Clippers G4 - A rout with problems in every aspect

This game's away game against the Warriors was the biggest challenge the Clippers encountered in the new season. The team did not disappoint, and an expected defeat came as scheduled.

There are many reasons for the defeat. Let's summarize them one by one:

1. Errors in starting personnel

When Bogdan was discharged from the starting lineup, most fans felt hung up. Because of Bogdan's physical condition and the style of play arranged by the team, he is currently not suitable to appear in the starting end.

Bogdan needs this kind of substitute appearance to find a feeling.

As a result, Tyronn Lue stubbornly put him in the starting lineup instead of Dunn. At the same time, Collins, who was introduced in the new season, also sat on the bench and continued to use Jones as the starting lineup.

In comparison, Warriors head coach Cole is much more targeted. He lined up Post, a big center, and hit 4 three-pointers in this game, which completely punished the Clippers' inside defense.

It can be said that Tyronn Lue completely lost in the starting session.

2. There is a serious vacancy in the secondary attacker

After Bogdan missed two three-pointers in 4 minutes, he was completely abandoned. This is undoubtedly a huge blow to a player's self-confidence. With Bill's health difficult to guarantee, the Clippers' shooting guard position has a huge vacuum.

The so-called reducing Harden's burden has become empty talk.

This will not become a huge hidden danger for the Clippers this season.

3. The team's tactics are completely discarded

Why can the Clippers, who seemed to be short of major generals last season, beat the Warriors?

It's very simple, because the Clippers' offense revolves around the strong point of Zubac, starting from 15, and then moving to the outside.

This season, the Clippers' record has begun to have ups and downs, and the game lacks stability. The most important reason is that the 15 pick-and-roll starting pattern can no longer be found.

On the one hand, after Zubac lost weight, his personal confrontation and finishing were declining, as well as various ball-holding errors. On the other hand, the team deliberately reduced the pick-and-roll initiations of Harden and Zubac, and chose to let Harden screen and catch the ball more often without the ball.

The advantage is that it reduces Harden's consumption, but the disadvantage is that the team's fundamentals are very unstable.

In the third quarter of the Trail Blazers' return to Harden and Zubac's system, the effect was extremely obvious.

It can be said that this season, the Clippers' proactive tactical changes are one of the main reasons for the team's struggles.

Zubac made up the score inside. His inside performance was an important fulcrum for the Clippers' outstanding performance last season.

4. Lack of tactical support

Harden's outburst in the first half of this game relied more on his personal ability. In the second half, when the team needed to score, Harden was exhausted physically and repeatedly missed singles. It can be seen that the team seriously lacked tactical organization and could not even make simple runs without the ball. They all relied on individual abilities.

The team once again turned to an extremely ugly singles tactic.

The Clippers only had 4 assists in the starting lineup in the entire game. It can be said that they defeated themselves.

Looking at the Warriors, they sent out 17 assists in the starting lineup, which was 4 times that of the Clippers. It is not surprising at all that they lost the game.

Harden's breakthrough in the first half relied more on his personal ability.

Harden's counterattack with a three-pointer also showed his personal ability.

5. Chaos in the rotation

I thought that the high-quality signings at the beginning of the season were all a joke.

Paul Lianpo is old and has no explosive power. He basically only passes safety balls in the second team.

Lopez's three-pointer was not on time, and his slow pace was completely exposed.

Collins has no tactical status, and he has not even completed a round with an air cut or a three-pointer from the corner. You must know that he averaged more than 20 points per game last season, and was completely used up by Tyronn Lue of the Clippers.

In the second quarter, Paul repeatedly led the team and began to lose points. In the third quarter, Harden was replaced, and Kawhi was a pure substitute. For almost half a quarter, only Lopez scored two points in a single inside, and the team's offense completely stagnated.

The problem of substitutes is no longer one, which has also led to Harden's playing time remaining high.

Even if Kawhi plays, the team's offense is still very chaotic when Paul organizes it.

The Clippers need to run into their seemingly strong bench lineup as soon as possible.

The personnel are not well coordinated, so it is meaningless to talk about any tactics.

6. The team lacks vitality.

The team lacks the impact of young people. The two most energetic players on the team, Dunn, Collins, and Tyronn Lue, don't like to use them yet. This also resulted in an extremely slow pace of the game, and the Clippers needed more dynamic players to change the game.

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The team was completely defeated in this game, which exposed too many problems. The team needs to start from the coaching staff to summarize, what kind of starting lineup and rotation are suitable?

What tactic is the team’s offensive starting style?

A single team cannot win a series. The team needs to find its offensive fundamentals.

Fortunately, the season is still long, and this big loss is enough for the team to see the gap between them and the top teams.

Finally, Harden and Dunn are the two most normal people so far.

No one else should be blamed, they all need to adjust their status in time.