Looking for skill since the start of the season, Tyronn Lue surely had headaches at the break against the Thunder. Indeed, the coach of the Clippers had just seen his troops miss 14 winning shots in a row!
Paul George, missing nine of his first ten shots, could not reverse the trend and the Thunder, without being brilliant but by being serious, then kept his short lead into the “money time”.
“We find a way to win”, rejoices and notices Nicolas Batum for the Los Angeles Times. “We find a solution and that’s what I like about this team. It’s been a tough week, we are down by seven points with three minutes remaining, and with the guys, we are moving. We forget what has happened for twenty quarters. “
The Clippers were even nine lengths behind the Thunder at 2:35 left. “PG13” then sends two 3-point missiles, (then steals a ball and takes a rebound) Luke Kennard follows him with him also an award-winning shot and the Californians equalize. Then George, again, halfway, gives a point ahead.
“He kept us afloat”, admires Reggie Jackson, who scored one last basket for the Clippers, speaking of Paul George. ” It’s my job “, ensures for his part the winger for the OCR. “We can always do worse, but in reality, I think we can hardly shoot worse than that. We really don’t shoot well at all. “
“We cross our fingers that one of us puts one”
This victory snatched in the final minutes and this 12/21 at 3-points after the break can they serve as a trigger?
“We had six or seven guys who shot around 38-40% success last season”, recalls Nicolas Batum, author of 14 points at 4/8 at 3-pts, who does not forget that the Clippers were the most skillful team in the league behind the line in 2020/21. “It was four months ago, not three years ago. We must remain confident. “
Reggie Jackson can only confirm this feeling of lag in a few months, he who turned 43% success last year and only points to 29% today …
“I can’t explain it. We joked about it in the locker room, like what last season, we didn’t miss a thing. We were almost asking for time-outs for the other teams because we knew we would be hot. Now we’re crossing our fingers that one of us puts one on. “
While waiting for the superb address of last season to return, Tyronn Lue welcomes at least the defensive efforts of his players, who do not decrease in intensity despite the wagons of missed shots in attack.
“When we get good shots and it doesn’t fit, we get frustrated, and in the past, that had an effect on our defense”, says the coach. “This year, that’s not the case. Although the shots don’t come in, the guys continue to defend. If we continue like this, as I say, it will end up falling into it. “
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| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Paul George | 5 | 33.1 | 50.0 | 37.5 | 80.0 | 0.4 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 27.6 |
| Reggie Jackson | 5 | 34.0 | 31.3 | 29.2 | 80.0 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 14.0 |
| Luke Kennard | 5 | 27.2 | 44.0 | 42.9 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 12.4 |
| Eric Bledsoe | 5 | 26.6 | 37.5 | 18.8 | 73.3 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 10.0 |
| Marcus Morris | 2 | 27.4 | 38.9 | 27.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 9.5 |
| Ivica Zubac | 5 | 21.6 | 54.8 | 0.0 | 58.8 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 8.8 |
| Terance Mann | 5 | 29.0 | 41.0 | 33.3 | 75.0 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 8.6 |
| Isaiah Hartenstein | 4 | 16.5 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 6.5 |
| Nicolas batum | 4 | 25.9 | 35.7 | 21.1 | 33.3 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 6.2 |
| Amir Coffey | 4 | 10.9 | 25.0 | 22.2 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| Justise Winslow | 4 | 13.2 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
| B.j. Boston, Jr. | 1 | 8.8 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Jayden Scrubb | 2 | 6.1 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
