LOS ANGELES — Since returning from their longest and most successful road trip of the season in early February, the LA Clippers have not been the same team.
Playing Sunday against an Atlanta Hawks squad that was without the injured Trae Young, the Clippers fell behind by as many as 29 points before losing 110-93 at Crypto.com Arena.
The Clippers (42-25) have lost four of their past five games and are just 8-10 since they finished their seven-game Grammy road trip 6-1 and stood at 34-15 overall on Feb.
5. «It's between the ears with us,» franchise star Kawhi Leonard said. «We got to go out and do it.» Paul George agreed when asked if the Clippers appear to be a veteran-laden team that thinks it can turn things on when it wants to. «I mean that's what we're appearing to look like, which is not good,» George said. «We want to be a team that's consistent and we want to establish an identity.