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 Paschonga, 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 Clippers come back, comes up short and they lose by four in Minnesota to the Timberwolves,
one nine to one oh five. Welcome into your post game show. I'm Adam Oslin. Coming up. We'll have Clippers stock on a M five to seventy. LA Sports plus second half highlights, your postgame box scoring more. But first, back to Target Center with your radio voice of the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez. Oh, Carlo. As I mentioned earlier, I liked the fight. This team did not quit late. They made a run by going small, They got back in it and just came up a little bit
short tonight. Yeah, I mean down seventeen with five and a half to play, Adam. They held Minnesota a one field goal in the final four minutes of the ball game. They were excellent on the defensive end. They continued to fight. And look, if you're the Clippers in this one, yes you're discouraged. You got down early. But I think there's a lot of positives to take away from this game when you think about all the things that didn't go your way. The late scratch drive eats a zubats, the
seventeen point deficit, the off night from Paul George and James Hard. I mean, how many times are those guys gonna go nine for thirty three. I'm gonna guess not many times this season. So for the Clippers, when it seemed like the world was against you, you were within a possession late. That's a positive in this one. And hey, Adam, if you're gonna lose anywhere in a place where only two teams of one all year, you can't hang your head too much. No, no shame in losing to
Minnesota. As they stay atop the Western Conference. We'll update you on the standings coming up. Also an encouraging sign from Kawhi Leonard to play that well against the defensive squad like this number one defensive team in the NBA. He had twenty six. It still looked effortless at times for him and also missed some gimmes that he normally makes as well. Yeah, one hundred percent. I mean that three to tie the game straight away. He was right there
in rhythm and just left it a little short. Thirty seven minutes to night for the Claw nine rebounds, four assists in a couple of steals. I just I think when the Clippers are this close, Adam, what gives me so much hope is you got the chiropractor on the other side. I mean, as no what Eagle calls him, ty Lou is one of the mess and making adjustments, finding ways to find an advantage. It will be a whole nother ballgame if Aviatsa Zubots is in the starting lineup next time these two
teams square off. But I think the Clippers gave it their best shot. They came closed, They didn't come away with a win, but they learned a lot tonight, and that's what matters if you're the Clippers and without Big Zoo. I thought Mason Plumbley gave them good minutes, his most meaningful minutes since coming back off the knee injury being out for almost two months, played sixteen minutes. They won his misus She was a plus three out there,
had eight points three boards. So that's another thing that the Clippers have in their back pocket to use moving forward. One hundred percent agree. I mean he was excellently. I think what Mason Plumley does for this team that Zubos and even daniel Tyyes don't necessarily do at him is Plumbley will rebound and run and with the basketball. Mean he pushes the pace for this Clippers team almost as much as Russell Westbrook with away. He is looking to turn up court
every time he grabs a rebound. It's fun to watch him find a spot with this team. Give them another rinkll I mean you talked about it. They found some thing with that smaller lineup. I mean, they found something they knew they had, but they saw it in action with Mason Plumley out there for the Clippers. What more can you say about this bench? I mean they were excellent tonight in all facets. You got thirty six from Westbrook
and Norman Palle, you got eight from Mason Plumbley. They delivered for the Clippers. No doubt, Clippers come up short in Minnesota, but they will regroove Tuesday night back home at Crypto. They're taking on SGA and the OKC Thunder looking for a little get back after they lost. And okay, see you a couple of weeks ago without Kawhi Leonard tip. Time for that one is at seven. We'll have your pregame show starting at six. Carlo Jimenez.
Hopefully it's a warm flight back to southern California, my friend, great calls always. Thank you so much, Adam, appreciate you. And happy birthday, Katie Newton, Happy birthday, Katie. Coming up next, we got second half highlights. The Clippers tried to climb that mountain, as Carlo said, just came up a little bit short late. They lose by four in Minnesota with Outavisa zobots. 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 to the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers lose one oh nine to one oh five in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It's not hot in there. We're doing okay here in Burbank, welcome back into your postgame show. I'm in a Mosland. Clippers dropped their first game out of their
last four. They have still won eight of their last ten and twenty two of their last twenty nine, including seventeen of their last twenty one since December first, and without a beats of zoobots in this game. The Clippers, being down seventeen in the fourth quarter, ended up making a run after Rudy Gobert made it ninety seven to eighty Minnesota with five point thirty eight left,
the Clippers small ball unit gave the Minnesota Timberwolves a scare. Westbrook collects it left elbow, kicks it Norm downhill to the ram and slams it home. Twenty one for Norm Harden at the top. He's open, doesn't shoot, step back with nine to shoot, A three's in the air. Barri's its two possession game, two minutes to play. Trimbles left hand, gets by McDaniels, kims it up Norm left corner pump, fakes a three, Now tries it out cut x three point game, seventy second left. The clumb
back Clips are backing it here in Minnesota. Westbrook at the top of three rattles in oh My Russ Russell Westbrook making it a four point game with thirty five seconds left, but Anthony Edwards would knock down some free throws, Russ would knock down a couple and the Clippers had to steal down four. On the inbounds play, it was Kawhi Leonard taking it away. The game, though, would end with a Russell Westbrook miss layup as the Clippers were slow
to get into their offense. They go on to lose by four. Final score of Minnesota one oh nine. You're Los Angeles Clippers one five final box score coming up next plus we'll have Clippers talk on five seventy LA Sports eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy at follow out of as where you can get to me on X. Clippers lose to the top team in the West, No Big Zoo. They made it a game late but come up four point shy in this one.
