The first quarter took place on Monday, and Reggie Jackson stayed at the bottom of the 115th quarter, signing and posing for selfies in Toyota Arena, as a spontaneous line signed by the unexpected playoff hero last season.
Jackson can stay. He, Paul George and Marcus Morris lost 128-100 in the Clippers' preseason final against Minnesota.
Their workload and the urgency of the team will change in the coming days.
Before the Clippers regular season opener in San Francisco on October 21, the question is not who will start that night. Head coach Teren Lue reiterated before the start of the game on Monday that Jackson, George, Morris, center Ivica Zubac and defender Eric Bledsoe are his expected starting five. On the contrary, it is unknown whether the lineup's failure to play together for one minute in the four preseason games will hinder their rhythm when the game really begins to count.
"Marcus was absent for the entire preseason, the players were absent, Zu missed a game, Reggie missed a game, so these people must be consistent. We have 10 days to do this. ," Lu said. "We must lock and focus, and understand that we must go to work, and they understand that."
The rising star Terenceman of the Clippers quickly learned of fame
The Clippers third-year winger Terenceman made a breakthrough in the second season of the playoffs. With the increase in expectations, he is ready for more games this year.
After a knee injury in the conference finals in June, Morris said in the training camp that his method is "Don't use too much force, because we have a long season. Without Kawhi [Leonard], my body will Being pushed to the limit, so I have to keep that and continue to focus on my knees and things around it."
"He did a great job," Lu said. "Just want to make sure he gets some good training before we kick him out of the game," Lu said.
Zubac missed the preseason game in Dallas on Friday due to a shoulder strain. He wore a compression shirt under the jersey, but looked no worse in other respects. He scored 10 points in 26 minutes.
Fans who did not arrive at the scene in time to watch George warm up an hour before the game started yelling at him while he was sitting, and he raised his fist to thank the audience. Many cheers were yelling in the direction of Patrick Beverley of the former Clippers, who landed in Minnesota in August after being traded to Memphis by the Clippers for the first time. Beverly also sat there to rest, hugged Lu during the first quarter timeout, and sat in his seat for most of the game and joked with the referee and his former and current teammates.
With enough time for the second training camp, the Clippers will have more time to decide whether to let Isaiah Hartenstein or Harry Giles serve as a backup center. After the Clippers enter each game to allow 24 conversion points, there will be a refresher course on the best practices of conversion defense, and then see the problem again. The Timberwolves scored 17 fast break points at the end of halftime in front of the half-time Inland Empire crowd, which helped the second quarter lead by as many as 10 points before halftime. But early in the third quarter, the Clippers erased the gap after Luke Kennard made consecutive three-pointers.
Luke Kennard stands out in the Clippers' preseason loss in Dallas
Luke Kennard's 19 points in 23 minutes was a highlight of the Clippers' 122-114 loss to the Mavericks in Dallas' preseason game.
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Andrew Grave is the writer of the Clippers' defeat of the Los Angeles Times. He joined The Times after reporting on college football and sports in Oregon. He graduated from the University of Oregon and grew up on the Oregon Coast.
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