On Tuesday night against the Denver Nuggets, the Clippers played their best game since acquiring James Harden from the Philadelphia 76ers. They also lost the game in rather embarrassing fashion, which tells you all you need to know about the definition of 'best' in this context.
When Harden arrived in Los Angeles, head coach Tyronn Lue repeatedly told reporters that he would need 10 games to successfully integrate Harden into the Clippers' rotation. We're now halfway to Lue's benchmark, and the Clippers are 0-5. Their net rating over that period is an abysmal -10.2, good for second-worst in the league behind the San Antonio Spurs.
These guys just don't have enough size to defend and rebound against bigger teams, and they can't score-they've cracked 110 points just once in five games with Harden, and that was in a 144-126 loss to the Mavericks.
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