{"id":2097,"date":"2025-04-13T22:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T22:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=2097"},"modified":"2025-04-13T22:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T22:53:12","slug":"the-clippers-did-the-job-to-get-their-destiny-in-hand-basket-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=2097","title":{"rendered":"The Clippers did the job to get their destiny in hand \u2022 Basket USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-748122 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basketusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_23099896.jpg\" alt=\"Ivica Zubac et Tyronn Lue\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.basketusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_23099896.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.basketusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_23099896-210x140.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.basketusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_23099896-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.basketusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_23099896-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.basketusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_23099896-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.basketusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_23099896-320x213.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/>After a long regular season, some teams still need the 82nd game to find out their place in the race for playoffs and &#8220;play-in&#8221;. This is the case of the Clippers, who face the Warriors this Sunday. A victory and they will be qualified for the first round, in the fourth or fifth place depending on the other results.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;You have to imagine if we hadn&#39;t won all these matches&#8221;<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/clippers\/story\/2025-04-11\/kawhi-leonard-clippers-kings-playoff-race\">Remarque Ivica Zubac<\/a>after beating the Kings and faced with the 14 successes in 16 Los Angeles matches since mid-March. <em>\u201cWe have a lot of victories but the other teams too. So a match, playoffs or play-in. It&#39;s going to be fun. \u00bb\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p>However, the Clippers had a solid season despite the absence of Kawhi Leonard for long weeks at the start of the exercise. But that was not enough to afford a more restful Sunday April 13.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We won 49 games and if we lose today, we can be seventh&#8221;<\/em>seems to regret Tyronn read. <em>\u201cWe have to continue to fight, to take the matches one after the other. This is how. But we did not think we were winning 49 matches and always having the risk of being in play-in. It&#39;s like that. \u00bb\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;Play and have fun&#8221; at the most important moment of the season<\/h3>\n<p>They therefore play their seasonal suite against the Warriors &#8211; also still looking for the precious sesame &#8211; in a meeting that promises to be boiling. <em>\u201cThe result will give us the answer. So you have to play. That&#39;s all we can do: play and have fun \u201d<\/em>comments Kawhi Leonard.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the important issue, the two teams are also in great shape. The Clippers have won 14 out of 16 games, the Warriors 23 out of 30 since the arrival of Jimmy Butler. A playoff meeting before the hour so &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt&#39;s a good team, who is playing well recently. They have experience, playoff matches together \u201d, <\/em>Indique Ivica Zubac.<em> \u201cYou will have to be concentrated, to be the team that we have been all the season defensively. It&#39;s going to be hard but we are in a good position. It&#39;s going to be fun. \u00bb\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-collapse:collapse\" id=\"box-stats\">\n<tr class=\"column\">\n<th class=\"team_name\" style=\"text-align:left; padding-left:5px;\" colspan=\"3\"\/>\n<th class=\"section\" colspan=\"3\" title=\"Tirs\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #ccc\">Shots<\/th>\n<th class=\"section\" colspan=\"3\" title=\"Rebonds\">Rebound<\/th>\n<th title=\"\" colspan=\"6\"\/>\n                            <\/tr>\n<tr class=\"section_title\">\n<th style=\"text-align:left; padding-left:5px;\">Players<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" title=\"Matchs jou\u00e9s\">MJ<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" title=\"Minutes\">Min<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" title=\"Pourcentage aux tirs\">Shots<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" title=\"Pourcentage \u00e0 3 pts\">3pts<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" title=\"Pourcentage aux lancers-francs\">LF<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"section\" title=\"Rebonds offensifs\">Off<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" title=\"Rebonds d\u00e9fensifs\">Def<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" title=\"Total\">To<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"section\" title=\"Passes d\u00e9cisives\">Pd<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" title=\"Balles perdues\">Bp<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" title=\"Interceptions\">Int<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" title=\"Contres\">Ct<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" title=\"Fautes personnelles\">Fte<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"sort-by\" title=\"Points\">Pts<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_1\">\n<td class=\"title\">James Harden<\/td>\n<td>78<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">35.1<\/td>\n<td>40.7<\/td>\n<td>34.8<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">87.3<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td>5.1<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">5.8<\/td>\n<td>8.7<\/td>\n<td>4.3<\/td>\n<td>1.5<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td>2.0<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">22.