Los Angeles is bad and it’s getting worse with a simplistic offense, lack of previously elite defense and no answers from coach or players.

The Los Angeles Clippers reached a breaking point as another collapse left head coach Tyronn Lue without solutions and likely without much more time. A 114-110 loss to a shorthanded Dallas Mavericks team dropped the Clippers to 5-15 and intensified pressure on a franchise spiraling far faster than anyone expected.

Cooper Flagg logró su mejor marca de la temporada con 35 puntos y Klay Thompson anotó 17 de sus 23 unidades en el último cuarto para llevar el sábado a los Mavericks de Dallas a una victoria de 114-110 sobre los Clippers de Los Ángeles.

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Despite a terrible start to the season, Kawhi Leonard still believes the Los Angeles Clippers can turn things around.

The NBA’s misery meter typically is a matter of degree. For the Miami Heat, there is concern. For Monday’s opponent, the Los Angeles Clippers, almost a helplessness.

Klay Thompson has had a tough stretch. Still searching for his shot, he also got involved in an altercation with Ja Morant and with Miami Heat two-way player Myron Gardner two days later, with Morant calling him a "bum" and Gardner saying he's "trash."

The Mavericks hung on, snapping Dallas’ four-game losing streak, behind huge nights from Cooper Flagg and Klay Thompson.