Not content with wishing, like his coach, that the Clippers find the Top 5 best defenses in the league, Kawhi Leonard is also demanding in attack, because he considers that his team is not yet at the level in this area.
In any case, this is what the double MVP of the Finals took away from the second preseason match of Los Angeleseven if everything was not to be thrown away in this victory against Utah.
“ We’re doing a good job, we’re playing hard, I feel like we’re playing with energy and intensity on defense, and that’s all you can ask for, especially in preseason “, he first rejoiced, before being more critical. “ The problem is that we still don’t know the systems. Some guys don’t know the actions so when we go back to training we’re really going to have to focus on that. We cannot have the same collapse as last season. We have to start now, be able to build and be able to adjust once we are in April. »
An attack in progress
As a good leader, and given his status, Kawhi Leonard therefore does not fail to make himself heard as soon as he feels the need.
“ I know he had some discussions during the timeouts because we kind of executed five plays poorly, so he came to the bench and he blamed the guys for not executing well [les actions] and not knowing them », confides in this regard Tyron Lue.
A Tyronn Lue who in any case shares the opinion of his franchise player concerning the Clippers’ attack in progress.
“ Offensively, we now have to start catching up and that’s what we’re going to do », assures the Californian coach, nevertheless satisfied with what his players offer in defense, despite the absences of Norman Powell, Marcus Morris Sr. and Brandon Boston Jr, as well as the injury exit of Ivica Zubac against the Jazz.
Two weeks before the resumption, Los Angeles is still in the break-in phase, without being complete either, and there are two preseason matches left for Kawhi Leonard’s teammates to ramp up and be ready for October 25…
“ We need to make sure we hold each other accountable when it comes to knowing the systems well », Explains the All-Star winger, whose team has definitely been very serious since the start of its training camp. “ Tyronn Lue does a great job getting us the reps, but it’s up to us to know what we’re doing on the field. I really want to see this before the season starts. »
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| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Kawhi Leonard | 52 | 33.6 | 51.2 | 41.6 | 87.1 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 23.8 |
| Paul George | 56 | 34.6 | 45.7 | 37.1 | 87.1 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 23.8 |
| Norman Powell | 60 | 26.1 | 47.9 | 39.7 | 81.2 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 17.0 |
| Russell Westbrook | 21 | 30.2 | 48.9 | 35.6 | 65.8 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 15.8 |
| John Wall | 34 | 22.2 | 40.8 | 30.3 | 68.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 11.4 |
| Marcus Morris | 65 | 28.1 | 42.6 | 36.4 | 78.2 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 11.2 |
| Eric Gordon | 22 | 24.9 | 46.3 | 42.3 | 84.2 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 11.0 |
| Reggie Jackson | 52 | 25.7 | 41.8 | 35.0 | 92.4 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 10.9 |
| Bones Hyland | 14 | 19.0 | 40.1 | 35.1 | 75.0 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 10.8 |
| Ivica Zubac | 76 | 28.5 | 63.4 | 0.0 | 69.7 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 9.9 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 10.8 |
| Terance Mann | 81 | 23.1 | 51.9 | 38.9 | 78.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 8.8 |
| Luke Kennard | 35 | 20.7 | 46.4 | 44.7 | 95.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 7.8 |
| Mason Plumlee | 23 | 19.9 | 72.7 | 0.0 | 77.2 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 7.5 |
| Bj Boston, Jr. | 22 | 11.3 | 41.8 | 41.4 | 76.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| Nicolas Batum | 78 | 21.9 | 42.0 | 39.1 | 70.8 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 6.1 |
| Robert Covington | 48 | 16.2 | 44.5 | 39.7 | 75.0 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 6.0 |
| Moses Brown | 34 | 8.5 | 63.5 | 0.0 | 45.8 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 4.6 |
| Amir Coffey | 50 | 12.5 | 38.6 | 27.5 | 77.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 3.4 |
| Jason Preston | 14 | 8.8 | 43.9 | 27.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| Moussa Diabate | 22 | 8.9 | 51.1 | 50.0 | 62.5 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| Xavier Moon | 4 | 4.9 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
