After their blowout loss to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night, some players from the L.A. Clippers shared their thoughts on why they lost by that much.
One of them is Marreese Speights who played for the Dubs last season. He gave some interesting points and talked about how much they need to sacrifice to come out with a win against his former team.
“That’s the scouting report when you play against the Clippers. It’s always been, especially with the Warriors, you play against the Clippers, you hit them a couple of times, and their spirit is going to be down. That’s what happened, so we’ve just got to find a way to get over that hump.”
“First we need to start really just leaving the refs alone. Guys just got to sacrifice, do some other things than scoring, do some other things than your personal goals. Just try something new. They’ve been doing it here for four or five years and it hasn’t been working, so it’s time to try something new.”
Some of his comments may be true, but his head coach, Doc Rivers, disagreed with other parts of it and added his own idea of the cause of their downfall.
“The officiating thing, I don’t think, is our issue. I will say that. (If that were the problem) then, Golden State will be struggling. They’ve been No. 2 the last years in techs, too. I think we need to point fingers in another direction than that.”
“That’s the other thing [selfishness] I didn’t like… I don’t think we have an agenda team. I think we’ve proven that.”
The good news for the Clippers is that it's still early in the season and they still have three more matchups with the 2015 champions. If they can work on their opportunities and win against them, they'll be able to send a strong message to them before the playoffs start.
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