April 19, 2025 • 39 mins
The Los Angeles Clippers led by as much as 15 points, but allowed the Nuggets to comeback and send the game to overtime, as Denver wins Game 1 of the first round Western Conference playoff matchup, 112-110. James Harden had 32 points, 11 assists and six rebounds, as Ivica Zubac had a vailiant effort with 21 points and 13 rebounds. The Clippers will look to steal a game in Denver on Monday, April 21st for Game 2 -- on AM570 LA Sports.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
The game is ended, gather round boys, time to recap.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
But the post game coverage is just getting started. The
successes the failure.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Let's discuss this is Cliffers Locker Road breaking down today's
playoff game with the pre and post game voice of
the Clippers.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Here's that a moss legg.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Another overtime game for the Clippers, but this time it
ends in a loss. They lose one twelve to one
ten OT in Game one in Denver and are down
one to zero in this best of seven first round series.
Welcome into your postgame show. I'm ad A Moslin coming up.
We'll get the second half highlights, postgame box score, and
we'll take calls on the Patriot AM eleven to fifty
(00:42):
on Clippers Talk if you want to get on early
eight seven to seven, five two zero, eleven fifty. But
first let's get back out to ball Arena and back
out to Carlowjmenez, Well, Carlo my cuy to victory. Turnovers
have to take care of the basketball. Clippers didn't do that.
They came in bunches, specifically in that second quarter where
they had a fifteen point lead. I'm not necessarily saying
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that's where the game was lost. But I think some
people can point to that this Clippers team was in
complete control and they continued to give the basketball away.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Yeah, they scored two points in the last five minutes
and ten seconds at them of that first set, second
quarter that you were talking about, and Kawhi shot one
shot in the third quarter. Felt like in those moments
the Clippers had to be better at just winning the
possession battle and getting their best player the ball, which
they were unable to do. The Nuggets got eight more
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shots than the Clippers in this bowling game, and if
you're the Clippers at them, you know you have to
win seven rights or you have to win four. It's
best of seven. In a game you lost in overtime,
you gave away twenty six points off turnovers. Is unbelievable
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that or twenty nine excuse me, off their twenty turnovers
the Clippers. Really, you have five less turnovers, you win
the game. It was interesting the Clippers were unable to
come away with the win in that one, But I
think there's a lot of positives to take away considering
how close it was and how many things the Clippers
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could have done better.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
They had plenty of opportunities. They were burned late in
the fourth quarter by Aaron Gordon and Russell Westbrook. They
were being out hustled out there. The amount of offensive
rebounds the Denver Nuggets were able to get those second
chance points came quickly in the fourth quarter when the
Clippers had done such a good job winning the rebounding
battle earlier in the ballgame, but Denver seemed to want
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it more. They were getting the fifty to fifty boards,
they were getting those fifty to fifty balls out there
as well, and Russell Westbrook ended up hitting a huge
three pointer to help send this game into overtime, where
eventually the Clippers would just come up short.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
Nine offensive rebounds between Gordon and Russ Adam just too
many for the Clippers down the stretch. They struggled in
this one to be able to box out those two guys.
And it is something like you mentioned. They had done
really really well all game long, and then late in
the contest, unable to box out and stop Denver. They
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got out household. Maybe the altitude got to them. A
tire group who has played, you know, playoff basketball time
and time again. The Clippers just unable to close possessions
leading to Denver extra opportunities down the stretch. A lot
of stuff to work on for this Clipper team at
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the end of the day, though, Adam, I think we
talked about it with Brian Shaw earlier and this still
echoes after this afternoon's contest. It really is about the Clippers.
I mean, it is about the Clippers doing what they
do best. It is not about Denver doing something extraordinarily
well that forces the Clippers to play not their game.
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I mean, the Clippers have to get back, they have
to not turn it over, they have to find their
superstars and big moments. But I don't think I come
away from this game worried necessarily about Wow, Denver really
outplayed the Clippers in this area outside of hustle, which
is something the Clippers have done really well all season long.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Yeah, and the Clippers bench in this one also really struggled.
They only had thirteen points total, nine of those coming
from Nico but toom. He hit some really timely threes,
but their bench was outscored by Russell Westbrook alone. He
had fifteen points to the Clippers bench totally thirteen. I
think bo Don Bogdanovic has to be much better. Even
somebody like Derek Jones has to have more than full
points for this Clippers team. But you know, you mentioned
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the altitude and guys adjusting. Kawhi Leonard wasn't as aggressive,
only taking fifteen shots in this game. Twelve of his
twenty two points came in that second quarter. But you
mentioned a little bit earlier, Carlo. You know, Kawhi wasn't
quite as aggressive looking for a shot as much down
the stretch. You got a Credita nuggets at times there.
But we know who Kawhi Leonard is. He's somebody who
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can get a shot over anyone, but just wasn't looking
for it seemingly as much.
Speaker 4 (05:07):
Yeah, one shot in six and a half minutes in
this third quarter at him after you mentioned twelve in
the second and credit Aaron Gordon. And he played great
defense today. He was aggressive, he was physical. And this
is a group for Denver that you talked about, Hey,
maybe their defense does show up in the playoffs, and Adam,
they did. I mean, this is a group that's bottom
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three since the All Star Break enforced turnovers and they
forced twenty in this game against the Clippers. You know,
Game one always ignites overreactions the Clippers. Well, I'm sure
we'll have a lot to look at, a lot to
talk about in practice, and just a multitude of things
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to work on. But you point them out there, Kawhi
could have been more aggressive. He came into this game, Adam,
fifteen straight games with twenty five points, and he had
twenty two in this contest.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Yeah, it was a bit of an off game outside
that second quarter for Kawhi Leonard. Expect him to bounce
back in Game two, where the Clippers will still be
in Denver tipping off on Monday night at seven. We'll
have your pregame show back here at six for Game two.
Carlo Jimenez a great call. A is always hoping for
a better outcome in Game two Monday night.
Speaker 4 (06:21):
Adam, you know, can't get greedy, but this is when
the Clippers probably feel like they could have had you
go home one and one on the road in Denver.
Speaker 5 (06:29):
You'll take it.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
So see if the Clippers can get what it's gonna
feel like a must win game on Monday. I can't
wait at him, I can't wait. This one was a
fun one, not to finish we wanted, But we get
another and I'll say, let's go to that.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Let's go second half highlights coming up next, after the
Clippers falling over time one twelve to one ten to
the Denver Nuggets in Denver in Game one of this
best of seven first round series. I'm out a Moslin
and you're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
The LA Clippers and the Denver Nuggets is Round one
playoff action on the LA Clippers Audio Nets.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Word Clippers lose in overtime one twelve to one cent
in Game one in Denver to the Nuggets. Welcome into
your postgame show. I medame Oslin coming up Clippers stock
for you on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. But first,
let's get to second half highlights. In this one, the
Clippers led by as many as fifteen in the first half.
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It was down to just four at the midway point
as the Clippers got outscored eleven to two in the
final five minutes of that second quarter. With the Clippers
had nine of their twenty turnovers in the second period.
Just brutal. They led by as many as fifteen, They
should have been up by more than four to half.
