Austin Rivers tells it like it is after Clippers’ loss to Warriors

Austin Rivers

Austin Rivers/Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Clippers

 

One thing about the Clippers, they lack a killer instinct.

They proved that again Thursday when they twice led by 23 points in the second quarter, and by 10 with just under six minutes to play in the game before falling 124-117 to the Warriors, who are now 13-0, at Staples Center.

Austin Rivers, who scored 10 points and made two steals in 26 minutes off the bench, afterward scolded his own team while praising the defending-champion Warriors.

“I think in these games, we need to take something away,” said Rivers, whose team was outscored 25-8 over the final 5:54. “We keep saying, ‘We almost had them.’ I think we need to trust each other better on offense toward the end of the game. We have to execute better. This was one of the most frustrating losses I’ve had besides the Houston series last year.

:”We wanted this game badly and we out-played them the whole game. There’s a reason why they’re champions. They are better than us right now.”