How The LA Clippers Won The First Of 2 Games In A 22 Hour Span
The LA Clippers would play their first of two games in a 22-hour span on Saturday afternoon against the Chicago Bulls I was in attendance and it was so similar to the Houston Rockets game going to be talking about what I mean but the Clippers do get the win on
Today’s lock on Clippers you are locked on Clippers your daily Los Angeles Clippers podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day [Applause] Yes sir you are locking in with the clips thank you for making locked on Clippers the first listen of your day your team every day I’m your host Darren vizeri born and raised in LA and in my 19th season as a Clipper fan you can also follow me on Twitter and Instagram
At Dime dropper pod And subscribe to my own YouTube channel dime dropper for even more LA Clipper content I obviously I’m doing a vlog for the game but I’m actually doing a special video in this one where I was invited to the Laker game on Friday by a friend for free so
Of of course I’m going to take it it was a very fun experience but Clipper games is so much more lively I mean it’s just not even close like I’ll get into that later but the point is actually film the experience to compare so for people that have never
Been to either want to see the differences I put that on my YouTube channel and of course locked on Clippers is free and available wherever you get your podcast including YouTube let me know what you thought of the game and why I actually haven’t checked the
Comments for the last video of what you guys said about why the Clippers can do this so often where one have to look like a very slow old lethargic team that has no business even being on the court in the next half they look like a totally different ball Club so want to
Be talking about that because I just felt there was a lot of similarities in this game to the Houston game and I haven’t I haven’t even basically changed up two of the segment categories because of that just to show how you know obvious it was or actually
Not not obvious that’s not the right word to show how redundant it felt the game was that’s the funniest thing so let’s get into it Clippers against the chic Chicago Bulls now the one thing about the Chicago Bulls they’re always going to bring a lot of fans a lot and I
Went the last Bulls Clipper game I went to I want to say was 2022 and that was when they were like the number one seed in the beginning of the season and Lonzo was playing really well and that was when they first got Alex kuso you know Zack LaVine was
Playing well and they first got D rozan it was about 60 55 to 60% Bulls fans believe believe it or not but on Saturday it was like 40% so it was good to see that and there was a whole issue on axis with the tickets that there was
So many people if you notice the stadium was empty on TV early in the game that wasn’t just cuz it was a 1:00 MAA dreaded start there was a whole problem with the access app so tons of people like myself were outside the entire first quarter I
Got into the stadium and was the beginning of the second quarter so what I saw about the first quarter was demard de Rosen was cooking us and we didn’t get off to the best start but when I came and watch the second quarter in full we just looked like a very slow
Old team the ball was sticking just it was basically kawhai Paul and James Harden taking turns isoing you know we were the Bulls were switching one through four so there was a lot of you know the Clippers trying to hunt mismatches and and we didn’t do a great
Job one-on-one in that first half when Kawai would get a smaller Defender like Kobe white or i dumu on him in the post they would double team from there so it was forcing kawhai to be a passer but Chicago you know demaro Rosen he had a really solid first half he’s making
Tough shots he had 13 points Nicola vvi had 14 points and 10 rebounds in the first half and I thought in the second quarter if it’s a zubats did not look like iitu zubats or should I say he looked like iitu zubats in the last couple of games since he’s come back
From that illness I mean getting beat to offensive rebounds vich was scoring on him one-on-one I just thought his offensive I’m sorry his one-on-one defense against vich was just poor felt like he was getting cooked it’s crazy vich had 14 shot attempts in the first half he actually only shot 43% but he
Had 14 and 10 at halftime four of those were offensive rebounds while Zoo had just four points and six rebounds at halftime and Terrence man had a donut Amir coffee had a donut Paul George was our leading score with 11 points on four for 10 shooting kawhai
Was four for eight but as I said they were double teaming him frequently so it was causing other guys to get involved and we also had 10 turnovers in the first half 10 turnovers it just felt like we were slow lethargic not moving the ball with with any pop you know no
Urgency and then defensively we’re just average averages can be 57 to 46 Bulls at halftime and the Bulls are shooting 46% from the field and 44 from three Clippers are shooting 41 a. half% from the field and 26% from three but here’s the thing I was just like all it takes
As one push crowd’s going to take over and the quality will show out I was just thinking like this is exactly like the Houston game exactly like it and the biggest lead of the game that I think Chicago had was 14 in the beginning of
