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00:05We took a look at Harper begins Portland is taking on a very good Pelican squad certainly post all-star
00:12break and the Clippers have got to find ways to win games they play Oklahoma City and the Blazers we
00:17saw this same lack of intensity the other night against the Blazers and it's catching up to him here tonight
00:22against San Antonio as De'Aaron Fox continues to roll he's 8 of 10 from the field and the Spurs
00:27now lead 70 to 44.
00:29We saw that halftime diagram of all the baskets Fox had they were all shots inside the painted area we've
00:35got to stop him from turning the corner and getting to the rim he's a big guard Collins it's a
00:43long two it doesn't get there and Cornette has the rebound and a quick four shot I felt by Collins
00:50that time not a high percentage shot ball is loose on the ground it goes out of bounds it's last
00:56touch by San Antonio
00:59Clippers with Sacramento on Sunday a team that beat them earlier in the month come back to Dallas and they've
01:05had trouble closing out Dallas the Mavericks have played very well against the Clippers that you've got Oklahoma City Portland
01:11and Golden State
01:14a week ago we thought maybe an easy finish but the way the Clippers are playing in terms of intensity
01:19and focus
01:21not easy and a lot of work to get done whistle foul on the Aaron Fox a minute gone by
01:27here in the third
01:33you know to be a good offensive team against a team like the Spurs that takes pride in their defense
01:41everything is spacing execution screening and the physical aspect of it
01:47Kawhi now with 15 it's 70-46 it was in the third quarter in that March 6th game and the
01:56Clippers led by 25 that the Spurs came right back and gained control of the game
02:02did the Clippers do it let's find out whistle foul goes on Champagny and that'll be the second foul against
02:08San Antonio
02:09saying Champagny actually threw Collins who then wound up hitting one of his teammates with a hard screen but that's
02:16because he was
02:17pushed by Champagny
02:31Paulin struggled a bit in that first half just three for 12 from the field Kawhi the catch and shoot
02:36three and he's going to land with 18 he's 8 of 12
02:39and that was because Brook Lopez set a good hard tough screen on the defender
02:46and then Kawhi open look at the basket and he knocked it down
02:50the rest of the Clippers 13 of 40 from the field
02:53Fox turns on the afterburners gets to the rim though
02:57Cornette the rebound surrounded by red
02:59takes it back outside
03:01Bassell
03:02Champagny the drive
03:04whistle and a foul
03:05free throw is coming
03:12let's watch Kawhi there's the screen he comes off that thing right there to get a look at the basket
03:18if it's a clean look
03:19defender a little bit late catching up because of Brook's screen knocked it down
03:31Champagny with the first
03:41nice piece here for San Antonio
03:43and the pure shooters on that roster there's not a ton of them but he makes him at a very
03:49high rate
03:50this is the second one there Clippers trails still 71 49
03:57the wide dribbles off his foot able to relocate now with 10 to shoot
04:03it's because Castle in his back pocket turns and fires the jumper wiggles in and out
04:08Collins the extra effort can't hold on to it Vassell the other way
04:23Castle creates the contact on Garland puts up a tough shot rebounded by Lopez
04:27Lopez did a good job he stayed down put his arms up big made it tough on Castle
04:32Jones alone in the corner for three
04:34it was one of those shooting nights for the Clippers just three for 16 from above the arc
04:42Castle
04:44Champagny
04:46hard off the backboard and in and Champagny now with 11
04:50and he took that right into Lopez's chest put his arm up but never got a chance to jump
04:55double team to get the ball out of Kawhi's hand
04:58four of the five starters for San Antonio in double figures
05:01Lopez the three it is short
05:08Champagny the pull up three in transition
05:10the rebound eight and a half to play in the third
05:18Collins inside
05:19Kawhi brings it down he's in the middle of the floor
05:25San Antonio sends two players out of right away to get the ball out of his hands they don't
05:30want him to warm up his double team right there right there he's gonna look into the middle
05:35there you see what he finds there over the top there he finds Collins who gets fouled chance for the
05:41three-pointer
05:47and Collins in 18 minutes has played the Spurs even
05:55after that the Clippers have been outscored by 21 with him on the bench
06:28Fox
06:30the players have trailed by as many as 26 it's down to 18.
06:34just what they needed at this point
06:36Castle who's a good defender gets bumped off a little bit a three for Leonard
06:41just an NBA veterans has all helped to shape him this season and the feedback
06:47they give him they want to see him be really competitive
06:49and a disruptor on the defensive end
06:51and also make really good decisions decisions on the offensive side of the ball guys
06:55he's come into the games when he's been called in and it's been late in the games when they've been
06:59pretty much determined but he's not shy and i appreciate it and congrats to him he comes from a large
07:04family
07:04and congrats to paul hewitt who is the head coach there in san diego for the clippers he's just done
07:10a wonderful job running that team and look at the development of some of the players over the last few
07:15years and he is a big reason why so congrats to paul hewitt and the san diego clippers and the
07:21la clippers they're having their struggles they trail by 20 and they are in trouble here against san antonio
07:27collins up top late in the clock gets it off and puts it down john collins is now six for
07:34seven
07:36with those big physical guards at san antonio has darrius garland has struggled tonight just
07:42three of twelve for the four one of seven from the three-point line
07:49castle misses everything garland no fault to himself didn't expect that one to be coming right through the
07:56net without touching the rim
08:03between kawaii leonard and john collins they are 15 of 21 rest of the team nine for 37.