You're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. They want to bring a banner with them to the into It doll More LA Clippers Basketball on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers losing many one oh nine t one oh five to the Minnesota Timberwolves. They'll be back in Cali Tuesday night taking on the OKC thunder Clippers ended up shooting just forty three percent from the field, almost ten percent lower than they have over the last sixteen games. They've been shooting
fifty two percent from the floor. They do end up going seventeen of thirty nine from the outside, so they shot better from three than from two. That's forty four percent. A lot of those three pointers coming when they made that run late, taking it from seventeen to a three point game. But Paul George and James Harden both struggled to a degree where it's going to be
very difficult to overcome. They combine to go nine of thirty three, that is twenty seven percent from the field, Paul George five of nineteen with sixteen points, James Harden four or fourteen with fourteen points. Kawhi Leonard had his twenty six nine of nineteen, plus led them in the rebounding category with nine four assists two steals for the Claw as well. Daniel Tyes game some good minutes early, filling in admirably for Viats Zubots who was out a late scratch.
Ever so late as in they were about to jump it up and then it was a no go cash strained for Big Zoo. Hopefully he's okay on Tuesday. Terrence Man just eighteen minutes off the bench in this one. Russell Westbrook played twenty nine, had twelve points, thirteen assists, just three turnovers. You like that, just three of eight from the field, though missed some layups in this one. Mayson Plum lee Big Plumb, thought you'd get run against Minnesota. Didn't know you get this much because no Big Zoo.
In fifteen minutes he had eight and four went at Ruy Gobert a couple of times four or five from the field. Overall, good to see Mayson Plumb getting reintegrated back into this lineup with some meaningful minutes. Clippers ultimately lose though to Anthony Edwards, who had thirty three on ten of sixteen shooting, did a lot of damage to the free throw line. Attempted twelve, hit eleven
of them. Minnesota did have nineteen turnovers the Clippers turned into twenty three points that helped keep them in it. Also late Clippers just eleven turnovers, leading to eleven points for Minnesota. Clippers next ballgame coming up Tuesday night. I'm back at the crypt They're taking on SGA and the OKC Thunder tip off at seven. Pregame shows starting at six outside of Los Angeles, we are leaving you until then, but up next Oni seventy ELA Sports, we got Clippers
Talk. Hello Clippers fans, if you're gonna go for it, if that's what you want to do, you do. Welcome the Clippers Talk, your first chance to react to all the action of Clippers basketball too. To hear every episode, subscribe to Clippers Talk on iHeartRadio or wherever I podcast on Henmy right now your host on your home. For the Clippers, they were in attack mode. Adam Osley, Oh sticking with the theme in Minnesota, Clippers
were cold also from the floor. They shoot just forty three percent against the number one defense in the league, and they lose by four without Big Zoo one O nine to one O five to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Welcome into your postgame show. I'm Madame Oslin. This is Clippers Talk eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy. If you would like to get on, you can also get to me at follow Adam a On X Coming up on the show, we got postgame audio
from coach Lou and the players. Well Updyke will join me for a little clips in double dip here on Clippers Talk. This game is pretty easy to summarize, unfortunately, if you're a Clipper fan. Paul George can't go five for nineteen, James Harden can't go four for fourteen. It's that simple. They lose a game by four when those two combined to go nine for thirty three. That's twenty seven percent from the field and missed a lot of good
looks. Credit Minnesota to a degree, like a minus two degree, But Paul George makes those shots in his sleep, a lot of them. I don't think it was all great defense by the Minnesota Timberwolves on him. Maybe he was due for a cold chili freezing Jack Nicholson at the end of the
shining like performance because he had been so ridiculously hot recently. If you've see the numbers, if you follow me on X, I tend to post all the numbers afterwards and let you know where guys are at shooting wise, and uh, Paul George had been ridiculously hot over the last six games coming into this one. I want to say he was shooting somewhere in the range of sixty percent from the floor and fifty five percent from three. So was it
in an off night? Was it Minnesota? Combination of both little column a little calum b Possibly. I just think a lot of those shots he typically makes because he's that good. His last seven games coming into this one, Paul George was at fifty five fifty one ninety shooting split and tonight he goes five of nineteen and in Minnesota had a defensive issue, meaning who's gonna guard the third guy of the big three with the Clippers when you have Paul George,
Kawhi, Leonard, and James Harden out there? Uh, we know. Jadon McDaniels is amazing. He was on Kawhi for the most part, didn't really matter. For the most part, the claw was good nine of nineteen twenty six points, nine boards for assists, two steals. He was keeping them in it. But then you got, Okay, Anthony Edwards, your next best defender, He's like that, who's guarding the third guy,
Mike Conley. He's undersized. He didn't even have his usual Clipper killer type of game two of seven, So I think a lot of this is the Clippers not taking advantage of some good looks and not having a Vitza Zubos to start off the game. We didn't know till I don't know ten seconds before tip off. We knew about ten minutes before. All of a sudden, he was listed as questionable with I think it was called calf tightness calf strain.