The third quarter they went up 60 to 46 in the game against Houston we trailed by as many as 20 in the first half but yeah 14 was our biggest deficit in this one but again it was the exact same kind of situation part of it’s this just the shooting
Variant you know they just were making shots in the beginning we were missing but I don’t think the process was good I thought it was a lot of one-on-one but slow one-on-one not attacking quickly not being aggressive very stack mag not moving the ball with zip not trying to
Push the pace on misses and not creating many misses and then of course 10 turnovers in one half that’s going to be tough to you know have the lead or be tied or anything like that second half it’s like a completely different basketball team I mean it
Starts with Paul George you know being aggressive then James Harden creating good shots he’s working on a triple double which he eventually got so shout out to him Kawai starting to score a little bit more but also getting double team making plays and then I got to give
A big shout out to Norman Powell and Bones Highland Off the Bench I thought they gave us a really nice lift bones Highland had 10 points in the game on three for three shooting and all those shots were threes one for two from the line in just 13 minutes and he got that
Along with two rebounds one assist and three Steals and was a plus six so again he’s just James Harden’s straight backup he’s in for the minutes that James Harden doesn’t play James Harden played 34 bones played 133 so in the minutes that James was out bones was in and I
Thought he had a very solid game very solid so you love to see that two pretty decent games in a row for bones but I would argue this might be his best one since Russell Westbrook got hurt and that’s the type of stuff we’re going to
Need with Russ out so shout out to bones and then Norman Powell just continuing to be that guy you know when we make comebacks you go back to that game against Brooklyn where we came back on a another matina game Norman pal he gets those open threes in the second half he
Knocks him down and then he starts attacking Closeouts and scoring around the basket and there was one time where they closed out hard and he went all the way for a dunk it was just an awesome half from Norm an awesome game from Norm he had 10 points in the second half and
In the game he had 18 on six for 14 shooting and here’s the crazy part he was only two for nine from three so his three ball has been a little bit shaky lately but again I’m very confident that he’s going to be fine he was four for
Five from two and four for four from the line in 27 minutes Clippers only going nine deep of course in this one Ty bones Amir and Norm it was a much quieter game for Amir he actually had a donut in every single category but rebounding
Where he had one rebound he was 0 for two from the field and both of his shots were threes he was a plus seven but I thought he was really quiet but the one thing I’ll say is he didn’t do anything bad defensively so that’s good 15
Minutes played for PR but it was just a complete tale of two halves as I said it starts with Paul George but big shots late in the game James Harden with a step back and the fourth quarter we only allowed 17 points we outscored the Bulls 66 to
45 in the second half so when you win the half by 21 points I mean you’ll probably win the game especially if the second half is the one you win and it’s at home so solid win for the clips I just don’t like how we make it this difficult I
Don’t think this is going to work against good teams there’s an argument that could be made that that we play down to the level of our competition so as long as you get the win that’s cool but I just don’t want us developing bad habits and I don’t think we’ve been
Playing great basketball the last couple of weeks and here’s the thing you can say play down to the level of the competition we lost the Lakers and we lost the bucks so we got to be sharp but that was the 30th home game of the season my 21st of the Season I’m
Creeping on my all-time season High uh 22-8 at home this season for the clips that’s a very solid home record 41 and 21 on the year I’ll take it Clippers win it 112 to 102 the leading scorer was Paul George and I’m going to be talking about him coming
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Customers eligible items only exclusions apply all right Clippers winning this one 112 to 102 here’s the crazy part we got a game in less than 22 hours following the conclusion of that one or no following the start of that one because for whatever reason I don’t even
Know if this is legal and Brian Seaman showed some frustration about it in the broadcast and I love that shout out Brian one of the best in the biz but he showed some real frustration about it in the broadcast and we played at 1:00 against the Bulls
Right and then we play at noon against the bucks on Sunday I’m going to that one too it’s going to be my first time ever going to staple center three straight days crazy a lot of gas but I didn’t drive the first night so it is
What it is but great experience you know it’s really cool going to a Laker game one night and then a Clipper the next you get to see all the differences and if you want me to do a podcast on that I’ll do something on that for dime
Dropper I don’t know if although unless you guys are interested in that definitely not that’s that’s a offseason kind of podcast the differences between a Laker and a Clipper game at stable Center but it would be easy to do I I could go 25 minutes on that
