Clippers' turnover problem deepens in a 1-3 start to the season
The Los Angeles Clippers turned the ball over 24 times in a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers and fell to 1-3, with Darius Garland responsible for five of them. The Lakers scored 31 points off those mistakes, and the Clippers became the first team since 2002 with three straight games of 24 or more turnovers.

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Darius Garland perdeu a bola enquanto ainda prendia o cabelo, e essa primeira posse ditou o tom da noite do Los Angeles Clippers.
O Clippers entregou a bola 24 vezes na derrota de quarta-feira para o Los Angeles Lakers e caiu para 1-3, com Garland responsável por cinco desses erros. Keaton Wagler, novato, estava entre os quatro jogadores com três perdas de bola.
O técnico Tyronn Lue havia insistido no cuidado com a bola antes do jogo; a mensagem não pegou. O time de Los Angeles marcou 31 pontos a partir desses erros, e o Clippers se tornou o primeiro time desde 2002 com três partidas consecutivas de 24 ou mais turnovers.
Uma corrida de 17-0 no segundo quarto e uma vantagem de 26-6 nos pontos de contra-ataque fizeram o resto, embora Lue tenha atribuído o estrago às perdas de bola, não ao ritmo.
“Eu não diria contra-ataque, eu diria turnovers que viraram 3 contra 1 ou 1 contra 0 fáceis”, disse Lue. “Em relação à transição, não acho que tenhamos feito um trabalho ruim; acho que a nossa transição nos prejudicou quando perdemos a bola, porque ninguém consegue voltar quando isso acontece.”
Sem Luka Doncic, o Clippers até limitou Austin Reaves, segurando-o em 6 de 16 arremessos e 16 pontos com seis rebotes; Reaves compensou parte disso forçando oito perdas de bola por conta própria.
“Acho que nos quatro jogos, defensivamente, fizemos muitas coisas boas e estamos causando perdas de bola, mas simplesmente devolvemos”, disse o armador Kris Dunn. “Se a gente conseguir cortar as perdas de bola, como ficaria o retrospecto?”
O Clippers visita o Minnesota Timberwolves na sexta-feira, 30 de outubro, com chance de encerrar uma série de três derrotas.
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