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The Clippers are facing two major difficulties, and Beal is in a difficult position! Coach Lu is stubborn and one of them should be discarded

7:06pm, 8 November 2025Basketball

On November 7, the Suns played against the Clippers at home. At the end of the game, the Suns successfully defeated the Clippers 115-102. The Clippers are missing Leonard and Harden in this game, so the Clippers are bound to encounter difficulties in the game. After all, when Leonard and Harden are on the court, the Clippers will still have a difficult game, so it is normal for the Clippers to have difficulties. Sure enough, the Clippers were able to play well with the Suns in the first half of the game. , but in the second half of the game when Green and others began to find the outside three-point touch, the Clippers were slowly pulled away. Although the Clippers' bench team was able to catch up some scores, the Clippers were too far behind. More importantly, Booker and O'Neal were able to respond. In the end, the Clippers still lost to the Suns.

After the game, the Clippers also faced two major dilemmas. The first dilemma was that they could not control their mistakes. Today's Clippers are really out of control in their mistakes. You must know that when Harden and Leonard are on the court, the Clippers will make a lot of mistakes. , now when the two are not on the court, the Clippers still make a lot of mistakes. The Clippers' lineup originally had flaws. Now when the Clippers make frequent mistakes, the Suns' advantage on the court becomes even more obvious. In the end, the Clippers made 15 mistakes in this game. The second biggest dilemma is poor defense. The Clippers' defense this season is really bad, especially when the substitute lineup comes on. Paul is really too old to keep up. The same situation exists for Lopez, so when the Clippers' offense is not working well, the Clippers will always collapse at this stage.

In fact, when neither Leonard nor Harden were able to play, many people expected Bill to perform well, and Bill did have a lot of ball rights in this game. After all, the two were finally absent. When Bill became the core of the court again, Bill also I want to prove myself, but Bill's ability is really not good now. During the game, Bill staggered with the ball. At the same time, Bill's offensive state was really bad. At the end of the game, Bill scored 5 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 2 turnovers on 2 of 14 shots. It can be said that Bill like this is really embarrassing. The Clippers originally tried to ask Bill to fill the vacancy caused by Powell's departure, but from now on, there is a huge gap between Bill and Powell. It is simply wishful thinking to ask Bill to fill the vacancy left by Powell's departure.

As for Coach Lu, he is really stubborn here. He originally thought that when Leonard and Harden were not playing, Coach Lu would put Collins in the starting position, but at this time, Coach Lu still chose to put Batum in the starting position. Batum's offensive state is really bad this season. When Batum is unable to hit three-pointers in the game, Batum becomes a drag on the defensive end, but even so, Coach Lu is unwilling to make changes. You must know that when the Clippers traded Collins, they expected Collins to make up for the Clippers' shortcomings at the fourth position. In fact, Collins can really help the Clippers in terms of offensive ability, but Collins was not reused by Lu's guidance. In the end, Collins scored 13 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist in this game, including 2 of 3 outside three-pointers.

For the Clippers, one person should really be abandoned. This person is Bogdan. When the Clippers were short of major generals, Bogdan was used again, but now Bogdan is really struggling. In this game Bogdan has already had some shooting opportunities, but Bogdan's offensive status is sluggish. More importantly, Bogdan's defense is really bad. At the end of the game, Bogdan scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists on 3 of 8 shots, including 2 of 6 outside three-pointers. In fact, the current Clippers lack athletic ability, so when veterans like Bogdan are unable to do what they want on the offensive end, they will become a complete drag on the defensive end. This is the huge problem the Clippers are facing now. Originally, the Clippers' two core players Harden and Leonard are not young, and when the Clippers' role players are also not young, the Clippers are very prone to problems in the game.

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