Time for a postgame. Look, it's your La Clippers. This is Clippers Locker Road, brought to you by Cedars Sinai, the official health partner of the La Clippers, and by Putschonga, official travel casino of the LA Clippers. Breaking down today's action with the pre and post game voice. If you're La Clippers, they're locking in every game every night. Adam osled well,
The Clippers led big early. They were up as many as thirty seven, and they managed to hold on and not get burned by the Suns in Phoenix. As the Clippers are victorious with a one toh five to ninety two victory, which means they have won the Pac div as well. Welcome into your postgame show. I'm Adame Oslin coming up here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. In just a little bit, we'll I have Clippers Talk for you eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five to two zero eleven
fifty. But first back out the Footprint Center with your radio voice of the Clippers in Carlo Jmenez. Carlo, I don't know we'll ever see a thirty five to four start again in our lifetime. That was video game esque. That was a dream what we saw from the Clippers early on. It really was adam. I mean, it kind of felt like the Clippers around here playing the club basketball team. They just dominated the story. It was not much resistance from Phoenix, who did miss open shots in this game, but
the Clippers couldn't miss if they wanted to. They were excellent from the field, they were able to get downhill, they moved the basketball so well. At them twenty assists in that first half. It really was one of the better halves this season. And going back to the second half against Cleveland, overall, an excellent performance for the Clippers. I really really felt like they came out strong second half. Again, we talked about it. They were
tired legs out there. This was an emotional team, but they got it done in this one. I was so impressed with the victory, just the ability without James Hornon and I'm without Kawhi Leonard on the road. I don't think anyone would have been surprised if the Clippers laid down a little bit, right, Like, would you be shocked if the Clippers didn't come out with the same fight when that same energy, knowing you got a game tomorrow at
home and you only need two wins and Phoenix is desperate for victory. I mean, it was just an incredible and incredible game. Not many people expected the Clippers to swing this kind of victory in this arena. It speaks to the level of focus, and I think it starts from the top down with their head coach in Taharan Lu who deserves a ton of credit. When this Clippers team and this boat was rocking a little bit, he called him out. He said, we're playing soft right now. We're not having that same
amount of toughness we need out there defensively. Since then, Clippers are seven and one, and how about you mentioned no James Harden and no Kawhi. Leonard Russell Westbrook filling in getting the starts tonight and just became the first player in franchise history with at least fifteen points, fifteen boards, and fifteen assists in a single game. I mean, unreal stuff at him. I think
he set the tone. Really. I feel like Adam from the get go, his energy's enthusiasm, he almost shocked this building with how much fight he came out of this game with. I would say he's playing his former teammate Kevin Durant, But this guy, it doesn't matter who he's playing, He's gonna play that way with that kind of fight. On the end, Russell
Westbrook was excellent in the passing lanes. He had those breakaway dunks. He really fed of eats his zoobots well, I thought in this game, and he got the Clippers off to the right foot and then Paul George kind of took them the rest of the way. It was fun to watch. I think Tyler lou you mentioned him getting a lot of credit. He just has
an incredible feel at him when to push those buttons. I don't know what it is, but there's a story out there of ty when when they were playing Game seven in Golden State and he came into the halftime locker room and ripped apart Lebron James say, we need more from you. They go on to win that game. I felt like he said he challenged his team in the second half of the Cleveland game when they had given up forty seven,
Hey, we gotta fight. He is able to pick his spot so well because in a long season like this, you can't dog on your guys every time to make a mistake, right, you can't get on them every time there's an air, but he finds a way to make sure his message is received. And I felt like his timing and how and how he was able to get his message across. This team's just just been refocused. They really have. Yeah, his finger on the pulse of this squad, know exactly
what they need. And you know, he never panicked when this team was going through that skid for two months where they were playing about five hundred ball or a couple of games under it. He said, I like this squad. I think we can be a great team. Still, there was no panic. He didn't waiver, he didn't have second thoughts about this squad. He studied the ship. That's what leaders do. And you mentioned Paul George
there also. I'm proud of PG thirteen. It coincides this turnaround with his play, his individual play and the team play because PG thirteen since the beginning of March has just been a different player. He's back to that all star level. He has hit big shot after big shot. He has come through for this team when they needed him most, and he did once again tonight
when it was down to just a seven point lead. With plenty of time left, and it was Paul George really with those silencer shots to stop the Phoenix Suns from overcoming what was a thirty seven point lead by the Clippers. I mean, TYLERU gets him in his spots at him and he just goes to work and they continue to feed him at the right elbow. What's incredible to me is Paul Pg's spot is that right elbow. He never takes an easy shot, Like when do we ever talk about the right elbow and Paul
George getting an open look. Every time it's a step back, it's somebody on top of him. It's defender blanket over him, unless he takes their ankles like he did to poor Evan Mobley who ended up on the wrong side of a highlight. I mean, Paul George takes tough shots, and he makes tough shots for this Clippers team and they set them up for success. Impressive, impressive for the Clippers, Adam. It's just the bandwidth of being able to maybe take your foot off the gas. The final three games feels
like it could go a long way for this team. An older the oldest team in the NBA, an opportunity to rest their legs before a new season begins. Now, the Clippers just need one more victory in their final three ball games to secure the four spot in the West. They'll run it back tomorrow night at Crypto against the Phoenix Suns. Tip Off is at seven thirty. Well, if your pregame show start against six thirty Carlo great calls, safe travels. We'll do it all over again tomorrow night. My friend,
I will see you tomorrow, Adam, appreciate it. Coming up next. Second half highlights, the Clippers hold on late and they win in Phoenix without Kawhi, without James Harden one to oh, five to ninety two over the Suns. This is your Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. They want to bring a banner with them to the into it doull more LA Clippers Basketball on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers led thirty seven to ten after the first quarter.
