""Some teams, when it gets that bad, they just let the wheels fall off," Harden said. "I had interviews where people were asking me, 'How do you find confidence?' and I'm like, 'The confidence is there. The losses are frustrating, but the confidence is still there.'""
""I think finding little tweaks and being a lot better defensively is what really helped us out. ... Now we got to take one game at a time, just like when we were in the hole. We can come all the way back, but we have to chip away, chip away and really build some momentum going into the All-Star break.""
The LA Clippers started the season 6-21 amid controversies but have won 11 of their last 13 games, the best stretch in the NBA during that span. The team beat the Washington Wizards 119-105 to extend the run and currently sits a half-game behind Memphis for the 10th play-in spot. Kawhi Leonard is averaging 32.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.6 steals during the surge, while James Harden is averaging 24.8 points and 7.8 assists. Harden cites confidence, defensive improvements and incremental tweaks as keys to sustaining momentum into the All-Star break.
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