Saved by Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers remain defensive at practice

Et Kawhi Leonard arose. While Derrick Jones Jr. didn’t quite know what to do with the ball on the last possession of the game against Pelicanshe passed the ball to “The Klav” who set up the support, faked a shot for his two defenders to jump and get into a good position. The wire, and the victory of Clippers (126-124).

A real relief for Los Angeles, which saw the New Orleans team come back strong despite struggling since the start of the season. But who scored 40 points in the fourth quarter of the match…

“We’re going to miss shots or make shots, but defensively, we’ve got to make sure we understand what we’re doing when JVG (Jeff Van Gundy) gives his instructions, understand what we need to do and execute the game plan.”Tyronn Lue, the coach of the Clippers, was outraged after the meeting. “Tonight, defensively, I didn’t think we did a good job, especially in the fourth quarter.”

An observation shared by James Harden.

“We had too many chances to kill the game, especially in the second half, and we just let them come back and score. Defensively … We had some really good possessions where we defended well for 22 seconds, before we fouled at the end. We have to be more disciplined.”

Lack of trust between players?

The 2018 MVP believes his group needs to find a balance between offense and defense, as after offensive problems in the previous game against the Warriors (79 points scored), the defense suffered this time around.

Which Tyronn Lue doesn’t deny, even if the technician explains that his players must first of all trust each other.

“We didn’t make the right decisions or make the right passes, and we just stopped believing in ourselves. This is the most important thing in my eyes. We just need to get better at this. If we get good shots and create good shots, we have to continue to play the right style of game.”

And as a last resort, there is Kawhi Leonard, the author of 34 points on 11/16 shooting, 6 steals, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. And therefore the winning shot, which keeps the Clippers positive: 3 wins – 2 losses.

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