They come through late and win one five to ninety two and Phoenix over the Suns. Welcome back in. This is your Clippers locker room show. I'm at a Moslin Coming up, we will have Clippers talk on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. If I'm throwing you on hold right now. Stay there, We'll get to your phone calls. At eight seven, seven, five two zero eleven fifty Clippers were up and doubling up the Suns of the half sixty six to thirty three. Third quarter not as kind to the Clippers.
We knew the Phoenix Suns would make a run. We knew they were missing some good looks even in the first half when the Clippers were scorching hot. They were ice cold at times, and they were able to outscore the Clippers in the third quarter thirty five to eighteen. It was an eighty four sixty eight, sixteen point lead for the Clippers. Answering the fourth quarter, things got dicey. It was down to seven, but PG thirteen had those calm
nerves late when you needed them. He finished with eight points in the fourth. George leftob across. This is over Undurant. Two Hall of Famers going at it. George step back long too, left wing rolls in. What a shot from George over the top of Durrance. George right wing, Durant
in his way, switched on by Allen. Crossover twice with tend to shoot stops right elbow steps back, jumper gun its George smoothest butter Paul George when you needed him most, he came through, hitting tough shot after tough shot
and then finding his guys he ended up finding. It was Terrence Man and Russell Westbrook for a couple of easy ones downhill at the basket, and when the Clippers were leading by just seven late, it was Paul George orchestra in the offense and taking them home where they will be tomorrow night, taking all the Phoenix Suns back at Krypto dot Com Arena after they weighed one oh five to ninety two in Phoenix and clinch the Pac DIV Clippers fifty one and twenty
eight on the season. Now will update you on the Western Conference standings coming up and more right here on the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. 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. No Kawhi, no James Harden. Clippers win. Guess yes. In Phoenix, one oh five ninety two was your final. They led thirty five to four early on thirty six thirty seven to six. It was a
sight to behold. Something I don't think we'll ever see again in a first quarter being up by thirty one and a quarter insane. Clippers hold on now, they have to just play the Phoenix Suns at home tomorrow night. Tiptop for that one is at seven thirty. We'll have your pregame show starting at six thirty. Know this, the Clippers need one more victory to secure the four spot in the West. Three games remaining Phoenix tomorrow, Utah at home
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in attack mode. Adam Austley, Oh, the Clippers shot the sun aside like Chino Marino and Depth Tones. They wait oneh five to ninety two over the Phoenix Suns in Phoenix without Kawhi, without zams Harden, and the Clippers are fifty one and twenty eight in a victory away from being the four seed in the West. To welcome into your post game show, I'm Adam Mosland here listening to the Patriot AM eleven fifty when the Dodgers are on AM five
to seventy LA Sports. This is where we will be. Eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is the phone number coming up we're hoping to hear from coach Lou and Russell Westbrook post game. Also, Chuck Mackler will be here as well to celebrate the Clippers winning the Pacific Division for the third time in franchise history. They just tied
a record for most road wins in a season at twenty six molst. They had outside of the twenty fourteen twenty fifteen season, where they also had twenty six road wins. Russell Westbrook first player in franchise history with at least fifteen points, fifteen boards, and fifteen assists in a single ballgame. Russ stepped in for James Harden being out inflammation in his foot. Weren't sure if he was going to play on Sunday. Was limited in minutes there. Russ not
limited at all. He played forty minutes, had sixteen points, fifteen assists, fifteen boards, and the Clippers were shot out of a cannon to start the game. They led thirty five to four, they led thirty seven to six. That stuff you may never see again in your lifetime. A score that lopsided that early in a ball game. I thought the only game I could think of that was that nasty for a team that just was getting dismantled
and destroyed that quickly, I want to think. I want to say it was the Kings against the Lakers in the eighties, and the Showtime Lakers and the Sacramento Kings just game running out of the building and loosen the first quarter something like forty to five. What was happening was historic. What the Clippers were able to do. It was thirty seven to ten after the first quarter. It was the fuse amount of points the Clippers gave up in a quarter
in twenty years. Incredible, and again without two of their main guys, different level of focus. Maybe it was the opponent getting their attention. These teams don't like each other. If you couldn't tell from this. One goes back to Paul George and Devin Booker goes back to a couple of playoff series with the Clippers didn't have all their guys, probably felt like they would have won those. And now we got beef between O'Neil and Norman Powell, who
both got teed up. But that start by the Clippers special doesn't even begin. It's the tip of the iceberg. To describe what we were seeing early on. Everything has to be going right for one team and everything has to be going wrong for the other to see a score of thirty five to four in a first quarter period. The Suns got ambushed at home, and they add everything to play for. They're fighting to stay out of being in the
play in well update you in the Western Conference standings coming up. But for them to come out that flat and the Clippers just to be a buzz saw and go through them like that was an unbelievable sight. One of the wildest things I've seen in the ball game. No lie, no cap, just facts as the kids. It was beautiful basketball by the Clippers. It was
