Hunter Patterson
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206 appearances
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard 28 Jan
Hunter Patterson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Okay.
Okay.
I didn't want to.
I didn't want to.
I believe.
I mean, I would make an argument that it's been a dud since about halftime of game three, right? Like he had that amazing first half, put up 20 points in the first half of game three. And then back-to-back games, it was six points and 11 points in the last two games. This is the game that they needed from James Harden two games ago. If they get this in game four, they win that game.
Obviously, if they get it in game five, it's a little bit closer, but this is the sort of night that they need from Harden to win. We saw this in game one where obviously they lost a close game, but Harden really does stir the drink for them.
Kawhi Leonard has been incredibly consistent, and him having 27 points and being able to turn it on in the fourth quarter to seal the game, it really stems from Harden picking up so much of the burden throughout the game. You see him Norm Powell has a huge game, as you mentioned. They get about 80 points out of their top three guys. You do that, you're setting yourself up to win.
They also happen to get a couple of key threes from Bogdanovich. Derek Jones Jr. hit some threes. They were able to buy some time out there without Zubac. Basically, everything kind of went right for the Clippers, and it still got close at the end because that's how close this series is.
Massive. I mean, you know, he gets that big block on Russell Westbrook going to the basket at the end. I mean, and Russ had an awful end to this game. But Batum makes that big block. And that was what really stymied the Nuggets comeback at the end. That was what shut him down momentum wise. You know, the Clippers get the ball back. They come back and score on the other end.
And that was basically the end of that run. But Nico, you know, it's nice. Like he was throwing these little passes. I don't know if you guys caught this on the broadcast, but he's like, His little sneak passes to the corner when he was on the break. He was, you know, he obviously got the no dip three down. So which is great for the for the Clippers because they like to run the clock down.
So he winds up with a lot of grenades. And this is just again, this is what happens for the Clippers, especially at home. These role players step up. I also want to point out that Nico Batum guarded Nikola Jokic for like, I don't know, five minutes in the fourth quarter. And somehow the Nuggets didn't go on a huge run in spite of Evita Zubac being on the bench.
I mean, it was a team effort, but Batum was just, I mean, you talk about a battle. I mean, you've got a guy that you're giving up maybe like 40, 50 pounds to, and it's just give everything you got. And it's a testament to the way that this game was called.
You know, I'm sure down the stretch, and we'll probably hear about this in postgame, but down the stretch, I'm sure that the Nuggets were a little frustrated because the Clippers were still allowed to be so physical, and they kept them off the line. But this was another example of that. Nico Batum doesn't stand a chance if they're giving us a regular season whistle.
But in the playoffs, you know, these guys know we can give a little bit of extra juice. And I mean... The defensive effort from Batum, you know, the block shots were great, but also just standing up Jokic in the post when they needed it, I thought that was massive for them.
Well, I actually think that Jokic was a little bit too passive in this game. I mean, even down at the end of the game, you know, he passes up what felt like an open three to drive to the basket, trying to draw contact, maybe go for the end one. But, you know, they needed a three about a minute before that and to pass up an open three.
And it's almost like to try to prove a point because he wasn't getting the free throw call, you know, the free throws and the foul calls that he expected. But that was a little bit indicative of their whole night. I think Jamal Murray, he hit a couple of tough shots. I mean, this was not the explosion that we saw from Jamal Murray in Game 5. But he hit tough shots when they needed it.
The issue is you just didn't have enough guys hitting shots. You had Russell Westbrook. He blows a dunk, blows a big layup. He misses a wide-open three from the top of the key. Those are backbreakers for a team that is trying to fight back. But this is sort of where the nuggets are.
You know, they have, I guess, what, four guys, four and a half guys that you really can count on for the full 48 minutes. And it depends on what you're getting out of Jamal Murray. I mean, looking ahead to game seven, I don't want to get too ahead of ourselves. But, you know, Jamal Murray tends to step up in big moments, right? This was a moment I thought that Jamal really needed to back up.
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