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It was fifty three to forty nine. Clippers. After a
bit of a back and fourth third quarter, the Denver
Nuggets chipped away ever so slightly. They went plus one,
and the Clippers led by three heading into the fourth
at seventy five to seventy two. And then James Harden,
who had a great ball game and did his best
in that fourth quarter to try to give the Clippers
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a victory.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
We see him a hard end.
Speaker 6 (08:10):
Deep on the left side, triples the left hand, left
handed quarter off the front of the rim and it
falls in timber. With a time out, the Clippers go
for the tie and now they'll need to stop with
eighteen point seven.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Wow, some crucial buckets in the fourth quarter, as James
Harden had twelve of his thirty two points in the fourth.
But the Clippers would lose in overtime as Christian Brown
hit a huge three pointer to put Denver up by
four after James Harden had just hit another big three pointer.
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But the Clippers' turnovers came in bunches. They had a
turnover on an inbound pass. We've been talking about turnovers
on inbound passes going back to the very beginning of
the season. Jokis would be fouled. He would hit both.
Norman Palell hit an inconsequential three pointer at the very
end of the game. Clippers lose by two final score
one twelve to one ten. Denver winst in Game one.
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We'll dig into more of your postgame box score next.
I'm out of Mosland and you're listening to the Los
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Speaker 1 (09:25):
That's one OF's things. Clippers were in control in the
first half, had a fifteen point lead in the second quarter,
and would lose one twelve to one ten in overtime
in Game one to the Denver Nuggets. Welcome back in
I'm out of Mosland. Coming up, we'll have Clippers talk
for you on the Patriot AM eleven fifty if you
want to get on early. Eight seven seven five two
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zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five to two zero
eleven fifty is the phone number. Clippers shoot fifty percent
from the field twelve with thirty three from the outside.
Denver shot just forty four percent from the field. They
were just nine of twenty seven from three. You have
to win that game. The Clipper shot seven percent better
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from the field than Denver. They shot three percent better
from three. The problem was they had twenty turnovers to
Denver just having eleven. Those twenty turnovers turned into twenty
nine points for the Denver Nuggets. I mean, I know
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some of you people are already blaming coach lou like
it's his fault for all the turnovers. Do you know
what his number one talking point was coming into this series,
in front of everything else. He said it over and
over again, we have to take care of the basketball.
They knew it, they didn't do it. That's they lost
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this ballgame, self inflicted wombs. Clippers ended up being led
by James Harden. He had thirty two eleven of twenty
two shooting, had a fifteen point opening first quarter for
he hit a three pointer to end the first had
eleven assists. He was great. Chris Dunn did his part
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overall when you look at the box scores, but those
ten points. They were looking for an open three from
him down the stretch of this ball game, and he
couldn't hit it. It ended up two of five from
the outside. I Vitza Zubats definitely did his part forty
minutes twenty one to thirteen, ten to fifteen from the field,
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two assists, could have been more. Kawhi Leonard just nine
of fifteen twenty two points, six boards, two assists, one
of three from the outside, seven turnovers. I'm guessing that's
a career high, maybe postseason or regular season. Clippers bench
in this one, they didn't get enough Niko Batoom. He
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showed up three of six from the outside, all three
makes from three, nine points. Dereck Jones Junior one of
four with four. Nobody else scored. Bogie was of three.
Ben Simmons was old one. Not enough. Can't get just
thirteen points off the bench. Russell Westbrook gave them fifteen
by himself. Clippers were in control and they gave this
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game away to Denver. Credit the Denver Nuggets. They came
through late. Russell Westbrook scrappy on the offensive glass, same
with Aaron Gordon. Both of them are huge. In the
fourth quarter. That russ three pointer, he was just five
to seventeen, but that was one of the biggest shots
of the game, and the Clippers losing overtime one twelve
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to one, ten to the Denver Nuggets, who got twenty
five points from Aaron Gordon. Remember that three point shooting
we were talking about with him heading into the series. Ah,
he shot forty four percent from three this year he
was just one of three. It was all the work
he did. I want to say. Twelve is twenty five
points coming in the fourth quarter, just on hustle plays
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Nikola Jokicic below as averages twenty nine, nine and twelve
below his season averages. Jamal Murray just seven of twenty
twenty one points. You got the game you wonted from
Jamal and Nikola Jokic, and you lost that game. Anyways,
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that's tough. Clippers fall in Game one one twelve to
one ten in Denver. Outside of Los Angeles, we're leaving
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I guess that fifteen point lead in the first half
turned out to be fools gold as the Clippers loss
of the Nuggets in Game one, one twelve to one
ten in overtime, brutal one Clipper Nation. We'll be here
to talk about it for some time here on the
Patriot AM eleven fifty and at Clippers Talk on the
YouTube side. Appreciate you guys in here after a pretty
devastating game one loss. To lose a game like that,
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that's difficult, that's hard to explain away, But maybe it's easy.
Maybe it's what I told you when it came to
Keys to Victory in the pregame show right before tip off,
I said, and I'm just echoing what coach Lou has
been talking about and looking at trends and patterns with
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statistics I said, the key of the game is they
have to take care of the basketball. Clippers had twenty turnovers,
leading to twenty nine points. The turnovers single handedly got
Denver back into this one. Credit the Nuggets. They got
scrappy late. They fought, they battled. There were times they
were just going shot for shot. But you're up by
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fifteen in that second quarter. The Clippers had a firm
grasp of the basketball game and they end up being
up just four by the half. They went five minutes
and ten seconds scoring just two points to end that
second quarter. That is wild for that to happen in
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a playoff game against the twenty first rate defense. I'm
here to tell you I've been saying it. I don't
buy that they're that bad defensively, the Denver Nuggets. I
never have. I think it was low effort and guys
being disinterested and all the turmoil in the locker room
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and Mike Malhane being fired. Well, now it is lit
a fire underneath this team. Now they have something to
play for, so they're going to play harder on that end.
I'm not saying they wear elite defensively in this game
by any means, but their ball pressure their defense on
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the perimeter, disrupting the Clippers giving their men zero airspace
led to twenty turnovers. How does Jamal Murray create that
turnover on Kawhi late in the fourth quarter? He has
the matchup he wants and Kawhi loses it out of bounds.
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That stuff cannot happen. Jamal Murray is the guy you
want to pick on. In a game where Jamal Murray
took twenty shots to get to twenty one points and
Jokich took twenty four shots to get to twenty nine points,
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the Clippers lost. How does that happen? Well? Twenty turnovers,
seven offensive rebounds in the last nine minutes by the
Denver Nuggets, many of which were Aaron Gordon and Russell Westbrook,
and he gave away a very winnable game that could
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have given you home court. You could have put the
pressure on Denver immediately, a team that was reeling heading
into this series, a lot of unknowns the future. What's
gonna happen? Well, now they can rally around this and
feel invincible in a playoff series. Untimely turnovers, the volume
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of turnovers, and being out rebounded when it mattered most
being out scrapped and out hustled when it mattered most
in the fourth quarter unbelievable. Clippers had some really poor performances,
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specifically off the bench, but they only had thirteen points.
Nico was good. He had nine, three of six from
the outside right. I say DJ was bad. He just
he did miss a floater.
Speaker 8 (18:58):
I can't remember.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
It's late in the fourth for early overtime. He had
a good look at it, as Russe had missed an
easy one too, but he had just four points. Chris
Dunn couldn't get any of those corner threes to fall late.
I thought he was solid overall. His defense was really good.
