The Clippers (37-20) are fair 1-3 since the All-Star break, but they are mindful of the issues they have to be clean up – turnovers, protective breakdowns and stagnant hostile sets
Where do the Clippers go from here?
Onto the another amusement, of course.
The Clippers are picking to see forward and not back to Wednesday night’s marvelous collapse against the Lakers, watching as LeBron James about single-handedly overcame a 21-point shortfall within the fourth quarter en course to a 116-112 triumph.
“It’s over. You know, it’s one game,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. “Play well for three quarters, didn’t wrap up the diversion. You know, I never like to let one misfortune, or a terrible misfortune, take absent what we’ve been doing and what we built. So, you know, it’s a intense misfortune since we, you know, (were) up 21 focuses. But typically a great group.
“And once you do not lookout of the basketball and you do not do what you’re assumed to do, you know, you’re progressing to lose. Able to see that, you simply know. But the diversion is over. We ought to get prepared for the Wizards amusement on Friday. As extreme as misfortune may be, you know, it’s over.”
The Clippers (37-20) apparently have misplaced their way since the All-Star break, losing three of their past four recreations, and two in a push for the primary time since Dec. 23. Friday night’s game against Washington (9-49) may well be the nostrum they require.
But nothing will eradicate the memory of their most recent misfortune, which dropped them advance behind the Western Conference-leading Minnesota Timberwolves. The Clippers are in fourth put, four recreations behind the Timberwolves and 3½ recreations behind the second-place Oklahoma City Thunder.
But with 25 diversions remaining, the Clippers have greater issues than chasing the next seed. The misfortune to the Lakers cleared out them with a part to unpack – turnovers, defensive breakdowns and stagnant offensive sets.
The Lakers outscored the Clippers 18-2 off of turnovers within the last quarter and scored 30 points off of 14 Clippers turnovers by and large. The Lakers too had 31 fast-break points, interfacing on all 14 shots they endeavored on the break.
The Clippers, who played without All-Star Paul George and beginning center Ivica Zubac, too shot just 4 for 24 from 3-point run in three quarters and missed six of their seven endeavors from behind the bend within the fourth. Terance Mann said the Clippers fizzled to form straightforward peruses, something they “aren’t making right now.”
All-Star Kawhi Leonard said disappointments like this “shouldn’t happen.”
“We had control of the amusement beautiful much throughout the three quarters and after that we got lovely stagnant, turned over the ball in that moment half a small bit and they capitalized on it,” Leonard said. “I think they scored like 20-some focuses off of nine turnovers within the moment half, so we ought to do way better get back in move in case we do turn it over.”
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