Tyronn Lue was particularly angry after the last three games of Clippers. The coach found that his team was lacking in concentration, intensity and no longer made defense efforts. So he was waiting for an answer to the Pacers.
With an excellent first quarter, even if the second was missed, and such an interesting third, as well as a tight match until the end, we can say that the Californians made a match certainly irregular but at least solid in attitude.
“The intentions were good. We played hard, we fought with a team that plays quickly and that marks, in general, a lot of points ”,, summary The coach faced with the defeat of his troops.
A big lack of application
This setback is largely explained by the 19 lost balloons of Kawhi Leonard and his teammates. In detail, there are soft or poorly guaranteed passes, but also inattention errors. The symbol of all this is the last lost ball of the meeting, 90 seconds from the term, of James Harden. The playmaker goes up the ball and, poorly controlling his dribbling, he loses control alone in the middle of the field. Tyrese Haliburton can therefore go dunkly.
“We have to be careful with the ball, really”confirms Kawhi Leonard, who wasted five possessions in this meeting. “The player next to it must be ready and available and we have to make better passes. It's a short team and they were good to cause lost balloons, getting uncomfortable. Their merit must be emphasized. »»
Tyronn Lue's anger is therefore descended, even if he was probably not able to accept without simmering certain balloons lost by the clippers in this match, nor such a level of negligence on certain sequences.
“I am not upset because of this match. We are not going to win all the matches, but we can learn about certain things ”, indicates the technician. “We have to be careful with the ball. We had ahead, a nice lead and we lost the ball over and over again. They returned to the match and took control in the last quarter, defending well. »»