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He still had ten points. There were still times where
he was cutting to the basket if Visa Zubats would
find him out of the high post, and he was
hesitant to go up a couple times when he could
have gone up strong. When Jokich was lurking and he
had three fouls early, he finished with just four. I
would like to see Chris Dunn be more aggressive, and
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Kawhi Leonard has to be much more aggressive. I'm shocked
I'm coming out of this game talking about Kawhi having
a bad game. Honestly seven turnovers from Kawhi seven of
their twenty turnovers. He looked tired at the end. I
know it's forty one minutes. He's been playing big minutes,
but the playoffs are just starting. Can't be tired now?
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Is at the altitude? He only took fifteen shots. James
Harden kept him in it, hit a ton of big
shots his defense. At times he left something to be desired,
although he got the stop on Russell Westbrook to get
into ot but Aaron Gordon that was his man a lot,
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and ag finished with twenty five. Aaron Gordon had more
points than Kawhi Leonard. Yeah, you're probably gonna lose that game, right,
Russell Westbrook had more points in the entire Clippers bench. Yeah,
you're probably gonna lose that game. And they still could
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have won it if they had fifteen turnovers and said
his twenty. But this is just a really disappointing game
one because it felt like you could have stolen home court.
You're up fifteen, Zach, that we need to take a
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ten second idea, Zactly, man, you already got it in
twelve turnovers from Kawai in the last two games. I
know uncharacteristically. Some of that is a fatigue thing, but
it's game one of the playoffs. Renee said, as zuno
masterpiece got ruined. I guess so others saying we lost
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by two, we're good. Okay. That's one way to look
at it. Another way is this was the game that
was there for the taking in Denver. This was the
game you need to steal a victory against Denver. This
was the game where Jokic and Jamal Murray combined to
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go nineteen for forty four, and you lost that game.
A Vita Zubats more than held his own against Jokis.
He was ten to fifteen with twenty one and thirteen.
He's the reason Yokish didn't get that triple double. But
I'm looking at it as a missed opportunity, a big one,
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a significant one. We'll see how significant it is. Clippers
bounced back and won game two. All good. They got
the split. The goal is to get the split. The
question is was this their best chance of getting the split?
Then they just blew it. I don't like some of
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the doubling on Jokish late in this game, when a
Visa Zubats has a good position on him. That frustrated me.
I gotta say, I understand Russell Westbrook. You play the
odds with him and you look at his stat line.
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He's five of seventeen, two of six from three, but
they left him open. He hit a big three to
put him up by two. Harden came back and got
the quick two to get him into overtime. But that
shot from Russ. Now he's got more confidence. He's trying
to burn his former team from a confidence aspect. I
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wonder where the Clippers are at. This is a demoralizing
type loss. I think they'll be okay, but not the
way you want to lose Game one. I'm not saying
you'd rather get blown out, but man, it was right there.
You lost this game more than Denver won it in
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some ways. Now Denver did what they needed to and
they made the big plays. And I told you coming
into this series one of my biggest worries was can
you win a tight game and go ban for band
shot for shot against Jamalm and Jokic With how clutch
they are, they could have, but some of the other
guys stepped up. Russ and Aaron Gordon. Clippers lose once,
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twelve to one. Ten in ot in Denver in Game one.
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Lose for the first time in twenty days, and they
lost a fifteen point lead in the second quarter where
they had nine of their twenty turnovers. Kawhi tied a
postseason career high with seven turnovers himself, and the Clippers
fall in overtime in Denver by a score of once
twelve to one ten. I'm at a Maslin Welcome back in.
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This is your postgame show, Clippers Talk. We'll go extra
even after we're off the air on the Patriot AM
eleven fifty at Clippers Talk on the YouTube side where
you can find us. Christopher in La Christopher, how are
you feeling right now?
Speaker 9 (25:23):
I'm feeling okay.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
Adam.
Speaker 9 (25:26):
Before I start making my comments, I wanted to let
you know that last night my son and I went
to go see ACDC at the Rose Bowl.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Right on. I hope the Clippers are back in black.
I hope they're back on Monday.
Speaker 9 (25:44):
Yeah, hopefully they'll you know, turn up the TNT and
become dynamite.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
You got it. So how'd you feel about the ballgame?
Where was it lost?
Speaker 9 (25:58):
It was basically lost in that second quarter, you know,
and when they went to five minutes without scoring, and yeah,
I felt, you know, going into you know, the you
know this game and the World game. I just wanted
a chance for them to win at the end, which
they did have, but you know, it just.
Speaker 10 (26:18):
Didn't come up.
Speaker 9 (26:19):
The cards didn't come up right for them.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
I mean, it's self inflicted. They were their own worst enemy.
You can't turn it over twenty times. Kawhi can't have
a game like this where he ended up with Let's see,
he had fourteen points in the first half, so he
had just eight points in the second half, and he
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had seven total turnovers, like they wasted. A great performance
from James Harden from a Visa Zubats and bad performances
from Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokich. I don't know, it
feels like they gave this one away. It's no disrespect
to the Denver Nuggets because they made the plays late.
Clippers also let them get back into it and tip
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of the Caps as Denver Nuggets. They came through and
they needed to, and that's something I worried about coming
into this series. But the Clippers were in control in
the first half, so I agree with you.
Speaker 9 (27:13):
Oh they were. I mean, it's like you know, I mean,
I was kind of like the first half was kind
of like the way the Houston game at the end
of the season, at the end of the home season,
where we would get a big league Houston would cut
down to about eight and then the Clippers would go
on a run and put it back above double digit.
Speaker 10 (27:31):
So it was kind of, you know, starting that way,
but then uh, Denver cut it to four at halftime,
and you know, must have given them new life going
into halftime.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
They did, you go from up fifteen to up just four,
And Chris, I appreciate the phone call as always, my friend.
Hopefully we'll be talking after a Clippers victory on Monday night.
Steph in Houston Steph, you're on clippers off without a
males and what's up, Steph.
Speaker 11 (28:00):
Oh Man, everything's going good except for the right there
for that loss. But man, uh yeah, we definitely were
in control of this game, especially in the first half.
I knew Denver was gonna make a run, just because
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you know they're at.
Speaker 9 (28:21):
Home, and.
Speaker 2 (28:23):
You know they're Denver.
Speaker 11 (28:24):
They're they're always going to make a run. But I
would say, you know, from the play standpoint, Kawhi with
his seven turnovers, uh he he definitely has to do
a better job of casting out of the double teams
and not waiting so long for the double teams to come.
Speaker 9 (28:48):
Uh.
Speaker 11 (28:49):
Even you know on the last play with Murray when
he when he turned the ball over, then he didn't
have to wait as long as he did. He could
have went he had to mismatch, could have win, got
to a spot and pulled up, made the shot, or
at least got got a good look.
Speaker 5 (29:06):
You know.
Speaker 11 (29:09):
Yeah, him with only fifteen shots is like some of
that is like a couple of those turnovers, we could
have got shot shots.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
Though they had some indecisive plays in the fourth quarter
and overtime where they were mismatch hunting and it was small,
small pick and roll stuff where James Harden would screen
for Kawhi, so Kawhi would have Christian Brown on him,
and overall Brown did a good job. It wasn't the
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mismatch you would have thought. You know, Kawhi has to
be better. He has to be more decisive out there
and getting to his spots. Completely agree with you, right,
And that's probably the last thing I thought I'd be
saying coming out of this game. Honestly, we're criticizing Kawhi
for a poor game.