08:13kawaii has hit three of four threes the rest of the team one for 14.
08:20good job that time back kawaii following the shooter off a double screen and penny has space
08:28leaves it short jones the rebound 639 to play clippers trail 75 57.
08:36garland lopez is alone in the corner that provokes a three straight patrol
08:41great look and now the spurs have numbers harper bassell the corner three it is good and devin bassell
08:49he loves the right side of the floor an exceptional shooter on that side of the ball
08:54trying remember when you used to have a three-man fast break and the guys ran to the rim for
08:58a layup
08:59now they come down right lane left lane and they flare out to the three-point line
09:06johnson fouled by lopez brick that'll be the fourth foul on brooke lopez here with six minutes to play in
09:13the
09:13third let's take a look here at the break and you'll see instead of going to the basket for a
09:18pass for a
09:19layup now they veer out to the corner because they've got great confidence that their teammates
09:24going to give it to them they can get behind the line and knock down the three
09:30different ways of running the break nowadays how hard would you have had to have been sold on
09:35shooting more threes a real question back in 1987 1988 it would have been hard not that i
09:41was totally against it the years that we had good three-point shooters we shot way more but
09:48you shoot 45 or 50 in a given night that would have been a no-no we tend we tended
09:53to play from
09:54the inside out i'd like to pull some people up and then play off of that
10:03johnson tough drive and kelvin johnson now with six it's 80 59 san antonio a wide double
10:14lopez hesitates now tries to drive on the cell gets into the paint gets a clean look can't get
10:19to fall down lopez three for 12 had come in with terrific form 14.6 rebounds in his last five
10:27games gets the rebound there a whistle and a foul will go against the spurs it'll be their fourth
10:33with five minutes to play in the quarter
10:39castles castles saying yeah that i didn't foul him let's watch castle here on him
10:45and bang he hits brook in the head brook turns to the official official calls it
10:53you can see the frustration on the players faces when you're shooting the ball
10:57at 40 percent your opponent's shooting the ball at 57 that frustration just builds up
11:12kawaii jones cruel intentions for the iron as he spikes it in it's 80 61 4 42 to play in
11:20the third
11:22the first are seven of fourteen despite shooting forty percent they have hit half of their shots here
11:28in this third quarter San Antonio just fine for 14 and yet they're still
11:33shooting 57 percent Harper inside missus Collins the rebound this tells you how
11:38great San Antonio was in that first half Krista may have gotten a piece of that
11:42from behind
11:47for Benedict Mathurin
11:52well as we've heard the crowd so far in a while
11:57he's driving the lane next defender steps over Harper gets a piece of with his leg
12:05then throws it up he heard the whistle why not
12:14judging by Jamie's conversation with Brian Shaw perhaps the pride a bit
12:20challenged for the Clippers in that locker room as it should have been
12:24responded so far in the first eight minutes of this third quarter but
12:29there's a long way to go before they can consider themselves back into the game
12:40for 16 remains on the Clippers trail by 16
12:45you need some defensive stops it would help to get some deflections and steals
12:49you get out the open floor get it maybe clean looking from the three-point line
12:54instead of shooting 20 percent you shoot it much better but a handle there by Harper
12:59whistle and a foul stops the clock it is the third against the Clippers in the quarter
13:04you can see why they are so high on Dylan Harper
13:08a lot of poise for a youngster as Chris Dunn
13:12he's handed the citation
13:14here is Harper
13:21to the rim and in
13:27you know
13:29Harper kind of gets where he wants to on the floor and finishes this one with his
13:33right hand through his legs that's Chris Dunn he's backing down
13:37he's got size got strength backs Chris under the rim and finishes with that right hand
13:42Harper six five
13:48It's all the work the Clippers were doing Antonio just seems to have the answer here in the third
13:55No, we went to college point at the Rutgers. You know where that is what state that is
14:02It's not Ohio. I'm gonna guess New Jersey
14:04Oh
14:10The garden state how far is Rutgers from where you grew up
14:18For like an hour and twenty Chris Dunn gets to the rim and in kind of a foul back and
14:24forth we go
14:26Clippers can't afford to drive the speed limit here
14:30You see Dunn sees the gap open up and before they can recover
14:35He's driving it right to the basket and
14:39Taking advantage of the breakdown here on Fox knew that he was in trouble tried to recover got his body
14:44into
14:49Doug gets a three-point play to go it is eighty-three sixty-seven
14:54The present taken ten points off of that twenty six point lead. This is about as close as they have
15:00been
15:02I
15:02Castle
15:04Misses at the rim a rare miss
15:08Collins a bit out of control recalibrate snow
15:12Matherin is fouled go to the line for two
15:17John Collins dribbled it up as if he was trying to give it to a teammate instead of going pushing
15:22at full speed himself
15:30He's going to give it to the end of the game
15:30Only seventeen total free throws in this game on both sides
15:38So Manfred have to strike an off
15:41game against Portland just two
15:44for seven had had forty free
15:47throws attempted in the previous
15:49three games did not get to the
15:50line once in that game and the
15:53game is better first to make
15:54memories and experience
15:55Clippers basketball with the
15:56energy of into it don't get
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16:04Coby Sanders checks in John
16:06Collins checks out I'm going to
16:07say this again John Collins in a
16:09game where the Clippers trail by
16:11sixteen is a plus six in twenty
16:12three minutes.