But it’s really brutal we we have we give a game in and it’s not just 23 hours right daylight savings so it’s 22 hours I mean unbelievable and the Milwaukee Bucks are coming off a game that they lost narrowly with without LeBron that they probably are like we should have had
That one and it’s Pat Bev and Gallow are coming to Clipper land you know how hard Pat Bev plays against us but here’s the thing they just beat us without Giannis and we blew a huge lead we should have some kind of you know like okay let’s
Get it this time let’s not get swept by these guys like come on we’ll see though how much pride the team has they could just be fatigued one of the biggest reasons the Clippers came back though it’s the same thing as the last game The Duality of Paul
George his aggression in the second half was way different going to the basket being more aggressive trying to get downhill he was catching the ball close to the basket closer to the basket and then getting double teamed and then finding Norman PO for these open shots found
Daniel tyon in the middle of the lane for a shot I mean it’s just I don’t understand this guy sometimes like I really just don’t four for 10 in the first half then he’s four for8 in the second but the nine assists you know that’s what really sticks out for me is
That Paul George had nine assists you know 11 points and five dimes to go along with two Steals and two blocks in the second half and so it’s not just the offense he started guarding demard Rosen who was giving us the business in the first half and he was getting a lot of
Steals you know two steals in two blocks kawhai didn’t have a steal or a block in the second half zubats didn’t have a steal or a block in the second half Terrence didn’t have a steal or a block in the second half James Harden had one
Steal Paul George was creating a lot of great stuff for us defensively and the bulls turn the ball over seven times the second half so it’s just a matter sometimes of like does Paul George want to be serious or not like that scares me though however I’m putting my eggs in
The fact that unlike some of the people that comment on this channel and you’re entitled to your opinion I think he will be the serious version in the playoffs now does that mean he’s going to have he’s not going to have stinkers he will have some stinkers he will but but the
Hope is he doesn’t have any Bad series meaning that he plays well in more games than he plays badly can he give us four good games out of seven and hopefully if he let’s say hypothetically he has three bad games in a series which is not great
In itself James hardens also has three bad games and those two G those two guys’ bad games coincide then we’re in trouble but then again if they play well four times out of seven and then Kawai plays well five or six or maybe all seven
Then we should be good but I just want to right now it’s too you know the playoffs are kind of in the Horizon on the horizon but it’s about building good habits and one thing I’ll say if it’s a zubot I thought he looked more lively in
The second half you know remember he missed a point blank layup at one point of this game point blank labor dunk but in the second half he was five for five 12 points three board so he stepped it up he stepped it up and I’m hoping that
Can give him some Good Ju guu and confidence going into that next game in less than 15 hours of me recording this zubot had 16-9 overall so pretty solid statline and he had the highest plus minus on the team with a plus 18 do I think that means he was the best player
No but he was seven for nine from the field and two for two from the line in 25 minutes I thought Daniel Ty was okay I thought he was better in the second half than he was in the first I thought first half first half I was struggling
To say anybody played well for the Clippers like straight up but in the second half I think Tyson was doing some good things out there got a couple of rebounds actually he only got one rebound two points though on that flash in the middle his stats actually looked
Better in the first half but I don’t know I just felt like everybody played better second half I thought he was okay Daniel Ty he was three for eight from the field six points three rebounds two assists and a block um I thought you know was interesting was vich was in
Drop coverage and we really weren’t taking much of advantage of it in the first half because Kobe white I dumu and Alex Caruso were playing good defense at the point of attack you know you had iio guarding Paul Georgia a lot Caruso was guarding just about everyone but even on
Kawh Leonard you got a clean strip one time in the second half I mean that guy we saw if you watch Laker games because it’s on local television if you live around here Caruso is a hell of a Defender he always has been he’s doing it with Chicago now he’s been doing it
For three years with them he’s a really quality defensive player and you know things were tough in the first half for us I dumu is also a good defensive player but PG kaai James Harden you know when they’re really at their best then very few players in the world that can guard
Them and again it’s when Kawai gets double teamed it’s all about swinging the ball quickly and using the shooting that we have to expose these teams for doing that you know making them pay so my moral the story with this one is it’s the duality of Paul George more than