Hopefully he's okay to go against chet Holmgren on Tuesday in the OKC Thunder. You know, it's rare for Vitza Zubas to miss a ball game. He's, at worst, the fourth most important player on this Clippers team. At worst, he's only behind the Big three and Kawhi PG and James Harden. Given what he provides defensively and now what he's been doing offensively next to
James Harden with the pick and roll. He's too critical, he's too vital to this ball club to lose him right before tip off against Minnesota with their size, with Gobert and Towns in the starting lineup, that's brutal, and it was felt. The loss was felt, especially early. They're down ten after the first quarter. I thought Daniel Tice played admirably getting the start, he hit a three pointer. He had a great save in the second quarter
running out of bounds. But then something I thought may happen in this game, even with Aviatza, Zubots would be playing Mason Plumley, so he got more run without Zoo sixteen minutes, four or five. He did have four personals, but eight points and they won his minutes, he was a plus three out there. I'll take that all day from Big Plumb. His first
meaningful basketball outside of garbage time minutes since the left knees spring. He had a dunk right after he entered it, had a nice reverse layup, went at Gobert in the second quarter for a layup and then a dunk off. I believe it was a pass from James Harden in the fourth. But the Clippers got down seventeen in that fourth quarter, and that's when they made an
interesting move that almost pulled out the ballgame. It was coach Lou going small with the big three Kawhi PG, James hard next to Russell Westbrook and Norman Powell. They cut it down to a three point lead for Minnesota. You want to talk about giving him a scare. It got Dicey. There after Norman Powell hit that three pointer with one ten left. It was one oh three to one hundred t Wolves. Russ would foul Gobert. Was the right
play. He just started making them after missing a couple that played him off the floors. They were intentionally fouling Gobert. It got him off the floor. He would make four straight when they went back to hacker Gobert late there that game a six point lead, Russ knocked down a three four point game one O seven to one to oh three, but Ant would knock down two
free throws. Russ would then get fouled after an offensive rebound and trying to dunk on Rudy Cobert for the second time, and I misspoke earlier on the broadcast. He did convert that amazing dunk a couple of seasons ago as a Laker on Gobert and all Timer, a turn back the clock type of dunk from Russell Westbrook tried two in this game. I think he was fouled or they called a foul on both, but after he sunk both free throws with fifteen seconds left in this one, trying to dunk on Gobert was one O
nine, one oh five four point game, and the Clippers defensively. They made the Tea Wolves call a time out before there was a five second call in the inbounds pass, and then stole it. Kawhi Leonard took it away from Anthony Edwards, but they didn't get into their offense fast enough and the game would end with an inconsequential mislayup by Russell Westbrook. They lose by four. Now, I think that five out they put out there was down.
They were down twelve, so that means they would have been a plus eight by the time they lost by four at one oh nine to one oh five. It worked. They played Rudy Gobert off the floor again. I saw this in the second round with the Clippers in twenty twenty one, granted with Nicholas Batoum doing a lot of the dirty work, but I'm interested to see this small ball lineup a little bit more because Russ is basically there. While he knocked down a couple of three pointers this time, he's not a great
shooter. We know that he's there as the rebounder and dunker spot guy. Norm he can shoot from the perimeter. The other four guys they're all beyond the three point line ready to put him up. So when you're down big like that, yeah, it feels like you're trading defense for more offense. But they actually were getting stops because they were playing the foul game against Rudy
Gobert. And they also generated a couple of turnovers on Minnesota. As they continued to turn it over in this game, I want to say they ended up with nineteen. That was their bugaboo, my key to victory or keys. You got to create turnovers on Minnesota, and they did. It was nineteen because they averaged about fifteen per game. That's their issue, one of their weaknesses. Clippers top five and steals. It played out how you thought
it would. They end up generating nineteen turnovers. They get twenty three points off that. That kept them in the ballgame on a cold shooting night from two of the Big three and Paul George and James Harden. If just one of those guys doesn't have not even an off night, just like a mediocre night, if they just weren't miserable from the floor shooting wise, then Paul George came around a little bit after I think starting off one for ten at
the half. He knocked down three three pointers in the second half. Harden hit a big one in the fourth still out of eight assists, did have four turnovers, but the Clippers eleven as a team. He'll take that all day. They fought, they battled, they didn't give up. They didn't give up when Big Zoo wasn't available. They didn't have their big man against
Minnesota, no less, and they didn't give up. Down seventeen. It was almost another classic Clippers comeback down seventeen with five minutes left, and then coach Lou unleashed a small ball lineup that made things close. It was a three point game with a minute left. Credit Rudy Gobert for knocking down those free throws because he wasn't earlier and it looked like that might be their demise. They went twenty of thirty one at the charity stripe Minnesota. Now thirty
one is a big number. Of course, when you're intentionally fouling, you're gonna get there a little bit more often. But the Clipper is sixteen of eighteen at the charity stripe, so they were good there. They got hot. Eventually from three, they ended up seventeen of thirty nine. That's forty four percent. They shot better from three than they did from two. They only after averaging fifty eight points in the paint the last three games, the
Clippers only had thirty six. Minnesota had forty four. They didn't destroy them though. There The Clippers defense was not terrible whatsoever. I know Minnesota. You look at the numbers. They shot, yeah, fifty six percent from the floor, fifty percent from the outside, but they didn't get up that many shots because of all those turnovers. They only attempted in free throws sixty seven shots to the Clippers eighty three, sixteen shot difference. So yeah,
they were effective when they could get them up. But the Clippers had quick hands. Kawhi with two steals, James Harden with two steals, Daniels Ye had won, Russell Westbrook a couple a mere coffee, and Norman Powell. You never want to lose. But I am intrigued with a small ball lineup and the heart and the fight. The Clippers did show down the stretch and not giving in where I think in past year I shouldn't even say that.