16:27Coby Sanders could maybe be a
16:29spark here for the Clippers.
16:32Coby shooting percentage is a
16:34sixty four for San Antonio.
16:36I tell you one of two stops here
16:38you going in with a much
16:40different element into the
16:41fourth quarter Johnson goes to
16:43work on the rookie blocked off the
16:44backboard by Matherin but they
16:45will count it.
16:48three.
16:53Yeah it is.
16:54It's a go down.
17:00Knocked it to the glass.
17:02Well it's coming down.
17:03It's coming down.
17:04Yeah.
17:04It's way down.
17:05Halfway down.
17:08It's just a chance.
17:1285-69
17:14Hawaii
17:15Played every minute in that first quarter
17:17It was kind of an odd rotation
17:18Not saying I disagree with it
17:20But just a different rotation that we have seen
17:22Sanders the three
17:24Late in the clock
17:25Can't get it to go
17:25Great hustle by Matherin
17:26Nice finish by Miller
17:2985-71
17:302.43 to play in the third
17:32That's two hustle plays
17:33And Matherin and Jovey
17:34Both equal baskets
17:36And here's a steal
17:37Deflection
17:38Miller on the move
17:41Creates the space to the ribbon
17:43And what a play by Jordan Miller
17:45And a timeout for San Antonio
17:46It was a 26-point lead
17:49It is down to 12 in Englewood
17:53Hustle plays
17:54Set the tone for your team
17:56We've seen Matherin do it once early in the game
17:59This time ball's heading out of bounds
18:01Matherin gets there first
18:03Saves it
18:04Guess what?
18:05Winds up in his teammates' hands
18:06Miller with the layup
18:08And you got a happy owner
18:12I'm just a huge fan
18:13And on top of that
18:14He is an incredible vibes guy
18:16Just a wonderful personality
18:18And spirit
18:19In that locker room
18:21On the buses
18:21And in the meal room
18:23For the Clippers
18:24Coming out of the timeout
18:25The Aaron Fox sees a double team
18:27They go to Cornette
18:27It's an emergency here for San Antonio
18:30They're trying to mash the energy here for the Clippers
18:31And the third
18:32Deflected out of bounds
18:332.10 shot clock
18:35Tighten up right here now
18:37On the side out of bounds play
18:39Defense active
18:41Hands, arms moving
18:42And Barnes trying to get it over the top
18:44And Chris Dunn gets a piece of it
18:46You got to make sure now
18:47You don't give anything easy on these
18:50Staggered screen aways
18:51Which they've been using on the side
18:53Out of bounds
18:53Beating two screens
18:54On the shooter
18:55That they're trying to get open
18:57More importantly Coach Votelna
18:59We may have lost an adult
19:01Beverage
19:01On this
19:02Look at that
19:03Go on to work
19:08Cocktail
19:08A lager
19:09I don't know
19:10But we need to
19:12We need to refill that
19:13That fan
19:14That patron's drink
19:15Please
19:17Kawhi making sure
19:20It's all taken care of
19:22I will say
19:23They do need to replenish
19:24That person's drink
19:25They're not
19:26They're not inexpensive here
19:27Remember you got
19:28Cornette being
19:29Being guarded by Kobe
19:31Right now
19:31In the low post area
19:32So
19:33Can Kobe
19:34Keep the big guy
19:36Off the glass
19:39There's the wall
19:41Cornette
19:41Down the lane
19:42Off the window
19:43No
19:43A foul
19:44Right before
19:45The buzzer
19:55Here
20:00Kobe
20:01For hitting him
20:02On the arm
20:02Cornette
20:03Tried to help out
20:03The officials
20:04In case they missed it
20:06Cornette
20:06Excellent free throw
20:08Shooter
20:0881%
20:09In the season
20:15The first
20:16We're down
20:1670 to 44
20:19At the start of the third quarter
20:20It's been 29-16 since
20:23There are 14 minutes remaining in the game
20:27Against the hottest team in the NBA
20:2926-2 since February 1st
20:34Back to back having played last night in San Francisco
20:3887-73
20:39No Victor Wimbenyama
20:40It's been no problem for San Antonio tonight
20:42Coach Ritello pointed it out earlier
20:44There's a lot of pride for this unit
20:46Playing without him and trying to win games
20:48And they're doing so right now
20:49Nice feet inside
20:50Mathlin gets it to go
20:5187-75
20:53They're ready for the double team
20:55They hit the middle of the floor
20:56Look underneath
20:57They have two guys in the corner spread out
20:59Beautiful pass catch and finish
21:03Fox directing traffic
21:04Requesting a screen from Cornette
21:05Now drives a lane
21:06They find Champagne in the corner
21:08Open for three and lets it fly
21:10Brings the rim
21:11Cornette taps it up
21:12But not in
21:12Kawhi Leonard with their long reach controls
21:18Matherin out of control
21:19Oh my goodness
21:23Out of control
21:24And in the bucket
21:2787-77
21:31Well maybe when he's out of control
21:33That's a good thing
