On January 1st, Beijing time, the Clippers played against the Spurs away from home, and the game ended with the Clippers losing 88-122 to the Spurs. In this game, the Clippers were playing back-to-back, so they would have some physical problems. More importantly, none of the Clippers' players could match up against Wenyambo, so in the game, the Clippers could only watch as Wenyambo helped the Spurs take the lead. Moreover, Powell's offensive state was also very poor in the game, which made it even more difficult for the Clippers to catch up. Not to mention that the Clippers failed to control their own turnovers in this game, so when the Spurs scored from multiple points, the Clippers were also beaten down. This game had already lost suspense by the third quarter.
In fact, it is not unacceptable for the Clippers to lose this game. After all, it should be understandable that the Clippers' offensive state is low in back-to-back games. Moreover, Powell has been playing quite well in recent games, so it should be understandable that Powell occasionally appears low in the game. After all, even Harden, who is as strong as him, has appeared low several times this season. Not to mention that this game is still back-to-back, and in this game, it is not only Powell who is low, but also Zubac and others who are also low in the game. Therefore, it is normal for Powell to appear low. Finally, in this game, Powell got 15 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists with 12 shots and 4 hits, and Zubac got 5 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists with 7 shots and 2 hits.
However, what is terrible for the Clippers is not a crushing defeat, but a major change in Harden. In fact, at the beginning of this season, Harden could not control his turnovers well. However, as the season progressed, Harden gradually controlled his turnovers. However, I don't know why Harden's turnovers began to increase again in recent games, and he always made some low-level turnovers in the game. It can be said that such things make the Clippers very uncomfortable. After all, Harden is now the absolute organizing core of this team. If Harden cannot control his turnovers well in the game, it will be really difficult for the Clippers to expect other players to do this.
In this game, Harden got 17 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 5 turnovers with 11 shots and 5 hits. It can be said that Harden's turnover data is really eye-catching. According to statistics, this is the 17th time Harden has made 5+ turnovers this season, and 17 times is also the highest in the league. At the same time, according to statistics, Harden has made 48 turnovers in the last 8 games, but only sent out 43 assists, and now Harden's average of 4.8 turnovers is also ranked first in the league. And from all kinds of data, we can see Harden's slump in organizing, which is also very harmful to the Clippers, after all, opponents can always use such things to counterattack, so the Clippers are also suffering.
Therefore, Harden really needs to control his turnovers, after all, the Clippers have already suffered a lot, especially considering that no one can help Harden share the organizational pressure, Harden should pay more attention to this. Therefore, for the Clippers, losing a game is not terrible, but if Harden can't get rid of such problems, the Clippers may have to pay the price because of such things in the future, so the top priority for the Clippers now is to find out the real reason why Harden makes mistakes, then when Powell and Zubac find their offensive states, the Clippers can reverse the current decline.
