LOS ANGELES -- Once in first place in the West in early February, the sputtering LA Clippers dropped to fifth in the conference on Monday night after losing 133-116 to the Indiana Pacers at Crypto.com Arena.
The Clippers (44-27) have lost six of their past nine games and allowed New Orleans, which owns the season tiebreaker with the Clippers, to move into fourth place.
"We gotta find our identity," point guard James Harden said. "Teams are scoring easy on us. Makes it difficult to score offensively.
"It's a little frustrating .