21:34Because you've seen him twice now
21:35Go down and make a basket
21:37We'll take it anyway
21:48Get this now into single digits
21:50With an entire quarter remaining
21:53And he is good
21:54And Matherin off the bench
21:56With 14-87-78 San Antonio
22:00A real familiar lineup to each other
22:02Out there for the Clippers
22:03They've done an excellent job
22:05Of getting it back to a nine-point game
22:07You don't want to give up
22:08Easy buckets in this last minute
22:10On the switch
22:11Matherin picks up Fox
22:13Loses his footing
22:14A scrum breaks out
22:16A loose ball is up for grabs
22:18Miller has it
22:22Sanders the trailing three
22:25Crowd ready to erupt
22:27Sanders has shot the ball
22:28Very well of late
22:29That was a good shot
22:30Just didn't fall down
22:31Two for one opportunity
22:33Now for San Antonio
22:35Harper
22:39Fox
22:40Rhythmic three
22:42Miller backs the rebound
22:43To Matherin
22:44Now it's a two for one
22:45For the Clippers
22:46If they hurry
22:46Matherin is aware
22:58Open the floor
22:59Up right here
22:59For Fox
23:00To see if he can take
23:01Miller one-on-one
23:03It'll be Clipper ball
23:04To start the fourth
23:06Leonard
23:07Plenty of time remains
23:12Kawhi double
23:12Three to shoot
23:14Puts it up
23:15Ahead of the horn
23:17The Clippers may still be down
23:19But they've got the momentum
23:21And twelve minutes
23:22Seven of twenty
23:23Along with four turnovers
23:25No Victor Mbenyama for the Spurs
23:28They played last night
23:29As promised Clippers have the ball
23:31To start the fourth quarter
23:32Can they continue the momentum
23:35Kawhi starts to frame on the bench
23:37Darius Garland is out there
23:39Miller
23:40One-on-one on Cornette
23:41The fadeaway from ten
23:43The shot is good from Miller
23:45And it's a seven-point game
23:47Here in the fourth
23:49Certainly took his time
23:50Working against
23:51The big man
23:54And that just couldn't catch back up
23:56When he took that step back
23:57And faded on it
23:58Nice switch that time
24:00By Colby
24:02Vassell on the wing for three
24:04Rebound tapped up
24:05But not in
24:05A whistle and a loose ball
24:06Foul
24:07Called against the Clippers
24:16See Miller working against
24:17Cornette
24:18Trying to get a little space
24:19Steps back
24:20Fades
24:21Gets it up high enough
24:22To get it over his arm
24:24Cornette coming up
24:25Tipping that offensive rebound
24:30The Clippers are going to challenge this here
24:3311-25 to play in the fourth
24:35Clippers down seven
24:44After the reviews
24:45The defender takes his right hand
24:47And pushes the offensive person
24:48Left shoulder
24:49Therefore it will be
24:50A unsuccessful challenge
24:51Two shots
24:57You have to look on the inside
24:59This is where the action
25:00Is taking place
25:03You could say that
25:05Cornette was pushing off
25:06With his left arm
25:07On the top of Miller
25:10Again there's contact
25:12Arms are locked into each other
25:14Yeah I don't know about that one
25:18There was definite contact
25:19But by both players
25:21Almost at the same exact time
25:24Cornette gets rewarded
25:28On a couple of free throws
25:29Just hit a couple
25:30A moment ago
25:32And I'm telling you
25:33Eight of ten
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25:46Very happy when they were able to come up with
25:49Cornette
25:49They thought that was a very good pick up for them
25:52And they were able to add him behind
25:54When they're down here
25:57I agree
25:57I think Cornette was a
25:58I agree with you 100%
26:01Wonderful pick up
26:02And adding depth behind
26:03When Benyama
26:04And now the lead balloons back to nine
26:06But the clippers still have the momentum
26:08Just in the way in this fourth quarter
26:10Long way to go
26:10But none to waste
26:11With the way San Antonio has played
26:13Garland rifles
26:14Went in to Miller
26:15And he lays it in
26:16Jordan Miller off the bench with ten
26:18And the lead back to seven
26:19And he just got it up quick enough
26:20So Cornette couldn't come and block it
26:23Another very clever
26:24In the painted area
26:25We've seen it already
26:26A couple of times in the frame
26:30Castle gives to Cornette
26:31Out of his comfort zone
26:34Now back to Castle
26:35Six to shoot
26:35Wrapped up by Garland
26:36Whistle foul
26:37And that'll be the second foul
26:39Against the clippers in the quarter
26:43Let's see Garland cross it over
26:45He knows exactly where Miller is
26:47Underneath
26:48Cornette just couldn't get there in time
26:52On the floor
26:53Throw a sideline inbound here
26:54For San Antonio
26:56They need a stop right here
26:58For Garland to come down
27:00And knock down a shot
27:01To get his confidence
