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Los Angeles Clippers: Doc Rivers Rips Team After Loss To Warriors

By Michael Saenz

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November 5, 2014; Oakland, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers head coach

Doc Rivers

reacts against the Golden State Warriors during the fourth quarter at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Clippers 121-104. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers ripped his team after their blowout loss at the hands of the Golden State Warriors Wednesday night

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At a certain point, enough is enough. When it comes to anything.

And after the Los Angeles Clippers blowout loss against the Golden State Warriors Wednesday, Doc Rivers had reached that point. Here are Rivers’ exact comments to the Orange County Register:

"[via Doc Rivers rips his team following loss — Clippers Blog, Orange County Register]“Tonight was great in the aspect, I kind of said, ‘Something’s going to happen tonight. It’s going to be good or bad for us. We’re going to find out exactly what we need to find out.’ And what we found is that they’re way better than us right now. It’s not even…if this was a playoff series, we’d lose in four games. It would be a destruction.”"

After basically ripping his team, as if they shouldn’t have even been on the same court as the Golden State Warriors (which they shouldn’t have), Rivers didn’t stop there.

He continued:

"Q: What was the postgame locker room message?“I didn’t say much. I just let them blow smoke up each other’s asses. That’s all they did, in my opinion. I just think if you’re going to talk, you’ve got to be real. I’m not a big fan of group meetings unless they’re real group meetings. I think we’re getting close with the talk today, but we’re not there.”Q: What’s the truth they’re trying to find? About heart and toughness?“It’s other stuff. I don’t know what it is. We’ve got to talk. That’s what you do. But it’s got to be real. And, they know it. They’re going to get to it.I use the Chuck Daley line all the time. ‘It doesn’t matter if you have the same team; sometimes, you have to wait for your team.’ No matter how much you push them, you still have to wait for them, until they’re ready to play. So far, we’re just not there. No matter we push, we’re just not there. We better get there quickly.”"

Rivers is right.

The Los Angeles Clippers haven’t looked impressive in any of their first five games this year. And perhaps the game against the Golden State Warriors was the tipping point.

They looked hollow, out of sync and simply outmatched. That shouldn’t happen when championship aspirations are on your team’s radar.

The good thing though, is that we’ve only played five games. Still lots of time for the Los Angeles Clippers to find themselves.

But, will they?

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