Why The Clippers Collapsed
The Lead
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🗓️ 18 September 2020
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
The LA Clippers' historic playoff curse continues, as the team lost to the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals on Tuesday night. The Athletic's Sam Amick was in the arena, sitting about twenty feet from the Clippers' bench, and he joins us to share his observations on what went wrong for the former title favorites. Sam also tells us about his post-game conversation with Nuggets star Jamal Murray, including how he and his Denver teammates have stayed positive and well-rested in the bubble.
Read Sam's post-game story:
https://theathletic.com/2070278/2020/09/16/power-naps-and-team-chemistry-a-chat-with-jamal-murray-after-another-game-7-win/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:21.8 | You'll hear us break down the latest in music, fashion, lifestyle and sport. |
| 0:25.6 | See y'all next week. |
| 0:30.8 | On Tuesday night, we saw the biggest shock yet in the NBA bubble. |
| 0:35.8 | And the Dunbar Nuggets can just dribble it out. |
| 0:39.4 | A shocking upset. |
| 0:40.9 | They eliminate the heavily favored Clippers here on the second round and an historic series win. |
| 0:46.9 | Today, the athletic Sam Amick on why the underdog nuggets have been thriving and why the Clippers collapse. |
| 0:53.9 | What you saw was a team that was still learning one another and a team that once the pressure continued to be applied. |
| 1:02.3 | They did not have the fabric, the togetherness, the connectivity and the leadership to get through that. |
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| 1:14.2 | And I'm Kavita Davidson. |
| 1:15.8 | It's Friday, September 18th and this is Belie. |
| 1:20.7 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:24.8 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the people. |
| 1:28.6 | The values of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
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