27:02Back up again
27:03Castle loses it
27:04Clippers have numbers
27:05Mathurin
27:11San Antonio rebounds
27:13Out in front by seven
27:15Castle the corner three
27:17It's a big one
27:20Back to double digits
27:21That's what's got to see
27:22That teammate in his running
27:23That left lane wide open
27:24Make the pass across
27:32Mathurin wants the screen
27:34Finds Dunn in the corner
27:35To retaliate
27:36Not there
27:39San Antonio rebounds
27:49Fox
27:51He's been incredible tonight
27:53For San Antonio
27:54And stays there
27:54Nine of 13
27:56From the field
27:57De'Aaron Fox
27:58With 22
27:59The first head of down to seven
28:01That's down to 12
28:03In favor of the Spurs
28:04They got the switch
28:06They wanted to
28:06They were in a guard guard screen
28:09Garland who's smaller than Fox
28:10Will end up taking him
28:11Fox shoots it
28:13Over the top
28:17Eagerness
28:18To kind of
28:19Play that role
28:20Of whatever you need
28:21Has been a big reason
28:23For their success
28:23Well his scoring
28:24That we have seen
28:25So many years
28:25In Sacramento
28:26Has come in handy
28:27Here tonight
28:28Mathurin turns it over
28:29Castle the other way
28:31Pin beneath the net
28:32Underborrows off the rim
28:34We've gone back
28:35To the cell
28:37Blocked by Garland
28:38Kind of a wild
28:39Sequence
28:40Here
28:40The first can't afford
28:41To give up anything else
28:42Castle inside
28:43Counted out of foul
28:45And
28:45Stefan Castle
28:4615 for him
28:48Five assists
28:49As well
28:56See the crossover
28:58Right there
28:58And
28:59Castle that time
29:00A little bigger
29:01A little stronger
29:03Let me letting them
29:04Know that's that
29:05Muscle
29:05That's that
29:06Toughness
29:06That he's got
29:08I will say that
29:09I do believe
29:10Wimby is
29:10He's a tough
29:11Competitor
29:12I appreciate
29:13When you hear him
29:14In interviews
29:16And then you watch
29:16Him play
29:17It's a different
29:18Person
29:18And I appreciate
29:19It
29:19I respect it
29:20Castle
29:20Gets up and down
29:21On the three point
29:22Play
29:23I remember
29:24His all-star weekend
29:26Being upset
29:27That they lost
29:28Those first two games
29:29His team
29:29Was playing on
29:30He was legitimately
29:32Upset that they lost
29:33The all-star MVP
29:34In that game
29:35Was Anthony Edwards
29:36And it quickly gave credit
29:37To Wendell Yama
29:38For setting the tone
29:39And having everybody
29:40Follow suit
29:41Credit to
29:42To Wendell Yama
29:43Not playing tonight
29:45Spurs have been okay
29:46Without him
29:4697-84
29:47They lead
29:48Garland able to make that shot
29:50He's got 11
29:51Inside it's Castle
29:52But big finish
29:53For San Antonio
29:55Breakdown of communication
29:56On that little split screen
29:58Slip to the basket
29:59Both guys stayed
30:00Nobody win
30:06Garland
30:07Gets to the rim
30:09Can't get it to go down
30:10But a whistle
30:10And a foul
30:11I believe
30:12Will be a loose ball foul
30:13As Matherin
30:14Was trying to crash inside
30:19You watch this now
30:21There's a few
30:21An exchange right there
30:23After the screen
30:24Rollin' right
30:25To the basket
30:26Castle
30:28They raised everybody
30:29Up
30:30Took away
30:30All the low post
30:32Defenders
30:33Raised them up high
30:34Ran that little screen action
30:36And then went to the basket
30:38There's nobody there
30:39To rotate
30:42Fox takes his seat
30:43He's a plus 24
30:46Cornette also off the floor
30:47So both teams
30:48Going small here
30:50Miller inside
30:51A whistle
30:52And a jump ball
30:57That seemed like
30:58A quick jump ball
30:59I'm not saying
31:01I'm not saying
31:01That Harrison Barnes
31:02Didn't get a hand on it
31:03Did he tie him up
31:04Long enough
31:05I think what they're saying
31:06Is not even close
31:08Knocked it out of his hands
31:10And then he came down
31:11With it
31:11And that's what they call
31:13There's a slap on the ball
31:15But the ball
31:16Should be a live ball
31:18Not a jump ball
31:19No
31:21Miller should have been able
31:22To reestablish the bounce
31:23Not long how the play finished
31:24Anyway
31:25Great call by the officials
31:26Leonard with the three
31:28That's
31:28I knew I could change your mind
31:30Wait a second
31:58He's got a reason to be mad
32:00That was not a joke
32:01He's got a jump ball
32:02You correct me if I'm wrong
32:03You're going up
32:04The ball is stripped
32:05You recover that ball
32:06Before you've landed
32:07It's a live ball
32:08You get to reestablish
32:09The dribble
32:09No
32:10He never dropped the ball
32:11Correct
32:11Yeah
32:12He lost possession
32:13But still
32:15Grabbed it again
32:16So that's why
32:16I think
32:16The official
32:17Thought that was a jump