the Phoenix Suns doing everything wrong and missing shots. And if this doesn't speak to what in outlier shooting night, it was overall for the Sons, who last ten games were shooting forty three percent from the outside, best in the league last ten games, top ten offense, top ten defense. They were
seven to three coming into this one of their last ten games. Grayson Allen, who's second in the league by just fractions of a point in three point shooting at almost forty seven percent from the outside, Grayson Allen tonight went zero of eight from three. I don't know if that's happened all season long. I doubt it. I'm just gonna say no, no, there's no way, there's no way. He has been lethal. He's been incredible. He's been I think their third best player since Bradley Beal has been in and out
of the lineup. I mean, Grayson Allen is a dead eye shooter. He had a game recently where he went one for nine. He's had games where he's gone oh for four from three, oh for six on the season, one for five. He's also had games where he's gone nine for fourteen, eight for seventeen. He's been doing this at high volume. Six for twelve, eight for twelve from three, and he went oh for eight tonight. You can't rely on that happening tomorrow, but you had to take advantage
of it tonight. The Suns didn't have it for whatever reason. They were dead on arrival on fan Appreciation night to boot ooh. The Suns fans have been through this before. It looked like Game seven against Dallas a couple of years ago in the playoffs, where Luke could just punk them, and that meme of him staring at Devin Booker and smiling as those who have a bit of a rivalry too. But the Suns aren't going away. We set it
throughout the broadcast. Yes, the Clippers wore up thirty seven, we expected them to make a run. At some point, the law of averages to come into effect a little bit, and even with the Clippers up sixty six to thirty three at the half, the Sun started to chip away in that third quarter. Clippers made it far too easy for him with a lot of bad turnovers. Some of that I want to attribute to tired legs, mental
fatigue. Paul George played thirty nine minutes again, he played forty four minutes in that twenty six point comeback against the Cleveland Cavaliers at home on Sunday Warrior, but six turnovers. Russ had five as good as he was. They had eleven of the Clippers eighteen turnovers combined. And the only way, and we set it on the air, for the Sun to come back, is for the Clippers to start giving them more and more possessions. The Suns ended
up with eighty nine shots to the Clippers eighty seven. The Sun's only turning over eight times. Really, that is how they got into the ballgame. And they won that third quarter thirty five to eighteen, and it got even dice here. Clippers up sixteen heading into the fourth and it turned into a seven point game. And I'm sure some of the Clipper Nation was white knuckling thinking about that Lakers game where they came back on the Clippers down twenty one
in the fourth. It was serious. The Suns were a threat, but Grayson Allen just continued to miss some wide open three pointers. I mean uncharacteristically. Gotta be honest about that. It's it's obvious. He had one of the coldest nights of his career in a big spot, but with it just being a seven point game at it was ninety one to eighty four after Bradley Beal sunk a free throw after an and one. He had a couple of
them early on in that fourth quarter. The Clippers ended up getting a Norm Pal layup, Paul George being fouled, going to the free throw line and putting him back up by eleven, and then hitting a tough jumper over KD to put him up. PG thirteen put him up thirteen, ninety seven to eighty four. Alan came back, knocked down a couple of free throws. KD, you hit a jumper. Paul George back of the free throw line, hit both big shots, but the Clippers back up ninety nine to eighty
eight. Then he found Russell Westbrook and Terence Man for easy looks, easy ones. As he was being doubled. They tried to get the ball out of pg's hands find the open man. So is the turnovers as much as frustrating as they were with Paul George in the fourth quarter and the Clippers overall in the end. He made the plays for them to come through with the victory one O five to ninety two. Another big Shotover, not just Devin
Bookerberg Grayson Allen in the fourth from PG. Thirteen. Let's go and start things off with Morris in Long Beach. Morris here on Clippers stop without a maus And what's up? Yeah, I'm team. What's up right now? My brother? What's up to? Tyron Luke, Tyron lu That's what's up right now. And by the way, thank you Clipper Nation for those tickets for the Cleveland game. Man, that was a game. You know, people sitting behind me right the Clippers was down by twenty six don't never need
to stadium. You know, the people sitting behind me lift seven people just walked up and left and left the stadium when the Clippers were down by twenty six points. I wonder how they felt later in the day when they found out what the score was. These guys are videato in the fourth quarter. If you notice against Cleveland's Dave's Hart didn't play. He didn't play, and
tonight they didn't need him. And I'm gonna take him. I'm a Slipper fan, I'm a Clipper fan, but I don't think anybody got the firepower that the Phoenix Suns have. That's why I'm giving Tyronlos some props. He shut those guys down Bradley Beal, a Booker Anderson and Kevin Durant, and they struggled to get one hundred points. I'm taking my head off to the coach and that okay, you behave yourself at them. Great job, and again thanks for little tickets man, and the Clippers are ready. Everybody,
don't bet against him. You'll lose your money. You got it, Morris, That against them at your own peril. The Clippers made the plays when they had to in the fourth quarter. It wasn't a pretty second half by any stretch of the imagination, but they were good enough and that first half secured it for him. Let's be honest, they won it in the first quarter. It happens sometimes, really not like this. Somewhat fluky. You're up thirty five till four on Phoenix on their court. Just I don't know.
