The Clippers' seven-game tour is really not easy, facing the Eastern Cavaliers, the Clippers lost in the fourth quarter of the game, and the score was finally fixed at 108-118, although they only lost by 10 points, but there are still obvious problems, rebounding and core crotch pulling is a problem that the Clippers must solve.
Let's talk about the core crotch problem first, George's performance in this game was extremely bad, the data of 3 of 11 shots, and the data of 5 shots of 0 three-point shots obviously did not meet his value, and he only scored 13 points in the whole game. Previously, there was a saying that George and Harden both pulled their hips, and the Clippers would lose, although Harden got two double-doubles in this game, but the offensive desire was still very average.
For the core of the Clippers, Leonard is very stable and does not have to worry, and Westbrook is not the focus of the team, so George and Harden are important. These two must not pull their hips together, for Harden to make adjustments according to George's state, Harden has the ability to attack, even if he is wasted by Nash, but it is not difficult to break out in George's crotch game, this is where Harden must make changes, and George needs to make adjustments himself, once the feeling is not there, he must motivate his teammates as soon as possible, and focus more on defense.
Another big reason why the Clippers lost to the Cavaliers was rebounding, the Clippers' interior line was completely blown up, and in the face of the Cavaliers' twin towers, Plumlee and Theis were like two toys. In addition, the Cavaliers' twin towers also caused a lot of trouble to the Clippers' four cores, and the Clippers' breakthrough made a lot of mistakes, especially Wei Shao obviously made more mistakes in this game, of course, this is also the reason why the Clippers have no interior potential Cavaliers twin towers.
I have to say that the Clippers still need to make adjustments on the inside, whether it is Zubac who is recovering from injury, or Plumlee and Theis are not the best choice for the Clippers inside, the Clippers need an interior who can play the No. 4 position, with both defense and the ability to open up space, although it is a bit harsh, but the Clippers cannot make changes, and teams like the Nuggets and Lakers have a natural disadvantage in the playoffs, especially the Nuggets, which must be imaginary enemies, and it is important to limit Jokic.
If the Clippers want to win the championship, they naturally have to take the strong teams in the east and west as imaginary enemies, although the interior strength of this era is weak, but there are still Embiid, Brother Alphabet, Jokic This kind of excellent interior line, although the first two were beaten by Leonard, but at that time it was also with the team's strong interior potential, and now the Clippers do not have a strong interior line, so when facing these top interior players, the Clippers will naturally face a lot of difficulties. The Clippers just topped the power rankings and lost, which was a wake-up call for the Clippers, and Ballmer had to think more about what to do next.