Speaker 11 (29:54):
Yeah, yeah, And I don't think it was all on him.
You know, he did looked tired. You know, the altitude
might have played a role in that, especially down the stretch.
She did look a little gassed. But you know, we
had opportunities to win the game for sure. Another thing,
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I feel like Zubak is going to have to get
a little closer to matching Jokis minutes because you know,
as much as I love but to him, he can't
go our Jokic.
Speaker 5 (30:30):
And here's the thing.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
I think they actually won the small ball minutes in
this game against Jokis. I'll have to double check, but
I think they won the small ball minutes against Jokic
in this game, guys. So I don't know if that's
necessarily the point to make here, Steph. I don't think
that's what they lost.
Speaker 5 (30:50):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (30:50):
If they lost them, it was like by one. But
I think they won them. I appreciate the phone call, Steph.
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Speaker 1 (31:21):
Well, that's a push of the gut. Clippers did well
against Jogics, against Murray, against Michael Porter Junior, and they
still lose the game. They must have helped them somehow. Oh,
they had twenty turnovers. Kauhi had seven of them. It
only took fifteen shots. They only had eight points in
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the second half. They did not think I'd be saying
that after this ballgame. Clippers losing overtime one twelve to
one ten in game one in Denver, they're down oh
one and it's the best of seven first round series.
He's Ryan in Santa Anna. Ryan, you're on Clipper staff
with out of malls and what's up, Brian?
Speaker 8 (32:05):
Hey, doubley, how's it going?
Speaker 1 (32:08):
Uh, you've heard, you've heard helse Go.
Speaker 8 (32:12):
Yeah. Yeah, So the twenty turnovers weren't great. Seven from Kawhi.
You might say, that's Kawhi urristic of him. So, yeah,
that's not cool.
Speaker 3 (32:24):
I think.
Speaker 8 (32:24):
But there's a lot too, Like, there's a lot of
positives to take them away from me. Honestly, you cut
down the turnovers, we should be all right, play the
same way.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
Here's my problem. Here's my problem. You're ever cut down
the turnovers and next game, yo, kids, is gonna end
up going like fifteen of twenty five from the field.
He was just twelve of twenty four.
Speaker 8 (32:47):
That wasn't supposed to be the original plan. The original
plan was, Hey, let's let Joe Kit get his and
then worry about the rest the turnovers. And you gotta
give Denver a lot of credit. The Clippers had a
lot of momentum and then they started valvating. They that
really cut down the momentum for the Clippers and stuff,
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which is good on them, but I guess uh Clippers
really got to like be aware of that. They were
just valvating like crazy in order to cut down the momentum.
And that's why I really like dragged it on.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
I thought there were a few week calls that went
against the Clippers in this game, A couple on James Harden,
a call on a East's zoo Bots where Yo Kis
sold the contact. I don't think it decided the game.
I don't, and there's people in the chat that are
saying it. Did we decide the game? Is the Clippers
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having twenty turnovers and Kawhi having seven of them. That's
yeah where I'm gonna put it.
Speaker 8 (33:51):
Kawhi cleans that up, and it was good on James Harden.
See you only had two turnovers and the second one
came late. H Kawhi cleaned that up. Has a more
efficient game. I think. I see Clippers still pulling one
out in Denver, and that's all that's all they really
need to do.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
They have to win game two. I mean, here's the thing.
Does it turn into a must win situation in game two?
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Now?
Speaker 1 (34:17):
If they go down at you. Is the series over?
Speaker 2 (34:20):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (34:20):
No, no, I don't know about that, but yeah, they
have to have more of a sense of urgency. Russell
Westbrook really provided that for the for the Nuggets, to
be honest. Uh, he was very aggressive and that I
mean we know from an experience from past histories, is that, Yeah,
that either bites you or it really helps you. And
today really helped them. So hopefully it goes in our
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way next time.
Speaker 1 (34:45):
All right, Ryan, appreciate the phone call. Let's go to
Morris and Engle. Would Morris, what's up? You're on clippersoft
without a mousme Hi Morse?
Speaker 5 (34:54):
You doing that game to Kawhi today? The Vintos, You're
not gonna game right. I was goin to chat with
him during the game, right, and somebody were telling me
that the stadium was electrifying. The stadium was electrifying. I
wasn't here. I'm here in that way. But check this out.
That's why they got what it's called the home court advantage.
That stuff do mean something. Monday money is a musk win.
Monday is a musk win game. Why is that? Because
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you can't go down to Love and Denver looked like
they stow the Pipers doom for him. There's still the
pipp of Jersey. They looked like it was a better
defensive team. But the Clipper needs to hold their hands
up and it couldn't win in a way this either way,
this is a playoff game. One hundred and twelve points
over time. You know what, there was depend some defense
at him. So I'm I'm feeling pretty good. Like the
pis callers said, this is good science there and again,
Kawhi and will never have a game like he had today.
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And I'm gonna leave you with that. Behave yourself at him,
all right.
Speaker 1 (35:40):
Morris with some positivity here. I like that. I appreciate it.
I agree. I don't think he's gonna have seven turnovers
in this playoff series or in the playoffs. Again, it's
only happened one another time, But is the damage already
done off Kawhi steps up and wins them game two,
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We're good. I'm not putting it all on him. If
Kawhi and the Clippers win game two and Kawhi bounces
back in that game, we're good. But my problem is,
while you're talking about, oh, it was such a close game,
it was back and forth. No, it wasn't. The Clippers
were up fifteen. They were leading till the last couple
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of minutes of the fourth quarter. I think till Russ
hit that three pointer. From like the seven minute mark
of the first quarter, till Russ hit the three pointer,
the Clippers have been leading the entire way, So I
can't characterize this as ah. It was just a tight,
back and forth ball game. Somebody had to lose, somebody
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had to win. Clippers led by fifteen, they led by
I think twelve in the first quarter. They let this
one get away from them. Are the Nugget's gonna be
as bad with Yo Kitchen Murray in Game two? I
doubt it. Now, maybe it evens out and Aaron Gordon's
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not as good and Russ isn't as good as in
Game two. I just feel like this was such a
winnable game and a misopportunity by the Clippers. That's what
gets me. It's a loss, but I can't just say
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it's a loss all the same the way they lost.
The boosting morale the Denver Nuggets will have after winning
a game in this fashion will be a problem for
the Clippers moving forward. Denver has their swaggered their confidence back. Clippers.
They gotta take it from him. Denver was in disarrayed.
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They fired their head coach, they fired their GM, and
now they found themselves. They look connected out there when
they needed to be. And for them to outwork the
Clippers in the fourth quarter with all those offensive rebounds,
that's something I hate seeing. The Clippers were the best
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defensive rebounding team percentage wise in the NBA this season,
and they let that happen. Close out possessions, you win
the game. They shot seven percent better from the field
than the Nuggets. They shot fifty percent the Denver Nuggets
forty three point six percent. They shot better from three.