It's an anomaly, an outlier, but give the Clippers credit to stay focused in this game when they knew coming in. Coach Lou said a pregame, we want two more wins that secures the four spot. Well, now they only need one more. Guess what else? They're seven and one since coach Lou called him out for being soft, pushing the right buttons at the right time, getting the most out of his team, knowing what it takes to motivate them, challenging them like that, and now feels like they're on
the upswing. They're trending in the right direction heading into the playoffs again, they need one more victory. They got three games left, two of them are against Utah and the Houston Rockets. I don't know if the Rockets are going to be played for anything. They're already out of the playing picture. After flirting with getting the ten spot, the Golden State has that secured. They might have just jumped into the nine since they took down the Lakers tonight.
More on that. In the Western Conference standings coming up, Clippers win one five to ninety two and Phoenix over the Suns. They led by as many as thirty seven eight seven seven five to zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty. You're listening to Clippers talk Here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty, the LA Clippers continue their hunt for a Lario b. They still want to get that Lario be. Don't miss a moment all season
long. This is the LA Clippers Audio Network. Proud of these Clippers. They turn things around after being about a five hundred team for a couple of months. Looked like they were sleepwalking into the ball games. Today it was the Phoenix Suns and the Clippers are seven in one over their last eight. Clippers led by as many as thirty seven. They win in Phoenix without Kawhi, without James Harden one oh five to nine two over a Sun's team that
is desperate for victories and they couldn't get it. Let's pause dead seconds for station identification. Here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty, this is LA Clippers Basketball, AM eleven fifty k EV Los Angeles and iHeartRadio station. The Suns were favored by ten and the Clippers were up by thirty one in the first quarter. Never seen anything like it, don't think I ever will again. I'm serious, it's not hyperbole. We're never going to see that again.
Where were you when the Clippers led by thirty plus in a first quarter. Y, how hard that is to do? Stars aligning Moon in front of Sun Xavier. Moon did get in late in the ball game. I was hoping he would get that block on a Sun player. So we do get that solar eclipse. Oh, it would have been cool, but we'll sell for the victory. One five ninety two was the final mark in Huyton Beach. You're on Clipper staff with that, I'm awesome. Hey, we could
have had this game a lot easier. But first, real quick question. Is there a Pacific Division banner that we get down because we won the Pacific Division? Uh? I think there is. I don't know if they'll hang it or not. I believe they have in the past. I don't know. Well, okay, then the other thing, we got our sight sound something a little bit bigger, right, Mark? Oh yeah, but you know, one down, two to go. But here's the other thing.
I was yelling at the radio in the third and fourth quarter every time Coach lou took out Zubak and then they just ran into the paint and chipped away at the lead. I'm with you. Was there some reason I was missing listening to it on the radio while I was doing uber rides that Zoo got taken out. I mean he was, he stopped him, and then he takes him out and then they score on us. All right. He played the majority of that third quarter. I believe they took him out in the
fourth. They went small. Eventually, they weren't feeding Big Zoo when he had a matchup against Eric Gordon at times, which was a little bit frustrating. Uh yes, I lot frustrating. You know. I think there's an easier path to win ball games for this team, and it is getting the ball in the hands of Avitza Zoobots more on the block. Now, Big Zoo, my player to watch still was magnificent. He had seventeen and thirteen and two blocks on eight of thirteen shooting in twenty eight minutes. He was
great. Yeah, but you know, triple double for Russell too, triple double for russ The thing is, and I don't mind this from coach Lou because the Suns are a great team to go small against, especially without Yusuf Nurkic tonight. And eventually it worked in the Clippers favor when their offense was stalling out in that fourth quarter. They found some easy buckets and driving lanes off of Paul George being doubled in finding Terrence Man and Russell Westbrook cutting to
the basket. So credit Coach Lou. It all worked out in the end. It was a seven point game at one point. Fine Tomorrow night. Talk to tomorrow all right, Mark, I appreciate the phone call. Do it all over again tomorrow. Clippers hosting the Phoenix Suns Tomorrow night at Crypto dot Com Arena. After they win in Phoenix tonight one to five to ninety two over the Suns. Still to come, we're looking for postgame audio from
Coach Lou and Russell Westbrook. I think this was a type of game, especially against the Suns, where it was an especially good matchup for Russ and I'm sure he's been chomping at the bit to get more minutes. He started
tonight without James Harden eleventh game. I think he has started first since he was taken out of the starting lineup for Terrence Man way back in November, when really the season turned around for this Clippers team after they started oh and five with James as they tried to make it work with him and Russ in the starting lineup, but the spacing just isn't there. Russell Westbrook is well, he's never been a great shooter. That's not one of his strengths.
