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The Los Angeles Clippers' disappointing start to the season continued with a 21-point loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday afternoon that extended their losing streak to four games. Through the first two weeks, the Clippers look nothing like a potential title contender.
Postgame, no one in the locker room minced words no lowered expectations:
"We are not a very good basketball team right now and we got to change that," head coach Ty Lue said. "We all got to be better. Look at the mirror and not at the window... To be 27th in the league in scoring, that's terrible with all the talent we have."
"Right now we just showing up and thinking we can win because of all the names we have and that's just not the case," Marcus Morris Sr. said. "This is championship or bust… we shouldn't be getting outplayed. Blind eyes can see that we are getting outplayed"
"I think we just gotta raise the intensity," Paul George said. "It comes down to identity; who are we gonna be? With that, we just gotta raise the intensity on both sides. It starts with me. I was poor tonight, I've been poor the past couple games. I'll get it together. I'm committed to my work, I'm committed to this team succeeding. It starts with me. I gotta get better, I gotta be better. But then collectively we have to be a better team and have an identity when we're on the court."
Coming into Sunday as the NBA's last winless team at 0-5, the Los Angeles Lakers finally broke through with a 121-110 decision over the Denver Nuggets, giving first-year coach Darvin Ham the first victory on his résumé.
"Tonight, we needed to prove something to ourselves," Ham said afterward. "Not to the world. Not to the media. We had to prove it to ourselves, and I felt great about how we responded."
Ham's postgame news conference was delayed to accommodate a wardrobe change. His players baptized Ham's first win by giving him a water bottle and ice bucket drenching.
"Very nice little bath," said Lakers big man Anthony Davis, who returned from a one-game absence because of lower back tightness to put up 23 points and 15 rebounds. "There's not more we can ask for from a coach. ... We deserve it, he deserves it, and it was good to get him his first win as a head coach.
"He made a speech, and it was like, 'All right, Coach, we don't care what you're saying,' and then we drowned him with water."
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