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They hit three more three pointers than Denver. Denver started
off hitting their first three three pointers, then they went
one for their next eleven. So much went in the
Clippers favor and they couldn't turn that into a win
because of self inflicted moves. Got to take care of
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the basketball. Monday Night Game two in Denver, tip off seven,
pregame show starting at six pm. Before we get out
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Another overtime game for the Clippers, but this time it
ends in a loss. They lose one twelve to one
ten OT in Game one in Denver and are down
one to zero in this best of seven first round series.
Welcome into your postgame show. I'm ad A Moslin coming up.
We'll get the second half highlights, postgame box score, and
we'll take calls on the Patriot AM eleven to fifty
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on Clippers Talk if you want to get on early
eight seven to seven, five two zero, eleven fifty. But
first let's get back out to ball Arena and back
out to Carlowjmenez, Well, Carlo my cuy to victory. Turnovers
have to take care of the basketball. Clippers didn't do that.
They came in bunches, specifically in that second quarter where
they had a fifteen point lead. I'm not necessarily saying
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that's where the game was lost. But I think some
people can point to that this Clippers team was in
complete control and they continued to give the basketball away.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Yeah, they scored two points in the last five minutes
and ten seconds at them of that first set, second
quarter that you were talking about, and Kawhi shot one
shot in the third quarter. Felt like in those moments
the Clippers had to be better at just winning the
possession battle and getting their best player the ball, which
they were unable to do. The Nuggets got eight more
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shots than the Clippers in this bowling game, and if
you're the Clippers at them, you know you have to
win seven rights or you have to win four. It's
best of seven. In a game you lost in overtime,
you gave away twenty six points off turnovers. Is unbelievable
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that or twenty nine excuse me, off their twenty turnovers
the Clippers. Really, you have five less turnovers, you win
the game. It was interesting the Clippers were unable to
come away with the win in that one, But I
think there's a lot of positives to take away considering
how close it was and how many things the Clippers
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could have done better.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
They had plenty of opportunities. They were burned late in
the fourth quarter by Aaron Gordon and Russell Westbrook. They
were being out hustled out there. The amount of offensive
rebounds the Denver Nuggets were able to get those second
chance points came quickly in the fourth quarter when the
Clippers had done such a good job winning the rebounding
battle earlier in the ballgame, but Denver seemed to want
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it more. They were getting the fifty to fifty boards,
they were getting those fifty to fifty balls out there
as well, and Russell Westbrook ended up hitting a huge
three pointer to help send this game into overtime, where
eventually the Clippers would just come up short.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
Nine offensive rebounds between Gordon and Russ Adam just too
many for the Clippers down the stretch. They struggled in
this one to be able to box out those two guys.
And it is something like you mentioned. They had done
really really well all game long, and then late in
the contest, unable to box out and stop Denver. They
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got out household. Maybe the altitude got to them. A
tire group who has played, you know, playoff basketball time
and time again. The Clippers just unable to close possessions
leading to Denver extra opportunities down the stretch. A lot
of stuff to work on for this Clipper team at
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the end of the day, though, Adam, I think we
talked about it with Brian Shaw earlier and this still
echoes after this afternoon's contest. It really is about the Clippers.
I mean, it is about the Clippers doing what they
do best. It is not about Denver doing something extraordinarily
well that forces the Clippers to play not their game.
(04:01):
I mean, the Clippers have to get back, they have
to not turn it over, they have to find their
superstars and big moments. But I don't think I come
away from this game worried necessarily about Wow, Denver really
outplayed the Clippers in this area outside of hustle, which
is something the Clippers have done really well all season long.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Yeah, and the Clippers bench in this one also really struggled.
They only had thirteen points total, nine of those coming
from Nico but toom. He hit some really timely threes,
but their bench was outscored by Russell Westbrook alone. He
had fifteen points to the Clippers bench totally thirteen. I
think bo Don Bogdanovic has to be much better. Even
somebody like Derek Jones has to have more than full
points for this Clippers team. But you know, you mentioned
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the altitude and guys adjusting. Kawhi Leonard wasn't as aggressive,
only taking fifteen shots in this game. Twelve of his
twenty two points came in that second quarter. But you
mentioned a little bit earlier, Carlo. You know, Kawhi wasn't
quite as aggressive looking for a shot as much down
the stretch. You got a Credita nuggets at times there.
But we know who Kawhi Leonard is. He's somebody who
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can get a shot over anyone, but just wasn't looking
for it seemingly as much.
Speaker 4 (05:07):
Yeah, one shot in six and a half minutes in
this third quarter at him after you mentioned twelve in
the second and credit Aaron Gordon. And he played great
defense today. He was aggressive, he was physical. And this
is a group for Denver that you talked about, Hey,
maybe their defense does show up in the playoffs, and Adam,
they did. I mean, this is a group that's bottom
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three since the All Star Break enforced turnovers and they
forced twenty in this game against the Clippers. You know,
Game one always ignites overreactions the Clippers. Well, I'm sure
we'll have a lot to look at, a lot to
talk about in practice, and just a multitude of things
(05:48):
to work on. But you point them out there, Kawhi
could have been more aggressive. He came into this game, Adam,
fifteen straight games with twenty five points, and he had
twenty two in this contest.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Yeah, it was a bit of an off game outside
that second quarter for Kawhi Leonard. Expect him to bounce
back in Game two, where the Clippers will still be
in Denver tipping off on Monday night at seven. We'll
have your pregame show back here at six for Game two.
Carlo Jimenez a great call. A is always hoping for
a better outcome in Game two Monday night.
Speaker 4 (06:21):
Adam, you know, can't get greedy, but this is when
the Clippers probably feel like they could have had you
go home one and one on the road in Denver.
Speaker 5 (06:29):
You'll take it.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
So see if the Clippers can get what it's gonna
feel like a must win game on Monday. I can't
wait at him, I can't wait. This one was a
fun one, not to finish we wanted, But we get
another and I'll say, let's go to that.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Let's go second half highlights coming up next, after the
Clippers falling over time one twelve to one ten to
the Denver Nuggets in Denver in Game one of this
best of seven first round series. I'm out a Moslin
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Word Clippers lose in overtime one twelve to one cent
in Game one in Denver to the Nuggets. Welcome into
your postgame show. I medame Oslin coming up Clippers stock
for you on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. But first,
let's get to second half highlights. In this one, the
Clippers led by as many as fifteen in the first half.
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It was down to just four at the midway point
as the Clippers got outscored eleven to two in the
final five minutes of that second quarter. With the Clippers
had nine of their twenty turnovers in the second period.
Just brutal. They led by as many as fifteen, They
should have been up by more than four to half.
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It was fifty three to forty nine. Clippers. After a
bit of a back and fourth third quarter, the Denver
Nuggets chipped away ever so slightly. They went plus one,
and the Clippers led by three heading into the fourth
at seventy five to seventy two. And then James Harden,
who had a great ball game and did his best
in that fourth quarter to try to give the Clippers
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a victory.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
We see him a hard end.
Speaker 6 (08:10):
Deep on the left side, triples the left hand, left
handed quarter off the front of the rim and it
falls in timber. With a time out, the Clippers go
for the tie and now they'll need to stop with
eighteen point seven.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Wow, some crucial buckets in the fourth quarter, as James
Harden had twelve of his thirty two points in the fourth.
But the Clippers would lose in overtime as Christian Brown
hit a huge three pointer to put Denver up by
four after James Harden had just hit another big three pointer.
