Ty Lue Reacts to Clippers’ Crushing Home Loss to Raptors

The Los Angeles Clippers lost to the Toronto Raptors at home on Monday, 125-118, and while it increased the Clippers' losing streak to six, it was one of their better efforts of the season up to this point. 

At one point, the Clippers led by 16 points, and they had control for much of the game until the very end. In the fourth quarter, Toronto outscored Los Angeles 47-27, and they were led by star player Scottie Barnes, who had 15 of his 22 points in the final 12 minutes. 

Turnovers have been a recurring issue for the Clippers this season, and in this game, they were the deciding factor. Los Angeles guard Darius Garland committed four of his seven turnovers in the fourth quarter during the Raptors' rally. 

After the game, Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue talked to the media about the effort the Clippers showed in this game and what went wrong towards the end. 

"I thought they put size and just tried to pick our guys up full court the whole night, kind of wore them down... What really hurt was the switch from one to five, kind of made us stagnant, couldn't get to where we wanted to get to," Lue said. 

"Defensively their size really bothered us, especially when Brooke [Lopez] fouled out."

In this game, the Clippers got back forward Max Strus, who was able to contribute, but it was not enough to propel the team to a win. He was definitely rusty, as this was his season debut, and he shot just 3-for-10 from the field. 

His ability to space the floor was something the Clippers have been missing at the start of the year, and it has led to a turnover issue. This time around, Ty Lue said it was a matter of size that made the Clippers struggle to take care of the ball. 

Moving forward, this effort shown by the team has to give some encouragement to the players and coaching staff. Los Angeles has struggled to keep themselves in games for all four quarters, but they were able to hold their own against a solid Toronto team. 

Many of the issues the Clippers have are caused by a lack of depth. This has been a team that has been dealing with multiple injuries, and they have a chance to improve once they get key veterans back. Los Angeles is back on the court Wednesday as they take on the Miami Heat at home.