Clippers Can’t Complete Comeback Against Atlanta Hawks

The Los Angles Clippers could not complete a comeback against the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night in L.A.

They stayed close the whole game, however they couldn’t close the game out in the fourth quarter.

Everyone in this game scored points; ,multiple players from both teams scored in double figures.

Once again Chris Paul was the leading scorer along with Deandre Jordan in a loss.

A win last night would have helped them push closer to being the third seed in the Western Conference.

Even thought they lost they are still the fourth seed and now two games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder instead of just one game behind.

The players have been doing good with their new roles on the team, while power forward Blake Griffin has been out with injuries and suspension.

He is their leading scorer on the team when playing.

Live Feed

Betsided

A consistent pattern that has been showing up game to game is that Paul, Jordan, and Reddick have been contributing the most and being the leading scorers on different nights.

Tonight proved that the Clippers need Blake Griffin back on the court and to learn how to close out games in the fourth quarter on a consistent basis.

The main takeaway from this game is that the Clippers need someone on the team who can close out games and help the team close the games out, while Griffin is out and when he returns.

This loss comes after two comeback wins against playoff teams.

The Clippers bench outscored the Hawks bench 28 to 27 points, but their starters were outscored by the Hawks 80 to 69.

The Clippers had a worse free throw percentage than the Hawks even though they made the same amount of free throws.

They attempted, and made, more three-pointers, but had nearly the same three point percentage 37 % to 37.5%.

As a team, they attempted less field goals than the Hawks and had worse field goal percentage, barely by one percent 43% to 44.9%.

According to the box score, all the statistics that make an impact on the game were similar in numbers therefore explaining how the game was close.

For example, each team had 18 turnovers the whole game.

The Clippers had 14 fast break points to the Hawks 13 fast break points.

The Hawks scored 48 points in the paint to the Clippers 36 points in the paint.

This is how close these essential statistics were in the game.

The Clippers just could not close out the game in the fourth quarter.

Next: UCLA Bruins Must Win Now To Get Into The Big Dance

The Clippers lost the game not because of poor play, but because the Hawks made more shots in the end than the Clippers did.