Maybe last year there were too many times where it felt like they would wave the white flag early, you're down seventeen five minutes left. Lead looks insurmountable. No, they went after it and they almost pulled it out. So can't wait till these teams match up again. Clippers lose by four, though a Minnesota to the best team in the West with the best home record in the West. They've only lost there twice, and the Clippers made it interesting
without a Beats Zubas. Before we break here, let's start things off Mike and La Mike hereon Clipper stopped with that. I'm also hey, Adam, My question is whether you think the lack of size and really athleticism outside of the center spot is something that we need to be concerned about. Well, there was lack of size today because they didn't have a Visa Zubos. So this is kind of an outlier performance. It doesn't it's not representative of who
they've been. A Vita Zubats rarely ever misses games. So no, I'm not that concerned about it. When you have Daniel Tye and Mason Plumbley, now that's not that's not a team that is devoid of having enough big men. They actually might have one too many now because I don't know how you
figure out the minutes with Daniel Tye and Mason Plumbley. I'm saying it should be more matchup dependent, but Daniel Tys has played his way into having a consistent role here with how good he's been as a Clipper, So not really sure what you mean, Mike. Well, I mean I'm referring more to you know, the lack of the size of the power forward spot and you know the non center positions. Okay, So my question with that is, yeah, I'm talking. My question with that is can Tys play the foursome?
If he can shoot like he has he can, his defense out on the perimeter has been good enough, that would mean you could play him next to Zubats or Mason Plumley. We'll see if they try that at some point. That is the big unknown. I tend to think, you know, it may work here and there, but overall could end up being a negative. So I get what you're saying. With an upgrade of having a bigger wing u, more switchable guy the three at the four, that's more athletic,
But right now, whose minutes is he taking? I'm just wondering, Mike, I get that, No, I mean, obviously with the results to they've been over the last you know, I don't know how well whenever it was, you know, Terrence Man came into the starting lineup. They're twenty two and seven their last twenty nine games. Argue with it. It is tough to argue with it. That was just the point, especially when you play face a bigger team like like Minnesota. Well, I don't think
they lost necessarily. Look, if they had of east of Zobots, maybe they win this game. Maybe they don't. I don't know if the size was as big of an issue as you would have thought without having of east of Zubots in this game. Is that fair to say? Yeah, I think that that's definitely fair to say. Okay, I think that absolutely. Well, we'll see what happens. I do agree that there could be an upgrade at the four spot for just a little bit more bounce, a little
bit more juice, a little bit more of a vertical threat. But Daniel Tice has played well. Uh and if he got an opportunity to play some of the four next with EATSA Zubots, I'd be interested to see it more. We'll see. We saw some small ball late that got him into it, couldn't get him quite over the humped though. Down seventeen with five minutes left, Clippers end up losing by four one nine one five in favor of Minnesota. Was your final coming up next? More of your phone calls?
Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number in a game where Paul George and James Harden shoot nine of thirty three. Clippers were within four points of the best team in the West. Some silver lining there, something encouraging there. We'll see what happens against OKC on Tuesday, a team they have seen by the song without Kawhi slight difference. More Clippers stock next year in NFI seventy LA Sports.