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_2\">\n<td class=\"title\">Norman Powell<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">32.4<\/td>\n<td>48.6<\/td>\n<td>42.2<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">80.2<\/td>\n<td>0.4<\/td>\n<td>2.8<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">3.2<\/td>\n<td>2.1<\/td>\n<td>1.8<\/td>\n<td>1.2<\/td>\n<td>0.2<\/td>\n<td>1.9<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">21.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_1\">\n<td class=\"title\">Kawhi Leonard<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">31.5<\/td>\n<td>49.3<\/td>\n<td>40.7<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">81.9<\/td>\n<td>1.0<\/td>\n<td>4.9<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">5.9<\/td>\n<td>3.0<\/td>\n<td>1.9<\/td>\n<td>1.6<\/td>\n<td>0.5<\/td>\n<td>1.5<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">21.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_2\">\n<td class=\"title\">Ivica Zubac<\/td>\n<td>79<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">32.7<\/td>\n<td>62.7<\/td>\n<td>0.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">66.1<\/td>\n<td>3.7<\/td>\n<td>8.8<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">12.6<\/td>\n<td>2.7<\/td>\n<td>1.6<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td>1.1<\/td>\n<td>2.1<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">16.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_1\">\n<td class=\"title\">Bogdan Bogdanovic<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">25.3<\/td>\n<td>47.9<\/td>\n<td>43.2<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">87.5<\/td>\n<td>0.4<\/td>\n<td>2.8<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">3.2<\/td>\n<td>3.3<\/td>\n<td>1.3<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td>0.2<\/td>\n<td>2.2<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">11.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_2\">\n<td class=\"title\">Derrick Jones<\/td>\n<td>76<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">24.4<\/td>\n<td>52.7<\/td>\n<td>35.8<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">70.7<\/td>\n<td>1.2<\/td>\n<td>2.2<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">3.4<\/td>\n<td>0.8<\/td>\n<td>0.9<\/td>\n<td>1.0<\/td>\n<td>0.4<\/td>\n<td>2.0<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">10.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_1\">\n<td class=\"title\">Amir Coffey<\/td>\n<td>71<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">24.6<\/td>\n<td>47.1<\/td>\n<td>40.9<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">89.1<\/td>\n<td>0.5<\/td>\n<td>1.8<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">2.3<\/td>\n<td>1.1<\/td>\n<td>0.6<\/td>\n<td>0.6<\/td>\n<td>0.1<\/td>\n<td>1.7<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">9.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_2\">\n<td class=\"title\">Kevin Porter, Jr.<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">19.6<\/td>\n<td>42.3<\/td>\n<td>24.5<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">64.5<\/td>\n<td>0.6<\/td>\n<td>2.9<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">3.6<\/td>\n<td>3.2<\/td>\n<td>1.9<\/td>\n<td>1.0<\/td>\n<td>0.2<\/td>\n<td>1.6<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">9.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_1\">\n<td class=\"title\">Bones Hyland<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">11.1<\/td>\n<td>39.1<\/td>\n<td>38.8<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">88.5<\/td>\n<td>0.3<\/td>\n<td>1.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">1.2<\/td>\n<td>1.4<\/td>\n<td>1.2<\/td>\n<td>0.9<\/td>\n<td>0.2<\/td>\n<td>1.3<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">7.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_2\">\n<td class=\"title\">Crisis dunn<\/td>\n<td>73<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">23.9<\/td>\n<td>43.4<\/td>\n<td>32.6<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">68.2<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td>2.7<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">3.4<\/td>\n<td>2.8<\/td>\n<td>1.0<\/td>\n<td>1.7<\/td>\n<td>0.4<\/td>\n<td>2.6<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">6.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_1\">\n<td class=\"title\">TEGANCE MANN<\/td>\n<td>37<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">19.8<\/td>\n<td>44.6<\/td>\n<td>34.7<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">71.9<\/td>\n<td>0.9<\/td>\n<td>2.