Ty Lue and the LA Clippers are dealing with one enormous drawback this season, and it got here again to hang-out them in opposition to the Miami Warmth.
The LA Clippers have struggled with consistency this season, not with the ability to string collectively just a few wins in a row.
The Clippers fell to 3-3 final evening, shedding an in depth sport to the Miami Warmth, regardless of having each Kawhi Leonard and Bradley Beal out there.
Ty Lue beforehand claimed the Clippers had been struggling with out Bradley Beal. However even with him, the Clippers couldn’t get the job carried out.
The loss in opposition to the Miami Warmth got here down to 1 enormous difficulty that the Clippers have confronted this season. And Ty Lue was pissed off as ever in his post-game feedback.
Ty Lue spoke to reporters after the LA Clippers misplaced to the Miami Warmth. When a reporter requested whether or not it was Kawhi Leonard’s missed shot that value them the sport, Lue pointed to a different main issue.
Specifically, Ty Lue believes it was the Clippers turning the ball over 16 occasions within the second half that value them an enormous win. And till they repair this common turnover drawback, they gained’t win many extra video games.
“It got here right down to turning the basketball over once more. 16 turnovers within the second half. Similar s— again and again. It’s the identical stuff.
“Simply can’t maintain having careless turnovers. We gotta maintain the basketball. We talked about it in all our staff conferences… Having 16 turnovers in the identical half is simply approach too many to beat staff.
“We gotta do a greater job of taking good care of the basketball. Tonight, I don’t suppose we did that.”
To this point this season, the LA Clippers are averaging about 17.8 turnovers per sport. They rank second within the NBA for many turnovers per sport, proper behind the Utah Jazz, who common 17.9 turnovers per sport.
Towards the Miami Warmth, the Clippers turned the ball over 20 occasions, with 15 of these turnovers coming within the third quarter alone.
There is no such thing as a approach for any staff within the NBA to outlive and have a profitable season whereas being this careless with the ball.
It doesn’t assist that star gamers like James Harden are placing up inconsistent numbers, and never delivering frequently.
As time goes on, the Clippers should handle this difficulty and guarantee that they scale back their turnovers if they need any probability at success subsequent season.
