The Clippers have three shortcomings, and Harden has no way out! Bill did something right, Collins has 2 reasons to start

On November 9, the Clippers played against the Suns at home. At the end of the game, the Clippers lost to the Suns 103-114. Harden successfully played in this game, but Harden's comeback brought limited help to the Clippers. The Clippers still had a difficult game. Although Jaylen Green was injured and exited the game later, the Suns were still able to take advantage due to the performance of Booker and others. Coupled with the contributions of Dillon, O'Neal and Allen on the outside three-pointers, the Clippers were unable to recover and lost the game in the end. After this game, the Clippers suffered a 4-game losing streak. At the same time, the Clippers also fell to the 13th position in the Western Conference.

After this game, the Clippers also had three shortcomings. The first shortcoming was the Clippers' mistakes. At the beginning of the game, the Clippers were able to control their own mistakes, but in the second quarter, the Clippers' mistakes increased sharply. At this stage, the Suns seized the opportunity to open up the score. Although the Clippers later caught up with the score, the Clippers made another mistake at the critical moment. This time, the Suns did not give the Clippers a chance to come back. At the same time, for the Clippers, this is also a problem that the Clippers have had since the start of the season. The second shortcoming is the Clippers' outside three-point situation. In this game, the Clippers got a lot of outside three-point opportunities, but they were unable to seize these opportunities in the game. When the Clippers frequently hit outside three-pointers, the Clippers were in trouble in the game. In the end, the Clippers made 10 of 33 outside three-pointers in this game.

The third shortcoming of the Clippers is that they cannot protect rebounds. The Clippers' interior protection is not good this season. In this game, the Clippers' rebounds were even stolen by the Suns. As long as the Clippers did not lose those rebounds in the game. With so many rebounds, the Clippers have a chance to win the game. Unfortunately, the Clippers failed to do such a thing in this game. In the end, the Clippers grabbed 27 rebounds in this game, while the Suns grabbed 42 rebounds in this game. At the same time, although Harden played very sluggishly in this game, in fact, Harden really has no way out now. Especially when Leonard suffers an injury, the Clippers need Harden to step up and help the team even more, so Harden also needs to find his touch in time in the next game.

At the same time, Bill finally did something right in this game. This thing is that Bill found some outside three-point touch. In fact, Bill also played very sluggishly in this game. It can be said that seeing Bill playing so poorly, this also made the Clippers very passive, but as the game progressed, Bill also Finally found an offensive state, which was of great help to the Clippers. It also allowed the Clippers to stop their decline. In the end, Bill scored 12 points and 3 assists on 4-of-9 shooting, including 2-of-4 three-pointers from outside. Therefore, Bill needs to be in better offensive state in the next game so that the Clippers will have a greater chance of winning. As for the Clippers, they really should start Collins now. After all, Collins has two reasons to start here.

The first reason is that the Clippers lack scoring points in the starting lineup. When Leonard suffered an injury, the Clippers' offensive ability weakened, so now the Clippers need scoring points like Collins to step up and score. Although Collins will weaken the Clippers' bench scoring ability after starting, the reality of the Clippers is that the starting lineup cannot withstand the opponent's offense, so it is even more unrealistic to wait for Collins to stand up on the bench to help the team. Therefore, Lu should let Collins start. The second reason is that the Clippers lack three-point shooters to open up space in the starting lineup. Although Jones and Dunn helped the Clippers on the defensive end, their performance on the outside three-pointers is really unstable. Dunn was 0 for 1 three-pointers in this game, and Jones was 0 for 4. Therefore, Harden will be under more defensive pressure during the game, and Collins can solve such things, so it is really time for the Clippers to change.