MILWAUKEE —
The warning from Clippers coach Tyronn Lue to his players was stern.
They couldn’t afford any “letdowns” against the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday simply because they were playing on their second game in two nights.
The Clippers did not take heed to Lue’s words, blowing a 15-point lead in a 113-106 loss to a Bucks team that was playing without All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo.
They could not contain Damian Lillard, who torched the Clippers for 41 points. Paul George and James Harden both had 29 points, but it was not enough to hold back a Milwaukee team that trailed by 15 points with under five minutes left in the third quarter.