Los Angeles- For months, as a win, opponents fought to include the four-star crime of clippers. He used to protect him several times, but Pratibha took him to the finish line at night after night, while all used to build an invincible speed.
But recently, clippers have stumbled, not only losing their attention, because they look at the sports at the end of the regular season, but also the Games.
“How can we make speed?” Kavi Leonard asked. “I mean, winning the game, coming in and doing things that we need to do, to come back into infection, match, concentrate, execute the aggressive end.
“I mean, we all know how to win basketball games, so we just get out of there and get it to do it.”
It has been a difficult part since the all-star break. Hetus appears that whatever rhythm the clippers made in the first four-plus months were made back with their uneven game in their first two matches with a week-long trimmed.
He was demolished by Oklahoma City Thunder last week and a strong -fourth attempt was required to defeat Memphis Grizzleez.
His third game was equally rugged.
Clippers could not cross the Sacramento Kings or their own disgruntled game on Sunday and lost 123–107 at Crypto.com Arena.
The disadvantage left two-and-a-half games behind the co-leaders of the Western Conference (37–19), which is both 40–17, which is both 40–17.
“After a break, you lose your flow, which you are taking to the point,” said coach Tiren Lew. “So, coming out of the brake with a back-to-back was difficult, but as I said, we met through it and now we’ve found to lock for these domestic games.”
Crypto.com, being back in the Arena, did much less to smooth some spots. He turned the ball 16 times, which was connected to 8 out of 26 shots from the 3-point range, was excluded and gave double points to five Kings players, headed by 33 points of D’Oron Fox and Triple-Dabble of Damentas Sabonis. Sabonis ended with 17 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assistance.
Harrison Barns scored 22 points, Kevin Hutter added 15 points and Malik monk was 12.
The clippers were led by Norman Powell’s 21 points and Kavi Leonard and James Harden, who each scored 20 points. Harden also had eight assistance and five rebellion.
So, what went wrong in this game?
“Everything,” Lu said.
This season, Clepers dominated Kings in their first two meetings, but Sacramento discovered a way to turn it on Sunday. Kings coach Mike Brown expected another difficult game from clippers and for a stretch in the second half, the clippers made it a competition.
Brown said before the game, “I just want to look at my effort at a higher level, while we are executing things properly and trying to communicate and scramble defensively.”
He did not have to wait long to see the game plan in action. Kings led seven as seven at the end of the first half and extended it to 15-0 runs in the third quarter.
The Kings Lead finished third with 18 points, 82–64, 4:45, before the clippers returned. Powell’s three 3-pointers behind and a thundering sting by Reserve Center Daniel Thees, he took the lead by 87–80, before Harrison Barns added two free throw in the last minute to take a lead of 89–80 in the last quarter.
However, the clippers maintained pressure on the Kings, leading to their growth at five, 89–84, on a running paste by Harden. The clippers kept living within reach, but could not eventually overtake the Kings, which seemed to be answers to every opponents made by them.
Some lack of clippers could have been associated with the lack of harmony, which was to expand its rotation during the final stretch in the playoffs, “Just to see something different.”
For example, Powell, who missed the previous game due to a sprain ankle, made a comeback and made his first debut in place of Paul George. George excluded his fourth game of the season because due to the remaining knee of a knee.
Aamir Coffee, which usually begins in place of an injured starter, came out of the bench, while Lu gave PJ Tucker another chance to log in against Memphis after playing in his first game from 27 November. This also saw his first minute in two weeks.
“When you go to the playoffs, you never know what you want and how you want to play and so are just looking at different lineups,” Lu said. “This is an opportunity to start the criteria when PG is out. There may be another opportunity when Qui is out once. Therefore, just trying to see what it looks like and just trying to gather as much information we can go to the playoffs. ,
Now, Cleepers have a two -day holiday before facing on Wednesday and Lu said that they would use that time only to be mentally better.
“This is a piece and tall season, it’s a piece and so we just come back to be mentally concentrated, understand what we need to do if we want to take that next step to the playoffs,” Luy said. “So, (we should be) focusing mentally, getting faster again on both sides of basketball and is taking better these days.”