32:18I'm not agreeing
32:20With the official
32:20Should have been a travel
32:21If that's what they're saying
32:22And not a jump ball
32:24Harper
32:26Rebound tapped up
32:27But not in
32:27Harper crashing the glass
32:29Offensive rebounds
32:30Have been somewhat in control
32:32Only because
32:32The Spurs are shooting
32:33Over 55%
32:34From the field
32:35That time it bites
32:36The Clippers
32:37And they trail now
32:38102 to 87
32:41Matherin is straight on three
32:477.50 to play
32:48On this one
32:49Clippers seem to have a chance
32:51But San Antonio
32:52Has just muscled
32:53Their way
32:54Back out in front
32:55104 87
32:567 minutes and 39 seconds
32:59To play
33:00It just seems like
33:01Every Spurs player
33:02Is muscling his way
33:03To where he wants
33:04To get to on the floor
33:06Carolyn tripped up
33:07On the way up
33:08A whistle
33:08Stops the clock
33:09With 7.30
33:10To play in the game
33:15On pregame show
33:17We said we would be
33:17Scoreboard watching
33:19Well looking around
33:20The league
33:21Right now
33:22Portland
33:237 winners
33:24Over New Orleans
33:26With 7.31 to play
33:30The Clippers
33:31And Blazers
33:32Are tied
33:33For eighth spot
33:35If the Clippers do not win
33:36They will fall
33:38To the ninth spot
33:39In the play-in bracket
33:40There is still a runway
33:41And a game against the Blazers
33:43But now the Clippers
33:44But now the Clippers
33:44Instead of having
33:45Kind of their hands
33:46On the wheel
33:46In that position
33:47Are going to have to play catch up
33:48If they can't turn this one around
33:50In the final 7.20
33:51Garland inside
33:51No
33:52Rebound back tap
33:53Over to Harper
33:55It's 104.87
33:57And Baldwin really affected by the size
33:59This is the strength
34:00And the size of San Antonio
34:05Passle
34:07Great ball movement
34:08Harper the corner three
34:09It's good
34:10That's what they do
34:11Passle muscles his way
34:13Into the paint
34:14Then turn and kicks it out
34:15They swing it over one pass
34:16So he had a wide open look
34:19And it's back to 20
34:25Miller to retaliate
34:27Dunn grapples for the loose ball
34:29Goes out of bounds
34:30And the lead last touched
34:31By the Spurs
34:34San Antonio
34:357 of 12 in this quarter
34:36They've outscored the Clippers
34:3820 to 9
34:46It's kind of a lukewarm start
34:49For the Clippers
34:50Tail end of the first quarter
34:51And much of the second
34:53Was
34:53For lack of a better word
34:55A disaster
34:57Allowed San Antonio
34:58To build a lead of 26 points
35:01Starting the third quarter
35:02Clippers would cut it down
35:03To 7
35:05Here in the fourth
35:06The Spurs have quickly
35:08Regained control
35:11Keldon Johnson
35:12The corner three
35:13And that might do it
35:15Timeout Clippers
35:161-10-87
35:17Spurs
35:186.25
35:19To play the game
35:21This and peripheral vision
35:23To his upbringing
35:24Saying that deaf culture
35:25Is a superpower
35:26Not a disability
35:28And as someone with
35:29Hearing impaired relatives
35:30I really love this story
35:32Same
35:32My son is
35:33Somewhat hearing impaired
35:35As well
35:35What a great story
35:36Bright future for Carter Bryant
35:37That is for sure
35:39Nice move there
35:40And now Kobe Sanders
35:41Able to lay it in
36:11It is 1-10-89
36:12Now he'll take over
36:14That 8th spot in the Western Conference
36:16Christy
36:17Miss finders
36:18And killed the Johnson
36:19With a rebound
36:22And Antonio will improve
36:24To 27-2
36:27Since February 1st
36:29And he's playing
36:30Incredible
36:32Mitch Johnson wants to talk things over
36:34Timeout called by the Spurs
36:375-19 to play in this one
36:43I'll keep it here
36:44Mitch Johnson mentioned it earlier
36:45Certainly in the short short list of Coach of the Year
36:49here and it's a very big coach's
36:51tree from Greg Popovich you see
36:55Steve Kerr championship as a
36:58coach.
36:59Rivers championship as a coach.
37:01He made you do good got to the
37:03finals.
37:04I mean it just goes on and on
37:05and on.
37:06Will Hardy doing a great job in
37:08Utah rebuilding the program.
37:10Becky Hammond championships in
37:12the WNBA Mike Brown finals
37:14appearances with the Cleveland
37:15Cavaliers.
37:17Quinn Snyder has had the best
37:19record of the league of the Utah
37:21Jazz and now has the Atlanta
37:22Hawks playing well and there you
37:23see Mitch Johnson.
37:24It is a wonderful coaching tree.
37:26Popovich is still involved with the
37:29organization certainly not on a
37:30day to day basis.
37:32It was such a great time to have
37:34Greg Popovich on the sideline.
37:35I don't think anybody would argue
37:36with you if you said he was the
37:38best coach to ever do it.
