Guard Patrick Beverley called the Clippers’ defense “scary” after the regular season’s second game, and the fiery guard wasn’t wrong. One game later, that defense gave up 130 points and one wide-open three-pointer after another in an Oct. 26 loss at Phoenix. AdvertisementEver since that humbling night against the Suns, the Clippers’ defense has played like the unit Beverley imagined. “I think the Utah games were interesting because I thought that first game, they defended us, we didn’t really defend them back. In the last four games, opponents have shot nearly 12 fewer wide-open threes per game.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 06, 2019 01:07 UTC