Clippers Triumph Over Warriors: Game Highlights & Analysis

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00:00I watched them go off on the Warriors.

00:02They put the Warriors in the play-in.

00:03They kicked their ass.

00:06Yeah, that was a phenomenal game to watch yesterday.

00:09First of all, definitely surprised to hear that you're a Clippers fan

00:11all the way out in New York City.

00:13They don't get too far out east, but that is for the year.

00:17That's what's up.

00:18No, I mean, yesterday's game was just phenomenal.

00:21Again, it was the fourth quarter that Steph Curry had

00:24and the back and forth that he and James Harden and Kawhi Leonard had.

00:27It was just one of those games where it was a game of will.

00:30Like, who wanted it more?

00:32Who could get that extra shot?

00:33Who could create an extra turnover here and there?

00:36And so I think, you know, this Clippers team has been resilient all season.

00:39And from the very beginning, they've said the loss of Paul George

00:42is seen as addition by subtraction.

00:45Everyone thought letting Paul George walk was a big mistake,

00:47not offering him $50 million a year,

00:49keeping a superstar of his magnitude around it in town.

00:52And his departure led to big openings for guys like Norman Powell

00:58and Evita Zubac, who have been phenomenal

01:00and I would say probably have exceeded expectations.

01:03I think everyone expected him to have a bigger role,

01:05and I think they even expected to have strong seasons themselves.

01:09But when you look at just the seasons they've had,

01:11where Norman Powell averaged 24 points a game,

01:14nearly 50-45-90 before the All-Star break.

01:17He had a couple injuries after the All-Star break,

01:19so that kind of hampered him a little bit there.

01:21They've made some trades that affected his role a little bit.

01:24And then you look at Evita Zubac,

01:25who I believe was 59 double-doubles this season,

01:28second most in the NBA behind, like, Sabonis.

01:30Yeah.

01:31You know, I had to get five, three or four 20-20 games,

01:35five games with 20 rebounds.

01:37He's just been a phenomenal center.

01:38He had his first career triple-double to end the final home game

01:41and into a dome, the regular season game and into a dome.

01:43So every one of those guys, and that's just Norman and Evita Zubac.

01:49What they were able to do with the departure of Paul George, though,

01:53was also sign a guy like Derrick Jones Jr.,

01:55who was a phenomenal wing player with the Mavericks last year,

01:57helped him reach the finals.

01:59Good two-way guy, good three-point shooter, and showed that this year.

02:02They were able to bring back Nicholas Batum from the Sixers this offseason.

02:06They didn't want to trade him last season, but they had to to get James Harden.

02:08And then they signed Chris Dunn, who, you know,

02:11Steph Curry had 36 points yesterday.

02:14He also had eight turnovers.

02:15And if you watch that game, though, Chris Dunn made him work every single possession,

02:20going over screens, making him feel him the entire night.

02:24Steph got his.

02:25He got his 36 points.

02:26But, you know, I even asked him after the game.

02:28That was not an easy game for Steph.

02:30They made him work physically every single possession.

02:33And so I think yesterday was kind of an encapsulation of what this Clippers team

02:37is, a hard-fighting, connected, deep team around Kawhi and James Harden.

02:44They're no longer just a team that relies on their stars.

02:46They have a casting cast around them.

02:47And, you know, when Kawhi is Kawhi, we've seen what can happen.

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