Williams said this on Trae Young’s podcast “From the Point,” referencing the Clippers’ loss in 7 games to the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals.
Williams said, “We started to hear the rumblings that nobody is going to respect this chip so we kind of just took our foot off the gas”
Even worse. they were up big in all 3 close out games. So they didn’t even pack it in up 3-1, they packed it in at half-time of each close out game. Began each game wanting the chip then at half-time reading twitter and deciding they didn’t really want to win x3.
The Doc Rivers effect