I think he's bottom of the league when it comes to over one hundred attempts from three on the season, and he's also bottom of the league kind of surprisingly when it comes to field goal percentage at the rim. But what he adds, and especially in a game like this, in a matchup like this where the floor is going to be more spaced anyways against Phoenix without Yusuf Nurkic, is that pace, that tempo, and he got them really pulling in
the right direction in the first quarter. It was good to see what I like and what I have liked going back to the second half against Cleveland on Sunday, most about Russ is what he's starting to show again defensively. When the Clippers were in that rut, I didn't like the defensive spirit from him. A lot of guys weren't playing great defense. Of course, went over
a thirty game span, you're bottom three defensively. A lot of blame to go around, but Russ wasn't playing to his defensive potential, which I think is really high. It's an underrated part of his game when he locks in and focuses on the defensive end because of his athleticism. It's long arms, quickness. Still at this age, he's a freaking nature leaping ability. We saw that tip out he had into Norman Powell, the hustle play on that
offensive rebound in the game against the Cash for that big three pointer. Russ can be a stopper at least, a guy that can contain and disrupt certain players on offense. And I think there's two of them coming up in what is likely going to be the Clippers first round series against the Dallas Mavericks in Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving that he matches up well against. That's a good series. I think for us, it's a good matchup and he's gonna be
very much needed. Uh he may even have to guard somebody like PJ. Washington at times. They may go small with Russ at the five. We've seen it here and there. So it's good to see him pick it up really over the last three four games. Now. When he first came back from the broken left hand, just I don't know, didn't have his rhythm
was gonna take time, was forcing it a little too much. And I thought in the second half of this one, in that third quarter, he took some ill advised shots, you know, a long jumper, a three pointer. It's just not his game. But then he got to the basket late on that great feed from Paul George. That's the Russ I want to
see out there. Sixteen, fifteen and fifteen. Special night for him, special night for the Clippers to do this, to be that dominant early on, to be up by thirty three at the half over a Sun's team. That yeah, they were missing use of Nurkic, that's something, but they had KD eight of twenty two. They had badly beal. He was solid six of thirteen. Devin Booker was one for eleven and looked like he had a deer in the headlights when he was sitting on the bench type of look
on his face. He and Paul George have had a rivalry and PG seems to get up for these games. Typically Devin Booker does two. He finished with twelve points, one for eleven, so not just Grayson Allen with his of eight performers from three, Devin Booker was nowhere to be found. Someone tweeted at me, why did he stop shooting? Well, he's one for eleven, that might be why. I agree, you got to dig yourself out of that. But you get two guys that play forty minutes in him
and Kevin Durant, and they combined to go nine for thirty three. Who brutal uh Keith in La You're on Clippers South with out of Malsen. What's up? Keith was good at him? This Clippers team, Dude, you know, I mean you know, I think you guys kept saying that. Man, the word is impressive. Tonight, bro am, not to mention last night, I'm saying, but just him pressing, you know, I think, Yeah, tonight I'm calling to also give a prop sman to coach
ty Luth act something, Madam, just brother to brother man. Do you actually play the game of chess? I used to a little bit when I was younger. I mean I was Bobby Fish or anything. But when I was young I joyed here. Okay, but that's my point. That's my point. And you got the basic understanding of the game just and Tyleru has been just like this master. He knows his pieces. Man you know what
I'm saying, bro, tonight was something else. It really you have the thirty seven point lead and all that, and I'm I'm going on January thirteenth, you know, coming all that. So you know, Man, number thirteen just off the chain, no doubt. I'm very impressed, man. And you know, I'll say one last thing. I'll share something with you, Adam, and I let it go. Man. You know, in your spare time, go to YouTube. And I don't know if you remember
the comedian Robin Harris. He was really popular in the late eighties and nineties. Robin, you know, babies, kids and all that. At that time, in nineteen eighty ninety, there was a very popular joke about the clippers. I can sit anywhere, you know, the interest that and the other. And I look at where we are now. We are knocking on Heaven's door. And I really mean that, man, I really mean that.
