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The gap in offense and defense abilities is too big! How should the Clippers arrange his role next season?

12:42pm, 11 May 2025Basketball

In a previous NBA playoff game, the Denver Nuggets, who returned to their home court, defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 120-101. After this game, the Nuggets, who won the life-and-death battle in the tiebreak, successfully advanced to the Western Conference semi-finals. They will compete with the Oklahoma City Thunder for a spot in the Western Conference Finals; while the Clippers lost their chains again in such a life-and-death battle, and fell in the first round of the playoffs again.

In this game, Kris Dunn, the Clippers' backcourt gate, fell out of the team's starting lineup. Dunn played 16 minutes and 06 seconds in the game, made 1 of 4 shots and 1 of 2 from outside the three-point line, scored 3 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 2 steals, and had 1 turnover and 1 foul, with a plus-negative value of +12. Dunn didn't have much chance of making phone calls on the offensive end, but he still hit a three-pointer. Dunn's performance on the defensive end is actually quite good, and he also showed off his talents on the defensive end in his limited playing time. The situation of the team when Dunn was on the court is also worthy of recognition. He can also show his characteristics on the defensive end. Unfortunately, he is just a substitute with very limited playing time, and his shortcomings on the offensive end are also very obvious, and he cannot help the team turn the situation around.

In the NBA regular season this season, Dunn made a total of 74 appearances in 82 games, averaging 24.1 minutes per game, averaging 6.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.7 steals, 0.4 blocks, and 1 turnover and 2.7 fouls. He shot 43.9%, three-point shooting percentage 33.5%, and free throw shooting percentage 68.2%. In the playoffs, Dunn averaged 21.9 minutes in these seven games, with averaging 6.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.1 steals, 0.6 blocks, and 0.1 turnovers and 2.6 fouls. His shooting percentage was 38.6% and his three-point shooting percentage was 35.7%.

Dunn's offensive efficiency during the playoffs this season was indeed slightly worse. Not only did he lack sufficient stability in outside shooting, his overall contribution on the offensive end was really too low, his scoring ability was seriously insufficient, and he also seriously dragged down the team's space on the offensive end. Even if Dunn can provide enough support to the team on the defensive end, his negative impact on the team on the offensive end is really too great. On the other hand, in the series G6, Dunn was hidden by the team in the second half, while the Clippers eventually defeated their opponents, which may be an important factor in the Clippers' choice to let him appear in the bench in this game. I don’t know how the Clippers will arrange Dunn’s role in the team next season. Will he continue to be the thug next season?

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