After a 6-game losing streak, they collapsed. Where did the Clippers lose? Harden fell into a strange circle, and Tyronn Lue has no cards left.

Everyone has seen the game between the Nuggets and Clippers. It can be said that the Clippers only played well in half the game, and then fell apart in the second half. In fact, this game was a foreseeable loss. After all, the Nuggets have been in great shape recently, while the Clippers are losing. This game, for the Clippers, can be said to have collapsed. After a 6-game losing streak, they collapsed. Where did the Clippers lose? Harden fell into a strange circle, and Tyronn Lue had no cards.

So how did the Clippers lose this game? The first point is that Harden is trapped in a strange circle. In fact, Harden will fall into a strange circle in every Clippers game this season. If Harden plays early, he will lose his physical fitness in the second half. If Harden doesn't play early, the Clippers will fall behind. This game was actually the same. When Harden entered the second half, his efficiency dropped significantly. In fact, to put it bluntly, he couldn't play anymore and no longer had the control over the game he had at his peak.

The second point is that Tyronn Lue has no cards. From Tyronn Lue's perspective, there is actually nothing he can do. It's not that Tyronn Lue doesn't want to change, there is really no one available. Tyronn Lue still started Collins in this game, but after Collins started, he was worse than playing on the bench. Collins scored 2 points in this game and had a plus-minus of -22. For an athlete of Collins' caliber, it really shouldn't be worth scoring 2 points. Tyronn Lue had no choice but to try everything he needed to.

The third point is that the defensive end is hard to describe. Compared with the piecemeal work on the offensive end, the Clippers' lack of intensity on the defensive end is the real reason. How bad was the Clippers' defense in this game? After the first three quarters of the game, the Clippers allowed the Nuggets to score 100+ points. At the end of the game, the Nuggets scored 130 points. In addition, regarding Jokic's defense, Jokic scored 50+ points in three quarters. It can only be said that the Clippers' defense is really leaking everywhere.

The fourth point is that the character puzzle is not responsible for the problem. If a team is balanced, role players can handle the situation, but the Clippers' role players really have no way to share the pressure. To put it bluntly, playing next to Harden, because of Harden's all-encompassing style of play, makes these players dependent. Of course, Miller was the highlight of this game. The young man still scored 22 points and made 5 of 7 three-pointers, but Miller could not change the trend of the game at all.

In general, the Clippers' recent consecutive losses have been a concentrated expression of the team's problems. After the Clippers lost to the Nuggets, the team lost six consecutive games. To say that this 6-game losing streak has been longer than that of the Wizards in the entire league. In other words, the Clippers have the second-longest losing streak in the league. For the Clippers, it happens that next year's draft picks are not in their hands, so their record this season is poor, but they have contributed to the Thunder.