game, yet, zero turnovers, man, those two turnovers at the end of the what the fourth what the last four minutes? Those are crucial, man, He's got to protect the ball. I'm talking about Paul George. So that's it, Adam, thank you everything. I'm gonna call. I agree with tomorrow, all right, hob
here, Yeah, for sure. Yeah, Paul George has to be better, especially having miss cues in opportune times like that late in the ball game. He knows it. There were definitely mental lapses out there they had. Geez, I want to say, seven turnovers in the first quarter after you know they're a team on the season that's one of the best when it comes to taking care of the basketball. They came into this game averaging just twelve
turnovers on the dot. I believe that's top five in fewest turnovers per game. That's a testament to James Harden when he has brought to this team because last season they were almost turning it over fifteen times per game. That's a huge difference. That is championship type of ball. Only turning it over, uh that infrequently. All right, quick time out, We'll come back. Clippers win one oh three to ninety five in Miami over the heat. We'll
get back to your phone calls. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. I'mt a Moslin and you are listening to AMI seventy LA Sports. They want to bring a banner with them to the into it down more LA Clippers basketball on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Kawhi Leonard refuses to turn things down. He's playing as loud as ever eight of sixteen with twenty five points in a game where the Clipper
shot just forty four percent from the field. He was still a fifty percent from the floor, fifty percent from the outside big three pointers in that third quarter, went three of six from distance, plus he led them in the rebounding department eleven three boards, guarding Jimmy Butler, locking him up in a possession where he had him in Alcatraz, plucked his shot and looked like multiple
times. I think he was having flashbacks to that seven game series back in twenty nineteen where Kawhi was on the Toronto Raptors and that Philadelphia team was stacked. Kawhi somehow carried Toronto to the victory and then to a championship. Welcome back into Clipperstock. I'm at a Moslin eight sixty six ninety seven two five to seventy Mitch in New Jersey. You got thirty seconds match? What's up, my friend? You doing everythinkskam of cool. I wish they wouldn't starts
slowly make it easier for themselves. I agree, uh Kawaii lands winning his MVP. Whether you like him that looking to this census to be like Jaen Danny Darren's Whinnigan and I like this kid kid, I like this young player that we have in the course me a coffee. He's really really good to have off the bench. Be a star someday, and I'm wonning about Bosston Junior one day till I hope to see him since edit Clipper only anyway, All right, match, I appreciate the phone call. Your phone sucks.
I'm sorry. Thank you said you loved the mirror coffee there, we all do. The mirror coffee is awesome, and what he's brought to this Clippers team has been invaluable because he can just blend in and fill a role and thrive in it. Morris in Long Beach, young Clipper stop without a mals in thirty seconds here Morris basically be mad up in his right Clippers. All right, Morris, I appreciate it. I don't know if that was on purpose to fit the theme there or not. Normally, your phone's much better.
Age sixty six ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number. Can't say enough about what this Clippers team has done over the last two and a half months on this road trip. Being five and one, I thought four and three would be successful. Coach lou and this team wants to get greedy. They want to end up six and one. That was the goal coming into this trip. He told Carlo Jimenez that before they left Los Angeles they have a chance to Now tomorrow they'll be in Atlanta taking on Trey Young and
the Hawks. We'll take a quick time out here. We'll come back. We'll get to your phone calls and will Updyke will join me from Clips and Dip. Still searching for some postgame audio as well. Clippers win in Miami one O, three to ninety five. You gotta find different ways to win ball games. This was a rock fight, a slug fest, and the Clippers came out on top. Heat culture. What about Clippers culture. I'm saying more Clippers sock next year. Already up by seventy LA Sports loading Clippers
fully loaded with Clippers fans. This is La Clippers basketball. You're listening to the La Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers are victorious in Miami and they're five and one on this Grammy road trip making some sweet music. This team working in unison. Kawhi Leonard led them with twenty five, led them on defense to Big Zoo was back. Just played eighteen minutes, but
you'll take it. Didn't even think he'd be back till maybe March. That's what a lot of people were guessing after they said he'd be reevaluated in four to six weeks. Surprise, and it was a good one for this Clippers team. Coming up, we're looking for postgame audio, but first joining the show is Will Updyke from Clips and Dip. Will thanks for doing this here postgame. I do want to ask you about Kawhi Leonard and the update on
the MVP conversation. Have you heard from anybody talking about him as anyone mentioned it? I know this game was on Espen. Were any of the announcers you know, on the ball and in tune with what Kawhi Leonard has been doing. You know, no one's been hitting me up, no one's been reaching out to me. I'm checking my mail. I'm ready for apologies. I'm ready for people to send me a photo copy of their ballot with with Kawhi at the top of their MVP voting. Still not happen, man,
