If a team shoots 175 points on 26-of-45 three-point shooting and still fails to pocket the final victory, something must be wrong with that team and it needs to be solved.
This season, the Los Angeles Clippers have become one of the most overrated teams in the league, if not one of them.
Known as the strongest forward group, not to mention the team's record of losing against the league's strong teams, its strong attributes have doomed the team to be limited.
However, the Clippers also failed to show their true character against the league's mid-level teams, facing the Kings the day before and losing 175-176 to the team.
Examining why the Clippers are as strong as they are, the conclusion is simply chilling.
Looking at the team's ability to defend personnel, it is better to count the people who are embarrassed to defend.
The team's starting interior lineman Zubac has always been an ATM for opponents who are the point guard, and is there less scene where Doncic singles against his stick?
New signing Plumlee is also not defensive.
Morris, who is the number four, the defense is even more disastrous, most of the time opponents can easily break through his defense, tearing the Clippers defense, causing the team's defense to be stretched thin...
If the defensive disaster alone, Morris's offense is not aggressive except for shooting or shooting, and he has rarely broken through the basket box to score points throughout the season, and the offense is like watching the sky...
The "inside" player, who is used by Tyronn Lue, has pulled his crotch in some blockbuster games of strong dialogue, and Geometry and George both form the team's crotch pulling duo...
I don't know how Tyronn Lue endured Morris's open-door theft on the field, and even entrusted him with a heavy responsibility...
The reason why George has good numbers this season is well known.
He is nothing more than a high number of shots to pile up points, and he can always play a superstar-like performance against weak teams, but in the national live game with some strong teams, his crotch pulls and mistakes have long been a game reserve...
As for defense, George is also overrated, once he is penetrated by the opponent, in the end he will either easily score points or catch a foul...
George's carelessness in the game is also reflected in the passing handling, dribbling errors and leading waves, and his key moments are really not flattering.
As for the Clippers' guards, there was never a real person who could defend the pass playmaker, which also caused the team to often be sluggish offense at key moments and eventually overturned by opponents.
The Clippers' problems aren't just limited to players, and Tyronn Lue is equally to blame.
Watching the Clippers play, sometimes people can't help but wonder, does the Clippers team really have tactics to speak of?
The team's attack and defense are generally disorganized, smooth ball transmission and various passing and cutting positions... These are nothing for the Clippers.
Most of the time, often the stars play singles, and the other four stakes generally stand in place to watch the play...
A team leader who has a mild temper is also not a good thing for the team.
Back then, Kobe would yell at his teammates for their lazy performance on the court, and he couldn't get used to his teammates' loose training attitude...
Leonard, on the other hand, has we seen him shout accusations at erring teammates on the court, even if the teammates' performance on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is a disaster.
Isn't this kind of inaction also encouraging loose habits among teammates, which accumulate over time...
In the Clippers game, is there still less scene where Leonard is exhausted on the defensive end and finally runs to interfere with the opponent's three-point shooting...
If the Clippers' failure to win a championship before can be blamed on injuries, the Clippers' full roster this season has ruthlessly shattered expectations for a championship.
When Tyronn Lue put Morris, Powell, Zubac and others in the final moments of the game, and George, who made mistakes at key moments became the norm, perhaps his heart was cold...
Weakness in key moments is already the epitome of the Clippers' season, and Leonard's teaming up with George to win the championship seems to be something that will never happen...
Perhaps one reluctant fact is that the door to a championship is closed for the Clippers...