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But the Clippers' turnovers came in bunches. They had a
turnover on an inbound pass. We've been talking about turnovers
on inbound passes going back to the very beginning of
the season. Jokis would be fouled. He would hit both.
Norman Palell hit an inconsequential three pointer at the very
end of the game. Clippers lose by two final score
one twelve to one ten. Denver winst in Game one.
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We'll dig into more of your postgame box score next.
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That's one OF's things. Clippers were in control in the
first half, had a fifteen point lead in the second quarter,
and would lose one twelve to one ten in overtime
in Game one to the Denver Nuggets. Welcome back in
I'm out of Mosland. Coming up, we'll have Clippers talk
for you on the Patriot AM eleven fifty if you
want to get on early. Eight seven seven five two
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zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five to two zero
eleven fifty is the phone number. Clippers shoot fifty percent
from the field twelve with thirty three from the outside.
Denver shot just forty four percent from the field. They
were just nine of twenty seven from three. You have
to win that game. The Clipper shot seven percent better
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from the field than Denver. They shot three percent better
from three. The problem was they had twenty turnovers to
Denver just having eleven. Those twenty turnovers turned into twenty
nine points for the Denver Nuggets. I mean, I know
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some of you people are already blaming coach lou like
it's his fault for all the turnovers. Do you know
what his number one talking point was coming into this series,
in front of everything else. He said it over and
over again, we have to take care of the basketball.
They knew it, they didn't do it. That's they lost
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this ballgame, self inflicted wombs. Clippers ended up being led
by James Harden. He had thirty two eleven of twenty
two shooting, had a fifteen point opening first quarter for
he hit a three pointer to end the first had
eleven assists. He was great. Chris Dunn did his part
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overall when you look at the box scores, but those
ten points. They were looking for an open three from
him down the stretch of this ball game, and he
couldn't hit it. It ended up two of five from
the outside. I Vitza Zubats definitely did his part forty
minutes twenty one to thirteen, ten to fifteen from the field,
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two assists, could have been more. Kawhi Leonard just nine
of fifteen twenty two points, six boards, two assists, one
of three from the outside, seven turnovers. I'm guessing that's
a career high, maybe postseason or regular season. Clippers bench
in this one, they didn't get enough Niko Batoom. He
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showed up three of six from the outside, all three
makes from three, nine points. Dereck Jones Junior one of
four with four. Nobody else scored. Bogie was of three.
Ben Simmons was old one. Not enough. Can't get just
thirteen points off the bench. Russell Westbrook gave them fifteen
by himself. Clippers were in control and they gave this
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game away to Denver. Credit the Denver Nuggets. They came
through late. Russell Westbrook scrappy on the offensive glass, same
with Aaron Gordon. Both of them are huge. In the
fourth quarter. That russ three pointer, he was just five
to seventeen, but that was one of the biggest shots
of the game, and the Clippers losing overtime one twelve
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to one, ten to the Denver Nuggets, who got twenty
five points from Aaron Gordon. Remember that three point shooting
we were talking about with him heading into the series. Ah,
he shot forty four percent from three this year he
was just one of three. It was all the work
he did. I want to say. Twelve is twenty five
points coming in the fourth quarter, just on hustle plays
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Nikola Jokicic below as averages twenty nine, nine and twelve
below his season averages. Jamal Murray just seven of twenty
twenty one points. You got the game you wonted from
Jamal and Nikola Jokic, and you lost that game. Anyways,
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that's tough. Clippers fall in Game one one twelve to
one ten in Denver. Outside of Los Angeles, we're leaving
you until Game two. Monday night tip off is that
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I guess that fifteen point lead in the first half
turned out to be fools gold as the Clippers loss
of the Nuggets in Game one, one twelve to one
ten in overtime, brutal one Clipper Nation. We'll be here
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Patriot AM eleven fifty and at Clippers Talk on the
YouTube side. Appreciate you guys in here after a pretty
devastating game one loss. To lose a game like that,
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that's difficult, that's hard to explain away, But maybe it's easy.
Maybe it's what I told you when it came to
Keys to Victory in the pregame show right before tip off,
I said, and I'm just echoing what coach Lou has
been talking about and looking at trends and patterns with
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statistics I said, the key of the game is they
have to take care of the basketball. Clippers had twenty turnovers,
leading to twenty nine points. The turnovers single handedly got
Denver back into this one. Credit the Nuggets. They got
scrappy late. They fought, they battled. There were times they
were just going shot for shot. But you're up by
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fifteen in that second quarter. The Clippers had a firm
grasp of the basketball game and they end up being
up just four by the half. They went five minutes
and ten seconds scoring just two points to end that
second quarter. That is wild for that to happen in
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a playoff game against the twenty first rate defense. I'm
here to tell you I've been saying it. I don't
buy that they're that bad defensively, the Denver Nuggets. I
never have. I think it was low effort and guys
being disinterested and all the turmoil in the locker room
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and Mike Malhane being fired. Well, now it is lit
a fire underneath this team. Now they have something to
play for, so they're going to play harder on that end.
I'm not saying they wear elite defensively in this game
by any means, but their ball pressure their defense on
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the perimeter, disrupting the Clippers giving their men zero airspace
led to twenty turnovers. How does Jamal Murray create that
turnover on Kawhi late in the fourth quarter? He has
the matchup he wants and Kawhi loses it out of bounds.
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That stuff cannot happen. Jamal Murray is the guy you
want to pick on. In a game where Jamal Murray
took twenty shots to get to twenty one points and
Jokich took twenty four shots to get to twenty nine points,
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the Clippers lost. How does that happen? Well? Twenty turnovers,
seven offensive rebounds in the last nine minutes by the
Denver Nuggets, many of which were Aaron Gordon and Russell Westbrook,
and he gave away a very winnable game that could
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have given you home court. You could have put the
pressure on Denver immediately, a team that was reeling heading
into this series, a lot of unknowns the future. What's
gonna happen? Well, now they can rally around this and
feel invincible in a playoff series. Untimely turnovers, the volume
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of turnovers, and being out rebounded when it mattered most
being out scrapped and out hustled when it mattered most
in the fourth quarter unbelievable. Clippers had some really poor performances,
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specifically off the bench, but they only had thirteen points.
Nico was good. He had nine, three of six from
the outside right. I say DJ was bad. He just
he did miss a floater.
Speaker 8 (18:58):
I can't remember.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
It's late in the fourth for early overtime. He had
a good look at it, as Russe had missed an
easy one too, but he had just four points. Chris
Dunn couldn't get any of those corner threes to fall late.
I thought he was solid overall. His defense was really good.
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He still had ten points. There were still times where
he was cutting to the basket if Visa Zubats would
find him out of the high post, and he was
hesitant to go up a couple times when he could
have gone up strong. When Jokich was lurking and he
had three fouls early, he finished with just four. I
would like to see Chris Dunn be more aggressive, and
(19:41):
Kawhi Leonard has to be much more aggressive. I'm shocked
I'm coming out of this game talking about Kawhi having
a bad game. Honestly seven turnovers from Kawhi seven of
their twenty turnovers. He looked tired at the end. I
know it's forty one minutes. He's been playing big minutes,
but the playoffs are just starting. Can't be tired now?