Maybe it must be the rain. You know what the rain I think is what is what's holding people back? Yeah, that takes out those carrier pigeons with the message of Kawhi Leonard being this dominant for this long last twenty eight games, shooting fifty eight percent from the field, fifty one percent from three, while getting twenty six points per game, and oh yeah, playing that other side of the court that everyone seems to neglect, nobody seems to care
about when it comes to HEAVP voting wild. But let's talk about were you shocked, surprised, or just encouraged by the fact that a Visa Zuboss was able to go today? Shocked? Absolutely, odd jaw on the floor. I I mean, honestly, I wasn't even sure, if you know, because we knew about the reevaluation, if he had been traveling with the team the whole time, or you know, like what his situation was. So I was absolutely shocked. I mean, I mean, it's great to see
Big Zoo back there. We talked a little bit about what his return would look like. You were a pro, You were a proponent of having him just return immediately to the starting lineup minutes restriction, you know, kind of just have that in place and work rotations around that, which is uh,
which is great, which is what we saw. So you nailed that one, and well, yeah, I'm curious to see how long it's gonna take him to get back into our rhythm, because you know, he's just been looking so good for so long, even before we were on that win streak. I brought up multiple times that like we were, I kind of felt like we were blowing Good Zoo games when we were when we were in that sort of slump. That's how good he's been since the James Harden edition.
So I'm hoping that he comes back up to speed. I'm assuming that it's going to be more difficult on the defensive side of the ball for him, but you know, hey, having him back this early I did not I did not think he would be playing in games before the All Star break.
Yeah, it looks a little hesitant. The timing wasn't quite there. He did have a nice knockaway on a lob pass that ended up being a turnover from the heat and a throwdown in the second and then a layup where Kawi found him beautifully in the third quarter over Jimmy Butler looking for the mismatch with Big Zoo. But we'll see, it'll take time. It's it's all still just huge for this team right now, so to speak, because they have
needed him. They've been getting by without him, but eventually, especially come March in the seventeen games, they need him full up to speed. And with him coming back this soon, it seems like that is a very much in play and a possibility, and he could be trending towards that. Oh, it's like it's like good news on top of good news for the Clippers.
I mean, we just talked yesterday about Kawhi and how he's not happy with the team's approach, how he wants everybody to step things up on the defensive end of the ball, and then the next day we get our defensive anchor back in the rotation. Man, I tell you what, the Clippers are ready for March. Yeh in February. It's your heart out, Chuck. Now he wants to come back on tonight. He couldn't do it though, because the Clippers got another victory, So that means it's will Updyke.
Well, we've talked about James Harden and him having that down game, and we got some comments doing the live like what's wrong with James Harden. Well, it seems like he's okay. Played forty two minutes, went seven of thirteen, five to three pointers made, two of them turned into four point plays, big clutch shots, and he ended up with twenty one points in eleven assists. He was right next to Kawhile Leonard for being the best player
on the floor tonight. Yeah. Absolutely. I mean, when he can be aggressive, obviously, it just adds an entire another scoring dimension to this team. The thing, the thing with James is scoring is I'm just wondering how he can continue to stay in rhythm when he's you know, he's not used to being off ball. He's not, He's not used to taking a whole lot offtball threes. He does a great job obviously facilitating everyone around him.
I'm just wondering if there's more ways that we can kind of unlock him on nights where you know, tonight was great forty one minutes. He could he could really you know, score and be the offensive player himself. I'm wondering if there are ways we can sort of maximize his skill set without him
having to like be on ball the whole time. I know, obviously the team is better with the ball in his hands, but yeah, it's I guess I guess basically what I'm saying is if we can get him more involve when he is off ball, Yeah, more catch and shoot threes, and hey, he has adapted his game. He's been pretty damn good in that area as a clipper. But we know at his best when you give him the controls or the controller U, he can take this team to new heights.
Mike got Norman Powell my pick for this three game road trip. Stepping up once again in the fourth quarter. Had seven of his sixteen a clutch, three pointers, six of twelve from the field. But the guy continues to be the king of the fourth God bless him. Will this is I don't think anyone came into the season thinking that Norman Powell was going to play at this high of a level for this long of a sustained period. Well no, I mean I think that we've seen flashes of that, and certainly
when Norm was healthy, like you could see the potential. But I think the reason that he was so involved in you know, basically every trade machine someone sent to you over the summer before the start of the season was he is just a little bit of an un want a fiable entity, right, It's a little bit unknown, like we just we hadn't seen prolonged stretches of him healthy with the team, and we certainly hadn't seen prolonged stretches of him healthy with with two, one, three, So I'm so happy for him.
