Los Angeles Clippers head coach
Tyronn Lue believes that his
team’s impressive form recently is down to ‘constant communication’ among its stars
Kawhi Leonard,
Paul George,
James Harden and
Russell Westbrook.
The Clippers are one of the most in-form teams in the
competition as they are placed at the top of the Pacific Division with 36 wins
and just 17 defeats.
Lue has been recently quoted in a report where he highlighted
how constant communication has played a key role in the team’s success this
season.
“It’s just constant communication,” he said. “I think those
guys talking a lot, just having a lot of dialogue amongst each other, just
where they want the ball, how they want to run plays, how they see different
things and they all had to sacrifice.
“And, so, when you have three dynamic players like that —
and then four with Russ [Westbrook] — it’s very important that they talk and
communicate and understand that sacrifice is going to be important if you want
to go to the next level. And I think they’ve done a good job of doing that.
“It feels good having these guys on the court. Like when PG and Kawhi are on
the court, we’re a different team and we know that. So, having those guys
healthy has been big for our success.
“We want to win, for sure. For us, it’s just our mentality
every single night and just constantly getting better. That’s got to be our
mentality. Win or lose, we got to continue to keep getting better, understand
our philosophy on both sides of the ball and continue to grow as a team and we
got to make sure we’re doing that.”