Stephen Curry had been in a good groove for the Golden State Warriors heading into Wednesday's game against the Los Angeles Clippers, fresh off a 62-point explosion and a near-30-point triple-double. However, Curry struggled against LA, posting a season-low 13 points in a 108-101 Clippers victory.

While it's no secret that the Clippers have a ragged group of defenders on their team, starting with the trio of Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and Patrick Beverley, what is it that has made Ty Lue‘s teams incredibly tough to face for star guards?

In games early in the season, the Clippers have held Damian Lillard to just 3-of-14 shooting, Donovan Mitchell to 6-of-14 shooting, Devin Booker to 7-of-13 shooting, and Stephen Curry to just 5-of-17 shooting.

According to Lue, the secret really is to just give the stars as many different looks as possible and make other guys beat you.

“Steph’s a great player, Lue said pregame. “I think you just gotta give him different looks. I talk about it all the time, when you’re dealing with a great player, I think you gotta mix your coverages up, gotta blitz him some, gotta switch some, maybe a little box-and-one, little everything just to keep him off-balance. Cant give him a steady balance of the same thing.”

During the game, the Clippers doubled Stephen Curry coming off screens, didn't give him much of any airspace once he got beyond the half-court line, and made other guys on the team scorers.

“Our philosophy is we want to try and take the best player out because we know that Steph can go for 60 just like he did the other day,” Ty Lue added. “So we wanna just make sure we trap him, keep a body on him, be physical with him, and with that being said, other guys are gonna have good games. I thought [Eric] Paschall was really good in that first half and [Andrew] Wiggins got a pretty good game going, but when you’re trying to take out the best player, other guys are gonna get opportunities and they stepped up and had a decent game.”

The Clippers are still a work in progress. They just got Marcus Morris back from his knee injury, and they'll be looking to incorporate him into the rotation, likely with the second unit. That will allow the starting unit's chemistry to remain intact while beefing up the bench with more scoring and toughness.

Lue has a lot of work cut out for him over the next several months as he tries to take this team to the promised land that is the NBA championship. So far, they're off to a good start with a 6-3 record.