(20:03):
Is at the altitude? He only took fifteen shots. James
Harden kept him in it, hit a ton of big
shots his defense. At times he left something to be desired,
although he got the stop on Russell Westbrook to get
into ot but Aaron Gordon that was his man a lot,
(20:27):
and ag finished with twenty five. Aaron Gordon had more
points than Kawhi Leonard. Yeah, you're probably gonna lose that game, right,
Russell Westbrook had more points in the entire Clippers bench. Yeah,
you're probably gonna lose that game. And they still could
(20:47):
have won it if they had fifteen turnovers and said
his twenty. But this is just a really disappointing game
one because it felt like you could have stolen home court.
You're up fifteen, Zach, that we need to take a
(21:11):
ten second idea, Zactly, man, you already got it in
twelve turnovers from Kawai in the last two games. I
know uncharacteristically. Some of that is a fatigue thing, but
it's game one of the playoffs. Renee said, as zuno
masterpiece got ruined. I guess so others saying we lost
(21:36):
by two, we're good. Okay. That's one way to look
at it. Another way is this was the game that
was there for the taking in Denver. This was the
game you need to steal a victory against Denver. This
was the game where Jokic and Jamal Murray combined to
(21:57):
go nineteen for forty four, and you lost that game.
A Vita Zubats more than held his own against Jokis.
He was ten to fifteen with twenty one and thirteen.
He's the reason Yokish didn't get that triple double. But
I'm looking at it as a missed opportunity, a big one,
(22:20):
a significant one. We'll see how significant it is. Clippers
bounced back and won game two. All good. They got
the split. The goal is to get the split. The
question is was this their best chance of getting the split?
Then they just blew it. I don't like some of
(22:41):
the doubling on Jokish late in this game, when a
Visa Zubats has a good position on him. That frustrated me.
I gotta say, I understand Russell Westbrook. You play the
odds with him and you look at his stat line.
(23:03):
He's five of seventeen, two of six from three, but
they left him open. He hit a big three to
put him up by two. Harden came back and got
the quick two to get him into overtime. But that
shot from Russ. Now he's got more confidence. He's trying
to burn his former team from a confidence aspect. I
(23:26):
wonder where the Clippers are at. This is a demoralizing
type loss. I think they'll be okay, but not the
way you want to lose Game one. I'm not saying
you'd rather get blown out, but man, it was right there.
You lost this game more than Denver won it in
(23:47):
some ways. Now Denver did what they needed to and
they made the big plays. And I told you coming
into this series one of my biggest worries was can
you win a tight game and go ban for band
shot for shot against Jamalm and Jokic With how clutch
they are, they could have, but some of the other
guys stepped up. Russ and Aaron Gordon. Clippers lose once,
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twelve to one. Ten in ot in Denver in Game one.
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Lose for the first time in twenty days, and they
lost a fifteen point lead in the second quarter where
they had nine of their twenty turnovers. Kawhi tied a
postseason career high with seven turnovers himself, and the Clippers
fall in overtime in Denver by a score of once
twelve to one ten. I'm at a Maslin Welcome back in.
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This is your postgame show, Clippers Talk. We'll go extra
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you can find us. Christopher in La Christopher, how are
you feeling right now?
Speaker 9 (25:23):
I'm feeling okay.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
Adam.
Speaker 9 (25:26):
Before I start making my comments, I wanted to let
you know that last night my son and I went
to go see ACDC at the Rose Bowl.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Right on. I hope the Clippers are back in black.
I hope they're back on Monday.
Speaker 9 (25:44):
Yeah, hopefully they'll you know, turn up the TNT and
become dynamite.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
You got it. So how'd you feel about the ballgame?
Where was it lost?
Speaker 9 (25:58):
It was basically lost in that second quarter, you know,
and when they went to five minutes without scoring, and yeah,
I felt, you know, going into you know, the you
know this game and the World game. I just wanted
a chance for them to win at the end, which
they did have, but you know, it just.
Speaker 10 (26:18):
Didn't come up.
Speaker 9 (26:19):
The cards didn't come up right for them.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
I mean, it's self inflicted. They were their own worst enemy.
You can't turn it over twenty times. Kawhi can't have
a game like this where he ended up with Let's see,
he had fourteen points in the first half, so he
had just eight points in the second half, and he
(26:43):
had seven total turnovers, like they wasted. A great performance
from James Harden from a Visa Zubats and bad performances
from Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokich. I don't know, it
feels like they gave this one away. It's no disrespect
to the Denver Nuggets because they made the plays late.
Clippers also let them get back into it and tip
(27:04):
of the Caps as Denver Nuggets. They came through and
they needed to, and that's something I worried about coming
into this series. But the Clippers were in control in
the first half, so I agree with you.
Speaker 9 (27:13):
Oh they were. I mean, it's like you know, I mean,
I was kind of like the first half was kind
of like the way the Houston game at the end
of the season, at the end of the home season,
where we would get a big league Houston would cut
down to about eight and then the Clippers would go
on a run and put it back above double digit.
Speaker 10 (27:31):
So it was kind of, you know, starting that way,
but then uh, Denver cut it to four at halftime,
and you know, must have given them new life going
into halftime.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
They did, you go from up fifteen to up just four,
And Chris, I appreciate the phone call as always, my friend.
Hopefully we'll be talking after a Clippers victory on Monday night.
Steph in Houston Steph, you're on clippers off without a
males and what's up, Steph.
Speaker 11 (28:00):
Oh Man, everything's going good except for the right there
for that loss. But man, uh yeah, we definitely were
in control of this game, especially in the first half.
I knew Denver was gonna make a run, just because
(28:21):
you know they're at.
Speaker 9 (28:21):
Home, and.
Speaker 2 (28:23):
You know they're Denver.
Speaker 11 (28:24):
They're they're always going to make a run. But I
would say, you know, from the play standpoint, Kawhi with
his seven turnovers, uh he he definitely has to do
a better job of casting out of the double teams
and not waiting so long for the double teams to come.
Speaker 9 (28:48):
Uh.
Speaker 11 (28:49):
Even you know on the last play with Murray when
he when he turned the ball over, then he didn't
have to wait as long as he did. He could
have went he had to mismatch, could have win, got
to a spot and pulled up, made the shot, or
at least got got a good look.
Speaker 5 (29:06):
You know.
Speaker 11 (29:09):
Yeah, him with only fifteen shots is like some of
that is like a couple of those turnovers, we could
have got shot shots.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
Though they had some indecisive plays in the fourth quarter
and overtime where they were mismatch hunting and it was small,
small pick and roll stuff where James Harden would screen
for Kawhi, so Kawhi would have Christian Brown on him,
and overall Brown did a good job. It wasn't the
(29:35):
mismatch you would have thought. You know, Kawhi has to
be better. He has to be more decisive out there
and getting to his spots. Completely agree with you, right,
And that's probably the last thing I thought I'd be
saying coming out of this game. Honestly, we're criticizing Kawhi
for a poor game.
Speaker 11 (29:54):
Yeah, yeah, And I don't think it was all on him.
You know, he did looked tired. You know, the altitude
might have played a role in that, especially down the stretch.
She did look a little gassed. But you know, we
had opportunities to win the game for sure. Another thing,
(30:15):
I feel like Zubak is going to have to get
a little closer to matching Jokis minutes because you know,
as much as I love but to him, he can't
go our Jokic.