They want to bring a banner with them to the into it don more LA Clippers Basketball on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers were down seventeen with five minutes left in Minnesota. Got it down to a three point lead at the one minute mark, but Rudy Gobert would knock down some free throws, something he was being clowned for early on in the first half by the Clippers on the bench. And the Clippers lose by four in Minnesota without Big Zoo
to the Timberwolves, best team record wise in the West. Welcome back into Clippers talk. I'm met a moslin eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy. Clippers started this game two for twelve, then they'd hit their next four. Then they had a run entering the second where Minnesota went almost five and a half minutes scoreless. Clippers went on a twelve oh run. Problem was and they went about three
minutes scoreless themselves, bookended by two Kawhi Leonnard three pointers. He was very good the Clippers, though, after being down one at the half by a score I think it was forty six forty five, low scoring affair, good defense being played and some shots being missed. But that six to ozho run in the third was tough. Tough to overcome. Minnesota going on that quick run to start things off. A Paul George foul on Anthony Edwards three wasn't
great. Not great, Bob, and then Terrence Man and Rudy Gobert got into it with some chirping. Eventually it turned into just a foul on Terrence Man and Gobert missed both free throws, but those two have a history going back to the playoffs where Man dunked on him in that game. Five Clippers backs against the wall after Kawhi Leonard was out and Kawhi PG and Harden I believe scored all of their twenty three points on the third quarter. Problem was
they gave up thirty five. A lot of free throws were being taken, and Anthony Edwards had twenty of his thirty three points in that third quarter, But the Clippers were down big and they made a run in the fourth. They ended up out scoring Minnesota thirty seven to twenty eight in the fourth quarter. Too little, too late, yes, But did they find something with that small ball lineup that could be useful later on? Possibly? Valley Clips hit me up on x at follow out of May saying, I've heard you
mentioned how losses confuel wins. Not sure if you meant that sometimes losing a game is better than winning it in the long run. I don't know if I'd go that far, but tonight's lost in Minnesota feels like that if we'd won without Zoo, we might have gotten cocky now we know we have work to do. I think they know either way, they still have an eye on the playoffs and thinking about not just what works now, but what is
going to work in the playoffs. But yes, there was an adjustment down the stretch that could have legs that could have carryover, that could have some long reaching repercussions in this matchup. Should they face off in a seven game series, you never know. Let's go to Mark huyneson beach. You're on Clippers stock without a maslin I Mark, Hey, you know for a few of those callers that come in and say, well, I don't think Zubo's all that greater. He's not a top five. Tonight proved the point.
Without Zuboch we didn't have as much of a chance to even keep even, and in fact, if he had been in the regular starting lineup, I think we would have won this game by six to ten points. The only thing good out of this whole game was, like you said, when we were down seventeen points and Tylerud tried that new lineup. We now have another lineup that possibly can be used in future games when say zubox in foul trouble and we don't want to go to plumb Lee or or Tye so, but
yeah, we would have won this game. I think this proves all the doubters that you know, in my opinion that we need Zubachi, you know, just because you don't think he's that effective. Tonight it would have shown if there's any doubters left on a beatsa zoobots after the run he has had next to James Harden during this run with the Clippers have won what is it, twenty two of their last twenty nine games, don't I don't know if
they'll ever be convinced. I don't know if they'll ever come around because it's plain and obvious how good this guy is. With the touch he has showed around the rim recently, with how they're getting him more involved on the offensive end, and then oh yeah, he's been an elite rim protector since he's been a Clipper, since he's been a Clipper. I ran the numbers the other day. Within six feet of the rim, teams are shooting just fifty
two against him since his first full season as a Clipper. For a reference point, this season, teams are shooting just fifty percent within six feet of the rim against Big Zoo. He's third in the NBA in that category amongst cenators, number one Rudy Gobert, the stifle Tower. Guys are only shooting forty seven percent against him within six feet of the rim. Zoo is elite and has been on the defensive end. Now they're getting him involved on offense
and I love that. And a great phone call Mark giving Big Zoo his flowers there. Appreciate you, Lenny and Inglewood. Lenny's up here on for that, masl Hey, what's up man? It's not a Dallas Cowboys beat whooping, but it's it's it's it's a defeat and we could have had that one. PG. Really, he's he stumped up the spot tonight and I hope that he gets back on track because we need that game against OKC. It's just it's just no we that that's a big, big game for us.
Man. We all know the chatter that goes back and forth about, you know, the presumpt presumptuous trade between PG and Shy. We we listened, PG is, We got PG shape. Shade's doing his thing there, but PG is, PG has been what he's been for us, and you know, we we just need to go in there, and we need we I hope zoos better. But the fact that we kept it within a bucket in the fourth quarter and Powell came through just says it just says a lot.