So I land the plane. As I always say, Man, tonight was something to be old it really well again, Big up to coach Tyloo man. I like it. I like it nation Ah Caeth. Finish it out there, finish it out, finish it out, finish it out. Not can happen. My bad. How many just men else can you have? I thought he was done love Keith, I'll tell you a quick time out. Coach Lou deserves his flowers after this one. After the last couple
of weeks got this team to refocus. Guys were talking about what's our identity? Seven to one their last eight. They've gotten back to playing much better defense. There's your identity. You combine that with an explosive offense. This Clippers team is right. Not many who can hang with them, but there's a lot of work to be done. In that first round series, which seems imminent against the Dallas Mavericks, that's gonna be a slugfest. Heavyweights.
Lucas got Kyrie. Now they've been a top ten defense since the trade deadline. Different Clippers team, different Dallas team. You can throw out what happened in twenty twenty and twenty twenty one. Trust me. Now, we just need to see Kawhi Leonard back. We'll see if that happens before the regular season is over. More clipperstock next here on the Patriot amleven fifty every Clipper game all season. Law, they didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to
the LA Clippers Audio Network streaming on the Iheartradiolap. Somebody said on Twitter there was in e clips in Phoenix as in Clippers. Yeah, they won one o five to ninety two over the Suns in Phoenix. Welcome back in on Madam Oslin, this is Clipper stock. Here on the Patriot Am eleven fifty eight seven seven five to zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is the phone number coming up you're gonna hear from Russell Westbrook post game.
But first joined the show is Big Chuck Mockler from Clips and Dip for some double dip here on Clips. I always missed that here on Clippers Talk. What's up, Chuck? How are you doing? I'm were okay. I think the Clippers won, which is which Hey, we're happy about. They clinched the specific division, which I know you're very excited about. But perhaps I'm higher. Hey, I want to, but you know, you
gotta build, you know. Half This game was phenomenal and also just I think one of the craziest first quarters anyone watching that maybe had ever seen. It's the end of the season. Games get really weird right now. They were out hardening Kawhi. So I'm happy they got the win. I'm trying to figure out how much stock to put into it, you know, into the bad stuff, I guess, but I don't think we learned too much about the Clippers team other than you know, if Zu gets played off the
floor, things aren't gonna go well. But I don't think that's a big shock to anybody. What's crazy is Phoenix desperately needed that game. They got dropped into the seventh spot, so they're in the seven eight matchup right now, in the play in because the Pelicans took down the Portland Trail Blazers for them to not show up, and some of it's the Clippers, but some of it's them too, And just how poor they were in that first quarter.
They looked mentally fragile. You know, it just looked like a team that broke. And I've heard that from Suns fans a lot this season. I hadn't really seen that against the Clippers. I know they've given up a ton of leads this year and that's been an issue for them. Fourth quarters have not gone their way. But my goodness, the Phoenix Suns O.
That was a tough, tough loss on fan appreciation night. But the Clippers, you got to give them a ton of credit for that because the way they came out with Russell Westbrook shot out of a cannon and just executing so quickly out there and finding the seams and the defense. You know, it wasn't like they just came out and hit ten three pointers in the first quarter or something like that. They just sliced and diced and dissected the defense every
which way. Chuck, Yeah, I really, I mean, and shout out to Russ for what one hundred and ninety nine career triple doubles, which is really hard kind of wrap your head around. He had two steals in this game, and I think both of them came within like three minutes of each other in the first quarter or something like that, really early, so he was a great Again. Russ sets the tone, That's exactly what he
did tonight. It Yeah, it was. It was. I mean, you know, vintage Russ you can say, right with a triple bubble and everything like that. So you know, he got to start, which is awesome. He seems to dislike playing the Thuns, which I think we can all rally behind, you know, and we needed his thirty nine minutes right when you're out Kawhi and James Harden. At the end of the season, Russ, you know, partially having to play thirty nine minutes because things got
weird. It's still it's very valuable for the Clippers to have a guy who can go play thirty nine minutes the way that he just played thirty nine minutes. Yeah, And I don't know. Would I have liked to seeing them blow them out and for Paul George and everybody to get more rest. I will, I would, it would be nice. I also think you more earn more in close games, though, And it was a game where they were up by seven in the fourth quarter and Paul George again hit tough shots
and in fourth quarters. This season, he's shooting fifty two percent from the field, forty four percent from three. He's a plus one twenty eight and five hundred and fifty one minutes at least. He was coming into this ballgame in the fourth quarter best on this Clippers team, and just continues to come through late. He's had two game winners in the last week and he actually made a couple of passes after some bad turnovers early on the fourth quarter that
kind of sealed the game tonight. Yeah, I mean everyone's been saying it. He's peaking at the right time. He's on the upswing, what you know, whatever one of those you want to use to describe it. It's happening and it's fantastic for the Clippers. So kawhi out. It gives Paul George a chance to maybe feel is more of the one. Right in the beginning of the season, he talked about he wants to be the number two
