In the crucial first round of the playoffs, the Clippers suffered a rout at home, and now they are on the edge of the cliff again. The Clippers were completely out of form in this game, and James Harden, Paul George and Russell Westbrook combined for a total of 28 points on 8-of-36 shooting, which was strange to win.
In fact, the Clippers can be described as having frequent tricks, such as former Rockets tough guy PJ Tucker, who made his debut in the playoffs this year, and because of the complete loss of suspense in the final quarter. This PJ-Tucker is full of fighting spirit after he comes into the game, which is one of the few surprises for the Clippers, which is really incomprehensible, and the Clippers have been pressing him. When PJ Tucker was in the Rockets, he was James Harden's right-hand man, with a three-point shot in the bottom corner and a low-post defense, making him a reliable forward sapper. Despite the ups and downs of PJ Tucker's form as he gets older, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and after joining the Bucks, he used Kevin Durant well and followed the Bucks to a championship ring.
But since joining the Clippers, PJ Tucker's role has been marginalized, although he has not performed well, and has scored in many consecutive games, but PJ Tucker's role is not on offense, his defense and bloodiness are huge bonuses to the team. However, the Clippers just don't like to use him, the first four games of the series are tight, PJ Tucker has not played at all, in my opinion, he is far more reliable than the two generals, the Clippers are now behind in the total score, and they can really adjust.
The first is Amir Coffey, as the starting forward of the Clippers, he only scored 3 points on 1-of-6 shooting in this game, even in this series, Amir Coffey only averaged 3 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. Even if you say that Kawhi Leonard is out due to injury, and the Clippers are really useless, you can treat Amir Coffey as a pseudo-starter, and the effect is generally to replace someone else, instead of playing more than 20 minutes all day.
Backup center Mason Plumlee was even more outrageous, finishing with three points, five rebounds and three fouls on 1-of-6 shooting. Mason Plumlee averaged 3.8 points and 4 rebounds per game in the series, and his overall shooting percentage as a center was not 40%, I don't know why the Clippers coaching staff insisted on using him instead of giving PJ Tucker or Daniel Theis a chance. Now that the Clippers are on the verge of elimination, the coaching staff should hurry up and make some changes, otherwise it will be a high probability event to be out.