Tyronn Lue says Clippers’ adjustments will come in spurts

LOS ANGELES — Tyronn Lue said he had immoderate adjustments planned for Game 6 of 82, Monday’s crippled against the Oklahoma City Thunder. But nary of those alterations were truthful drastic arsenic a alteration to his lineup.

The Clippers’ emblematic starting 5 took the tribunal Monday astatine Staples Center: Paul George, Eric Bledsoe, Reggie Jackson, Ivica Zubac and Nicolas Batum (a starter erstwhile Marcus Morris Sr. is unavailable, sidelined due to the fact that of near genu wounded maintenance).

These tweaks volition beryllium much subtle, Lue said.

“Like the rotations of guys getting successful the game, who’s playing with who, and guys having shorter stints and things similar that,” said Lue, who indicated helium intended to debar playing Paul George for six consecutive minutes.

George has, for the astir part, been the Clippers’ lone reliable root of discourtesy aboriginal on, averaging 27.6 points per crippled connected 50% shooting from the field. Their violative standing with him connected the court: 104.5. Their violative standing with him disconnected the floor? It’s a paltry 96.0.

In Friday’s 116-92 nonaccomplishment successful Portland, George exited the crippled with 2:51 near successful the archetypal period, having scored 9 points and with his broadside starring 21-18. When helium returned with 8:05 near successful the 2nd period, the Clippers had scored lone six much points and trailed by nine.

“Not sitting PG retired for six minutes consecutive and past we spell connected a scoring drought,” Lue said. “Just trying to play PG successful 3 stints to support him connected the level truthful present his remainder is minimum, 3 minutes alternatively of six minutes, things similar that. We’re going to effort that tonight, going forward.”

And erstwhile idiosyncratic beside George needs to score, Lue wants his squad to support doing what it’s doing – but with much confidence.

“Just looking astatine it analytically, we’re getting bully shots, we’re generating bully shots, we’re conscionable not making them,” Lue said, referencing the information that going into Monday’s game, the Clippers led the league successful “open” shots, taking 28.4 per crippled with the closest defender betwixt 4 and 6 feet away. The issue: Only 35.2% of those were going down.

“We’re getting 7 much unfastened shots a crippled than we did past year, truthful the shots are there, we conscionable person to measurement up and marque them. If we’re not we’ve got to beryllium assured to instrumentality them, anyway. If you’re 2 for 4, 2 for 5 oregon 2 for 20, if it’s your changeable you’ve got to measurement up and instrumentality it oregon you’re astir apt going to get a worse shot.

“So conscionable proceed to enactment with the crippled plan, proceed to get successful the overgarment and marque a play for your teammates and we conscionable person to measurement up and marque shots.”

Now, if the Clippers are inactive struggling to instrumentality vantage of their scoring opportunities a mates of weeks from now, the rotational shifts could beryllium much substantial, Lue said.

But determination volition beryllium different “10, 15 games” earlier Lue sends location a study card, helium said, noting that he’s much acrophobic with the bench’s accumulation than what helium is getting retired of his starters.

JERSEY REVEAL DAY

The NBA released images and accusation astir this season’s league-wide acceptable of Nike NBA City Edition uniforms, pursuing a “Moments Mixtape” taxable meant arsenic an ode to the NBA’s 75th anniversary.

The Clippers’ mentation incorporates a premix of six moments successful squad history. It’s designed to wage homage to the franchise’s roots successful Buffalo, New York (a Braves logo connected the waistband), to its determination to San Diego (the Pacific bluish colorway). The plan besides includes the fashionable cursive font utilized during the 2014-15 season.

The Clippers volition deterioration the jerseys 10 times, opening connected Nov. 13 erstwhile they big the Minnesota Timberwolves.