37:39Well you are 100% right about his
37:41involvement.
37:42He is at a number of the games
37:45right now.
37:46He attends the games and he is on
37:50top of every move that they're
37:52making.
37:52He's still at the top of the ladder
37:55in San Antonio.
37:56He just actively isn't doing it
37:58every day in the building but on
38:00game nights he's been there most
38:02recently watching it from the spot
38:04that they have for him and he
38:07certainly is in the mix when they
38:08come to decision making without
38:10question and he is one of the
38:13greats of all time.
38:16Spurs are going to break by the
38:18way a five year drought of
38:21missing the playoffs.
38:22They missed it in 2020 for the
38:24first time and when they missed
38:27it one of the local newspapers had
38:31to put out a tongue in cheek
38:33article about how the lottery
38:35system worked because they made it
38:37for 22 straight years.
38:39Hadn't been in the lottery kind of a
38:40tongue in cheek on this is how this
38:42works.
38:42This is how that works.
38:43I don't think they're going to
38:45have to remind San Antonio fans
38:46how the playoff works.
38:48It's going to be an interesting
38:49situation for them going forward
38:51and you could see kind of another
38:53dynasty here.
38:55This is a very young team an
38:57extremely talented team and a
39:00team that has kind of answered
39:01the call.
39:03They got off to a great start and
39:06many people said oh this is a
39:07real team and I kind of waited as
39:08like we'll see how they are.
39:09They are legit and they have a
39:11very I mean you look at the
39:14matchups ahead of in the post
39:15season with four out of five
39:17they've taken from Oklahoma City
39:18it would be very interesting to
39:20see Mitch Johnson's crew in the
39:21conference finals.
39:24Castle just hit with a technical
39:26foul that's going to put the shot.
39:30So Matherin will go to the free
39:32throw line here.
39:37Rivalry I don't know if you can
39:39have a rivalry before a playoff
39:41matchup but I feel like there's a
39:43rivalry already with Oklahoma
39:44City given the way that the
39:46Spurs have won for those five
39:48games this year and you see how
39:49do they play five games one of
39:50those games was in that in
39:51season tournament situation.
39:58They line up right now there is
40:00still a shot there is still a
40:01chance that the Spurs could grab
40:04the number one spot in the West
40:06to look at the standings.
40:08Thunder win tonight.
40:10The Suns lost trail Blazers win.
40:12The Blazers now forty and thirty
40:15eight.
40:17The Puppers will match them in the
40:18lost column.
40:21after tonight see Harper has the
40:29ability to run the show from out in
40:31front.
40:32He's a terrific passer sees the
40:34floor.
40:34He's got size and strength.
40:37Kelda Johnson good footwork can't
40:39finish rebound tapped around and
40:41Matherin has it for the Clippers.
40:43Two days off for the Clippers.
40:44They'll fly Saturday as Miller lays
40:47it up and in to Sacramento and
40:50try to get back on the winning
40:51track in the capital city against
40:54the Kings timeout San Antonio
40:56434 to play.
41:00It's scheduled as a home game for
41:01the Spurs who will come twenty
41:03seven and two going back to
41:06February 1st.
41:12Johnson inside lays it in.
41:16They're so good at playing is
41:18putting their head down their
41:19shoulder down and turning the
41:21corner.
41:21Their strength.
41:23Their body types.
41:25So good at getting into that
41:26painted area and the defenders
41:28with them.
41:30Imagine how Oklahoma City and the
41:32Thunder and the Spurs could be
41:35matched up in the playoffs.
41:36Remember OKC got off to that great
41:37start twenty four and one.
41:39How about this finish for San
41:39Antonio overall.
41:41All knocked out of bounds.
41:42Go back to the Clippers.
41:49And it'll be interesting to say
41:50and I say this with no no slights
41:53at all like this is a great San
41:55Antonio team.
41:55They're going to win titles in my
41:57opinion.
41:58But this is their first venture
41:59into the postseason.
42:00A young team.
42:01And if they are able to advance
42:04they're going to have to beat some
42:05pretty good teams in front of them.
42:07In particular that conference
42:08finals matchup against Oklahoma
42:09City a team that's been there and
42:11done that that is really hit every
42:13run on the ladder to San Antonio's
42:16great credit.
42:16They skipped a few runs.
42:18They didn't just compete for a
42:20playoff spot this year.
42:21They are owning it.
42:22And again have a chance for the best
42:24record in the NBA.
42:26Matherin a long two.
42:29Well there is something to play off
42:32experience okay.
42:33It does mean something.
42:36These are big games in front of big
42:38crowds and they're very emotional
42:41times but doesn't mean a team that
42:43has some talented youngsters can't
42:45compete and win a round and two
42:48rounds and perhaps get to the
42:50conference final.
42:54Barnes and Cornette have won
42:56championships.
42:59Barnes not necessarily a big minute
43:01guy Cornette comes in there to
43:03spell relief for Wemben Yama.
43:05And De'Aaron Fox just seven total
43:08games in the postseason.
43:11There's our G League Rookie of the
43:13Year.
43:17John Padula.
43:27Crippers had won five in a row and
43:29they just didn't match the energy for
43:31Portland two nights ago and in the
43:33first half they didn't match the
43:34energy for San Antonio.
