"Win," Gallinari said. "The goal before was winning and the goal right now is the same. We want to keep winning, but with different guys."
But with 32 regular-season games left, there is precious little time for the trio's successful transition. The Clippers (24-24) currently are ninth in the Western Conference standings, one spot out of the playoffs behind No. 8 Denver (27-25) and only four games behind No. 5 Oklahoma City (30-22).
"What we told them yesterday is that we can't ease in to this," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. "We can't expect to wait five or six games at this point in the season to mesh, and that's what it usually takes or more than that.