He wasn’t meant for the Los Angeles Clippers.
Don’t lose at the moment to the Denver Nuggets. Don’t lose a 3-1 lead until you have a chance to face the Los Angeles Lakers in a highly anticipated playoff showdown.
Instead, they lost Game 7 on Tuesday to Denver 104-89, leaving them angry.
We are, said Lou Williams, via Marc J. Spears of ESPN’s The Undefeated. “Simple and clear, we are.
He also noted the lack of chemistry and added: “We had championship expectations. We had the ability to do it. We didn’t have the chemistry to do it. “
Chemistry is one of the things in the game that is hard to delineate, but contributes to victory.
This comes from the combined game for a significant time, and the Clippers have added two stars to Kawhi Leonard and Paul George this off-season only to see several players come in and out of the lineup with injury issues.
The fact that the season was interrupted and then moved to Walt Disney World Resort due to the COVID-19 pandemic actually did no wonders in Los Angeles’ ability to identify continuity and familiarity with each other.
Still, chemistry does not precisely the ball get into the hoop, and Leonard (6 of 22) and George (4 of 16) were either awful on the box with the season at stake Tuesday.
Fatigue could also have been a problem, as Spears shared:
Many Clippers were so tired in Game 7 opposed to Denver that they struggled to play relays of more than 3 minutes and asked to leave the game for a break in the last quarter, resources told @TheUndefeated.
“I’ve never felt comfortable,” chief coach Doc Rivers said, in keeping with Spears. “Never, when it comes to conditioning, there were guys who couldn’t play for a few minutes. “
Call it a lack of chemistry, call it fatigue disorders or call it a bad night of shooting, but a landslide for a Clippers team that had championship expectations. No wonder Williams is so disappointed after the defeat.