43:35That was explained to Jamie from Brian Shaw at
43:39halftime.
43:40He'll cut the lead was 26 down to seven.
43:43But the Spurs just turned it on again.
43:47They're able to push this one back up
43:49over 20.
43:50They get the rebound, a whistle and a
43:54travel and a turnover as Harrison
43:57Ingram turns it over goes back to the
43:59Clippers.
44:12Ty Ty Washington feeds to Miller.
44:18Sanders draws the contact from Bryant and I
44:21believe they'll call that on the floor.
44:24She has to bring the ball up to the
44:26defenders arms.
44:27That's where the call took place.
44:32The last three seasons blocked shots.
44:34That includes him missing time and only
44:38playing twenty nine minutes a game.
44:41Incredible numbers.
44:44Last night he was 16 to 22.
44:49This is last night 41 points 18 rebounds
44:53three assists three blocked shots.
44:55Twenty nine minutes coach for Telo.
44:58Well the interesting thing is the block
45:01shots we know three plus block shots
45:04per game.
45:05How about the one that he changes and
45:07effects.
45:08If you watch them play I've been able to
45:11see them three times recently and he
45:15changes so many shots not that they
45:18count as blocks but certainly affects the
45:21mentality of the players when they drive
45:23the lane or if he's in the area.
45:26Somebody I think and I really believe
45:27this will put the category in the box
45:30score called neverminds.
45:33They drive in there nevermind.
45:36He will lead the league in that for sure.
45:38No dip three for Sanders the corner.
45:39Nope.
45:40The rebound.
45:41It'll be interesting to see the block
45:42shots because how many people will try
45:44him and what is the percentage I didn't
45:47have the brain power to figure out the
45:49percentage of shots against him and the
45:51percentage of blocks that he gets.
45:53It has to lead the league certainly given the
45:55number of blocks that he has and the lack of
45:58the lack of time he's on the floor.
46:00L.A. native Jordan McLaughlin able to knock that one
46:03down.
46:04Can you think of a player that will remind you of
46:08Wendy?
46:09What comes to mind?
46:11On what element?
46:13What aspect of it?
46:13No just a player because I have one I think of was
46:17similar.
46:19Defensively, Dikembe Rotombo.
46:21Offensively, there's a whole bunch of them.
46:22Who do you have in mind, Coach?
46:24How about Ralph Sampson?
46:25That's an interesting one.
46:26Okay, Ralph Sampson out of Harrisonburg, Virginia.
46:30Home of James Madison University.
46:33Home of Coach Sidnetti's National Championship
46:37football team.
46:39Just in case you cared about that, but that's
46:41where Ralph Sampson came from.
46:43Built the light, built the light, shoot jump
46:45shots, seven foot four.
46:47Very similar.
46:48Can I ask you a question?
46:49Where did you go to college?
46:51Because you have so many different affiliations.
46:53I have actually forgotten.
46:54I don't even know where you went to college.
46:58Well, sorry about that.
47:00It was Monc, Moncler State University now, not
47:04Moncler State College as it was.
47:07It's now MSU.
47:11Because you have connections to Villanova.
47:14You're bragging about Rutgers.
47:17I've got all these different colleges lined up here for
47:19Coach Fattel.
47:20That's good to know and I have clarity going
47:21forward.
47:22And I feel that I will have a piece of mine from here
47:25on out.
47:26McLaughlin inside.
47:27He goes to Washington.
47:30Perhaps the last active possession coming up here.
47:34Sanders down the lane, wrapped up, counted out of
47:36foul.
47:36Nice finish.
47:37Mike Colby stayed with it all the way, switched over to
47:39the left hand and finished with the layup.
47:42Is that where you got your driver's entrance
47:43certificate?
47:45Driver's certificate was at Moncler State College at
47:48the time.
47:48Colby with that left hand finish in the end.
47:51A little affiliation with Rhode Island, University of
47:54Rhode Island.
47:55A little bit with James Madison, which is now.
47:59Well, Madison College, I should say.
48:01This is your affiliation?
48:02You're saying this about you?
48:04This is when I coached them.
48:06Coached?
48:06Okay.
48:06I'm looking at matriculated and have a degree from
48:09hanging on the wall.
48:11But that's good to know.
48:12You have a lot of background.
48:14Hey, do degrees matter?
48:21Those birds are going to just run the clock out on this
48:23one.
48:24And the masterful performance by them tonight.
48:26Really, sincerely, 53 percent from the field.
48:29No win, Benyama, no problem whatsoever.
48:33The first certainly did not match the energy until the
48:35third and had too big of a deficit to climb out.
48:38And now the Clippers are going to have to climb out of a
48:40small tailspin here after winning five in a row.
48:44Dropping now to Portland and now San Antonio and they
48:47find themselves looking up at the Blazers in that play in
48:50bracket.
48:52The Blazers winning tonight.
48:54Both teams at thirty eight losses and one more game
48:57coming to Portland.
48:58Pointing out again that the Spurs actually play the
49:02Blazers as well before the season ends.
49:06The Wilde Leonard of the Clippers back to the drawing
49:08board.
49:08Couple of.
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