The Clippers’ offense is streaky. It’s prone to ponderousness. Passing activity ceases for long stretches and the players revert to unproductive hero-ball.
These are negative qualities. But when added to the Clippers’ unwillingness or inability (or whatever) to play something resembling effective defense, the resulting combination is fatal.
That’s how you lose nine in a row.
The Clippers couldn’t muster the defense necessary to compensate for their periods of offensive impotence, and the Knicks ran away with victory, 107-85.
Right now, the questions facing Doc Rivers, Blake Griffin, and DeAndre Jordan are plentiful, and the answers number too few.