whatever, whatever. I think it's very clear that when Paul George is playing like the number one, he seems to enjoy it, and the Clippers, you know, look a lot better when he's kind of taking those kinds of shots or looking for those shots. Specifically, there are gonna be some turnovers. He had one light that was really frustrating. He was just kind of trying to bring the ball up from his dribble behind the back. But yeah, you know what I'm talking, Yeah, all right, elbow right after
he just stuck a tough shot over two defenders. But that's kind of what you get with Paul George. Right Sometimes it is two sets forward, one steps back. Right now, it's like five steps forward, one step back, which is peak Paul George and along with a couple other guys like Terrence Man and a mere Coffee, He's playing as well as he has all season at the right time. Man Terrence Man goes eight for ten, one of
one from the outside. He was fourteen for his last fifteen coming into this game, so what is that He's twenty two for his last twenty five. Overall, that's insane with some three pointers in there too, plus ten boards. I can't say enough about Man starting to peak at the same time too. And just the Clippers overall, there's seven to one their last eight games. Was something born out of coach lou calling himself because it sure seems like it right now. Chuck, Yeah, I think that helps. We talked
about it on clips and DIP. I don't think any professional athlete likes to hear their coach publicly declare that their identity is a soft one. So kudos to Tyleru for pushing that button when he definitely had to. I've been,
you know, harping on wanting good process. There's a game tomorrow which I don't know, no idea what to expect tomorrow after what we saw tonight from these two teams, and then you know they play the jazz, which that's gonna be an odd one, and then you know they got the Rockets at twelve thirty two. So I think for us good process hunters, we're gonna have to be content with what we have, which is, like you said, a seven and one record, and there are some good things to look
at. While you know Kawhi rests up from the playoffs. Yeah, yeah, I'm wondering if they're just gonna rest guys tomorrow. Paul George played thirty nine minutes after playing forty four on Sunday, as anticipated. James Harden did
not go in this one. It's just I think we've seen enough, like they've gathered themselves, they've recovered from being five hundred for a couple of months, and they've shown enough lashes to me where I'm not saying it's like the run where they were twenty six and five, but I feel really good about
this team and where they are overall. How do you feel at the moment, as the chances have only increased of them taking on the Dallas Mavericks in the first round, where are you at with that likely matchup here, Chuck, it's I mean, I have it Clippers winning the series. It might be in six or seven games. This is going to be an absolute bloodbath. I know the Clippers are very good. I love the Clippers. I think they can fit in an NBA championship. The MAVs are also talking,
like you said, you know, peaching at the right time. They have two guys who can create their own shot. They have two guys who seem to enjoy playing with each other right now and kind of can attack the Clippers in ways that they might. I don't know, man, I could go down a rabbit hole. I think I think the Clippers are gonna win it. But you know, it's hard to think of it as anything other than
going to be a very very difficult series. It's going to be hell, but hopefully not the hell that the Phoenix Suns were in in that first half. Something we talked about we were texting about earlier today. You know, a lot of Clipper Nation has been saying they're probably just resting Kawhi Leonard end of the season, but I would caution against that a little bit because Kawhi didn't play in a huge game against the Denver Nuggets. That's still really meant
something for this Clippers team. I just don't want to, you know, assume everything is completely fine. We're hoping for the best. But that wasn't a game you could just give away. They ended up winning it. But I think if he was healthy, he would have played in that game, right, Yeah, I think so. I mean, you know, he's on the report for a reason. It said soreness, which you know,
I'm choosing to believe it's soreness and it's just the regular maintenance. But yeah, it's hard to not have that kind of I guess gnawing as the word I would use to you know, in the back of your head right now. Clippers fans also, I know y'all want them update. We're not going to get an update until you know the team decided to give us one. Tylu was asked a couple of games ago, you know, the whole thing of like, if that were a playoff game, would Kauwhi have played.
He didn't answer that part of the question, So I don't know. We'll know what we know. I just keep an eye on the injury reports, I guess, but I don't necessarily want to see him playing any of these three game too, So it's a bit of a double edged swort. Let's just hope we can all balance on the right side of that over this next week or so. Yeah, I guess myself point there is I don't think it's just load management for the sake of load management going on with Kawhi Leonard,
because we really haven't seen that all season long. And there was a game that men a tons of the Clippers for them to win and to also try to keep the Denver Nuggets from getting that one seed, and they got it anyways, and they showed a ton of grit. But uh, this Clippers team, we all know they go as far as Kawhi Leonard takes them. So hopefully, if he's able to go in one of these last three games and it's not something more serious, maybe we can get a look at
him before the playoffs start. But regardless, good to see the Clippers get another victory tonight in Phoenix final score one five to ninety two as they thrashed the Phoenix Suns early and held on late. Charles, thanks for doing this here a little clips and double dip here on Clippers Talk. Thanks for having me let's go clips coming up next. Back to your phone calls eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty one.