Man. You know, I doubt very seriously if we're you know, if Harden and TG will be we'll shoot that bad again for a while. But that was a tough loss, man, because like I said that, I think that would have really showed something too to Timberwolves that you know. It's it's that that experience that we have between Kawhi and the vett It's just it. Look, man, the whole le knows it. The whole le knows it now, and I just we just I didn't. I'm happy if
we go one in one, but we could have had that tonight. But you know, like you said this week, any good thing about the NBA, you you play again. So hopefully, like I said, PG goes back, doesn't need to do, gets his shocked or everything together, and we go we gotta get them when it gets to go. Okay, see that's we gotta get it. We gotta get it. Yeah, man, I'm saying I agree with you. They gotta go one on one of these two games. You can't go z and two because you're still chasing these teams
in the West. They're two and a half games behind OKCE currently now they're two games behind Denver, who won earlier at home over the Pacers. So the Clippers are in that four spot. They're a game and a half up on the New Orleans Pelicans, but a precarious position. You're trying to break into the top three. So yeah, okay, see on the second night of a back to back, by the way against the Clippers, because they
got the Lakers tomorrow at kryptel h We'll take a quick time out. We'll come back well, I will updike on from clips and dip a little double dip here. We'll get back to your phone. Calls to eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six ninety seven two five seventy I meda Oslin. If you're listening to Clippers talk, you're on a five to seventy LA Sports. They want to bring a banner with them to the into
It doll More LA Clippers Basketball on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers fall late in Minnesota after their comeback comes up short one O nine one oh five was the final with the t Wolves. Get in the w welcome back into Clipperstock. I'm out of Moslin eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight sixty six ninety eight seven two five seventy. We'll get back to your phone calls, but first a little Clips in Double Dip with Will Updyke,
one of the hosts on Clips and Dip. It's a podcast, it's also a YouTube live sometimes. Will. Thanks for doing this tonight. Yeah, absolutely, thanks for having me. Were you encouraged, dismayed, concerned about Zoo? Where do you come out after a loss like this with the Clipper did kind of show a wrinkle with that small ball lineup late that almost got him a victory. So I'll put it like this. If you had told me before this game coming in that there would be no Zoo, I would
say, ooh, that's a pretty tough game to win. You would say, no Zoo, Hardin and Paul George combined to go nine of thirty three or whatever. I would say, that's probably a game the Clippers lose in an ugly fashion. So I think for them to make that late rally, it definitely showed a lot about this Clippers team. I also got to say, this game to me kind of said a lot about where the Timberwolves are at. Their defense is really solid. I thought they did a great job,
especially early, getting the Clippers out of rhythm. But the Timberwolves team offensively has a lot of issues. The turnovers are going to be an issue having a center who can't make free throws, I guess unless it's clutch time, I think it's going to be massively difficult for the Timberwolves to make a deep run with the small ball lineup. I wasn't feeling it. I gotta be honest. I don't understand the point of going with a small ball lineup
if that lineup also can't face the floor. I think that rusted a lot of incredible things in this game. I think some of his decision making, especially late, was a little bit questionable. And I don't know, maybe it would look different if Zoo or I know, I mean, if you're keeping it small, I don't. I don't really see that as a winning formula though, so you're not buying it. Even though they took that seventeen point lead down to three points, you still think it's a one off type
thing that doesn't have a lot of meaning moving forward. I mean, what did you think of the final possession of the game, like what like what you know, what did you think of the like the erroneous A couple of erroneous fouls that put Rudy Gobert back to the line when and he finally got
in a rhythm. I mean, I agree with you. And there was something that like they were able to pick up some momentum, and I just thought that there were I just thought there was a lot of inconsistencies from the Clippers in this one, which makes it hard to take away a lot. Like, like I said, overall positive, this is an encouraging loss, but I thought some of the defensive effort at the start of the at the start of the game and to start the second half, I thought that that's
actually really where they fell behind. I mean, the shot making was tough. It's really hard to have, you know, to be down a start and then have two other starters who are you know, massive parts of your offensive games have the games that they have. So I think it says a lot about the Clippers that they were still in this one, right they were
still able to almost grip one out. But I just think there the margin of error was a little slimmer than normal, and I didn't really think that they were putting the clamps on him, like we know this team can do for the full to the full forty eight. Yeah, I hear you. It's tough to say what the takeaways could be or how some of this stuff could look moving forward. And Russ definitely had his up and down mixed bag type of game. I'll give him credit though. The thirteen assists to three
turnovers will definitely take that. It's just I wish I wish you would never try to lay it up again at this point. I wish you would just dunk it because he still has the springs. Just go up and dunk it each and every time. You might even draw more in ones that way. What do you think, Well, yeah, absolutely, I mean he's right there. I just I don't see why not. And the thing is, like, look, I think that Russ did a lot of good. I
think that he does a lot of good on this Clippers team. But those like blown opportunities at the rim, I just don't get how that's so much of your shot diet right, it has been for his entire career. Yeah, if you still at this point somehow don't have the touch around the rim, you better throw that thing down, buddy, Like, I don't know what else to tell you. Yeah, and he had another miss layup where
it's basically a turnover led to a three the other way. It's just when you're when you smoke a layup going that fast, the other team's gonna have numbers, and they seem to always capitalize in those situations. But I like the aggressiveness overall. I like the intent at least, but just pretend everybody's ready. Gobert like the two dunks he tried on him in this game, Yeah, that was. I love effort. I think that it's important.
I think that it's important for this team that you know, has finally found a rhythm and identity. But you know what I like more than effort is result. Yeah. Uh, And I think that we've I think that there's a decent sample size about some of these results that we've seen throughout the season.
