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2023-24 NBA Regular Season
Los Angeles Clippers v Brooklyn Nets
Crypto.com Arena
Los Angeles, California
Sunday, 21 January 2024
Tip-off at 22:30
Los Angeles Clippers will be looking to build on a promising start to the New Year when Brooklyn Nets visit the Crypto.com Arena on the evening of Sunday, January 21.
The Clippers have won six of their eight games in 2024 and they've lost just four times since the start of December to sit fourth in the Western Conference with a record of 25-14.
Tyronn Lue's team embarked on two separate three-game winning streaks in the opening two weeks of January and their most recent run was halted by Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Starters Paul George (16 points) and James Harden (14 points) had an off night against the Timberwolves, who ran out 109-105 victors on January 15, with the pair shooting for a combined 9-for-33 from the floor.
"We just didn't have the smartest game today," Lue conceded. "Ant [Anthony Edwards] was a monster. Rudy [Gobert] was huge for 'em. They played well."
The Nets are seeing their play-in hopes fading fast after losing nine of their last 10 games to drop down to 10th in the Eastern Conference.
A narrow 96-95 defeat to Miami Heat in overtime on January 16 made it three losses on the spin for Jacque Vaughn's team, who have Atlanta Hawks breathing down their necks.
Brooklyn led 45-31 at half-time, but the Heat ramped up the pressure in the second half and limited them to just 30.9 per cent shooting in the third and fourth quarters.
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It was the second time in six games that the Nets had scored less than 100 points and Vaughn challenged his players to be more committed at both ends of the glass.
"We're just in a position right now where you have to perform, and that's across the board," Vaughn said.
"That's a challenge to the entire group from the beginning of the game to the end to be locked in and give everything you have on both ends of the floor."
Los Angeles Clippers v Brooklyn Nets - Head-to-head, Regular Season
Games played: 99
Clippers wins: 45
Nets wins: 54
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