What The LA Clippers Need Without Darius Garland & Didn’t Get Vs Orlando
LA Clippers fall to Orlando Magic in a nail-biter, exposing a glaring need for shot-making until Darius Garland returns. Can Kawhi Leonard’s heroics alone keep the Clippers afloat in the playoff race?
Die hard Los Angles Clippers fan and Host Darian Vaziri recaps the Clippers’ narrow 111-109 loss, spotlighting Kawhi Leonard’s 37-point showcase and Benedict Mathurin’s emergence as a key contributor. Analysis covers Derrick Jones Jr.’s shooting woes, the impact of John Collins’ absence, and whether young guns like Yanic and Jordan Miller are ready for crunch time minutes. With Desmond Bane torching LA for 36 points, offensive struggles and role player production come to the forefront. How long can the Clippers tread water without Darius Garland, and what lineup tweaks could jumpstart their attack?
Don’t miss this breakdown of the Clippers’ biggest challenges, potential lineup changes, and what it will take to secure a critical play-in spot.
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22 Comments
Ty Lue is a horrible coach.
cLipS 🏀
Lo Clippers' Dime used to say that Clippers had the best two finishers in the game, with Mathurin that's not true anymore.
Yanic has defensive potential. I was happy eith everything I just wish J Miller got the final shot not Ben.
I don't believe DG is a clipper until we see him play 5 games in a row healthy; for reference Anthony Davis never played 5 games in a row for the Mavs.
That last 2 games has been bad coaching decisions … the rotations, not managing the timeouts and not enough Kobe. Miller is ok, but his D is hella weak, and his handles are suspect as well. Need Kobe for his ball security and he runs the offense very well. Makes winning plays
DIME DROPPAAA🔥🔥
Let Kawhi shoot more 3 points at 1st half and Ben attack the rims.
🫴🏽🫴🏽🫴🏽KAWHIIIIII 3rd FINALS MVP…WATCH
I'll be honest Kawhi deferred too much late and he does that often… He was already on a heater.. Why not take it yourself
Yeah it's on dj this game.. But also nico has not done much lately and it's an issue nhe has way too many games with 0 points that's not acceptable
Hasn't anyone noticed that without zu and harden..we have been having way less turnover per games…alot of those turnovers were from harden… And him trying to force in the ball to zu
Im excited about Jordan Miller, Kobe Sanders, and Yanic. Miller is our third best creator off the dribble to get a basket. He should pull up in the mid range more often and get better defensively. Kobe is an excellent defender and his handles will get tighter over the off-season. He is just struggling with his 3 ball right now. Yanic has top ten center potential with his ability to switch on other positions, athleticism, and shooting touch. This team is exciting to watch right now!
I think the issue down the stretch was way too much Dunn. What an offensive liability. That’s why teams just double Kawhi. It’s essentially 4 against 5 at that point with Dunn on the court.
Benn needs another driving move beside the over the head euro step combo because he lost the ball way way too much
DJ missed so many open shots!
Yanic throughout the game played well but he keeps trying to dunk on everyone when he can take an easier shot or pass to an open man. He had his reckless fouls, and the 3 second vs the fakers
Miller loses his guy on defense.
Sanders should always play over Batum until garland comes back.
Batum is a great spot up shooter but he only got those looks with harden.
Overall good game, but we need to win because Kawhi is wasting insane games and we’re losing.
Calling Bennedict "benny" sounds weird . Just call him Ben! lol
The last play was Sus
Nuggets and clippers sold they ass like some cheap hoes it’s disgraceful
Ben needs to to be starting. That six man off the bench mentality kills me. Slow start. We spend to much energy getting back in games. We need all our fire power on the floor when the game starts.
Bro Kobey Sanders need to start at point instead of Kris Dunn until Garland get healthy
Definitely was load management last game and was very frustrating, this is the second time T Lue has done this during the Lakers game. It’s so annoying.
Teams needs to make shot when Kawaih get double teams also TY needs to find the way to put Isaiah Jackson and Batum in the game