And I just I don't know that going small with a guy who I mean, at least you look at the Timberwolves defense already a very strong defense, have one guy who's essentially a non factor out there for them, You're making it too easy. I'm sorry, Like you're just you're making it too easy for the best defense in the league already. I think you'll have to
make their job any easier. They're already really good. I think the more interesting lineup to me because of Russ's deficiencies from distance, even though he did knock down to big three pointers in the fourth if Terrence Man was next to that four with two Pine, three Harden and Norman Powell, because I'm assuming you keep Russ in because of his rebounding acumen. Well, Terrence Man brings that too, but he also cuts the basket, sets more screens, and
has shot it much better from the outside for his career. Like that might have been the small ball five I would have tried, but look they had it to within three week minute left. Oh sorry to jump over you. I'm just like the terrace minutes him being sub twenty, I mean didn't necessarily fill out the box score, but I thought he looked productive out there.
Was there anything that you saw that maybe like led to an indication of why you think we didn't see as many minutes from him, especially late in this one. I don't know if they just wanted to ride the hot hand because they started making that run with Russ and he just decided to stay with that and go small. But I thought he was chasing around Aunt early and got that turnover when they were trying to find Anthony Edwards. I think it was
Carl Anthony Towns that threw it over his head and out of bounds. He got into it with Rudy Gobert. I don't know if he was being a punished for that, even though Gobert missed those free throws or what. I think it was just, you know, odd man out in this particular game. Hopefully not too much to read into their as Terrence Man has been. They're thirty three and what twelve now in the last forty five games that Terrence
Man has started. That is over half a season's worth of data. Aside from the numbers, and as you mentioned, you look at the box score, it's not that impressive. But typically Terrence Man is always a plus. He always ends up blending in with stars and being a really good connector out there somebody else. I felt like, you know, we talked about him on the podcast with Chuck Monckler yesterday, and I thought, Mason Plumbley, this may be a game for him, but I didn't know if Itatza Zubots
would be out, and therefore he definitely was going to get minutes. He played sixteen, he had eight points. They won his minutes. He was a plus three out there. I like what we saw from big plumb in some of those meaningful minutes. Finally here will Yeah, I mean that was really reassuring, and he was part after that, like after a rough first quarter of getting this team back in it, and really overall, you know, you have to like the bench effort against against what the Timberwolves have.
It goes to speak to the depth overall. But seeing Mason Plumbley where he was, I think he finished four or five, uh from the s field really really good to see. Uh. You know, it's such a it's such a jump from what we had seen previously, right like strictly garbage time minutes and you know, kind of kind of up and down. It's about what you would expect from a player coming back from from missing so many games
and just trying to slowly work his way into game speed. So that was super That was super super reassuring, especially because I I didn't love Tyson's game in this one, so I was glad that we had another seventh Twitter. I guess maybe that led to some of the small ball things as well. Is you know, you have to keep Plumbley's minutes and check Tys wasn't super effective like we you know, we have seen him in other games. This just wasn't his back up, so I wonder if that sort of went into
that too. But having having Plumbly back and ready for some real rotation minutes, I mean, that could be major, especially if it's Vita Zubos cast. Thing is anything more serious than you know, a single game or two. Yeah, I saw an update from La Murray, who joined me pregame on Clippers Countdown. Apparently the calf started to bother Big Zoo on Friday. He tried to go, couldn't get it to work. But it's the same one that gave him issues last February in Phoenix for a ballgame, so it's
worth monitoring. It's a little bit concerning, I guess. I mean, kind to me is always injuring. It is always a worrysomeone right, and you start to think of Kevin Durant and what happened with Golden State Warriors and all that, and yeah, so I don't mind him. Yeah it was a big game. Yeah, it would have been a big game for Vitza
Zubots. You still aren't even at the midway point of the season, and with all the wins they have been banking recently, I think it's okay to not push it too much with a guy that I think he's one of their top foremost important players at work. To me, oh, easily, easily. And I mean, you know, like I said, this isn't like a this isn't a bad this isn't a bad loss. I mean, I think Minnesota has only lost two or three times at home all season. Yeah,
two times at home. They're fifteen and two. We're hoping to see or the sixty and two now, I guess after beating the Clippers, uh one more for you here will How big is that game looming on Tuesday against SGA and the OKC thunder who the Clippers have seen before, but they didn't have Kawi Leonard obviously in Oka. See. I mean, it's it's absolutely
massive. I think, like of these teams that are you know this year having their resurgence, their you know, their surge to the top of your Okac's and your Minnesota timberwolve to me, okay, see now seems like definitely the more real of the two teams, especially we've talked about previously, like they have all the ammunition in the world to go out and get something else
if that's something that they want to do. That's the only bummer to me about the about the late game surge is it kind of felt like even in that surge that we didn't quite have enough to get over the hump. So you you know, I don't know, it's it's a tough call, right, Like, I think it would have been nice to maybe get the get Kawi and some of the other guys a little bit more rest. But I understand fighting it out too, and Nail, I think that that's winning process.
But this game, this game is huge. This game is huge, and like these tests, you know, you're not gonna you're not gonna pass one hundred percent of the time, but you would like to see out of this, uh, out of this brutal kind of to two games, the Clippers get one out of them two, right, Like they need to make up some sort of ground to I mean, if they want to ascend anymore in the in the standings, and certainly if they want to stay pass uh,
they you know, they gotta keep they got to keep things going. They got to keep in this rhythm that they've been in. I just wonder if it's a big enough game to get big Will Updyke at Crypto on Tuesday night. I just wonder these things. I don't know, and we'll see. Oh, I'll be there. Let's go Cliffs and attendance for that one. Clippers lose tonight by four in Minnesota to the Timberwolves. Will Updyke has been our guests here with the little clips and double dip on Clippers Talk.