We'll hear from Russell Westbrook after the Clippers led by as many as thirty seven in Phoenix. They end up winning one o five to ninety two. I'm at a MAZLM. This is Clipperstock here on the Patriot AMLEMN fifty. 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 crushed the Suns early and held on late. They win one O five to ninety two in Phoenix. They're fifty one
and twenty eight. They need one more victory to secure the four spot in the West. Welcome back into Clippers Stock. I'm in a Moslim before we hear from Russell Westbrook here on the Patriot AMLUM fifty, Ryan and Burbank, you're on Clipper stock. What's up? Ran oh Adam Adam, this is this is good stop. This is good stop. These clips have locked in this all without Kawhi these past few games. I mean, it's oh man, it's so fun to watch. It is so fricking fun to watch this
team when they are locked in like this. Tylu. Man got to give to Tylu for pushing the buttons. Since that, since that came out and called the clips off because they were playing soft defensively, They've won seven out of their last eight games, Dan, Adam, they looking so good. They looking so good. It's so much fun to watch this team when they're locked in like this defensively, just taking it to I mean the Suns man have been on a role too, and they just I mean, they obliterated
him in that first quarter. It's just I cannot wait for Kawhi to come back. I know he's going to be fresh. I think this team's gonna make a deep run. Adam. I've felt it all year. I love it, man, I really love it. How do you feel about seeing Luka, Nacis and Kyrie in the first row? See I Adam. I am one of the few people that welcomes this matchup because I really believe. Firstly, I would argue that the team that they beat in twenty twenty one
was a better equip team. They had Kristaps Zingis on that team. To have Jayleen Brunton on that team. I besides Kyrie, who Adam. Look, Kyrie is a great player, but if you look at his past playoff numbers, these past couple of times he's been in the playoffs, I know, but you really want to hold on to that and Tim Fate, you really think with all the clutch moments he has had, that he's going to continue to struggle in the playoffs. I just can't see it happening, especially
now that he's a number two option. Again, I like him better as the number two. I agree with you on that front, but again I would argue that the Clippers, pound for pounds, you go past Luca and Kyrie and go the rest of the rotational players for Dallas and the rest of the rotational players for Clippers. They just have so much more depth and the fact that you can bring Westbrook off the bench now to guard Luca for possessions to come in as a ball hand for Jeames doesn't have it going. I
just look at Kawhi PG. Terrence Man is shooting the ball so well right now. I just I don't think Dallas has the defense is off the Clippers. I like Clippers and say here's here's here's here's the problem with that thinking. And this is the only thing that I push back with. Dallas has had a top ten defense for thirty two games, now forty percent of the season. They're a completely different team than they were early on this year.
They made moves, they've been a top ten defense that whole. Dallas doesn't play any defense anymore. Narrative, It's false, it just is. And I here's the thing. They played a lot better, like you said out in the last thirty two games, but in the playoffs, when you're two best players, and Luke and Kyrie or Dallas's two best players, they are
not great defensive players. And we saw it before game Thick Kawhian Dallas witch on to Luca, attack Luca. And I think that that's gonna be the game plan from the Clippers, to say make these guys two way players the entire series and make them have to score and defend the entire time. I like the Clippers in that scenario, Adam, Now, I mean they're gonna make them work, They're gonna go after them. That will slow them down on the other end. I hear you. I just top ten defense for
forty percent of the season is real to me. They're doing it collectively with team defense somehow, some way. Uh. Let's hear from Russell Westbrook post game after he had a fifteen, fifteen and fifteen ball game. First to do it in a Clippers uniform. Here he was on ballet Sports with kt LA with David Pinglore. First clip was the franchise history. You need to have fifteen points. You had sixteen, fifteen boards, fifteen assists. What
a game. Wild game. I didn't like it any game then first and fore, Mo'm so grateful, thanks say from Mayer to stay ready whatever come my way. I'm grateful, grateful for my se manson. You know time there's a little un I mean, so Hill went fuss and the Row got to play. Get ready for the Marls. James obviously out. You get the start, and you brought so much energy. I mean that first quarter, first half, which is pretty much unbelievable. Yeah, that's what I
knew. Man. My job is a bring energy and that for every night. We got to whatever the team needs. That's what I'm here for. Lead whatever the coaches have asks me to doing. It's been a long year. And we're just getting started us that time. We're here for us. I've never been a part of a quarter like that, the first quarter, how dire. It's like what I haven't been. I'm happy to be a
part of it. With the times sat as Acohoman, we have so many of the weapmons and you know we got why now, James All, let's taking out with the winnisows a love of the great incline with this team so and a Pacific Division title for the first time in ten years. How about that? That's amazing. Man. Shout out to cliper Nation, shouts on our fans, shouts to coach Satam, medical s everybody. So I'm making a Sapasauffy going to be a part of that song. Nice game, Thank
you. A wild game on kt LA tonight and that was a banger with the beat underneath it. There was Russell Westbrook with David Pinglore and KTLA five Clippers win what o five to ninety two in Phoenix over the Suns. They run it back. It's a home and home. Clippers host the Suns tomorrow night at Crypto Tip Office at seven thirty. Pre game at six thirty. Before we get out of here. I do want to thank the Clippers organization, Ralph Law, Brian Seeman, Noah Ego, Carlo him and is on
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