Anything it’s like which PG are we getting and once he starts being more aggressive starts catching the ball closer and when you and then he starts getting double teams he shouldn’t be the only one that’s getting double teamed not I mean I’m sorry kawhai shouldn’t be the only one that’s getting double
Teamed Paul George is good enough to be getting double teamed too but when he’s dancing around the three-point line with everybody staring at him like teams aren’t going to be showing the help like that because they know that they have a good chance of getting him to settle for a jump shot
Contested am I forgetting anyone else before we get into the Harden triple double zo was in drop coverage as usual oh I we started uh taking away D rozen’s pullup though by hedging the screens in the second half which I thought was a good adjustment by tyo which I gu No
One’s Gonna mention because people like to blame coaches for everything but yeah that was a good adjustment taking away that pull-up but now let’s talk about the triple double of one James Harden I got to tell you a little something about Stitch fix you know that instant confidence boost you get from an
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From three so not that great here’s the hoping we can have a better three-point shooting night on Sunday afternoon but 89% from the line I’ll take that whereas the Bulls shot 79% from the line they shot 43% from the field in the game and 37 from three so they shot better from
Three but worse from the field and that was mainly because of the second half we really clamped down starts with Paul George but everybody else doing a solid job as well and teren man I thought was better in that second half for sure he had all his points in the second half he
Had seven points on three for seven shooting one for three from deep in 25 minutes of play and then James Harden you know it was actually a fairly quiet triple double in terms of the rebounding but I say that a lot you know about guys where the rebounding is just like you’re
Getting uncontested rebounds so I don’t even realize who gets him sometimes but triple Double’s a triple double and James Harden’s assists we very real as they always are 14 Points 11 rebounds 10 assists it’s funny I didn’t even notice when he got that 10th rebound but I
Noticed when he got the 11th I looked at the Jumbo Tron I was like oh my God he got it and I didn’t even notice but oh oh my god I didn’t even realize this all his shots were threes four for 10 good three-point percentage but I would like
Him to shoot more than just threes two for two from the line but triple double I think he was arguably the player of the game I’m going to go with Paul just because I thought he was his night and day on both ends in the second half and
When he’s playing that level of Defense his two-way play like it’s very hard to match his impact but 22 points five boards nine assists two steals three blocks for Paul on eight for 16 shooting two for six from three four for five from the line there was even one
Time in the third in the fourth quarter when they ran him off the three-point line and he was wide open he could have easily shot it and he went to the basket and did a little Euro Step finished with the left hand that was beautiful and I
Love that he didn’t settle so p in 40 minutes God he played 40 minutes and we’re back at it again in 22 hours but 50% from the field 33% from three but I like that he was 6 for 10 from two and he shot the more most free throws of any
Clipper four for five but Harden yeah doing a very good job in the pick and roll as always the way he know uses his eyes to manipulate defenses I think is very special and it’s hard to tell but when you see the replays on TV you can
See know he’d be looking at the corner and they’ll throw the lob to zoo I mean he’ll be looking at the lob and he’ll throw to the corner he’s he’s just got very great manipulation and if you know if you’re young Hooper use your eyes you know to
To trick the defense and James Harden’s very good at that disguise what you’re doing so you saw that on full display from James and the Clippers get a solid win now the thing is we’re going to have to be better against the Milwaukee Bucks there’s no doubt as I said they lost the
Lakers in a game that they probably feel like they should have won so they’ll be without Chris Middleton but it’s going to be a tough game I hate the schedule thing but I’ll be there it’s going to be tough but we got to play well for four quarters you know I expect to
See man Ka is Kawai going to be guarding Giannis as the the primary Defender cuz position by position that’s what it would be I’ll be very curious to see that that would be really cool for me to see Giannis and Kawai I just saw Yannis
The other day from the 12th row and man that guy’s a specimen and I officially have now seen every team in the NBA play Live everyone and that’s because the Clipper tickets are so affordable so perks are being a Clipper fan seen every team even the sonics even the New Orleans Hornets
Bobcats seen them all so the Bucks were the last step I thought this was going to be on Sunday the day that I complet it but because I got invited to that game that ended up being it but now I get to see the Buc play both games in La
This season so we’ll take that and with Damen Lillard and Giannis that’s always going to be something you can tell uh the kids in the future so blessed blessed very much so you can follow me on Twitter and Instagram at di dropper pod subscribe to my own YouTube channel
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