3. Los Angeles Clippers

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Last Week’s Ranking: 2

Even though they finished 2-2, it felt like a pretty negative week for the Clippers. They lost to the Spurs to start the week but required a furious comeback to get back into the game. Then they blew a 22-point lead to the Warriors and lost by 10. The ability to maintain a lead haunted them last season, and they have yet to correct that.

For a change of pace, the Clippers decided to go down early against the Bulls before pulling out a crunch-time win. A good sign for L.A. was Lou Williams coming off the bench with 21 points after just recording three and six points in two games against the Warriors. 

Getting points in the paint has been really hard to come by for the Clips, as they are averaging just 39.3 points there. Some of that is a product of playing more spread out with more shooting bigs in the lineup.

For the goals the Clippers have, that is not going to get it done. 

Source: bleacherreport.com
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