Will thanks for doing this is always my friend. Absolutely thanks for having me go clip quick time out here. We'll come back get your phone calls eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. We'll also hear from coach Lou postgame. In our final segment, Clippers lose one O nine to one O
five in Minnesota to the t Wolves. And you're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers audio network on the impis Everdy l a sports they want to bring a banner with them to the into it Dawn more LA Clippers basketball on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers lose in Minnesota one O nine to one O five to the Timberwolves. Welcome back into your post game show. I'm at a Moslin. This is Clippers Talk coming up. We'll hear from Coach Low and
just a moment final call the night. Morris in Long Beach, Morris, what's good. Hey, I'm going to tell you something I'm not worried about too much. Adam Bor, George and uh you boy. The stairs to cut their hard and they're not gonna shoot the bad again. And I'm gonna tell you the number one play the Pippers got. The number one play is that pick. It's not just that they're running a pick with they're running a pick withal to loosen up that middle when the ball goes down in the middle.
Now we're hitting those curves. Plus Dubac is a gangster in the paint. When the game first started, Entice hit that three, I was feeling good. We got a five that could hit a three. But it's more than just hitting the three. You gotta be a gangster in that paint and we missed him tonight. And again George and Hardy, they're not gonna shoot that bad no more. We're gonna be all right, And let's give us
some good luck and some shoutouts on and that. Okay, see game, and this coming in an important game, just like the previous callers said, it's a playoff game. No, okay, I'll beg yourself all right. Morrison Long Beach Well Dune is always one of my favorite callers here there. They were missing Big Zoo. I don't know if he said Tupac or Zoo Pac is a gangster of the faint Doug live. Yeah, without him.
Look, I expected them to get down big in this game, but I was happy to see them battle even without their main man in the post, who is a made man now with the way they have been involving him on the offensive end. So it's not just the defense you missed anymore of the vitz Zubos. Guy's been giving them thirteen to ten on almost seventy seventy percent shooting over the last twenty eight games coming into this one. Let's hear from
coach lou postgame. Clippers lose by four in Minnesota, to the two Wolves. How do you how do you take how this this game went overall? I mean and had a huge third quarter. You got down seventeen, but you also were able to make this a one possession game inside of about a minute ago. Yeah, I feel good, you know what. Guys kept fighting, kept competing, just into had the smartest you know game today.
I thought we made some passes we wouldn't normally make, some rotations and defensive players we wouldn't normally make, you know, and so so just wasn't a good mental game for us, I didn't think. But like I said, get them, get those guys credit. You know, Ant was a monster, you know, Rudy was was huge for him, and you know, I said, they played well, you know, but our guys did a good job of fighting back, going small and just trying to, you know,
change the game a little bit. Coach Lou encouraged all the music cut off my guy a lot of murray there. He was about to ask another one. Clippers lose one O nine to one to five in Minnesota, but certainly made it a game late, did not give in down seventeen with five minutes left, made Minnesota earn it before we get out of here. We got to go to casual Katie's corner. It's producer Katie Newton on her birthday. No less coming into work. Had probably hurt this morning after what I
saw last night. Wow, you behaved yourself. You were fine. I had like three beers. I was the sober, annoying person there. But as always popcorn chicken. So like a kid again, it was great, the popcorn chicken. We went to Golden Road Brewery last night across the train train tracks. That didn't take down Katie this time. Not this time. She overcame them. All Right, Katie, what do you got for me? What's the question? Right? So, as I've entered my mid thirties,
who's the oldest player currently playing in the NBA? And then who's the oldest that's ever played? Wow? Okay, okay, okay. Lebron's thirty nine. He's the oldest player currently in the NBA. It is a young man's game. I want to guess there's probably some guy from the fifties or sixties that may have played up till forty five. But I want to say Robert Parrish might have played till forty five and ended his career, either with Chicago or on the bench with the Charlotte Hornets. So it is a good
question. And yeah, when you got one foot in the grave like you do now in your mid thirties, I mean you start pondering these things. I think you're gonna be exiting your mid thirty he's an entering late thirty. Soon, step off, Katie, We're getting out of here. I don't need that impending doom talk. Get behind me, Satan, not you just oh yeah, yeah kind of. Clippers lose in Minnesota one O nine to one O five. They're taking on OKC Tuesday Night, Big one. As
everyone has said, tip off at seven, pregame at six. Before we get out of here, I do want to thank Ralph Lawler, Brian Seaman, Noah Eagle, see you soon, Bro, Carlo and Minezu soon two Bro TM big Brother, Jake Warner, see you the KURP on Tuesday, Katie Newton, our producer here who have me, has me in existential crisis mode to bring up my age. Terrible, but it's your birthday. You can get away with that. Happy birthday, Katie. We love you until
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