Speaker 5 (30:30):
And here's the thing.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
I think they actually won the small ball minutes in
this game against Jokis. I'll have to double check, but
I think they won the small ball minutes against Jokic
in this game, guys. So I don't know if that's
necessarily the point to make here, Steph. I don't think
that's what they lost.
Speaker 5 (30:50):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (30:50):
If they lost them, it was like by one. But
I think they won them. I appreciate the phone call, Steph.
Take a quick time out. Clippers lose one twelve to
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Speaker 1 (31:21):
Well, that's a push of the gut. Clippers did well
against Jogics, against Murray, against Michael Porter Junior, and they
still lose the game. They must have helped them somehow. Oh,
they had twenty turnovers. Kauhi had seven of them. It
only took fifteen shots. They only had eight points in
(31:45):
the second half. They did not think I'd be saying
that after this ballgame. Clippers losing overtime one twelve to
one ten in game one in Denver, they're down oh
one and it's the best of seven first round series.
He's Ryan in Santa Anna. Ryan, you're on Clipper staff
with out of malls and what's up, Brian?
Speaker 8 (32:05):
Hey, doubley, how's it going?
Speaker 1 (32:08):
Uh, you've heard, you've heard helse Go.
Speaker 8 (32:12):
Yeah. Yeah, So the twenty turnovers weren't great. Seven from Kawhi.
You might say, that's Kawhi urristic of him. So, yeah,
that's not cool.
Speaker 3 (32:24):
I think.
Speaker 8 (32:24):
But there's a lot too, Like, there's a lot of
positives to take them away from me. Honestly, you cut
down the turnovers, we should be all right, play the
same way.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
Here's my problem. Here's my problem. You're ever cut down
the turnovers and next game, yo, kids, is gonna end
up going like fifteen of twenty five from the field.
He was just twelve of twenty four.
Speaker 8 (32:47):
That wasn't supposed to be the original plan. The original
plan was, Hey, let's let Joe Kit get his and
then worry about the rest the turnovers. And you gotta
give Denver a lot of credit. The Clippers had a
lot of momentum and then they started valvating. They that
really cut down the momentum for the Clippers and stuff,
(33:08):
which is good on them, but I guess uh Clippers
really got to like be aware of that. They were
just valvating like crazy in order to cut down the momentum.
And that's why I really like dragged it on.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
I thought there were a few week calls that went
against the Clippers in this game, A couple on James Harden,
a call on a East's zoo Bots where Yo Kis
sold the contact. I don't think it decided the game.
I don't, and there's people in the chat that are
saying it. Did we decide the game? Is the Clippers
(33:44):
having twenty turnovers and Kawhi having seven of them. That's
yeah where I'm gonna put it.
Speaker 8 (33:51):
Kawhi cleans that up, and it was good on James Harden.
See you only had two turnovers and the second one
came late. H Kawhi cleaned that up. Has a more
efficient game. I think. I see Clippers still pulling one
out in Denver, and that's all that's all they really
need to do.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
They have to win game two. I mean, here's the thing.
Does it turn into a must win situation in game two?
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Now?
Speaker 1 (34:17):
If they go down at you. Is the series over?
Speaker 2 (34:20):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (34:20):
No, no, I don't know about that, but yeah, they
have to have more of a sense of urgency. Russell
Westbrook really provided that for the for the Nuggets, to
be honest. Uh, he was very aggressive and that I
mean we know from an experience from past histories, is that, Yeah,
that either bites you or it really helps you. And
today really helped them. So hopefully it goes in our
(34:44):
way next time.
Speaker 1 (34:45):
All right, Ryan, appreciate the phone call. Let's go to
Morris and Engle. Would Morris, what's up? You're on clippersoft
without a mousme Hi Morse?
Speaker 5 (34:54):
You doing that game to Kawhi today? The Vintos, You're
not gonna game right. I was goin to chat with
him during the game, right, and somebody were telling me
that the stadium was electrifying. The stadium was electrifying. I
wasn't here. I'm here in that way. But check this out.
That's why they got what it's called the home court advantage.
That stuff do mean something. Monday money is a musk win.
Monday is a musk win game. Why is that? Because
(35:15):
you can't go down to Love and Denver looked like
they stow the Pipers doom for him. There's still the
pipp of Jersey. They looked like it was a better
defensive team. But the Clipper needs to hold their hands
up and it couldn't win in a way this either way,
this is a playoff game. One hundred and twelve points
over time. You know what, there was depend some defense
at him. So I'm I'm feeling pretty good. Like the
pis callers said, this is good science there and again,
Kawhi and will never have a game like he had today.
(35:37):
And I'm gonna leave you with that. Behave yourself at him,
all right.
Speaker 1 (35:40):
Morris with some positivity here. I like that. I appreciate it.
I agree. I don't think he's gonna have seven turnovers
in this playoff series or in the playoffs. Again, it's
only happened one another time, But is the damage already
done off Kawhi steps up and wins them game two,
(36:02):
We're good. I'm not putting it all on him. If
Kawhi and the Clippers win game two and Kawhi bounces
back in that game, we're good. But my problem is,
while you're talking about, oh, it was such a close game,
it was back and forth. No, it wasn't. The Clippers
were up fifteen. They were leading till the last couple
(36:26):
of minutes of the fourth quarter. I think till Russ
hit that three pointer. From like the seven minute mark
of the first quarter, till Russ hit the three pointer,
the Clippers have been leading the entire way, So I
can't characterize this as ah. It was just a tight,
back and forth ball game. Somebody had to lose, somebody
(36:47):
had to win. Clippers led by fifteen, they led by
I think twelve in the first quarter. They let this
one get away from them. Are the Nugget's gonna be
as bad with Yo Kitchen Murray in Game two? I
doubt it. Now, maybe it evens out and Aaron Gordon's
(37:08):
not as good and Russ isn't as good as in
Game two. I just feel like this was such a
winnable game and a misopportunity by the Clippers. That's what
gets me. It's a loss, but I can't just say
(37:29):
it's a loss all the same the way they lost.
The boosting morale the Denver Nuggets will have after winning
a game in this fashion will be a problem for
the Clippers moving forward. Denver has their swaggered their confidence back. Clippers.
They gotta take it from him. Denver was in disarrayed.
(37:51):
They fired their head coach, they fired their GM, and
now they found themselves. They look connected out there when
they needed to be. And for them to outwork the
Clippers in the fourth quarter with all those offensive rebounds,
that's something I hate seeing. The Clippers were the best
(38:13):
defensive rebounding team percentage wise in the NBA this season,
and they let that happen. Close out possessions, you win
the game. They shot seven percent better from the field
than the Nuggets. They shot fifty percent the Denver Nuggets
forty three point six percent. They shot better from three.
(38:35):
They hit three more three pointers than Denver. Denver started
off hitting their first three three pointers, then they went
one for their next eleven. So much went in the
Clippers favor and they couldn't turn that into a win
because of self inflicted moves. Got to take care of
(38:56):
the basketball. Monday Night Game two in Denver, tip off seven,
pregame show starting at six pm. Before we get out
of here, I do want to thank the Clippers organization.
Ralph Lawler, Brian Seman, Noah Igo, Carlo Jimenez on the call.
Zacho called you back here in the bank. Brother Jake
Warner thinking about you as well, and Daniel West. We'll
see you on Monday Night pre game show starting in
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