The Clippers are unlikely to retain their lineup this summer. Harden has habitual diarrhea after getting 7-game, and he has no hope of winning the championship as the core

The extremely critical tiebreak battle, but unexpectedly the Clippers collapsed directly. In fact, the game was actually in the third quarter. After the Nuggets made a wave of noise, they basically lost the suspense of the victory or defeat. Nearly 6 years have passed since the Clippers introduced Kawhi Leonard during the offseason in 2019. Not to mention winning the championship, the Clippers have never even entered the finals, and now they have just played the first round for three consecutive years.

Even if the boss Ballmer spends a lot of money, he can't stand the team's failure and is still losing money. The Clippers' current lineup has basically blocked salary space. Some role players with good quality and low price may not be able to keep them after the contract expires. So by this summer, it will be difficult for the Clippers to retain the complete lineup, especially the team's main players are older. If they cannot make brilliant moves, it may only take a moment to completely collapse.

As the core of the Clippers, James Harden is used to diarrhea in the tiebreak. Although James Harden gave 13 assists in this game, he feels very poor. He only scored 2 goals in a total of 8 shots, scored 7 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals, and he has a plus-29 plus or negative value, which is also a relatively poor team in the team. Looking back at this round of series, it can be said that James Harden started and ended up being awkward. He averaged 18.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, 9.1 assists per game. He did not lose much in the first three games of the series, and the Clippers also led 2-1. However, as the series progressed, James Harden's performance dropped sharply. In addition to playing the game in the sixth game, scoring 28 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, the highlights can be said to be lackluster, let alone the invisibility of the key tiebreak battle.

The current James Harden is completely different from the past. If at his peak, no matter how bad James Harden performs, you can still retain an expectation or fantasy and wait for his return to the king in the second year. But now James Harden will celebrate his 36th birthday this summer. It can be said that Lian Po is old. No one can resist the laws of nature. James Harden's ability and condition will most likely continue to decline in the next few years.

Therefore, no matter whether James Harden stays in the Clippers in the future, his fans must accept a reality, that is, James Harden, the former MVP superstar, has no hope of leading the team to the championship as a core player. James Harden is difficult to maintain stability even in data. If he is the top three players in the team, or gives him the corresponding tactical status, winning the championship is a dream, unless he imitates his former teammate Westbrook and former Paul, gradually retreats to the second line to help young people.