Clippers assistant train Jeff Van Gundy talks with gamers throughout a preseason video game in between the Clippers and Brooklyn Internet in Oceanside on Oct. 8. (Joe Scarnici/ Getty Images)
Despite having probably their ideal protector, Kawhi Leonard, out the whole preseason, the Clippers have still overloaded groups on protection.
Throughout training school, the Clippers have actually made it their objective to be a challenging protective team, to make it hard on challengers to rating, to be gritty and audio on protection.
” We’re obtaining after it defensively,” James Harden claimed after Monday evening’s preseason gain the Dallas Mavericks.
The Clippers had 20 takes versus the Mavericks. Facility Ivica Zubac blazed a trail with 4 and Harden and Kevin Doorperson Jr. had 3.
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Clippers assistant train Jeff Van Gundy has actually supervised of the protection and has actually been demanding top-level play.
” We reached tidy up some points,” Harden claimed. “We wish to be best. We obtained Jeff Van Gundy, that gets on us daily regarding being best defensively, trigger that resembles the possibility that we have. To make sure that’s our major emphasis and after that as you can see a bit of look of it[Monday night] It created some fast-break possibilities, which we transformed. To make sure that’s what we are mosting likely to hang our hats off on.”
In 4 preseason video games, the Clippers have actually enabled approximately simply 98 factors per video game. Just the Brooklyn Internet have actually racked up greater than 100 factors (106) versus the Clippers.
Clippers assistant train Brian Shaw additionally attributed Van Gundy for aiding spearhead the group’s concentrate on protection.
” I indicate, there’s constantly area for enhancement,” Shaw claimed. “I believe that the greatest point is that Van Gundy has actually encouraged them to be very hostile because they can not slip up as long as they’re playing hard. And like I claimed, being hostile.”
Shaw claimed they have leading wing protectors in Derek Jones Jr, Kris Dunn, Doorperson, Terance Mann and Amir Cofey.
That suggests the Clippers can safeguard throughout the court and really feel comfy with any one of them.
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