MAVS 91, CLIPPERS 97

[DanSchwartzgan]

Getting outscored by 9 with Brunson off the floor is hard to overcome without your best player. Nothing really surprising in the end. A 3rd guy behind Luka/Brunson who can "run" the offense is seriously needed every time Luka or Brunson is out.
 

This has been the story of all three of these games...no one to be Brunson when Brunson has to be Luka.  KP has been very efficient these last two games (unlike the first Phoenix game).  I think the moment of this game was his fourth foul very early in the third.  It just changed the body language of KP and the entire team as he had to play tentatively the rest of the third.

When Powell is your leader from three, something has gone terribly wrong.  As someone said in the game thread, if that is Paul George getting ridden all the way down the lane and then going up for a lefty layup with his right hand on the ball the entire way up and his man in the restricted zone, that is a defensive foul 100 times out of 100.  Luka would have lost his mind if it were him instead of Brunson and been suspended for Tuesday instead of questionable.