Somehow, someway, the LA Clippers found a way to lose against the Toronto Raptors in a game they were leading by double digits in the fourth quarter.

Monday night's loss becomes the sixth straight loss for the LA Clippers after starting the season 1-0 against the Sacramento Kings. Granted, the Clippers were very shorthanded, missing Brandon Ingram, Rui Hachimura, Bradley Beal, Derrick Jones Jr., Jordan Miller, and Yanic Konan Niederhauser.

Fortunately, the Clippers had Max Strus return to make his season debut on Monday night, but it wasn't enough to overcome the team's horrible fourth-quarter play.

Unfortunately, the crux of that horrible fourth quarter was the play of Darius Garland.

Garland had yet another game with more turnovers than made baskets, putting up a final tally of 16 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds, and 7 turnovers on 5/14 shooting. In the fourth quarter alone, Garland shot 1/5 from the field, destroying the Clippers' momentum with poor shot selection and turnovers.

After the game, when Garland was asked about what went wrong in the fourth quarter, he simply responded with, "me turning the ball over."

So while Garland is fully accountable for the turnovers, it still doesn't really solve the problem. In fact, it's been six straight games of horrible Garland turnovers, and it's not getting better.

Garland now actually leads the NBA with 38 turnovers through seven games. The Clippers have been outscored by 84 points in his minutes, which is the 5th-worst in the league. So Garland can be as accountable as he wants, but his presence has unfortunately become a net negative for the team until he can figure it out.

When Garland was asked after the game if the toll of carrying the severely undermanned Clippers has been affecting him, he gave yet another surprising and short answer.

"I wanted this."

Garland has never been the lead star of a team, where he's the main option, and he has this opportunity to prove himself with the Clippers. Unfortunately, outside of game one against the Sacramento Kings, he hasn't been anywhere near good enough.

Garland is both good enough and smart enough of an NBA player to fix his slump. However, the first thing he needs to do is get out of his own head with the silly turnovers.

The Clippers played 42 minutes of good basketball against the Toronto Raptors on Monday night. Those six final minutes of bad basketball, though, completely cost them the game, and hopefully, it's something Garland learned from to help the team bounce back.