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">2.9<\/td>\n<td>1.6<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td>0.8<\/td>\n<td>0.3<\/td>\n<td>1.8<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">6.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_2\">\n<td class=\"title\">Mohamed Bamba<\/td>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">12.6<\/td>\n<td>46.6<\/td>\n<td>30.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">68.0<\/td>\n<td>0.9<\/td>\n<td>3.4<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">4.3<\/td>\n<td>0.6<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td>0.3<\/td>\n<td>1.0<\/td>\n<td>1.8<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">4.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_1\">\n<td class=\"title\">Jordan Miller<\/td>\n<td>37<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">11.4<\/td>\n<td>43.3<\/td>\n<td>21.1<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">80.0<\/td>\n<td>0.6<\/td>\n<td>0.9<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">1.6<\/td>\n<td>0.9<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td>0.5<\/td>\n<td>0.1<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">4.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_2\">\n<td class=\"title\">Nicolas Batum<\/td>\n<td>78<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">17.5<\/td>\n<td>43.7<\/td>\n<td>43.3<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">81.0<\/td>\n<td>0.6<\/td>\n<td>2.2<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">2.8<\/td>\n<td>1.1<\/td>\n<td>0.4<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td>0.5<\/td>\n<td>1.4<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">4.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_1\">\n<td class=\"title\">Marjon Beauchamp<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">5.7<\/td>\n<td>57.1<\/td>\n<td>66.7<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">50.0<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td>0.3<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">1.0<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td>0.3<\/td>\n<td>0.0<\/td>\n<td>0.0<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">4.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_2\">\n<td class=\"title\">Patty Mills<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">5.0<\/td>\n<td>50.0<\/td>\n<td>50.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">88.9<\/td>\n<td>0.1<\/td>\n<td>0.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">0.1<\/td>\n<td>0.4<\/td>\n<td>0.1<\/td>\n<td>0.1<\/td>\n<td>0.0<\/td>\n<td>1.0<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">3.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_1\">\n<td class=\"title\">Ben Simmons<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">16.7<\/td>\n<td>43.4<\/td>\n<td>0.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">85.7<\/td>\n<td>0.9<\/td>\n<td>3.1<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">3.9<\/td>\n<td>3.2<\/td>\n<td>0.8<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td>0.4<\/td>\n<td>1.4<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">3.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_2\">\n<td class=\"title\">Patrick Baldwin, Jr.<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">3.1<\/td>\n<td>100.0<\/td>\n<td>100.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">0.0<\/td>\n<td>0.0<\/td>\n<td>1.5<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">1.5<\/td>\n<td>0.5<\/td>\n<td>0.0<\/td>\n<td>0.0<\/td>\n<td>0.0<\/td>\n<td>1.0<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">3.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_1\">\n<td class=\"title\">Drew Eubanks<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">7.4<\/td>\n<td>55.1<\/td>\n<td>0.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">78.6<\/td>\n<td>0.8<\/td>\n<td>1.6<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">2.4<\/td>\n<td>0.4<\/td>\n<td>0.4<\/td>\n<td>0.1<\/td>\n<td>0.3<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">2.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_2\">\n<td class=\"title\">Kai jones<\/td>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">7.4<\/td>\n<td>72.2<\/td>\n<td>0.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">75.0<\/td>\n<td>0.5<\/td>\n<td>1.1<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">1.6<\/td>\n<td>0.4<\/td>\n<td>0.4<\/td>\n<td>0.2<\/td>\n<td>0.5<\/td>\n<td>0.8<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">2.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_1\">\n<td class=\"title\">Kobe Brown<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">6.8<\/td>\n<td>45.8<\/td>\n<td>23.1<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">71.4<\/td>\n<td>0.5<\/td>\n<td>1.2<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">1.6<\/td>\n<td>0.6<\/td>\n<td>0.3<\/td>\n<td>0.2<\/td>\n<td>0.1<\/td>\n<td>0.6<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">1.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"line_2\">\n<td class=\"title\">Trentyn Flowers<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">4.4<\/td>\n<td>36.4<\/td>\n<td>0.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">100.0<\/td>\n<td>0.2<\/td>\n<td>0.5<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">0.7<\/td>\n<td>0.0<\/td>\n<td>0.2<\/td>\n<td>0.0<\/td>\n<td>0.0<\/td>\n<td>0.7<\/td>\n<td class=\"sort-by\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #DDD\">1.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr 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