Clippers coach Tyronn Lue rips his team after loss to the Lakers

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Clippers coach Tyronn Lue, shown earlier this season, was not happy with his team Tuesday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Tyronn Lue sat with his arms crossed, his voice steady and his message clear about his displeasure with how the Clippers provoked him with their recent performances and how they all have to look in the mirror to fix their problems.

It was more than just the 122-97 beatdown by the Lakers on Tuesday night at the Intuit Dome that had Lue upset. It was the way his group played in the last three games that had the Clippers coach in a rare moment of ripping his players.

“And we’ve been good, so I can’t be, you know, all the way upset,” Lue said. “But the last three games have really pissed me off.”

The Clippers were down by 31 points to the Lakers at one point, just the latest performance Lue took issue with.

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He also pointed to the Clippers’ win over Charlotte and their loss at Toronto.

“We’re just not getting off to good starts,” Lue said. “So, we’re not locking in defensively. Like 45 points in the first quarter [for the Lakers], like that’s just way too many. And so we got to take pride in guarding.

“That’s who we’ve been all season long and now the last three games we’ve kind of let our guards down and this is what happens. So, we’ve got to be better. We’ve got to look at ourselves in the mirror and think about do we want to win or not. That’s got to be our mentality. And so three games in a row we come out with not a great defensive performance and it’s just not putting enough into the game. Even on the offensive end, not putting a lot into the game. And so when that happens you get blown out like we did tonight.”

The Lakers shot 54.9% from the field and 48.6% from three-point range. This was against a stellar Clippers defense that was ranked third in the NBA in points given up (107.2) and second in defensive efficiency (106.2) entering the game.

“Focus, um, intensity, effort. Whatever you want to call it,” Lue said. “We’re not bringing it. So, we have to fix that.”

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Publish date : 2025-02-05 07:31:00

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