Welcome to The Sporting Tribune Podcast Network and a new episode of The Sporting Tribune Today, our every-weekday show on sports in Southern California, Las Vegas and Hawaii. In today’s episode, host Grant Mona breaks down a massive Sunday in Los Angeles, featuring a statement win for the Lakers and a critical look at the Clippers\u2019 identity as they enter the final stretch of the 2025\u201326 season.<\/p>\n
Segment One: Lakers Slam the Door on the Knicks\u00a0The\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0took down the\u00a0New York Knicks\u00a0110\u201397 in an afternoon showdown at Crypto.com Arena. Grant reacts to\u00a0Luka Don\u010di\u0107\u2019s\u00a0masterful 27-point, 10-rebound double-double, outshining Jalen Brunson in a clash of former teammates. We hear from\u00a0JJ Redick\u00a0on how the team\u2019s defense\u2014anchored by\u00a0Deandre Ayton\u2014held New York to just 49 points in the second half. Plus, locker room audio from\u00a0Austin Reaves\u00a0and\u00a0Rui Hachimura\u00a0as the Lakers move to 39\u201325, winning five of their last six.<\/p>\n
Segment Two: The State of the Clippers With roughly 20 games left, Grant takes the temperature of the Los Angeles Clippers. After a dismal 6\u201321 start to the season, Tyronn Lue\u2019s squad has fought back to the 9th seed in the West (31\u201332). Grant analyzes the \u201cnew-look\u201d roster following the blockbuster Darius Garland trade and the departure of Ivica Zubac. Is the high-variance offense centered around Kawhi Leonard and Garland enough to avoid the Play-In tournament? We look at the remaining schedule and whether Lue\u2019s \u201c35\u201320 the rest of the way\u201d goal is still within reach.<\/p>\n
The podcast can be heard every day on Apple, Google, Spotify, iHeart Radio, TuneIn and wherever you get your podcast and every weekday on the radio on KIRN 670 AM and 95.5 FMHD3 in Southern California, 98.5 The Bet in Las Vegas and the Hawaii Sports Radio Network 95.1 FM and 760 AM in Hawaii.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to The Sporting Tribune Podcast Network and a new episode of The Sporting Tribune Today, our every-weekday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[7,559,4034,192,4032,251,135,4033,4031,6,3569],"class_list":["post-651430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-clippers","tag-basketball","tag-clippers","tag-la","tag-la-clippers","tag-laclippers","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesclippers","tag-nba","tag-podcasts"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116206511255197109","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}