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The "NBA" victory over the Mavericks is not enough, and the Clippers still need to speed up on the offensive end


Beijing time on November 26, the NBA regular season continued, in the home game against the Dallas Mavericks, the Los Angeles Clippers showed excellent offensive performance, and finally beat opponents 107-88, thus avoiding a losing streak.

The Clippers have been in poor form this season, entering the game with a record of only 6-8 and ranked 11th in the Western Conference. Four of the six wins have been against the Spurs and Trail Blazers at the bottom of the Western Conference,

while the Clippers are only 2-8 against the rest of the teams. After the Harden trade, the team is in a wave of consecutive losses, star guard Westbrook (hereinafter referred to as "Westbrook") made the sacrifice of the initiative to give up the start, but he was extremely low in the four games after the substitute, only an average of 7.3 points per game, shooting, three-point, free throw three shooting rates of only 27.8%, 20%, 58.3%.

"Big Four" not only did not help the team further, but let Leonard, George, Harden become more and more hesitant in the offensive end, the team's overall defensive end regression also let the team's record fell into the bottom.

The Lone Ranger, the opponent of this game, strengthened in the offseason and is currently ranked third in the West with 10-5 losses. But the team's cornerstone Doncic in the opening hand injury, which also affected his offensive status in the subsequent games.

When Doncic could not attract the defensive center of gravity through individual ability in the opening game, the offensive space of other players in the team became narrow, and the worse the feel of the Mavericks fell behind by 11 points in the first quarter.

Clippers offensive tactics complex and little effect, head coach Tyronn Lue quickly adjusted, take the initiative to speed up the offensive and defensive transition, this strategy quickly let the court players find the game, George in the first quarter of 4 of 5 shot with 9 points and 3 rebounds, Mann also through the counterattack to get 8 points, help the team quickly build a lead.

Since then, the offensive end of the more smooth Clippers stable play, and the Lone Ranger downturn, the final Clippers in the home 107-88 victory over the Lone Ranger. The Clippers' second master George scored 25 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, Westbrook scored 14 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, Leonard and Harden played poorly, scoring only 8 points each.

However, in today's league, a team with less than 30 points in a single quarter is somewhat unqualified, not to mention the Clippers have the "Big Four" configuration, and the team's four quarters of 29 points, 27 points, 23 points and 28 points appear to be somewhat "shabby".

With Leonard, George, Harden, Powell and other stars who can solve problems through individual ability, the Clippers do not need to design overly complex tactics to make players who are in the run-in period become confused.

After solving the rotation problem of Harden and Westbrook, the Clippers need to make a choice in offensive style at this stage, that is, reasonable arrangement of the proportion of half-court attack and quick offensive and defensive transition, Tyronn Lue must give up those complex half-court tactical experiments, and maximize the use of the individual ability of stars to simplify the game.

However, the change of the team's overall offensive style can not be achieved overnight, although the Clippers have a strong lineup, but the deployment of the lineup, the distribution of the ball has always been a systematic project, and the burden on Tyronn Lu is still not light. Leonard also needs to complete the role transition as soon as possible to re-establish confidence in the game on the basis of a more determined offense.


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