He gets to play his game while contributing to wins, you know what I mean. Sometimes sometimes these guys who were like who are great spark plug off the bench scorers, you know, it doesn't always translate to wins. Uh and norm with even given some of his physical limitations, the effort that he expounds on the defensive end of the floor and just how he how he just creates so much gravity in space for everyone around him is just so so
immeasurably valuable. And I like too that he you know, he's adapted to this role, seems to love it, really fries in it. But you will also see him in closing lineups, like I have no doubt that at some point we will see more in closing lineups in the playoffs. And to have a guy who's that versatile, it's just great. Like outside of your top five guys when you're you know whatever, you want to consider Norman the sixth or seventh guy up, is that darn good. I'm telling you,
you're sitting pretty. He's a scoring machine. He's a microwave. And of course he helped form the Powell Rangers, as you dubbed the starting lineup with Norman place of Terrence Man that we haven't got to see much of recently in fourth quarters because Noah beachs a zoobots. But it's coming, It's coming soon. It may happen tomorrow in Atlanta. Last one for you here will quickly.
Paul George is three of thirteen, but knocked down a big three pointer after a nice block or a steal on Haimi hawk Is in the fourth quarter, knockdown his free throws late. Any concern overall with Paul George or do we just have to tip our cap and say he's playing injured right now and he's still helping this team. He had the second best, third best plus minus in the ball game, Okay, fourth, fifth. I think I think it's definitely the latter. Like ultimately, look, Paul George is only
four games removed from another twenty point twenty point plus performance. He just had an insane stretch. He's dealing with an injury. I think it's I think you just got to ride the ups and downs. I like that it doesn't
appear to be getting into his head. And you know, while he certainly doesn't look one hundred percent physically like himself, I'm not super I'm not super concerned about it, and I trust, at least I hope that he's not playing through a high level of pain or anything like that, because it's it's just an injury that you know, you don't want to take too many chances with. You don't want to reaggravate because it's an issue. I mean,
we know we've had players with it before. Yeah, I don't want to linger like the Cramburs he is. Will Updyke from Clips and Dip Will thanks for doing this to night a little double dip here on Clippers Talk. We'll talk to you soon on the YouTube. My friend sounds good. Thanks for having me. Let's go clip quick time out. After the Clippers win one O three to ninety five in Miami over the heat, we'll come back,
we'll close things out, we'll preview tomorrow's game in Atlanta. Clippers on that back to back final game of the road trip, we'll be taking on Trey Young in the atl Plus we'll get to Kay Newton in her casual corner. Next right here on Clippers Stock on a five to seven LA Sports, The LA Clippers continue their hunt for a Lario B. They still want to get that Lario bat. Don't miss a moment all season long. This is the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers win in Miami one O three to ninety five.
They're five and one on the Grammy road trip with one to go. Tomorrow, they're in Atlanta taking on Trey Young. No Clip Capella in that game. He's out due to injury. We'll see what it looks like for Beats Zoobots and his minutes restriction against that Atlanta team. Tiptime is at four thirty. We get tor pregames starting at three thirty. I got some good and bad news for you here. The Rockets were not able to come back and win over the Timberwolves. Tea Wolves will win at home one eleven to
ninety over Houston, but but second overtime and okasee. Raptors and Thunder locked up at one hundred and eighteen points. Let's go Raptors. I'm like Chuck now. Toronto is my favorite city in the world. I gueah and see oh god loud, door's a three pointer? All right. Before we get out of here, let's get to Katie Newton's casual corner here, Katy, you got a question for me? Yeah, how many years of college do
you have to go to before entering the NBA? I believe zero? Now, oh really, I think you have to be eighteen and one year out of high school. They've changed the one and done rule a couple different times, so who knows. Really, it's just like I think it's one year out of high school. All right, Maybe you could look that up for me right now now. Katie Newton, head of our research department, always doing a fantastic job. Now, don't producer here. There we go,
tease it out. We're coming back tomorrow again, pregames starting at three thirty after Petros and money. Before we get out of here, I do want to thank the Clippers organization, Ralph Lawler, Brian Seeman, No what Ego, Carlo Amennez, big Brother, Jake Warner, the callers, the listeners will talk to you tomorrow at three thirty. Be here, please, I will be We got a good pregame. Trust me, you can always trust me. Come on, raptors. Why he was doing his thing. All
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